Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe: Fourth EVIPNet Europe multicountry meeting Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, 15–16 June 2016

Overview

EVIPNet Europe is a WHO Regional Office for Europe initiative. It aims to increase country capacity in developing health policies informed by the best available research evidence, supporting the implementation of the European policy framework Health 2020, the European Health Information Initiative (a multimember WHO network committed to improving health by improving the information that underpins policy) and the “Action plan to strengthen the use of evidence, information and research for policy-making in the WHO European Region 2016- 2020”. EVIPNet Europe institutionalizes knowledge translation (KT) – the process of fostering research use in policy-making – through the establishment of national country teams (so called KT platforms). These teams plan and implement KT activities at country level. At multicountry level, the network organizes inter alia capacity-building activities such as the fourth annual multicountry meeting described in this summary (full report available online), as well as activities on the EVIPNet Europe virtual forum.