Internal evaluation of European network for Health Technology Assessment – EUnetHTA

The internal evaluation of the European network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) considered to what degree it had achieved its main objective of providing a favourable framework for developing an effective and sustainable European network. A number of criteria were used to answer this question. The evaluation proposes nine recommendations for the further development of EUnetHTA:

1. Secure funding, and maintain a dedicated coordinating secretariat.
2. Assure efficiency through an organisational structure made up of Work Packages managed by a core of dedicated partners, with less committed partners taking part as a wider review group.
3. Continue developing and evaluating the tools as necessary.
4. Involve people in the work to ensure commitment, a high level of knowl-edge, and a broad basis for decision making processes.
5. Encourage collaboration and communication among all parties to ensure coherence within groups and within EUnetHTA.
6. Continue developing the communication platform and clearinghouse functionality to make EUnetHTA the central reference point for HTA in Europe.
7. Arrange face-to-face meetings at start of group or committee work to strengthen social coherence and reach a common understanding of the work.
8. Evaluate the tools in real work settings and the technical communication platform.
9. English has been the main language and should continue to be so.