Minimum Reporting for Supplementary Feeding Programmes (SFPs)
Donor: OFDA
Collaborators: Save the Children, Concern and CARE US
ENN Project lead: Jeremy Shoham
Timeframe: This project was completed in 2011
Background
The need for a minimum reporting package for supplementary feeding programmes (SFPs) was identified during a review of emergency SFPs by the ENN and SCUK (2008). In this study a series of problems in the way that emergency SFPs are reported were identified, most importantly with regard to programme statistics. Therefore, many programmes were unable to adequately monitor programme efficacy.
The study findings recommended that programme outcomes measurements were strengthened as a matter of urgency. The study states,
"there is a pressing need to develop a standardised reporting system, with recommendations on the way to collect, present and analyse a minimum set of information for emergency SFPs. Adoption of this standard reporting system by implementing agencies and donors should contribute to much-needed lesson-learning from the field as compiling data from different organisations and comparing the results of different protocols and strategies would become feasible."
It is in response to these findings that the Minimum Reporting Package was developed.
Project Summary
The Minimum Reporting for SFPs project has developed and piloted a standardised Minimum Reporting Package on emergency Supplementary Feeding Programmes (SFPs). The Minimum Reporting Package includes three main tools:
- A set of guidelines and data collection templates
- Supporting manuals and training materials
- A database application for data entry, analysis and reporting based on the guidelines, and employing user-friendly software developed for this purpose.
The MRP guidelines were developed through a consensus building exercise with a large number of humanitarian agencies during 2008-9. The software for the guidelines was developed over a two year period following four country pilots in Zimbabwe, Thailand, Ethiopia and Kenya. SCUK rolled out the MRP under an ECHO funded grant which ended in December 2012. Subsequent funding has allowed the MRP to be further developed. For further details of the status of the MRP contact Susan Fuller at Save the Children UK.
Publications
Development of a Minimum Reporting Package for Emergency Supplementary Feeding Programmes: Project Report (2011)More like this
FEX: Minimum Reporting Package (MRP) on Supplementary Feeding Programmes
In order to evaluate the quality and impact of nutrition interventions, agencies need effective monitoring and reporting systems in place for programmes. A retrospective...
FEX: Update on Minimum Reporting Package (MRP) trainings in London and Nairobi
By Emily Mates, Nutrition Advisor, MRP, Save the Children UK The ‘Minimum Reporting Package’ (MRP) has been developed to support standardised data collection for emergency...
en-net: Vacancies for Save the Children UK / ENN project supporting the introduction of the Minimum Reporting Package for SFPs
Save the Children UK and the ENN are excited to have four positions open (for nutritionists/similiar background with familiarity with SFPs) to lead and run this 18 month ECHO...
en-net: SCUK and ENN seeking 3 project officers for SFP Minimum Reporting Package project
SCUK and ENN are looking to recruit up to three Project Officers for an ECHO funded project to roll out a Minimum Reporting Package for the treatment of MAM. The MRP is the...
en-net: Minimum Reporting Package
MRP is a tool that was developed for Supplementary Feeding programmes,I understand its under study,does anyone have experience based on some study on its usage ? Is it user...
FEX: CMAM Report: development of a global online reporting system for CMAM programming
By Rachel Evans, Christoph Andert and Susan Fuller The authors would like to express their gratitude to all individuals that have contributed to the development of the CMAM...
FEX: ENN secures funding for SFP Research Projects
The ENN has just received a grant from USAIDs Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to carry out two projects related to emergency supplementary feeding programmes...
en-net: News on the Minimum Reporting Package?
Hello, Any news regarding the Minimum Reporting Package under development by Carlos Navarro ? Someone knows when it will be published? Thank you Hi Elisa Thanks for your...
Review of the efficacy and impact of emergency programmes
Donor: CIDA Collaborators: SCUK and Westminster University ENN Project Lead: Jeremy Shoham Timeframe: Project completed in 2011 Background This project was undertaken in...
FEX: Meeting on approaches to address moderate malnutrition in emergencies
The Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) and Save the Children UK (SC UK) recently held a meeting on approaches to address moderate malnutrition in emergencies (29th-30th May...
en-net: Minimum Reporting Package for SFPS: project leader VACANCY (closes March 14th)
Please apply here: http://www7.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_savethechildren01.asp?newms=jj&id=34506&----JOB-PREVIEW-MODE---- At Save the Children, Hunger Reduction is one of four...
Resource: Development of a Minimum Reporting Package (MRP) for Emergency Supplementary Feeding Programmes: Project Report (2011)
The Minimum Reporting Package project was implemented by the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) in collaboration with Save the Children UK (SC UK) under an OFDA funded grant to...
Defaulter and Access Study
Donor: OFDA Collaborators: CDC, ACF, Concern Worldwide, Save the Children UK ENN Project Lead: Jeremy Shoham Timeframe: Project completed in 2011 (report forthcoming)...
en-net: SFPs - what is wrong with them and can we fix it?
Latest after Carlos Navarro-Colorado's (et al) paper on the effectiveness of SFPs there is a tendency to turn away from them as the message seems to be misinterpreted. Do we...
en-net: Output Monitoring System for Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM)
Dear colleagues, The IMAM team in Viet Nam will establish an output monitoring system this year for SAM and MAM management and ideally integrate other key interventions in the...
FEX: Evaluation of SCUK Emergency Nutrition Intervention in Malawi During 2002-2003
Selling maize husks in Malawi The 2001 harvest in Malawi was particularly poor and it was recognised by June/July that there would be a substantial maize deficit. Furthermore...
FEX: Philippines Nutrition Cluster: lessons learnt from the response to Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
By Aashima Garg, Andrew Rene Bucu and Rene Gerald Garela Aashima Garg is Nutrition Specialist based in UNICEF New York. At the time of writing, she was Nutrition Manager with...
Resource: A summary of the study protocol for a cash transfer intervention study in Niger
Background A review of emergency Supplementary Feeding Programmes (SFPs) was undertaken in 2005/2006, which concluded that such programmes which are targeted to already...
Research on the Prevention and Reduction of Anaemia and Micronutrient Deficiencies in Refugee Populations
Donor: UNHCR Collaborators: UCL Institute for Global Health ENN Project Lead: Carmel Dolan Timeframe: 2009 - 2013 Background During 2009, UNHCR commenced the...
FEX: WHO consultation on management of moderate malnutrition in U5s
The WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF, WFP and UNHCR, hosted a second consultation to discuss the programmatic aspects of the management of moderate malnutrition in children...
Reference this page
Chloe Angood (2014). Minimum Reporting for Supplementary Feeding Programmes (SFPs). www.ennonline.net/ourwork/research/minimumreportingsfps