Mission

The mission of the EUnetHTA Collaboration is to support effective HTA collaboration in Europe that brings added value at the European, national and regional level by:

facilitating the efficient use of HTA in countries across Europe
supporting long-term strategic planning for the development of HTA taking account of emerging policy challenges and needs expressed by stakeholders
providing an access point for expert advice on HTA across Europe, thus providing a gateway to European HTA agencies and producers
creating sustainable systems for knowledge sharing and provision of tools to assist the production of HTA in European countries by allowing HTA information to be shared and adapted, thus supporting processes and enhancing efficiency in HTA at the country level
providing an access point for communication with European umbrella stakeholder organisations to encourage HTAs to systematically cover a wide range of perspectives in their scoping, development and dissemination, and with sufficient transparency to indicate how stakeholder perspectives are incorporated
developing alliances with contributing fields of research to support a stronger and broader evidence base for HTA.

Aims of EUnetHTA

Work emerging from the EUnetHTA Collaboration aims to:

assure quality through use of the best available evidence, common methodological and process standards and good review processes
promote methodological and scientific independence thus contributing to high integrity of HTA products
make analyses transparent and facilitate sharing of informationbe responsive to the needs of decision makers for timely, high quality HTAs on important health technologies
maintain the independent role of each HTA Agency and institution in the production and use of assessments of evidence and conclusions
promote information about frameworks for national stakeholder engagement in HTA, including with consumers
be inclusive and share information to ensure that all relevant information is included in HTA
support advancements both in research and in medical care.

The EUnetHTA Collaboration will recognise and facilitate solutions to overcome barriers caused by language, variations in perceptions of terminology and will facilitate national solutions to deliver context specific reporting in the most appropriate manner.