An analysis involving the comparison of variables related to plans, targets, and achievements of FSC partners normally carried out on a monthly basis. The purpose of a gap analysis is to inform stakeholders about the status of the FSC response against plans or targets. This is a powerful tool used to inform and advocate decision makers and FSC actors alike. Example of gap analysis can be found on the dashboard. Actuals against targets: FSC partners collective actual achievements against objective targets. This kind of gap analysis highlights specific areas which have not received adequate support, and it monitors if the FSC objectives are being met. Plans against targets:FSC partners planned activities and numbers against objectives targets. This kind of gap analysis is used to forecast a collective response and to confirm partners’ initial commitments.
Mandatory IASC tool in a coordinated humanitarian action to ensure programming is coherent and effective, and that it takes into account basic differences according to gender and age.[1]Four Key Gender Equality Measures (GEMs: Gender Analysis, Tailored Activities, Participation in Project Management and Satisfaction with the Project) must appear in a project to demonstrate quality programming. The GAM provides codes on each of the GEMs as well as the Project Code; coding depends on three factors: programming action, gender and age. The tool codes higher when the project can demonstrate gendered needs, roles and dynamics are considered, based on different age groups; activities are tailored accordingly; affected groups are equally satisfied; and affected groups influence the project. The GAM is applied at design and monitoring phase, and required in all Consolidated Appeals Processes.
A measure of acute malnutrition based on weight-for-height and/or oedema.[2]GAM indicates short term (recent) nutritional history in children aged between 6 and 59 months. The measure is important because acute malnutrition increases the risk of illness and death, and children of this age are particularly vulnerable to it. GAM is also considered an indicator of the overall food and nutrition situation of the general population. GAM is not to be confused with another measurement of acute malnutrition, Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC). MUAC is a rapid screening tool that is commonly used to select individuals for nutrition programmes and nutrition surveillance.[3]
The Grand Bargain is an agreement between more than 30 of the biggest donors and aid providers, which aims to get more means into the hands of people in need. The Grand Bargain was first proposed as one of the solutions to address the humanitarian financing gap. The Grand Bargain includes a series of changes in the working practices of donors and aid organisations; including gearing up cash programming, greater funding for national and local responders and cutting bureaucracy through harmonised reporting requirements.[4]
The country based pooled funds grant management system is a web-based platform that supports the working of the entire grant life cycle for all Country-Based Pooled Funds (CBPFs) to ensure transparency and efficiency. It provides personalized email reminders for application deadlines and report due dates.[5]
Gross domestic product is an aggregate measure of production equal to the sum of the gross values added of all resident institutional units engaged in production (plus any taxes, and minus any subsidies, on products not included in the value of their outputs). The sum of the final uses of goods and services (all uses except intermediate consumption) measured in purchasers’ prices, less the value of imports of goods and services, or the sum of primary incomes distributed by resident producer units.[6]
The condition where an individual is shorter and/or thinner than their well-nourished counterparts and where the individual does not meet her/his growth potential. Growth may fail amongst others due to deficiencies of various micronutrients, energy, protein and/or macro- minerals.
[1]https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/topics/gender/page/iasc-gender-marker
[2]MUAC can be used to identify children to enroll in nutrition programming (cut-offs are established) and to present a degree of the problem, but thresholds to signal the severity of the nutrition situation have not been established.
[3]https://emergency.unhcr.org/entry/32605/acute-malnutrition-threshold
[4]“Too Important to Fail: addressing the humanitarian financing gap” available at http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/%5BHLP%20Report%5D%20Too%20important%20to%20fail%E2%80%94addressing%20the%20humanitarian%20financing%20gap.pdF
and http://www.agendaforhumanity.org/initiatives/3861
[6]Source: For a more detailed description please refer to https://unstats.un.org/Unsd/snaama/glossresults.asp?gID=5