The EIPPEE Network aims to increase research use and in doing so, address many of the areas mentioned above. It will do this by:

• Offering places on training courses in research synthesis and evidence informed policy and practice and details about other training courses in evidence informed policy and practice
• Offering consultancy service for policy-makers, practitioners and managers working in education in Europe to help support the use of research in policy and practice
• Providing free online resources to help you produce, find, use and/or interpret research (coming soon)
• Providing a new European search portal to help find research more easily
• Providing information about what is going on across Europe in this area:
  • Activities to link research with policy and/or practice across Europe
  • Relevant events 

To enable the use of research across Europe, we provide access to:

• Information about the different ways that research is being linked with decision-making across Europe

This information shows the wide variety of approaches that have been taken to try to improve the use of research evidence in policy settings across Europe. For those who are considering setting up similar schemes in their own organisation/country, this information can be used to promote discussion and ideas about the development of new activities and mechanisms for linking research evidence with policy.

• Research, guidance and resources on producing research on evidence informed policy and practice

For research to be used it needs to be clear and easily understood, of good quality, relevant, timely and available. To try and increase the production of more policy and practice relevant research, the EIPPEE Network is providing information and guidance on how this can be achieved.

• Information about how individuals and organizations have assessed their capacity for evidence informed policy and practice

To use research, organizations, and the individuals within them, need to value research and have the capacity, structures and institutions necessary to be able to find, use and understand it as part of their everyday decision-making. The EIPPEE Network is exploring the possibilities of developing an indicator that individuals and organizations can use to self-assess their readiness and capacity for research use.