The EUSPR Registries Collaboration offers a platform for professional exchange and mutual support to national and international prevention and public health registries. Many countries have developed registries to help decision-makers and practitioners understand the evidence of preventive interventions and select suitable interventions for implementation. These registries might use different standards of evidence, focus on various problems or target groups, and have different presentation and functionality. Nevertheless, the challenges are similar – for example, problems related to the awareness of the databases, the transferability of the listed interventions or the linking of the interventions with funding mechanisms.
Registries Collaboration offers opportunities for cooperation between the people involved with registries and supports finding solutions to the common issues.
Building collaboration between prevention registries
EUSPR has played an important role in supporting collaboration and knowledge exchange between national and international preventive intervention registries. Over the years, EUSPR conferences have provided opportunities for registry representatives to meet, exchange experiences and discuss shared challenges, including during conferences in Ghent (2019), Tallinn (2022), Sarajevo (2023) and Berlin (2025).
An important milestone was the meeting of national and international prevention registries held during the EUSPR 2025 Conference in Berlin. Bringing together representatives from 11 registries, the meeting focused on common challenges, including sustainable funding and organisational structures, criteria for assessing evidence, communicating with different target groups, and evaluating and further developing registries.
The discussions highlighted both the diversity of existing registries and the value of closer cooperation in sharing expertise, strengthening prevention systems and finding solutions to common challenges.
Strengthening collaboration: activities in 2026
Building on previous exchanges, EUSPR has taken a more active role in coordinating systematic collaboration between preventive intervention registries. Regular online meetings provide opportunities for registry representatives to share their experiences, present methodological developments, discuss common challenges and learn from each other’s approaches.
- 13 January 2026 – Preventive Intervention Registries Meeting
The first online meeting of 2026, facilitated by Karin Streimann and Triin Vilms from the National Institute for Health Development in Estonia, focused on identifying shared priorities and opportunities for collaboration. Participants discussed the role of registries in supporting evidence-informed decision-making, challenges related to evidence classification and registry sustainability, and ways to strengthen the use of registry evidence in prevention policy and practice. The meeting also explored priorities for future collaboration and how to organise regular exchanges between registries.
- 13 May 2026 – Foundations Guidebook (United Kingdom)
Steph Fletcher and Dr Elspeth Wilson from Foundations, the UK’s What Works Centre for Children & Families, introduced the Foundations Guidebook, a free online resource providing evidence on interventions designed to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.
The presentation focused on the Guidebook’s approach to assessing intervention effectiveness, including updated evidence standards and guidance for evaluating research quality. It also highlighted recent developments in integrating equality, diversity, inclusion and equity considerations into evidence assessment and reporting, and prompted discussion about how registries can balance scientific rigour with inclusivity.
- 23 September 2026 – ReperPrev (France)
The September Intervention Registries Working Group meeting featured ReperPrev, the French registry of interventions in health prevention and promotion, managed by Santé publique France.
ReperPrev identifies and assesses effective and promising preventive interventions across a broad range of public health topics, including mental health, nutrition, physical activity and substance use prevention. Its scientific assessment framework classifies interventions according to five levels of evidence. The presentation highlighted the registry’s approach to assessing intervention effectiveness, supporting evidence-informed decisions and improving the quality of prevention practice, including its ambition to contribute to reducing health inequalities.
- 10 December 2026 – Ungsinn (Norway) | Upcoming meeting
The final meeting of 2026 will feature Ungsinn – Journal of Effective Interventions for Children and Adolescents, from Norway.
Ungsinn publishes systematic reviews of interventions aimed at promoting mental health and preventing or treating mental health difficulties among children and adolescents. The journal provides practical information about interventions alongside systematic assessments of the scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness, helping professionals and decision-makers identify well-documented interventions.
Through these regular meetings, EUSPR aims to strengthen cooperation between registries, support mutual learning and contribute to the development and use of reliable evidence in prevention policy and practice across Europe.
Get involved
We welcome representatives of existing national and international prevention registries, as well as those involved in developing new registries, to join the collaboration.
For further information or to express your interest in participating, please contact Karin Streimann (karin.streimann@tai.ee).
If you are involved with any national or international registry, or are developing one, we are happy to include you in our activities. For more details please contact Karin Streimann (karin.streimann@tai.ee).