DIA EUROPE 2021

The WHO efforts on implementing the World Health Assembly Resolution on Strengthening of Regulatory Systems are showing results. But still many regulators in low- and middle-income countries have not reached a maturity level yet, which would be equivalent to a stable, well-functioning and integrated regulatory system. It is becoming more and more obvious that activities to build capacity need to be complemented with approaches to rely on work that has been performed by reference regulatory authorities. This applies to all regulators – not only to low-resourced ones. In fact, such approaches are far more common today among the moderately to well-resourced regulators. In order to increase the acceptance and implementation of reliance models, WHO is working on “Good Reliance Practices” and a framework for “WHO-listed Authorities” (WLAs) authorities upon which others can rely. The session will provide an overview of the ongoing work and an outlook towards future implementation and will also touch on aspects around the application of reliance in the context of a pandemic.