Objective Health research is an essential public good. For progress in health, research is crucial and its importance is increasing. Budgets for health research increased globally more than 4-fold since 1990 and more of such research is multi-centre and international in nature. In addition, although health research in developing countries is a small proportion, it is increasing rapidly. Europe contributes to this as well, specifically with its recently announced EDCTP programme.For research to be conducted and for the public to remain supportive of health research, there has to be a substantial trust between researchers and research sponsors, policy makers and the public. Guidelines for the ethical conduct of research are an essential instrument in building this trust. To address the complicated ethical dilemmas raised by international collaborative health research, the NIH Fogarty International Centre and the World Health Organisation joined forces to bring together researcher, research decision makers, and ethicist from North and South in 1999 in the first Global Forum on Bioethics in Research. Since then, the partners have grown to include the MRC UK, Wellcome Trust, INSERM, Aga Khan University, University of Buenos Aires, COHRED, and others who joined for one or more conferences only.The organisation of the annual Fora alternated between partner institutions resulting in a discontinuity that reduces the impact of the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research. In addition, from the point of view of the European Community countries, there is no other platform where European and other ethical perspectives can be debated, and where a European voice can be developed and heard. To counter these obstacles, the partners in the Forum decided to establish a permanent Secretariat and asked the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) in eneva to host it. This proposal concerns the establishment of a Secretariat for the GFBR, and covers the first 2 yrs. Keywords capacity building clinical trials developing countries development ethics in health research human rights international collaborative research networking and exchange vaccine trials Programme(s) FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) SOCIETY-WP2005-4.3.2.1(a) - Ethics conferences and training workshops Call for proposal FP6-2005-SCIENCE-AND-SOCIETY-14 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator COUNCIL ON HEALTH RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT - COHRED EU contribution No data Address 1-5 Route de Morillons GENEVA Switzerland See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY Pakistan EU contribution No data Address Stadium Road 3500 KARACHI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FACULTAD LATINOAMERICANA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES Argentina EU contribution No data Address Ayacucho 551 BUENOS AIRES See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE France EU contribution No data Address Rue de Tolbiac, 101 PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 20 Park Crescent LONDON See on map Total cost No data THE WELLCOME TRUST United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 215 Euston Road LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Appia 20 GENEVA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data