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UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
STANDING COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
Task Force on Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation
Overview of activities as of March 2008
Background
The Task Force on Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation
(TF-AME) was set up during the 33rd SCN Session (2006)
Role: “harmonize and capitalize on the related work being
done across the various constituents of the SCN” (SCN
Action Plan)
Chairs: FAO and WFP + 12 members from 3 different SCN
constituencies
Draft concept note: 34th Session SCN (2007)
Draft work plan: November 2007
The Task Force’s Areas of Work
Area of work 1: establish an agreed upon minimum
set of core indicators that measure food deprivation
and malnutrition
Area of work 2: serve as an effective sounding board
for the SCN Working Groups and inter-agency
activities
Area of work 3: provide a forum where members can
exchange information on AME best practices, tools and
methods.
The TF’s start up activites
First full meeting in Rome: January 2008
Objectives:
Take
stock of key AME efforts by relevant global
initiatives and identify synergies;
Promote an improved understanding of priority
areas of work;
Identify follow-up actions addressing priorities of
the TF-AME.
Planned results 2008 (1)
Exchange of information with relevant stakeholders
to define synergies
Key products to be produced:
a statement and a review paper on stunting as the
“principle evaluative indicator of poverty reduction”.
Fact
sheets on selected nutrition and food security
indicators or measures.
Planned results 2008 (2)
A study and/or review of selected indicators and
thresholds used in the IPC (Integrated Food Security
Phase Classification);
Support the revision of the SMART Food Security
module.
Products/results (current)
An annotated Repository of documents related to food
security and nutrition indicators
3 fact sheets on the following indicators: MUAC, Dietary
Diversity and Household Food Insecurity Access Scale
(HFIAS).
A short statement on stunting as the main indicator for
endemic poverty
A two-page flyer/brochure on the Task Force’s work and a
more detailed Report
Contacts
Mark Smulders (FAO) - Chairperson
[email protected]
Agnès Dhur (WFP) - Co-chair
[email protected]
Claudine Prudhon – SCN Secretariat
[email protected]