2002
GIN founded in November 2002

Founding Committee established

chaired by Günter Ollenschläger with Catherine Marshall as Vice Chair

37 organisations became founding members of GIN

Founding Committee established

chaired by Günter Ollenschläger with Catherine Marshall as Vice Chair

37 organisations became founding members of GIN

2003
46 organisational members

Memorandum & Articles of Association signed

3 working groups established

(Website development, Grading harmonization, Research registry)

Interim website launched

External Factors

AGREE instrument published

Memorandum & Articles of Association signed

Interim website launched

3 working groups established

(Website development, Grading harmonization, Research registry)

External Factors

AGREE instrument published

2004
51 Organisational members

Completion of GIN website and library

Appointment of a part time principal officer

Establishment of a GIN Advisory Committee

Completion of GIN website and library

Establishment of a GIN Advisory Committee

Appointment of a part time principal officer

2005
59 organisational members

Membership survey

Partnership with World Medical Association

(WMA)

Partnership with European Union of Medical Specialists

(UEMS)

External Factors

AWMF introduces mandatory registration of guidelines on its register

Membership survey

Partnership with European Union of Medical Specialists

(UEMS)

Partnership with World Medical Association

(WMA)

External Factors

AWMF introduces mandatory registration of guidelines on its register

2006
66 organisational members

Partnership agreement with AGREE Research Trust

(ART)

GIN Satellite Symposium

to HTAi 2006 in Australia

GIN-WHO

Workshop on Guideline Development in Budapest

External Factors

EU funds CoCanCPG (Coordination of Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines in Europe)

Partnership agreement with AGREE Research Trust

(ART)

GIN-WHO

Workshop on Guideline Development in Budapest

GIN Satellite Symposium

to HTAi 2006 in Australia

External Factors

EU funds CoCanCPG (Coordination of Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines in Europe)

2007
70 organisational members

Pilot community of practice on emergency care established

Relaunch of the GIN newsletter as EnGINe

GIN website awarded

the Health on the Net Foundation’s HON accreditation

Pilot community of practice on emergency care established

GIN website awarded

the Health on the Net Foundation’s HON accreditation

Relaunch of the GIN newsletter as EnGINe

2008
84 organisational members

Partnership with The ADAPTE Collaboration

New Working Groups on Literature Searching (SEARCH)

Patient and Public Involvement, and Disease Management

Reduced fees for small orgs and individual members

External Factors

BMJ publishes series on GRADE

Partnership with The ADAPTE Collaboration

Reduced fees for small orgs and individual members

New Working Groups on Literature Searching (SEARCH)

Patient and Public Involvement, and Disease Management

External Factors

BMJ publishes series on GRADE

2009
95 organisational members

Appointment of a full time Executive Officer

New GIN partnership with INAHTA

New GIN partnership with GRADE WG

Appointment of a full time Executive Officer

New GIN partnership with GRADE WG

New GIN partnership with INAHTA

2010
95 organisational members

Formal transfer of ADAPTE materials to GIN

Launch of 3 year strategy

New GIN website launched

External Factors

AGREE II launched

NHMRC launches guideline registry

Formal transfer of ADAPTE materials to GIN

New GIN website launched

Launch of 3 year strategy

External Factors

AGREE II launched

NHMRC launches guideline registry

2011
88 organisational members

First Asian GIN conference

First Trustee to be elected by individual members

GIN NA established

External Factors

DECIDE project launched

Publication of IoM. Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust

First Asian GIN conference

GIN NA established

First Trustee to be elected by individual members

External Factors

DECIDE project launched

Publication of IoM. Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust

2012
86 organisational members

First Najoua Mlika Cabanne award

Launch of the GIN Public toolkit

Publication of Standards paper

First Najoua Mlika Cabanne award

Publication of Standards paper

Launch of the GIN Public toolkit

2013
98  organisational members

Establishment of voluntary standards reporting

Articles of Association updated

individual Trustee term increased from 1 to 2 years

GIN’s first employee

Elaine Harrow appointed as Executive Officer

Establishment of voluntary standards reporting

GIN’s first employee

Elaine Harrow appointed as Executive Officer

Articles of Association updated

individual Trustee term increased from 1 to 2 years

2014
100 organisational members

Established partnership with Cochrane

External Factors

Launch of Global Practice Guidelines Register Platform

GIN and McMaster University

entered into a partnership to jointly evolve a guideline development checklist

Established partnership with Cochrane

GIN and McMaster University

entered into a partnership to jointly evolve a guideline development checklist

External Factors

Launch of Global Practice Guidelines Register Platform

2015
104 organisational members

GIN position paper on management of CoI published

Identified grants to fully fund three participants from LMICs to attend GIN 2015 conference

Establishment of the new African Regional Community

GIN position paper on management of CoI published

Establishment of the new African Regional Community

Identified grants to fully fund three participants from LMICs to attend GIN 2015 conference

2016
101 organisational members

3 new regional communities established

– Asia, Arab & Iberoamerican

GIN Conference in Philadelphia

‘Individualised Guidelines and Clinical Performance Measurement in an Era of Personalised Medicine’

New GIN working group established, jointly with INAHTA

External Factors

AGREE reporting checklist published
http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1152

3 new regional communities established

– Asia, Arab & Iberoamerican

New GIN working group established, jointly with INAHTA

GIN Conference in Philadelphia

‘Individualised Guidelines and Clinical Performance Measurement in an Era of Personalised Medicine’

External Factors

AGREE reporting checklist published
http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1152

2017
103 organisational members

GIN collaborated with Cochrane, The Campbell Collaboration

the International Society for Evidence-based Health Care and the Joanna Briggs Institute to present the first ever Global Evidence Summit in Cape Town

The focus of the NMC award changed to aim at early career researchers

New WG - Guideline Collaboration

External Factors

RIGHT statement published Right – Home (right-statement.org)

GIN collaborated with Cochrane, The Campbell Collaboration

the International Society for Evidence-based Health Care and the Joanna Briggs Institute to present the first ever Global Evidence Summit in Cape Town

New WG - Guideline Collaboration

The focus of the NMC award changed to aim at early career researchers

External Factors

RIGHT statement published Right – Home (right-statement.org)

2018
105 organisational members

TaskExchange launched to the GIN membership

to facilitate closer working relationships between systematic reviewers and guideline developers

GIN Conference held in Manchester

‘Why we do what we do; the purpose and impact of guidelines’

GIN Nordic completed a 3 year project

on evidence-based Nordic guidelines: NORDIC INNOVATION PROJECT

External Factors

Closure of National Guidelines Clearinghouse at AHRQ

ECRI Guidelines Trust established to provide an online repository  of CPGs following demise of NGCH

TaskExchange launched to the GIN membership

to facilitate closer working relationships between systematic reviewers and guideline developers

GIN Nordic completed a 3 year project

on evidence-based Nordic guidelines: NORDIC INNOVATION PROJECT

GIN Conference held in Manchester

‘Why we do what we do; the purpose and impact of guidelines’

External Factors

Closure of National Guidelines Clearinghouse at AHRQ

ECRI Guidelines Trust established to provide an online repository  of CPGs following demise of NGCH

2019
106 organisational members

Invested significant funds to support the development of a guideline developer’s training programme with McMaster University

New staff member appointed;

undertook GIN library & registry review

Joint GIN/JBI conference in Adelaide -

Trustworthy Evidence for Questions That Matter, The value of guidelines in 21st century healthcare

Invested significant funds to support the development of a guideline developer’s training programme with McMaster University

Joint GIN/JBI conference in Adelaide -

Trustworthy Evidence for Questions That Matter, The value of guidelines in 21st century healthcare

New staff member appointed;

undertook GIN library & registry review

2020
103 organisational members

INGUIDE training program

Level 1 launched September 2020

GIN Connect membership platform launched in November 2020

External Factors

Covid 19 pandemic declared

Rebrand of GIN

Pitstop in the COVID-19

marathon for the guideline community held online, with almost 1000 attendees

INGUIDE training program

Level 1 launched September 2020

Rebrand of GIN

GIN Connect membership platform launched in November 2020

Pitstop in the COVID-19

marathon for the guideline community held online, with almost 1000 attendees

External Factors

Covid 19 pandemic declared

2021
116 organisational members

Launch of new website

Five new chapters of GIN Public Toolkit published;

web-based toolkit built and launched

Successful first interactive online conference.

Theme: Future Forward: Relevant, implementable and sustainable guidelines

External Factors

Ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

Launch of new website

Successful first interactive online conference.

Theme: Future Forward: Relevant, implementable and sustainable guidelines

Five new chapters of GIN Public Toolkit published;

web-based toolkit built and launched

External Factors

Ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

2022
109 organisational members

Grant support for members to become licensed INGUIDE trainers

New Working Group

Guidelines in Medical Education

Toronto 2022: Making Health Choices Transparent, Equitable and Efficient

5 year strategy launched at 2022 AGM

Grant support for members to become licensed INGUIDE trainers

Toronto 2022: Making Health Choices Transparent, Equitable and Efficient

New Working Group

Guidelines in Medical Education

5 year strategy launched at 2022 AGM