MOPAN Case study - Collaboration between the three Rome-based UN agencies

In 2018, MOPAN conducted a learning case study looking at trends driving or constraining collaboration between FAO, IFAD and WFP at the country level. Drawing on examples from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Jordan, Madagascar, the study found that the three agencies had significant collaboration on the ground, already in place before the memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in 2018, but that it was more project-based than strategic. It also identified country needs and context as major driving factors of collaboration, while lack of harmonisation of business processes and fragmentation of donor funding constituted the main constraints.