Recent event

Webinar for PhD students (NOV 2025)

SEA-EPP team delivered the EIPM workshop to 30 Master's and PhD students at Chulalongkorn University. The workshop was led by the EPPI Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL.  This workshop is part of the EIPM education project in Thailand funded by the British Academy. Find out more about our project HERE

Recent event

Workshop: WHO CHECKLIST PILOT (JULY 2025)

A participatory workshop hosted by Chulalongkorn University, this forum was part of the research project “Promoting the Routine Use of Evidence in Policy Processes: A Pilot Study Using the WHO Institutionalisation Checklist”. The event provided a much-needed platform for dialogue and reflection on the current landscape of evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM) in the health and education sectors.

Discussions were guided by the WHO’s EIPM Institutionalization Checklist, covering six key dimensions: governance, standards and processes, leadership, resources, organizational culture, and intersectoral collaboration. 

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Webinar series 

WHO EIDM Checklist Application in Brazil

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The latest Community of Practice (CoP) webinar on WHO Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (EIDM) Institutionalisation featured the Brazilian Coalition for Evidence, which presented its work adapting and applying the WHO EIDM Institutionalisation Checklist to Brazil’s health system. Supported by PAHO and the Ministry of Health, the project marks a major step toward strengthening the routine use of evidence in policymaking across the country. The Coalition’s efforts have produced a validated Portuguese version of the WHO Checklist and opened new pathways for collaboration and learning across Brazil’s regions.

For the full methodology and initial findings on how Brazil team cross-culturally adapted this tool, see their recently published article in Health Policy and Systems Research: https://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12961-025-01399-5.

Speakers:

Tanja Kuchenmuller

Mukdarut Bangpan

Laura Boeira

Luciane Lopes

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Webinar series 

USING THE WHO CHECKLIST TO IDENTIFY DOMAINS FOR INSTITUTIONALIZING EVIDENCE-INFORMED POLICY-MAKING IN CHINA: A MAPPING REVIEW

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The second Community of Practice (CoP) webinar on WHO Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (EIDM) Institutionalisation took place on Monday, October 13, 2025, featuring the Lanzhou team’s presentation of their mapping review on institutionalizing Evidence-Informed Policy Making (EIPM) in China using the WHO Checklist. Drawing on 146 documents from academic and policy sources, the team assessed progress across six institutionalization domains, highlighting notable advancements in Resources, Governance, and Partnerships. The review found that most evidence and policy efforts focused on SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions), with unique contributions to SDGs 4 and 9. The discussion emphasized China’s distinctive think tank system, documentation gaps beyond the health sector, and the growing political interest in evidence-informed policymaking, particularly in health insurance. The Lanzhou team will next conduct interviews to validate their findings and deepen insights into Health Technology Assessment (HTA) institutionalization, while the Brazilian team from Instituto Veredas will share their experience in the next CoP webinar on November 7, 2025.

Speakers:

Tanja Kuchenmuller

Mukdarut Bangpan

Song Xuping

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Webinar series 

Supporting the Routine Use of Evidence During the Policy-Making Process: A WHO Checklist

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The first webinar of the WHO Community of Practice (CoP) on the Institutionalisation of Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (EIDM) took place on 25 September 2025, bringing together participants from diverse organisations to explore practical applications of the WHO EIDM Checklist. The session featured a presentation from the Thailand research team, who shared findings from their national study assessing EIDM processes in the health and education sectors through a mixed-methods approach. The study revealed that EIDM is more established in the health sector than in education, with key challenges including leadership gaps and limited evidence synthesis capacity. Participants engaged in meaningful discussions about conceptual and operational challenges, the adaptability of the checklist across cultural and policy contexts, and its role as both a diagnostic and formative evaluation tool. The meeting concluded with plans for a follow-up session in October to continue knowledge exchange and support countries in advancing EIDM institutionalisation.

Speakers:

Tanja Kuchenmuller

Mukdarut Bangpan

Songphan Choemprayong.

Recent event

Webinar series 

Supporting the Routine Use of Evidence During the Policy-Making Process: A WHO Checklist

Last month, we joined the first of a webinars series to share ideas and experience on institutionalising evidence-informed policy making (EIPM). 

With more than 300 people around the world joined the session, our speakers provided an overview of the WHO EIPM institutionalisation checklist and shared opportunities and challenges on applying the Checklist Thailand.

You can checkout the session here.

Speakers:

Tanja Kuchenmuller

Mukdarut Bangpan

Songphan Choemprayong.

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Workshop

A Participatory workshop  on Evidence-informed Decision-making in Thailand- July 2025 

This July marked a significant step forward for the evidence ecosystem in Thailand, with two milestone events aimed at strengthening the routine use of evidence in public policy.

🔹 Participatory Workshop & Thailand Evidence-Informed Policy Making Forum 2025

Hosted by Chulalongkorn University, this forum was part of the research project “Promoting the Routine Use of Evidence in Policy Processes: A Pilot Study Using the WHO Institutionalisation Checklist”. The event provided a much-needed platform for dialogue and reflection on the current landscape of evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM) in the health and education sectors.

Discussions were guided by the WHO’s EIPM Institutionalisation Checklist, covering six key dimensions: governance, standards and processes, leadership, resources, organisational culture, and intersectoral collaboration.