The Governing Board is delighted to announce that sponsored registration for one person from each Cochrane Group to attend Cochrane Colloquia has been extended to Associate Centres and Satellites of Cochrane Review Groups. This applies to the Global Evidence Summit in Cape Town, from 13-16 September 2017, which this year replaces the normal Cochrane Colloquium. Sponsored Group registrants will be required to pay for their own travel, accommodation, optional or additional social events tickets.

The submission deadline for the Global Evidence Summit is 12 noon (UTC) Thursday 1 June 2017. To claim your sponsored Group registration, you are required to complete an online form on behalf of the person who is to receive the sponsored registration for your Group. After 1 June no more applications will be accepted for 2017. Instead, the funds allocated to any Groups that have not been applied for will be diverted to the stipends fund to enable a limited number of consumers and colleagues from low- and middle-income countries to attend the Global Evidence Summit.

If you experience any problems in registering yourself or a colleague for the sponsored place, please e-mail sponsoredgroup@cochrane.org.