The workshops will take the modality of training of trainers, and will enable participants to tackle a variety of issues in advocacy, priority setting and knowledge management. Plans of action will be developed to increase the impact of research in the participants' areas of choice. Ideal candidates would be research managers, policy analysts, researchers willing to further interact with policy makers, and policy makers in need of harnessing the potential of research and research results to health programmes and health system development. Workshops will be celebrated between November 2002 and March 2003. Grants will be available for selected participants. For further information on dates and registration contact the Alliance or the collaborating regional networks. Health Economics and Health Policy Network in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lucy GILSON. lucyg@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za <mailto:lucyg@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za> Asia Pacific Health Economics Network: Kaemthong INDARATNA kaemthong.I@Chula.ac.th <mailto:Kaemthong.I@Chula.ac.th> The China Health Economics Network: SHI Guang. sg@cnhei.edu.cn <mailto:sg@cnhei.edu.cn> Health System and Services Research in the Southern Cone of Latin America: Celia Maria ALMEIDA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. redsalud@malaria.procc.fiocruz.br <mailto:redsalud@malaria.procc.fiocruz.br>