How Are Practices Identified and Selected? In an effort to support the renewed focus on evidence-based programming, a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) was formed. The TAG is made up of more than 25 international experts in family planning research, programming, and implementation identified from donor agencies, research institutions, and service delivery organizations. The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meets twice a year to review the most recent evidence and make recommendations to update and implement HIPs. Meeting reports for all prior TAG meetings are available below.
HIPs TAG Virtual Meeting – March 18 – 20, 2025
Hosted by FP2030
Meeting Objectives:
- Provide input into the HIPs Partnership Strategy and direction of HIPs Partnership given the current funding and implementation landscape
- Provide integrated and high-quality feedback on draft HIPs products
- Strengthen gender integration across HIPs products and partnership
- Establish protocols and processes to ensure adequate onboarding of new TAG members and continuity of expertise and knowledge
- Set processes to ensure HIPs products are relevant and reflect the most up to date evidence
HIPs TAG Meeting Report March 18-20 2025
HIPs TAG Meeting – July 30 – August 1, 2024
Hosted by the Gates Foundation
Meeting Objectives:
- Clarify meeting norms
- Clarify roles and responsibilities of TAG members and Co-sponsors
- Discuss and agree on meeting cadence and potential locations
- Review literature review for self-care and decide on whether or not this will be an enhancement brief
- Provide input on draft HIPs knowledge products presented for review
- Agree on criteria for assessing need for new HIPs products, updating existing ones, and retiring older ones
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – July 2024
HIPs TAG Meeting – February 27-29, 2024
Hosted by FP2030
Meeting Objectives:
- Review member rotation plan, select co-chairs, provide input to co-sponsors re new TAG member selection
- Review prototype for the User Roadmap for the HIPs website & Evidence scale paper for website
- Review and comment on draft Task Sharing brief
- Discuss briefs in pipeline to finalize and a draft TAG Work plan for the calendar year
- Discuss next steps on SHERP: 1) HIPs evidence identification and review process; and 2) analysis of evidence vetting scales and processes
- Highlights of the co-sponsors draft work plan for the year
- Harmonized key implementation components for HIPs
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – February 2024
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 12-14, 2023
Hosted by IPPF
Meeting Objectives:
- Review literature reviews for briefs being updated/developed this calendar year and provide input to writing teams
- Discuss HIPs evidence-related processes and update as needed
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – June 2023
HIPs TAG Meeting – January 24-26, 2023
Hosted by UNFPA
Meeting Objectives:
- Continue to refine HIPs processes and identify priority activities.
- Review draft HIPs materials and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – January 2023
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 14 & 15, 2022
Virtually hosted by FP2030
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs materials and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs processes and identify priority activities.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report_June 2022
HIPs TAG Meeting – November 30 – December 1, 2021
Virtually co-hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and FP2030
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs materials and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs processes and identify priority activities.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – November – December 2021
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 29 – July 1, 2021
Virtually hosted by IBP Network/World Health Organization
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs materials and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs processes and identify priority activities.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report_June 29 – July 1 2021
HIPs TAG Meeting – December 9-11, 2020
Virtually hosted by Family Planning 2020
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs materials and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs processes and identify priority activities.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – December 9-11, 2020
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 9-10, 2020
Virtually hosted by the World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs materials and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs processes and identify priority activities.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – June 9-10, 2020
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 12-13, 2019
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the
evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria. - Continue to refine HIPs process and identify priority activities.
- Prioritize no more than two themes for evidence briefs.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – June 12-13, 2019
HIPs TAG Meeting – November 28-29, 2018
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Washington, DC
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs process and identify priority activities.
- Prioritize no more than 2 themes for evidence briefs.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – November 28-29, 2018
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 13-14, 2018
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs process and identify priority activities.
- Prioritize no more than 2 themes for evidence briefs.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – June 13-14, 2018
HIPs TAG Meeting – November 29-30, 2017
Chemonics
Washington, DC 20006
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs process and identify priority activities.
HIP TAG Meeting Report – November 29-30, 2017
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 20-21, 2017
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs process and identify priority activities.
- Prioritize no more than 2 themes for evidence briefs.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – June 20-21, 2017
HIPs TAG Meeting – November 28, 2016
UN Foundation
Washington, DC 20006
Meeting Objectives:
- To refine HIPs TAG decision-making processes
- Provide interim feedback on 2017 briefs
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – November 28, 2016
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 21 – 22, 2016
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs process and identify priority activities.
- Provide input on development and refinement of the FP Goals Model.
- Prioritize no more than 2 themes for evidence briefs.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – June 21 – 22, 2016
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 30 – July 1, 2015
UNFPA
New York, NY 10158
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Continue to refine HIPs process and identify priority activities.
- Refine HIPs for 2016.
HIP TAG Meeting Report – June 30 – July 1, 2015
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 4-5, 2014
Population Council
New York, NY 10017
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of
the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria. - Identify key gaps in the evidence.
- Develop recommendations for classifying service delivery HIPs as “proven” versus “promising”
practices, determining if HIPs reach underserved population groups, and sustainability. - Define the role/scope of the HIPs brief for enabling environment HIPs.
- Review scope of review for identifying/describing HIPs for 2015.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – June 4-5, 2014
HIPs TAG Meeting Agenda – June 4-5, 2014
HIPs TAG Meeting – June 6-7, 2013
UNFPA
New York, NY 10158
Meeting Objectives:
- Review draft HIPs briefs and make recommendations regarding the strength and consistency of the evidence and adherence to the HIPs criteria.
- Make recommendations for an overarching structure for the HIPs.
- Clarify criteria for identifying “enabling environment” HIPs and standards of evidence required for these HIPs.
- Clarify criteria for classifying service delivery HIPs as “proven” versus “promising” practices.
- Clarify how emerging practices should be treated within the HIPs framework.
- Refine HIPs for 2014.
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – June 6-7, 2013
HIPs TAG Meeting – October 20, 2011
SEIU Conference Center
Washington, DC 20036
Meeting Objectives:
- Share information on implementing HIPs
- Identify opportunities to collaborate
- Discuss ongoing efforts to support implementation of HIPs
HIPs TAG Meeting Agenda – October 20, 2011
HIPs TAG Meeting – February 8-9, 2011
SEIU Conference Center
Washington, DC 20036
Meeting Objectives:
- Examine the strength of evidence for practices currently included in the HIPs list
- Review the proposed organization of the HIPs list
- Identify gaps in the HIPs list and make recommendations
- Provide an overview of High Impact Practices and relevance to BEST and other USAID Initiatives
- Map planned activities for supporting identifying, introducing, and scaling up High Impact Practices in programs
- Identify synergies among implementing partners to maximize resources
HIPs TAG Meeting Report – Feb 8-9, 2011
HIPs TAG Meeting – August 19, 2010
USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health
Washington, DC 20005