Accountability Research Team (ART)   2

The purpose of the Accountability and Research Team (ART) is to: 1) establish a third-party monitoring (TPM) system to independently monitor, verify, and analyze the results of assistance activities in Syria funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID's) Middle East Bureau (MEB); 2) provide high quality research and analysis (R&A) services to inform USAID/MEB strategy, project, and activity design and implementation; and 3) strengthen the capacity of USAID/MEB and implementing partners' (IPs) staff to improve performance monitoring and data analysis. ART will increase USAID/MEB's understanding of the outputs, progress, challenges, successes, and lessons learned in regards to USAID/MEB activities in Syria.