Presented at the 66th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe by Dr Claudia Stein, Director, Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation, WHO/Europe

1. Action plan and resolution to strengthen the use of
evidence, information and research for policy-making
in the WHO European Region
Dr Claudia Stein
Director
Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation

2. Evidence from health information and research for
policy-making strategically important …
… but spread across many strategies and policies
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3. The «why» and the «how»
Supporting implementation of Health 2020:
• Improving health and well-being through Health 2020
requires the use of many forms of evidence from all
sectors to address complex societal issues
Starting from an operational platform that works:
• The European Health Information Initiative (EHII) is the
most inclusive operational platform for health information,
evidence and research in the European Region
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4. Technical briefing at 65th Regional Committee for Europe, Sept. 2015
1st technical expert
meeting, Jan. 2015
6th European Advisory
Committee on Health
Research (EACHR) meeting,
April 2015
A result of continuous dialogue ...
Photos: WHO

5. July 2014:
5th meeting
of the EACHR
July–Oct. 2014:
EACHR working
group
April 2015:
6th meeting
of the EACHR
Aug. 2015:
WHO report
«Towards an
acclerated
roadmap …»
Dec. 2014:
Concept paper
for 22nd SCRC,
2nd session
Oct. 2015: Stakeholder
consultation at
8th European Public
Health Conference
A result of continuous dialogue ...
June 2015:
European
Health
Management
Association
conference Nov. 2015:
Meeting of the EHII
steering group
March–April 2016:
Member States
consultation
April 2016:
7th meeting
of the EACHR
Jan. 2015:
1st technical
meeting
Sept. 2015:
Technical
briefing at
65th Regional
Committee
for Europe
Sept. 2016:
Presentation
at 66th
Regional
Committee
for Europe
Nov. 2015:
Outline
presented at
23rd SCRC,
2nd session
March 2016:
Draft action
plan for
23rd SCRC,
3rd session
May 2016:
Presentation
at 23rd SCRC,
4th session
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6. “The guiding principles are the best part of
the document. Full support. It will be
precious for national level.”
Croatia, supported by Greece,
Republic of Moldova, Slovenia,
“It is great to see the WHO Regional
Office for Europe taking the
initiative on this topic.”
Estonia
What Member States said – the consultation
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7. Goal
[…] to consolidate, strengthen and promote
the generation and use of multidisciplinary
and intersectoral sources of evidence for health
policy-making in line with the health-related
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
and the Health 2020 policy framework.
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8. Guiding principles
1. Evidence comes first
2. Local knowledge for local decision-making
3. Investment for innovation
4. Intersectoral and multidisciplinary aspects
5. Health information governance
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9. Global evidence for local decision-making –
the 4 key action areas of the action plan
National
health
information
systems
National
health
research
systems
Knowledge
translation
at the
country
level
Main-
streaming
the use of
evidence
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10. Resolution
European action plan to strengthen
the use of evidence, information
and research for policy-making
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11. Resolution: tasks of Member States
a) to initiate or advance the activities presented in the evidence-informed policy-
making (EIP) action plan
b) to strengthen national health information systems and support the process of
aligning health indicators
c) to promote national health research systems to generate evidence on priority
issues
d) to set up mechanisms for increasing the use of evidence, as well as building
capacity and developing new tools for promoting knowledge translation
e) to document, report and evaluate the experience of evidence-informed policy
formulation
f) to ensure that evidence, information and research are used, inter alia, in the
formulation of national Health 2020 policies and all other health policy agendas
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12. Resolution: tasks of the Secretariat
a) Strengthen country capacity: to support the implementation of the EIP action
plan by providing leadership, strategic direction and technical guidance to
Member States while respecting national, regional and international legislation
and the mandates of relevant bodies
b) Convene: to intensify collaboration and knowledge exchange of all institutional
stakeholders towards an integrated health information system and to strengthen
public health research systems in the WHO European Region
c) Demonstrate progress: to monitor and evaluate progress towards strengthening
the use of evidence, information and research through regular reporting and
analysis, documenting national strategies and experience
d) Be accountable: to report back to the Regional Committee on the
implementation of the action plan
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13. Let’s not leave anything to chance
What gets measured also gets done
Thank you,
Danke, Merci,
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