1. 45 th Session Advisory Committee on Health Research of the Pan American Health Organization (CAIS) Hamilton, ON, Canada 17 – 19 October 2012 Partnerships

2. Inputs for the discussion 1. Some considerations about partnerships 2. Partnership as framed in the Research for Health Policy 3. Characteristics of the partners and outcomes (2010-2011) 4. Objectives as drafted in the future strategy? What’s worth doing next?

3. Some considerations  Partership is a cross-cutting strategy / objective  It is a politically sensitive decision  It is defined by two questions: With whom? What for?  Should be … Strategic Effective

4. Some considerations  Impacts … Sustainability Multiplying effect of what is done Scaling up of best practices Legitimacy of what is done Consensus about social value of research for health

5. Research for health policy (2010)  Partnership is defined as an objective  “The need to encourage partnerships, networking, and joint research has been acknowledged, as has been the formation of new strategic alliances among funding agencies, academic institutions, centers of excellence, and WHO collaborating centers and the reinforcement of old alliances.”

6. Research for health policy (2010) “By working together, ministries of health, scientific and academic institutions, the non- state sector and communities can seek consensus so that research targets and addresses national priorities, specially when it is state funded.

7. Research for health policy (2010) “Seek efficiencies and enhanced impact and appropriation of research through effective and strategic alliances, collaboration, and the building of public trust and engagement in research”

8. Partners (2010-2011) GlobalCOHRED, WHO, Global Forum, Evipnet, SURE RegionalCochrane Iberoamericana, European Union, Bireme, Scielo NationalCochrane Ecuador, Cochrane Canada, COMISCA (El Salvador), COPAN (Honduras), Mac Master Univ. (Canada), Univ. Cayetano Heredia (Peru), UWI (Jamaica ), St George Univ. (Grenada), Pontificia Univ. Católica de Paraná (Brasil), WHO Collaborating Center at the Univ. British Regulatory authorities and funding bodiesColumbia,

9. Outcomes (2010-2011) Cochrane library available to countries at no cost (BIREME) 2 nd edition Testing Treatments (chapter evidence public health) Award for the promotion SR for public health Second Latin American Conference on Research and Innovation Workshops for WHO staffExhibit Art for Research TA in research proposal development Webinars in various methodologies Registration of researchArticles in first rated journals

10. Outcomes (2010-2011) Open source software for ethics review committees Support for sustainable capacity Caribbean countries HRWeb platformInternship program Promote Health Systems Evidence (HSE) Integrate region’s registries with ICTRP platform High level advocacy to promote use of tools to identify research priorities Curricula development for Universities Promote partnerships and research between Europe and LAC International workshop on Priority setting methods

11. Key questions  What partners should be incorporated?  What is the best strategy to develop partnerships with national institutions for research grants?  How to lead other partners to advocate to donors to increase their funds in research for health?  How to use donors’ resources to address regional and country priorities?  How to achieve harmonization and collaboration given the different agendas of strategic partners?

12. Future Strategy Objective 4.1 Engage the private and industrial sectors with an emphasis on a) achieving long-term research and innovation goals and commitments, fostering multi-center collaborations, and sharing of ideas b) encourage development of new products, procedures and appropriate technology that address relevant priorities

13. Future Strategy Objective 4.2 Facilitate relevant collaboration with the United Nations system, the inter-American system, civil society organizations, development agencies, and other stakeholders and make more efficient and effective use of its own specialized centers and of WHO collaborative centers

14. Future Strategy Objective 4.3 Work with opinion leaders, strategic partners, and governments to mobilize support and resources for research for health

15. Future Strategy Objective 4.4 Work in coordination with the education sector, the science and technology sector, independent research centers (nonprofit and for-profit), and networks in order to develop research groups, in sufficient numbers, that have critical skills to develop, grow, regenerate, and achieve sustainable progress

16. Future Strategy Objective 4.5 Promote civil society’s enhanced participation and ownership in research as a true partner in research for health, contributing to the development of research policies, the definition of research agendas, and the development and use of research for health

17. Future Strategy Objective 4.6 Promote exchange and collaboration within and between countries and sub-regions, with the participation of various complementary disciplines from different sectors

18. Future Strategy