As part of its annual workplan, the Office of Internal
Audit conducted an audit of WFP operations in Mauritania
that focused on beneficiary management, cash-based
transfers, supply chain, monitoring, management of
non-governmental organizations and budget management. The
work of WFP in Mauritania, as defined in the Country
Strategic Plan 2019–2023, aims to support the Government’s
vision in achieving zero hunger and nutrition security to
ensure coherence between relief, development and
peacebuilding. WFP’s operations in Mauritania include the
roll-out of a national adaptive social protection system;
a long-term resilience approach; and an urgent
humanitarian crisis, addressing malnutrition and providing
assistance to refugees at the border with the Republic of
Mali. Based on the results of the audit, the Office of
Internal Audit reached an overall conclusion of some
improvement needed.