The 15th SME WG Annual Meeting that was held from 21 to 22 June 2010, in Glion, Switzerland, brought together 34 in-person SME WG participants from 10 countries. 

Meeting Objectives:

• Review findings of expert consultation on mortality and implications for impact evaluation
• Review the role of modeling in M&E
• Discuss support to various GF initiatives including the next round of applications, current initiatives on M&E, and programmatic measurement
• Review current status of data collection, use of data, and global level reports
• Consider new indicators and new estimation methods based on survey data
• Update on recent capacity building initiatives and discuss future needs
• Review MERG Administrative issues: To discuss MERG roles and responsibilities in the RBM Partnership and its “harmonized workplan”, membership, participation in and actions of the Task Forces, and other MERG issues