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EUnetHTA Project 2006-08

The EUnetHTA Project was established to create an effective and sustainable network for HTA across Europe that could develop and implement practical tools to provide reliable, timely, transparent and transferable information to contribute to HTAs in EU Members States. The overall strategic objective of the network was to connect public national/regional HTA agencies, research institutions and health ministries, enabling an effective exchange of information and support to policy decisions by the Member States. The objectives were developed in 2005 and were adjusted reflecting the experience, needs and outcomes from the work performed in the project and changing healthcare systems policy environment.

The strategic objectives of the EUnetHTA Project were to:
• reduce overlap and duplication of effort and hence promote more effective use of resources;
• increase HTA input to decision-making in Member States and the EU and hence to increase the impact of HTA;
• strengthen the link between HTA and health care policy making in the EU and its Member States; and
• support countries with limited experience with HTA.

Specific objectives were defined to facilitate rapid, productive collaboration that would lead to the development of a range of practical tools to deliver the strategic objectives. Work Packages were aligned with specific objectives and each was expected to produce substantial deliverables (please see description of EUnetHTA Project Work Packages).

The outcomes of the EUnetHTA Project were reported in a special issue of the International Journal on Technology Assessment in Health Care

Since its launch in November 2008, the EUnetHTA Collaboration has been operating to implement the permanent collaboration on HTA in Europe (see EUnetHTA Collaboration Report on key achievements in 2009)