Internal Audit of SCOPE: WFP's Digital Management of Beneficiaries
World Food Programme
Ref: SRC-003-COD-001
Accessed: 3/23/2026
Summary
Global audit of WFP's SCOPE platform (AR/21/08) covering Jan 2019-Jun 2020, with DRC as one of nine sampled country offices. Confirms SCOPE as WFP's corporate beneficiary information and transfer management platform implemented in 68 of 85 countries with 63.8 million identities registered. Documents that 3.2 million SCOPECARDs used PIN (32.5%), fingerprints (58.4%), or iris (9.2%) for verification. Notes data protection guidelines established in 2016.
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World Food Programme, Office of the Inspector General (2021). Internal Audit of SCOPE: WFP's Digital Management of Beneficiaries. Draft Internal Audit Report AR/21/08. Rome: WFP. Available at: https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000128891/download/ (Accessed 23 Mar 2026).