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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]