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New evidence intermediaries are being constantly set up around the world, but many work in silos – and don’t learn from other sectors or countries. Furthermore, some bodies compete for finite public and philanthropic funding. The question is, what does the future look like for evidence intermediary organisations? Is there more we can do to collaborate? How do we manage competition and lack of coherence – and measure success?

Join AFIDEP’s Director of Public Policy and Knowledge Translation, and Head of Kenya Office, Dr Rose Oronje, with other experts as she speaks on a panel at the final part of a wider series of sessions organised by International Transforming Evidence Network entitled Looking to the future: what can we do to grow more effective evidence intermediary organisations.  The zoom meeting will be held on Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7.00 – 8.20 pm EAT. The session aims to have around 100-200 people attending from evidence intermediaries, academia, non-governmental organisations and public bodies from the United Kingdom and other countries.

Other panellists include:

o   Olivia Stevenson, Co-Lead, CAPE, UK (CHAIR)

o   Itzhak Yanovitzky, Professor of Communication, Rutgers University, US

o   John Lavis, Co-Lead, Global Evidence Commission, Canada

The series will close with key messages from Annette Boaz and Kathryn Oliver, Co-Directors, at Transforming Evidence.

Transforming Evidence is a multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral, international community that exists to share learning across disciplines and sectors about how research evidence is made, shared and used.  These community members include academics, policymakers, practitioners and funders,  journalists, think tanks and intermediaries who help transform evidence to identify gaps in understanding. It can support funding applications to research those gaps.

Please see more information regarding this event below and registration details here.