World Food Programme Colombia

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For six months we had the opportunity to work in the beautiful and challenging Colombia for the World Food Programme Country Office in Bogota.

During this consultancy we:

  • Provided practical, strategic, programmatic, and operational support and guidance to the leadership of WFP Colombia on Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)
  • Designed a mid-term strategy for the WFP Country Office to jump-start EP&R capacities, foster partnerships with national stakeholders, and negotiate updated protocols and working methods, particularly with the Colombian Disaster Risk Management agency.
  • Sat the pillars for establishing minimum information management and early warning capacity linked to national information flows within the situation room of the Country Office’s new premises. It included establishing SOPs for information flow with other agencies and national and international actors, including alert systems at a national level.
Strategy Workshop with Local WFP Offices

We would like to thank the Colombian WFP for trusting in us and giving us such a warm welcome!

Published by Cristóbal Mena

Cristóbal Mena is a Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Resilience specialist with over 20 years of experience across Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions. He designs and implements public policies, risk governance frameworks, and disaster risk and crisis management systems for governments, development banks, and the private sector. He has served as Deputy Director of ONEMI (Chile's National Emergency Office) and pro-tempore President of PROSUR's Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction. His international work spans collaborations with the World Bank, GFDRR, UNDAC, INSARAG, CRS, and APEC, among others. He works at the intersection of policy, institutions, and operations — helping organizations move from plans on paper to genuine readiness.

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