Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Results Report Guidance

The report provides meaningful results-oriented information to demonstrate the impact of Office of Food for Peace (FFP) programs on food security issues. Awardees use this information to demonstrate progress of award activities to date and to share lessons learned and food aid program best practices to improve the design and implementation of current and future food aid programming. The ARR submission deadline is the first Monday in November, with fiscal year 2011 ARRs due on November 7, 2011. Awardees must submit an electronic copy of the ARR to FFP/W and FFP/M/R, with the electronic copy submitted to FFP/W sent to [email protected]. The subject line of the email should include "ARR FY__, the awardee name and host country." Awardees are also required to submit all applicable components of the ARR to the Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC). The ARR format requires electronic submissions in a printer-friendly format, with no more than 12 pages in length, excluding the cover page, list of acronyms, and attachments. Narratives should be prepared in Microsoft Word with one-inch margins, left justification, and a footer on each page including page number, date of submission, and food aid program award number. Spreadsheets should be prepared in Microsoft Excel, with print areas set to 8.5 x 11 inch, letter-sized paper. A complete ARR for multi-year assistance programs (MYAPs) and development food assistance programs includes each applicable component listed below and detailed in Section V, Components, of this guidance: Introduction, Success Stories, Lessons Learned, and Attachments, which include Indicator Performance Tracking Table, Detailed Implementation Plan, Standardized Annual Performance Questionnaire, Tracking Table for Beneficiaries and Resources, Expenditure Report, Monetization Tables, Baseline Survey, Mid-term or Final Evaluation Reports, Supplemental Materials, and Completeness Checklist. A complete ARR for single-year assistance programs (SYAPs) and Title II emergency programs includes each applicable component listed below and detailed in Section V, Components, of this guidance: Introduction, Success Stories, Lessons Learned, and Attachments, which include Standardized Annual Performance Questionnaire, Tracking Table for Beneficiaries and Resources, Supplemental Materials, and Completeness Checklist. A complete ARR for International Food Relief Partnership (IFRP) grants includes each applicable component listed below and detailed in Section V, Components, of this guidance: Introduction, Success Stories, Lessons Learned, and Attachments, which include Indicator Performance Tracking Table, Detailed Implementation Plan, Standardized Annual Performance Questionnaire, Tracking Table for Beneficiaries and Resources, Expenditure Report, Monetization Tables, Baseline Survey, Mid-term or Final Evaluation Reports, Supplemental Materials, and Completeness Checklist. The Office of Food for Peace conducts data quality assessments (DQAs) on information reported to U.S. Government stakeholders. Data submitted through any of the ARR components are subject to a DQA conducted by FFP in the months following the awardee's ARR submission. During a DQA, awardees may be requested to provide information related to the quality of the data provided, regardless of whether the food aid program continues to be active.