FY13 Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS) Guidance Review

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At right, you will find a number of FTFMS resources that we hope will be useful to newcomers and past users alike. If you have not used FTFMS before, or need a refresher, we recommend that you view the Adobe Connect recording titled "FTFMS Training Exercise." This 30-minute session will walk you through the training exercise in the FTFMS Guidance Document.

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FTFMS reporting season is almost here.  Please watch the recording with John Spears and Anne Swindale of the USAID Bureau for Food Security as they explain the basics of using FTFMS, highlight recent improvements and discuss entering data for complex indicators. They covered key indicator updates, addressed reporting challenges and took participant questions.

FTFMS will open October 1 and close November 22, 2013. If you have any questions about the system or the webinar, please contact [email protected].

About FTFMS:  The Feed the Future Monitoring System (FTFMS) is part of an interagency effort to consolidate USG reporting on FTF activities. USAID, USDA, MCC, Peace Corps, Treasury (contribution to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program), IFAD, and the US-Africa Development Foundation contribute data to FTFMS. FTFMS indicator data are the official data for Feed the Future, provide the foundation for public documents like the FTF Scorecard and FTF Progress Report, and inform decisions on future programming and budget allocations.

Speakers

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.

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.

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