Assessment of Emergency and Transition Situations (ASSETS)

ASSETS (Assessment for Emergency and Transition Situations) is a collection of step-by-step, participatory tools for conducting assessments.

It is designed to help move an assessment team from the "big picture overview" to an examination of the most critical sectors in a given environment. 

The ASSETS approach can help produce information that is useful and detailed enough for proposals, situation reports and donor advocacy.

Use of ASSETS can help a community to develop an action plan that includes steps it can take without international assistance.

ASSETS gathers qualitative information and focuses on relationship building and resource maximization within affected populations.

It is important to note that the ASSETS tool is not designed to be used in isolation or in replacement of other complementary emergency response tools.