Design to Delivery: Structuring IPEA’s Scientific Work to Meet Policy Needs

This policy brief is produced by the Global Strategy Lab and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). It discusses the key decisions included in the IPEA founding documents, reflects on how these decisions will shape IPEA’s scientific outputs and suggests an approach and timeline to structure IPEA’s scientific program of work. It also proposes topics for scientific assessments that IPEA could tackle in its first years of operation to maximize the relevance and credibility of its knowledge synthesis efforts and to ensure they respond to Members States’ policy needs. It will be crucial for IPEA’s credibility to demonstrate progress in supporting Member States leading up to the High-Level Ministerial Meetings in 2026 and 2028, and the UNGA High-Level Meeting on AMR in 2029.