Objective

In 2004, experts working for German Development Cooperation (GDC) and its international and country-level partners around the world launched the German HIV Practice Collection and, in 2010, expanded it into the German Health Practice Collection (GPHC). From the start, the objective has been to share good practices and lessons learnt from BMZ-supported initiatives in health and social protection. The process of defining good practice, documenting it and learning from its peer review is as important as the resulting publications.

Process

Managers of GDC-supported initiatives propose promising ones to the Managing Editor of the GHPC at ghpc@giz.de. An editorial board of health experts representing GDC organisations at their head offices and in partner countries select those they deem most worthy of write-up for publication. Professional writers then visit selected programme or project sites and work closely with the national, local and GDC partners primarily responsible for developing and implementing the programmes or projects. Independent, international peer-reviewers with relevant expertise then assess whether the documented approach represents ‘good or promising practice’, based on eight criteria:

• Effectiveness
• Transferability
• Participatory and empowering approach
• Gender awareness
• Quality of monitoring and evaluation
• Innovation
• Comparative cost-effectiveness
• Sustainability

Only approaches meeting most of the criteria are approved for publication.

Publications

All publications in the GHPC describe approaches in enough detail to allow for their replication or adaptation in different contexts. Written in plain language, they aim to appeal to a wide range of readers and not only specialists. They direct readers to more detailed and technical resources, including tools for practitioners. Available in full long versions and summarized short versions, they can be read online, downloaded or ordered in hard copy.

Get involved

Do you know of promising practices? If so, we are always keen to hear from colleagues who are responding to challenges in the fields of health and social protection. You can go to our website to find, rate and comment on all of our existing publications, and also to learn about future publications now being proposed or in process of write-up and peer review. Our website can be found at www.german-practice-collection.org. For more information, please contact the Managing Editor at ghpc@giz.de.

You may be particularly interested in the following selection of our latest publications:

Publications

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