Who makes up the SMART community?
- Donors
- Universities, research institutes
- UN/International Organizations
- PVOs/NGOs
- Local governments; Ministries of Health
- Individual experts
Intended users are host-government partners and humanitarian organizations. Version 1 is meant as a practical tool that can be used by NGO field workers with technical support and training. The SMART Initiative is establishing a comprehensive capacity building and support system that will be accessible to all partners. This will expand the use of the standardized method among national and international agencies, improve data quality, and enable decision making based on accurate data.
Acknowledgements (version 1)
SMART Methodology Version 1 is the product of many experts working together over two years. The following individuals who led the development and drafting of the various components are gratefully acknowledged:
- Nutrition: Michael Golden
- Mortality: Muireann Brennan, Rick Brennan, Reinhard Kaiser, Colleen Mone, Rose Nathan, Courtland Robinson, Bradley “Woody” Woodruff
- Food Security: John Seaman
- Nutrisurvey Analytical Software Program: Juergen Erhardt
We would also wish to acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals who provided technical expertise in methodology development and pilot testing:
Frederick (Skip) Burkle, Arabella Duffield, Anne-Sophie Fournier, Debarati Guha-Sapir, Barbara Macdonald, Richard Garfield, Emmanuel Grellety, Yvonne Grellety, James King’ori, Nisar Majid, Nancy Mock, Eric Noji, Adam Papendieck, Roger Persichino, Noreen Prendiville, Claudine Prudhon, Núria Salse, Marie-Sophie Simon, Cathy Skoula.
Thanks to reviewers and all organizations who participated in the process:
- Action Against Hunger/USA
- Action Against Hunger/Spain
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), University of Louvain
- School of Public Health
- Columbia University
- Department for International Development (DFID),
- European Commission (EC)
- Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project /Academy for Educational Development
- (FANTA/AED)
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Nutrition Information in Crisis Situation/Standing Committee on Nutrition (NICS/SCN)
- Save the Children/UK
- Save the Children /USA
- Technical Assistance to NGOs (TANGO International)
- Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- University of Indonesia
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Department of State/Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (State/PRM)
- U.S. Department of State/Humanitarian Information Unit (State/HIU)
- World Food Program (WFP)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is gratefully acknowledged for the development of SMART Methodology Version 1 Coordination of the work was led by Susie Villeneuve, UNICEF, and Anne Ralte, USAID.
A special note of appreciation goes to Michael Golden. His commitment to improving the lives of beneficiaries and ensuring SMART is a practical tool for NGOs and field practitioners kept the focus on track.
Acknowledgements version 2
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