How we work

Management

Nutrition Connect is curated, managed and operated by GAIN as a service to the food, nutrition and wider development and business sectors.

Editorial approach

Content for Nutrition Connect will be reviewed by GAIN staff to assess its quality and relevance according to the following criteria:

• Materials should contribute to an improved understanding of the way in which public private engagement (PPE) can advance nutrition through markets, and via improved policies on the part of government and businesses. 
• Content should be aimed to inform learning and action. It should be context-specific when appropriate, as evidence-based as possible, and explain any change achieved or sought. 
• Materials should reflect all learnings from PPEs, which could include examples of both good and bad practice, and a wide variety of viewpoints and opinions. Such content must be set out in a balanced, responsible and respectful manner, with the aim of facilitating diverse voices and serious debate.
• Materials that are intended solely or primarily for product promotion or profiling will not be considered.
• Resources will be selected if they contribute to further understanding of PPE in one of the following four areas of PPE: Impact; Design and process; Context; Action. Additional information on the approach to assessing, selecting and labelling materials is set out in Annex A (see below).
• GAIN reserves the right to provide commentary and contextual material to assist users in accessing and getting maximum value from Nutrition Connect.
• GAIN and Nutrition Content Managers reserve the right to edit or remove content at any time according to their discretion and judgment, aligned with the principles laid out here. 
• The views expressed or contained within reports, publications, tools, interviews, links or other resources on Nutrition Connect are not necessarily endorsed or shared by GAIN or its donors.

Accountability and transparency 

A review panel will be set up to conduct an independent, annual assessment of Nutrition Connect, and its findings will be posted on Nutrition Connect.

An open call will be conducted according to GAIN’s research and evaluation procurement process in the first quarter of 2020. A panel of experts from across business, academia, and implementing agencies will be selected; full details of the selection criteria will be developed and approved by the GAIN Senior Management Team (SMT).

A Request For Proposals will lay out general objectives to review substance and functionality of website. GAIN will create a Terms Of Reference to set out expert criteria and expectations for the review process. This will include a content review to assess the quality and comprehensiveness of materials, e.g. appropriateness of literature, extent to which narrative descriptions reflect PPE. Full TORs to be updated.

The panel will:

• Review the editorial approach and selection criteria for the site and make recommendations for modifications as appropriate.
• Audit content against the aims above and according to the criteria set out in Annex A (see below) to assess its quality, relevance and objectivity.
• Assess the overall scope of the website will be assessed within the context of the greater nutrition, development and business community, including any relevant frameworks or conventions.
• Review any user comments, reviews or feedback submitted to nutritionconnect@gainhealth.org, and propose possible solutions to address any outstanding issues.
• Produce a written assessment based on its findings in the second quarter of each year. This document will be circulated to SMT, donors and be made publicly available on Nutrition Connect.

The first review was conducted in May-June 2020. The Terms of Reference are available here; and the Summary Report is available here.