Step 1: General Adaptation Goal
Improve community resilience to flooding in northern Bangladesh.
Step 2: Refined SMART Objective
Construct and operationalize 5 community-managed elevated flood shelters in the most flood-prone villages of northern Bangladesh by October 2025, ensuring access for at least 500 vulnerable residents during flood events.
SMART Breakdown:
Specific – Construct 5 elevated flood shelters managed by the community in identified high-risk villages.
Measurable – 5 shelters built; ≥500 residents provided access; operational before the next flood season.
Achievable – Uses community-based construction to lower costs, targets a manageable number of shelters given limited local government resources.
Relevant – Directly addresses flood damage to homes by providing safe evacuation infrastructure.
Time-bound – Completion by October 2025 (before the typical November–March dry season ends and the next rainy season begins).
Step 3: Approach for Providing Peer Feedback
When reviewing a peer’s submission, I would:
Check Specificity – Is the activity well-defined (e.g., “early warning system” vs. vague “improve preparedness”)?
Assess Measurability – Are there clear numbers or indicators (e.g., “50 households” or “3 villages”)?
Evaluate Achievability – Does the objective consider the scenario’s “limited resources” (e.g., by phasing implementation or using local capacity)?
Confirm Relevance – Does it directly tackle flooding and its impacts on homes/crops?
Verify Time Frame – Is the deadline realistic and tied to the climate context (e.g., before the next flood season)?
Example Feedback to a Peer:“Your objective to ‘train farmers in flood-resistant cropping techniques’ is relevant and specific. To make it fully SMART, consider adding a measurable target (e.g., ‘100 farmers trained’), a clear timeline aligned with planting seasons, and a note on how training will be delivered cost-effectively given limited resources—perhaps through local agricultural extension staff. Well done on focusing on crop damage, a key issue in the scenario.”