The SHAPE ENERGY (EU Horizon 2020) undertook 17 multi-stakeholder energy policy workshops over November 2017 – May 2018. These workshops were mostly in partnership with...

Additional file 2. Working experience of the study participants on MOR and its associated challenges. A tabular data summarising the study participants’ working experiences...

Background National pharmacovigilance centres (national centres) are gradually gaining visibility as part of the healthcare delivery system in Africa. As does happen in...

In light of climate change and global commitments, a great amount of programs and policies have been implemented by governments targeting the diffusion of renewable energy...

Under the context of collaborative transport planning paradigms, maps should be seen as learning instruments that create dialogue spaces between stakeholders involved in...

Background The need to translate research into policy, i.e. making research findings a driving force in agenda-setting and policy change, is increasingly acknowledged. However,...

Background Evidence has come to play a central role in health policymaking. However, policymakers tend to use other types of information besides research evidence. Most prior...

Background Hospitals are increasingly parts of larger care collaborations, rather than individual entities. Organizing and operating these collaborations is challenging; a...

Background: Health inequalities have been consistently reported across and within European countries and continue to pose major challenges to policy-making. The development of...

Previous efforts to improve stakeholders’ involvement in planning and decision-making processes mostly put planners and decision makers as the ones who decide which solution is...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important concern in the mining sector in recent years but has been overlooked heavily in the context of developing...

Background Defining quality in health presents many challenges. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined quality clinical care as care that is equitable, timely, safe, efficient,...

Abstract Agricultural landscapes affect regional development and competitiveness in a way far beyond the production of agricultural commodities. However, comprehensive...

Background Effective stakeholder engagement in research and implementation is important for improving the development and implementation of policies and programmes. A varied...

1 Introduction Since the late 1950s, the advances in agronomy, genetics, and chemistry significantly increased crop yields worldwide. However, the strong simplification and...