SMART Initiative

SMART Methodology is a globally recognized inter-agency initiative dedicated to enhancing technical capacity for decision-making in humanitarian crises. Our mission is to provide critical, reliable information through a systematized approach, enabling effective resource allocation and improved relief responses. SMART Methodology is an innovative survey methods, and set of digital transformative tools using SMART+, that balances simplicity and technical soundness with a single standardized method and user-friendly software. We empower humanitarian practitioners to collect and analyze high-quality data, ensuring that policy and programming decisions are based on accurate information. Join us to be part of a community driving positive change in the field of emergency assessments and responses. Follow us on Twitter: @SMART_Init Over the past 15 years, SMART has supported the availability of timely and credible nutrition and mortality data, presented in accessible ways at national and sub-national levels. Representative and accurate data generate through SMART surveys is used in national nutrition and health programming to address the needs of vulnerable populations and guide the response of governments and other actors. Action Against Hunger Canada (www.actioncontrelafaim.ca) has been the inter-agency project convener for SMART since 2009. Standardized guidance and manuals, survey tools and resources, curricula and details on upcoming trainings can be found by visiting our website. You can also subscribe to our Newsletter!