As part of its program on the role of non-state providers towards the achievement of Universal Health Coverage, the Alliance is organizing a protocol development workshop of selected teams in Tunis, Tunisia from 26-30 January 2015 . The workshop will be facilitated by experts from the programme’s technical support centre based at the Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University. In addition to giving an opportunity for teams to strengthen their research protocols by interacting with leaders in the field, the workshop will identify significant potential cross cutting policy lessons that will be the major focus of inquiry of this research program. 16 participants, representing 8 teams from 8 countries are scheduled to participate.