The Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) brings together a number of worldwide research organizations that are committed to the development and use of research synthesis to enhance public policy, public service delivery and citizens’ involvement. The Alliance has partnered with a number of organizations including Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, EPPI-Centre, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Joanna Briggs Institute, American Institutes for Research and Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, to establish the GESI Consortium, which aims to enhance the capacity for research synthesis worldwide and especially in low- and middle-income countries.
One of the hallmarks of the approaches being developed through this consortium is the early and active engagement of policy-makers in identifying priorities for syntheses to ensure they respond to current needs.
Following a competitive process, the GESI Consortium selected the Center for Systematic Reviews on Health Policy and Systems Research (SPARK) at the American University of Beirut (Lebanon) to host the General Secretariat for the GESI.