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Involvement in Evidence Synthesis Advocacy Group Description: A new, independent, cross-organisational group for anyone with experience of, or interest in, involving patients, the public and other interest-holders in evidence synthesis. It advocates for better involvement, offers independent advice to any organisation that asks, retains the knowledge of people whose terms on existing groups have ended, and offers a development pathway for future leaders. It was established by a vote of the Cochrane Patient and Public Involvement Network Executive that closed on 20 October 2026, and the Executive is a named supporter. It is not a Cochrane project, programme or committee, does not carry the Cochrane name and does not speak for Cochrane. Members serve in a personal capacity. Science for All hosts the expression-of-interest form, the data it collects and the group's shared working document, pro bono. This report is prospective: the group has been established in principle, the Terms of Reference are at draft version 0.6, and recruitment has not yet opened.
STARDIT ID:
STARDIT ID:
0202610282359
Dates
State ongoing
Start 2026-10-29
Form updated 2026-10-29
Location
Global
URL
[INSERT PUBLIC LINK TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE]
Aims
Advocate for better involvement of patients, the public and other interest-holders in evidence synthesis
Provide independent advice on that involvement, to the Cochrane Patient and Public Involvement Network Executive and to any other organisation that asks
Retain the knowledge and experience of people who have contributed to involvement in evidence synthesis, including outgoing members of executives and comparable groups in other organisations
Offer a development pathway through mentoring, buddying, shadowing and shared work for people who may take on future leadership roles
Provide a wider pool of people for shared work, including a planned peer-reviewed article on involvement in evidence synthesis and the Cochrane PPI Strategy 2027-2032
Work in public by default, publishing membership, decisions, advice and declared interests
Category
other
Inputs
individual
Jack Nunn
Task: Proposing the group, drafting the Terms of Reference, building the expression-of-interest form, convening
Compensation: volunteer
group of individuals
Cochrane Patient and Public Involvement Network Executive (link)
Task: Establishing the group by vote, acting as a named supporter, and carrying out the initial review of expressions of interest with identifying information removed wherever possible
Compensation: volunteer
organisation
Science for All (link)
Task: Hosting the expression-of-interest form, holding the resulting data as data controller, and hosting the shared working document, pro bono
Compensation: volunteer
organisation
Cochrane (link)
Task: Promoting the expression of interest through the Cochrane Patient and Public Network newsletter, which links out to the form rather than collecting any data
Outputs and impacts
publication/report/document
State: Prospective
Terms of Reference setting out the group's independence, its advocacy and advisory role, its limits, its hosting arrangements and its transparency commitments
dataset (open)
State: Prospective
Public list of members, showing names but not contact details
dataset (open)
State: Prospective
Public register of interests, including conflicting interests published prominently
dataset (open)
State: Prospective
Public record of who the group has advised, on what, and what happened as a result, including the Executive reporting back what it did with advice and why
publication/report/document
State: Prospective
Advice, advocacy statements and responses to consultations, published after giving any requesting organisation reasonable notice
STARDIT report information
STARDIT report authors