Updated on: 15 February 2021

1. Financial interests

a) Received research funding: any grant, contract or gift, commissioned research, or fellowship from The Cochrane Collaboration or a related organisation (i.e. any organisation related to health care or medical research) to conduct research?
Yes - 1. Czech Health Research Council (grant focused on Clinical Practice Guidelines development in the Czech Republic) 2. Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (research grant of INTER-EXCELLENCE focused on the Evidence-Based Research development) 3. Europe Union, Erasmus+ (grant focused on Strategic Partnership in Innovation and Development of Evidence-Based Healthcare) 4. Czech National Agency for International Education and Research, European Economic Area grant, Czech-Norwegian Collaboration on Meta-Research and Critical Thinking Education in Healthcare

b) Had paid consultancies: any paid work, consulting fees (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
No

c) Received honoraria: one-time payments (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
No

d) Served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or held a position of management with a related organisation?
No

e) Possessed share-holdings, stock, stock options, equity with a related organisation (excludes mutual funds or similar arrangements where the individual has no control over the selection of the shares)?
No

f) Received personal gifts from a related organisation?
No

g) Had an outstanding loan with a related organisation?
No

h) Received royalty payments from a related organisation?
No

2. Do you have any other competing interests that could pose a conflict of interest that would reasonably appear to be related to the primary interest?
Yes - Director of Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Director of Masaryk University GRADE centre, Director of the Czech Republic (Middle European) Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence