SMART Timeline
Development of SMART began in 2002 by the TAG, a core of expert panellists in emergency epidemiology and nutrition, food security, early warning systems and demography, drawn from the CDC, various universities, NGOs and UN partners.
Since its inception in 2006, local ministries of health & institutes of statistics, ACF International, Concern, GOAL, IRC, MSF, Save the Children, UNICEF, WFP, World Vision, and the FAO, among others have used the SMART Methodology.
Major Milestones That Shaped the Evolution of Smart
Relaunch of SMART in East Africa.
The First High level Technical Assessment Meeting (TAM) was held in Amman, Jordan.
The Assessment Working Groups (AWG) were initiated by the sector/cluster coordination mechanism in Syria and Turkey. The SMART team actively supported definition and finalization of terms of reference and roles of participating members in the AWG.
The SMART Initiative expands its services to South Asia to provide support in a period of emerging conflict.
The SMART Initiative conducts a Nutritional Capacity Needs Analysis (NCNA) in Middle East and North Africa countries experiencing ongoing humanitarian crises.
SMART Trainings in:
- Kenya (56 people)
- Afghanistan (21 people)
- Nepal (24 people)
- Cyprus (17 people)
SMART Emergency Survey Support (ESS) provided for:
- Afghanistan
- Nepal
- Syria
- Niger
Regional East Africa SMART Workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya.
SMART Global Focal Point meeting and Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting held in London, UK.
SMART co-chairs Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC) Annual Meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Development of the ‘Plausibility Check for Anthropometry’ chapter for the SMART Manual.
SMART attends Canadian Network for Maternal and Newborn Child Health (MNCH) Annual Meeting and Symposium held in Montreal, Canada.
SMART Trainings in:
- Guatemala (19 people)
- Kenya (18 people)
- Kenya (9 people)*
- Somalia (13 people)
- Senegal (20 people)
- South Sudan (21 people)
- Bangladesh (17 people)
*Master Trainer level
SMART Emergency Survey Support (ESS) provided for:
- Blantyre, Malawi
- Juba, South Sudan
- Syria/Turkey Cross-border
SMART Global Focal Point meetings held in Washington, DC.
SMART Methodology launches new website with revamped forum, job board and resource centre.
SMART Trainings in:
- Kenya (65 people)
- United States of America (20 people)
- India (46 people)
- India* (7 people)
- France (17 people)
- Burundi (23 people)
- Jordan (27 people)
- Myanmar (25 people)
- South Sudan (54 people)
- Ghana (27 people)
*Master Trainer level
SMART Emergency Survey Support (ESS) provided for:
- Talcoban City, Philippines
- Idelb, Syria
- Juba, South Sudan
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
First ever SMART Master Trainer Training:
- 8 people participated in Kenya
Sensitization on the SMART Methodology in Nairobi, Kenya.
SMART Trainings in:
- Kenya (27 people)
- D.R.C. (24 people)
- Colombia (13 people)
- Spain (14 people)
- Senegal (22 people)
- Senegal* (4 people)
- Cambodia (17 people)
*Master Trainer level
Development of the ‘Sampling Methods & Sample Size Calculation’ for the SMART methodology.
Launch of the new user-friendly SMART website
SMART Trainings in:
- Central African Republic (18 people)
- Cambodia (23 people)
- Kenya (25 people)
- Senegal (50 people)
- France (11 people)
- Afghanistan (23 people)
Release of the Standardized Training Package in French, for preparing survey teams in SMART.
Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on the development of version 2 of the SMART manual.
SMART trainings and technical survey support for the Horn of Africa Crisis.
SMART Trainings in:
- United States of America (17 people)
- Ethiopia (23 people)
- Uganda (22 people)
Emergency response to the floods in Pakistan where several SMART surveys take place.
Release of the Standardized Training Package in English, for preparing survey teams in SMART.
SMART Trainings in:
- Ivory Coast (23 people)
- Uganda (24 people)
- Pakistan (22 people)
SMART Trainings in:
- Burkina Faso (76 people)
- Zimbabwe (26 people)
- Mali (26 people)
- Bangladesh (32 people)
SMART Expert Panel Meeting, FAO, Rome: “Global Nutrition Cluster Assessment Working Group (AWG) Meeting on SMART.”
SMART workshop, USAID, Washington, D.C.: “Understanding the SMART methodology & importance of using them for assessments.”
SMART trainings in:
- Guinea (42 people)
- Mali (22 people)
- Kenya (11 people)
First ever Regional SMART Survey Manager Training
- 39 people participated in Uganda
SMART trainings in:
- Niger (24 people)
- Burundi (19 people)
Publication of manual: “Measuring Mortality, Nutritional status and Food Security in Crisis Situations: SMART METHODOLOGY. Version 1”
Launch of the 1st SMART website: http://www.smartindicators.org/
Manual and software available for free download
Nutrition and mortality modules of SMART and ENA software used by:
- Local ministries of health & institutes of statistics
- ACFIN, Concern
- GOAL
- IRC
- MSF
- Save the Children
- UNICEF
- WFP
- World Vision, etc.
Food security module used by:
- FAO
- MSF.
First draft of SMART Manual.
SMART roll-out meeting held at UNICEF House, New York: “Saving Lives: the Right Information for the Right Decision”
Pilot-tests of SMART methodology with Nutrisurvey (later named ENA) software:
- ACF pilot tested the methodology in Chad, Niger, and Mali (Nutrition and Mortality).
- FSAU (FAO) pilot tested methodology in Somalia (Nutrition and Mortality).
- UNICEF pilot tested methodology in Madagascar (Nutrition and Mortality).
- MSF pilot tested methodology in Nigeria (Food security).
SMART Expert Panel Meeting at the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) held in Brussels, Belgium.
Methodology Review: Triangulation of nutritional status of children under five, mortality rate & food security in an integrated survey protocol
Private Voluntary Organizations/Donor Meeting.
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SMART METHODOLOGY
First SMART workshop initiated by USAID, State/PRM, and CIDA. Technical working session: “Standardizing Survey Methodology” and Policy session: “Promoting Policy & Program Priorities Based on Data”.