2.1.c. Institutional framework: decision makers and information sources

Key players in food aid targeting at the national level are shown in Figure 6.  The role of the

District authorities and local leaders in second and third stage targeting is discussed below in the

context of the focus areas visited.

Figure 6:  Uganda ~ Key institutions in Stage 1 targeting

DECISION MAKERS

INFORMATION SOURCES

Ministry of

PMO /

LABOR & SOCIAL

3

RD

 DEPUTY

WELFARE

PRIME MINISTER

(until 1998

)

(from 1998)

DEPARTMENT OF

DISASTER

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

MANAGEMENT

& REQUESTS FROM

(PMO)

DISTRICTS  (CAOs)

Co ordinator

NATIONAL

INTER SECTORAL

COMMITTEE  ON

DISASTER

MANAGEMENT

NGO  and WFP

FIELD REPORTS

AD HOC COMMITTEE

FOR DROUGHT

RELIEF (includes GoU,

WFP, NGOs)

JOINT ASSESSMENTS

WFP

(GoU, UN, NGO, FEWS etc)

DAC

(DONORS' GROUP

)

FEWS

USAID

dotted outlines = committees and ad hoc groupings;    

    = main information flows

* FEWS information flows are simplified for the sake of readability. While its main reporting responsibility is to USAID,

its bulletins are widely circulated to other decision makers and counterpart institutions.

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