On March 2011 an EVIPNet Americas a 5-day capacity building workshop was organized in Santiago, Chile by the Health Policy & Systems Research Unit and the Center for Public Policies, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUCC).2, 3 This was done: in coordination with the EVIPNet Americas Secretariat, at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the EVIPNet Secretariat at the World Health Organization (WHO);4 with technical support from the SUPPORT Collaboration;5 and with financial support from the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR).6 Eight EVIPNet Americas teams with representatives from 9 countries participated in the workshop.