Co-operation with HTAi

HTAi as partner of EuroScan / iHTS

From the beginning, there has been substantial overlap in people and institutions involved in HTAi and EuroScan / i-HTS. With the creation of a legal entity, this informal collaboration was formalised through a shared platform for Early Awareness and Disinvestment: the joint HTAi Interest Group on Disinvestment and Early Awareness (IG DEA), founded at the HTAi meeting in Washington as part of the MoU between HTAi and EuroScan / i-HTS.

Since then, several joint activities and publications have emerged from this collaboration, focusing in particular on early awareness, horizon scanning, disinvestment and knowledge translation between research, HTA and policy.


Interest Group on Disinvestment and Early Awareness

The IG was established in 2014 as a joint action at the HTAi annual meeting in Washington, DC, following negotiations under our Memorandum of Understanding.

Ofelia Noceli

Co-Chair DEA IG

Maximilian Otte

Co-Chair DEA IG

Disinvestment and Early Awareness Interest Group

Collaborative initiatives

The DEA Interest Group is launching initiatives for members and interested experts. The aim is to support exchange, practical collaboration and future joint outputs in early awareness, horizon scanning and disinvestment.

Country Profile Webinar Initiative

This initiative brings together country experts to review and contextualise draft country profiles on health systems, early awareness, horizon scanning, disinvestment and related policy functions. Short webinars will help validate profiles, capture real-world experience and inform a future book and web-based knowledge resource.

We are inviting you to:

  • Join as expert to present your country context on Early Awareness, Horizon Scanning and Disinvestment
  • Validate and refine with us a draft country profiles.
  • Co-author a future book and web resource

Contact: Maximilian Otte, M. Sc., DEA IG Co-Chair

Disinvestment Survey Initiative

This initiative explores how disinvestment-related activities are currently approached across countries and institutions. The aim is to generate comparative insights on current practice, barriers, opportunities and future areas for collaborative work.

We are inviting you to:

  • Co-develop a focused survey approach.
  • Identify with us relevant respondents and networks.
  • Receive insights from disinvestment approaches around the world
  • Co-author a paper on the experiences made

Contact: Dr Ofelia Noceti, Co-Chair DEA IG

Training Course Initiative

This initiative aims to develop a practical training offer around early awareness, horizon scanning, disinvestment and related decision-making capacities. The focus is on useful formats, relevant cases and international learning needs.

We are inviting you to:

  • Develop with us course structures and content.
  • Collaborate on teaching materials and delivery.
  • Offer your expertise with your training course to interested parties around the world
  • Co-author a publication on experiences
  • More information on www.evidence.academy.

Contact: Maximilian Otte, M. Sc., Co-Chair DEA IG

Your DEA Initiative

Space for your own initiative

We are inviting you to promote your own initiative within the DEA IG. You have a topic which is related to an existing issue in the field of Disinvestment and Early Awareness? Enter the DEA stage.

Contact: Sevinc Elif Şen, Technical Officer DEA IG

Get in touch on collaborative initiatives

You are interested to get more information about the initiatives abovementioned? You would like to present your own initiative? Register below and get in touch with us to learn more.

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