2. Why was the Alliance founded? To create a forum for interested academic institutions with involvement in Global Health to exchange views and ideas, so as to develop a European voice on Global Health issues and influence relevant policies. Brings together International Health/Tropical Medicine and Public Health institutions

3. Membership criteria Membership status ResearchTeachingService/Policy Full member2 + externally funded peer reviewed projects on global health with partners in low/middle income countries -Master / PhD level programs on global health - Evidence of capacity strengthening activity in collaboration with LMIC partners - Involved in networks for research capacity building/partner ship with LMICs - Involved in research relevant to public health policy and practice

4. Global Health -a multidimensional concept Global Health applies ‘where the determinants of health or health outcomes circumvent, undermine or are oblivious to the territorial boundaries of states and this beyond the capacity of individual countries alone to address through domestic institutions.’ Lee K, Collin J eds. (2005) Global Change and Health Global Health Diplomacy Global Health Security Global Health Policy Global Health vs International health vs Public Health

5. Where are the member institutions located? Member of Alliance Member of Alliance/ASPHER Member

6. Objectives To advocate for evidence-based policies and increased resources for global health in the European Union and other relevant bodies; to influence EU policy on research and development for global health; to support the implementation of the EU research agenda.

7. Interacting with EU Global Health Policy ‘EU’s leading role in international trade, global environmental governance and in development aid, as well as its values and experience of universal and equitable quality healthcare give it strong legitimacy to act on global health.’ EU will need to improve its capacity for analysis and dialogue on global health challenges at national, regional and international levels. Strengthening the European voice in global health governance

8. EU Global Health Policy Advocating for a sustainable European commitment to global health Promoting synergy between the policy spheres of public health, foreign policy, development and research for health Promoting effective and fair financing of research that benefits the health of all people EU High-Level event in Global Health, June 2010 (http://onetec.be/global_health/index.html)

9. Objectives To develop guidelines for partnerships between European institutions and their counterparts in low- and middle-income countries (including the issues of intellectual property and data sharing); to learn about effective partnerships from case studies and to promote the implementation of such guidelines.

10. Objectives To contribute to strengthening capacity in partner institutions in low income countries in response to their priorities, including supporting areas such as research, teaching, administration and infrastructure.

11. Objectives To foster exchange of ideas and, where appropriate, collaboration between European global health institutions on research, teaching, and capacity building; to build on success of and collaborate with TropEd, FESTMIH, European Public Health Association and other networks taking into account the principles of successful networking.

12. Objectives To encourage and to support the evaluation of investments in global health to ensure they have the desired effects.

13. Objectives To raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities of global health in medical, nursing, public health and allied health professions, as well as the wider public.

14. Objectives To undertake horizon scanning in order to identify new and emerging topic areas, and share knowledge of potential impacts on teaching and research programmes as well as on policy and practice. change in North America."

15. Objectives To encourage the formation of similar collaborative networks in other world regions and to forge links with those that already exist; to ‘globalize ownership of global health’ and promote more coherence in global health actions across regions through supporting the development of a ‘World Federation’ of like minded associations.

16. Future events/activities Workshop at EUPHA-ASPHER annual conference, Amsterdam: The potential role of the EU in global public health Seminars in Brussels/Strasbourg: climate change, effectiveness of EU aid in improving health, Intl. Health Regulations, etc. Development of a ‘World Federation’ of like-minded academic institutions with involvement in global health