Guidelines International Network

The Guidelines International network, GIN, is a global network, founded in 2002. It has grown to comprise 100 organisations and 131 individual members representing 48 countries from all continents. The network supports evidence-based health care and improved health outcomes by reducing inappropriate variation throughout the world. Three principal aims: • Providing a network and partnerships for guideline organisations, implementers, end-users, researchers, students and other stakeholders • Assisting members in reducing duplication of effort and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of evidence-based guideline development, adaptation, dissemination and implementation • Promoting best practice through the development of opportunities for learning and building capacity, and the establishment of high quality standards of guideline development, adaptation, dissemination and implementation. The Guidelines International Network is an international not-for-profit association of organisations and individuals involved in the development and use of clinical practice guidelines. It is a Scottish Guarantee Company, established under Company Number SC243691 and is also a Scottish Charity, recognised under Scottish Charity Number SC034047. GIN seeks to improve the quality of health care by promoting systematic development of clinical practice guidelines and their application into practice, through supporting international collaboration. GIN has developed partnerships with the following groups/organisations: The AGREE Research Trust, The GRADE Working Group, The International Federation for Emergency Medicine, The International Network of Agencies for Health Technologies Assessment and The World Medical Association. In June 2014, a collaborative agreement was signed between Dynamed and GIN as well as a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cochrane Collaboration.