Capacity Building
Building the capacity of senor managers and officers involved in FIVIMS is a crucial activity to ensure effective and effecient operatios. The national FIVIMS Focal Agency needs to be equipped with appropriate equipment, and the FIVIMS staff are required to have sufficient and proper knowledge and skills to implement the initiative.

Additionally, the FIVIMS staff and Core Analyst are required to perform various tasks including - data collection, entry, maintenance, processing, interpretation and analysis with appropriate tools such as ADDATI, ACCESS, the Key Indicators Mapping System (KIMS), SPSS, GIS Software, and the KIDS; System operation and management; production of output maps and reports; information sharing and dissemination; website development and management; networking; and control and evaluation of system performance.

Therefore, a series of training courses and capacity building activities on the above subjects must be provided to the FIVIMS staff to the extent possible with assitance from international organizations and donors agencies as appropriate.

Monitoring and Evaluation of System Performance
Effectiveness of the FIVIMS operations must be monitored and evaluated by the FIVIMS Secretariat and/or an independent party to determine if the System is meeting its objectives and established performance standards, and where appropriate to make suitable recommendations for improvement. FIVIMS activities, strategies and goals will be adjusted accordingly so as to produce improved FIVIMS information products for end users. The monitoring and evaluation of the System focuses particularly on:

• the strengths and weaknesses of the System, and the advantages and disadvantages of FIVIMS in food insecurity alleviation and poverty reduction.

• the overall performance and effectiveness of the operations especially in the fields of data collection, management, analysis, interpretation and dissemination.

• whether it has achieved established targets and goals.

• whether outputs are produced as scheduled with expected quality.

• responses and feedback from the Systemt users with regard to System performance and the accuracy and reliability of information products.

• impacts of FIVIMS on policy and program formulation and on the provision of assistance and interventions.

The FIVIMS Secretariat and/or an independent party conduct an evaluation of the System every two years. However, evaluations may be undertaken at various times when a strong need for such is raised by the IMSC.

For monitoring and evaluation, such tools as SWOT analysis is used to measure the impacts of FIVIMS activities implemented and outputs produced. SWOT analysis is an effective metho to identify the strengths and weaknesses of FIVIMS and to examine its opportunities and threats i the process of assembling, managing, analyzing and disseminating the information about people that are malnourished, food insecurity and vulnerable.

Networking
One of the factors that will make FIVIMS successful is to make dymanic linkages and interactions with govermental institutional agencies and (international) NGOs active in the country that are involved with initiatives relevant to FIVIMS. Some key institutions and organizations play a vital role as data providers or system users. Regular consultation, communication, collaboration, and information exchange and disessmination with all these players must be implemented and maintained to ensure that the FIVIMS works has been carried out in harmony as well as in the most effective manner without duplications of similar efforts.

In additional, one of the most important goals of FIVIMS is to complement the CNIP and the Pverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and MDGs initiatives. Therefore, selecting the FIVIMS indicators used for monitoring the progress on food insecurity and vulnerability reduction was undertaken in line with the indicators and objectives adopted by these initiatives.