FY12 Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS) Guidance Review
Event Information
This webinar was held on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 using the Adobe Connect platform. John Spears and Anne Swindale of the USAID Bureau for Food Security explained the basics of using the Feed the Future Monitoring System, highlighted improvements to FTFMS since FY11, and discussed entering data for complex indicators. They also discussed key indicator updates and reporting challenges.
FTFMS will open October 1 and close November 30, 2012. If you have any questions about the system or the webinar, please contact [email protected].
Speakers
John Spears
USAID Bureau for Food Security
John Spears is a M&E Specialist in the Bureau of Food Security focusing on the FTFMS and knowledge management. He designed and managed economic growth projects in Colombia for the Clinton Foundation from 2007-2010 and coordinated bureau reporting for the Department of State Performance and Accountability Report from 2002-2006. He has master's degrees in international relations and public service from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Clinton School of Public Service.
Anne Swindale
USAID Bureau for Food Security
Anne Swindale, Senior Program Advisor – Monitoring and Evaluation in USAID’s Bureau for Food Security, is an economist with 25 years of experience in project management, research, and technical assistance in agriculture, food security, and nutrition strategy and program assessment, design, monitoring, and evaluation. For 13 years, she was Deputy then Director of the USAID-funded Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA). She worked for the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) International Potato Center in Peru and the Dominican Republic. She has a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University with a specialization in development economics and food, nutrition, and agricultural policies. She is fluent in Spanish.