PETRA: Prevention of Disease Using Trade Agreements
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Chester
Department Name: Faculty of Health and Social Care
Abstract
PETRA will be a unique UK expert and user research and development network. It will examine the evidence on the links between trade and health in respect of the prevention of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). It will look at how international trade can improve human health and prevent avoidable harm.
It will achieve this by reviewing the existing knowledge on trade and health. PETRA will develop research on the trade measures and policies that will have the highest impact on promoting health and reducing harms, especially where these are caused by trade in unhealthy foods, alcohol and tobacco. This will be achieved through bringing together trade experts with the academic disciplines of public health, economics, environmental sciences (sustainable development/prosperity), public policy and law. The Network will be guided by views from key policy people in the civil service and third sector as well as innovations and learning from other countries and other areas of linked public benefit.
The benefits of PETRA will be in addressing a major gap in NCD prevention research. Trade policies and systems have the potential to reduce avoidable harms and make significant improvements to human health. PETRA aims to ensure that there is a solid base of applied research and development to inform public policy and funded research priorities.
The beneficiaries and benefits of PETRA will be:
General public: by achieving progressive improvements in the public's health especially for future generations. PETRA will seek to improve public understanding of:
the impact of trade on human health and the environment,
the wider impacts on current and future generations, and
the public policy solutions that will improve the public's health.
UK Government policy makers: in trade, environment, public health, transport, agriculture, food etc. They will be better informed about the underpinning research and development on the links between trade and health and on practical policy solutions that can be incorporated within trade policy and trade and investment agreements.
Charities and professional groups: PETRA will work with respected and evidence-based advocacy groups. The benefits to them will be research informed advocacy for progressive social and environmentally beneficial trade policies and trade and investment agreements.
Other countries: there will also be potential benefits for other countries. Trade is governed by reciprocal agreements which should contain common standards.
Academics in trade, public health, law, environmental sciences, public policy and economics: the potential benefits to academia will be:
being linked into a dedicated community of interest,
potential interdisciplinary research collaborations,
ability to achieve research impact, research ideas and innovations, and
professional development opportunities.
Research funders: will have a clear case for short and longer term research priorities for high impact NCD prevention trade measures.
Public health professionals: - PETRA aims to increase interest, involvement and literacy in the public health community in health and trade. There is potential to incorporate learning from PETRA's discussions in training and development events and curricula.
Due to the long term nature of trade and investment agreements, PETRA will aim to become a self sustaining and interlinked research and development community on the trade and health aspects of the prevention of NCDs. By developing research collaborations PETRA will aim to persuade research funders of the need to fund high impact trade and health research. PETRA will become a national expert resource and seek to establish interdisciplinary centres of academic excellence on trade and health. There will be a demand for this expert capacity as the UK needs to develop trade policy and trade and investment agreements rapidly over at least the next decade.
It will achieve this by reviewing the existing knowledge on trade and health. PETRA will develop research on the trade measures and policies that will have the highest impact on promoting health and reducing harms, especially where these are caused by trade in unhealthy foods, alcohol and tobacco. This will be achieved through bringing together trade experts with the academic disciplines of public health, economics, environmental sciences (sustainable development/prosperity), public policy and law. The Network will be guided by views from key policy people in the civil service and third sector as well as innovations and learning from other countries and other areas of linked public benefit.
The benefits of PETRA will be in addressing a major gap in NCD prevention research. Trade policies and systems have the potential to reduce avoidable harms and make significant improvements to human health. PETRA aims to ensure that there is a solid base of applied research and development to inform public policy and funded research priorities.
The beneficiaries and benefits of PETRA will be:
General public: by achieving progressive improvements in the public's health especially for future generations. PETRA will seek to improve public understanding of:
the impact of trade on human health and the environment,
the wider impacts on current and future generations, and
the public policy solutions that will improve the public's health.
UK Government policy makers: in trade, environment, public health, transport, agriculture, food etc. They will be better informed about the underpinning research and development on the links between trade and health and on practical policy solutions that can be incorporated within trade policy and trade and investment agreements.
Charities and professional groups: PETRA will work with respected and evidence-based advocacy groups. The benefits to them will be research informed advocacy for progressive social and environmentally beneficial trade policies and trade and investment agreements.
Other countries: there will also be potential benefits for other countries. Trade is governed by reciprocal agreements which should contain common standards.
Academics in trade, public health, law, environmental sciences, public policy and economics: the potential benefits to academia will be:
being linked into a dedicated community of interest,
potential interdisciplinary research collaborations,
ability to achieve research impact, research ideas and innovations, and
professional development opportunities.
Research funders: will have a clear case for short and longer term research priorities for high impact NCD prevention trade measures.
Public health professionals: - PETRA aims to increase interest, involvement and literacy in the public health community in health and trade. There is potential to incorporate learning from PETRA's discussions in training and development events and curricula.
Due to the long term nature of trade and investment agreements, PETRA will aim to become a self sustaining and interlinked research and development community on the trade and health aspects of the prevention of NCDs. By developing research collaborations PETRA will aim to persuade research funders of the need to fund high impact trade and health research. PETRA will become a national expert resource and seek to establish interdisciplinary centres of academic excellence on trade and health. There will be a demand for this expert capacity as the UK needs to develop trade policy and trade and investment agreements rapidly over at least the next decade.
Technical Summary
1. An initial literature search showed a lack of evidence on the links between trade and investment agreements and the prevention of NCDs, especially relating to unhealthy commodities.
2. PETRA will be an interdisciplinary community of interest on trade and health that develops a research agenda by building national and international links among:
academia (trade, law, public health, economics, public policy, environmental sciences, sustainable development)
the third sector
Government
Research funders.
3. Kingdon's policy windows theory will underpin PETRA. This uses the opportunities for change created by bringing policy actors and researchers together to take advantage of political circumstances. The model of change is shown in the figure below.
4. PETRA will involve the above academic disciplines, civil servants, and the third sector. The core network will stem from the UK Public Health Network that comprises UK state and third sector NCD prevention alliances.
5. Policy and practice will be influenced through scientific meetings, an ideas lab, further literature reviews (depending on funding), developing research collaborations, and a communications strategy to reach members and key audiences, including the public.
6. While new public health and trade advocacy groups focus on immediate political challenges of Brexit, PETRA's design makes it a unique and timely expert resource that will become a Centre of Excellence and Action for NCD prevention and trade R&D in the UK.
7. PETRA's added value will create sustainability by:
tackling a major gap in prevention research
timeliness in building capacity to negotiate trade agreements with health in mind.
being a unique UK expert resource with a diverse range of disciplines and civil society users
using existing links and developing new mechanisms of high level national engagement by state and civil society
tackling a major determinant of NCDs at population scale.
This grant is funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) which is administered by the Medical Research Council on behalf of the UKPRP's 12 funding partners: British Heart Foundation; Cancer Research UK; Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Economic and Social Research Council; Health and Social Care Research and Development Division, Welsh Government; Health and Social Care Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland; Medical Research Council; Natural Environment Research Council; National Institute for Health Research; The Health Foundation; The Wellcome Trust.
2. PETRA will be an interdisciplinary community of interest on trade and health that develops a research agenda by building national and international links among:
academia (trade, law, public health, economics, public policy, environmental sciences, sustainable development)
the third sector
Government
Research funders.
3. Kingdon's policy windows theory will underpin PETRA. This uses the opportunities for change created by bringing policy actors and researchers together to take advantage of political circumstances. The model of change is shown in the figure below.
4. PETRA will involve the above academic disciplines, civil servants, and the third sector. The core network will stem from the UK Public Health Network that comprises UK state and third sector NCD prevention alliances.
5. Policy and practice will be influenced through scientific meetings, an ideas lab, further literature reviews (depending on funding), developing research collaborations, and a communications strategy to reach members and key audiences, including the public.
6. While new public health and trade advocacy groups focus on immediate political challenges of Brexit, PETRA's design makes it a unique and timely expert resource that will become a Centre of Excellence and Action for NCD prevention and trade R&D in the UK.
7. PETRA's added value will create sustainability by:
tackling a major gap in prevention research
timeliness in building capacity to negotiate trade agreements with health in mind.
being a unique UK expert resource with a diverse range of disciplines and civil society users
using existing links and developing new mechanisms of high level national engagement by state and civil society
tackling a major determinant of NCDs at population scale.
This grant is funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) which is administered by the Medical Research Council on behalf of the UKPRP's 12 funding partners: British Heart Foundation; Cancer Research UK; Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Economic and Social Research Council; Health and Social Care Research and Development Division, Welsh Government; Health and Social Care Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland; Medical Research Council; Natural Environment Research Council; National Institute for Health Research; The Health Foundation; The Wellcome Trust.
Planned Impact
The beneficiaries of PETRA will be:
UK Government policy makers - in trade, environment, public health, transport, agriculture, food etc. This will be achieved by being better informed about 1)the underpinning research and development on the links between trade and health and 2)the practical policy solutions that can be incorporated within TIAs, trade systems and policy. This will be both short and longer term and include horizon scanning perspectives. PETRA will be able to inform the civil service, hence ministers and advisers, on policy developments and options with the necessary public, professional and civil society support to ensure sustainability of the Network.
Third sector and professional groups - these include the respected and evidence based advocacy groups such as the UK Health Forum, Faculty of Public Health, Royal Society for Public Health, Association of Directors of Public Health and the UK Public Health Network, along with international NGOs. Benefits for this group will be in:
policy research informed advocacy,
contributing to the high impact research and development agenda and
advocacy for progressive social and environmental policy change through more collaborative and co-ordinated action
This will be achieve in conjunction with academia and Government users and increased literacy about trade and NCD prevention.
General public - through the realisation of progressive improvements in the public's health especially for future generations. PETRA has the potential to improve public literacy on the impact of trade on human health and the environment and the wider impacts on current and future generations. Public support is a vital part of securing policy change to ensure that health is considered and incorporated in trade policy and TIAs.
Public health practitioners - PETRA will aim to increase interest, involvement and literacy across the public health community in health and trade with the potential to incorporate the learning in training and development events and curricula.
Other countries -there will also be potential benefits for other countries as TIAs are reciprocal agreements which should contain common standards, opportunities and benefits.
Academics in trade, public health, law, environmental sciences, public policy and economics - the potential benefits to academia will be in the link to a dedicated community of interest, potential interdisciplinary research collaborations, the ability to achieve research impact, research ideas and innovations and professional development opportunities - in essence a self-sustaining and interlinked research community that draws on the perspectives of key research users. See also the academics beneficiaries section for further explanations.
Research funders - will have a clear sense of short and longer term high impact NCD prevention in trade research priorities that is supported by a strategic prioritisation process and informed by key users who can translate this applied research into trade policy and systems change.
UK Government policy makers - in trade, environment, public health, transport, agriculture, food etc. This will be achieved by being better informed about 1)the underpinning research and development on the links between trade and health and 2)the practical policy solutions that can be incorporated within TIAs, trade systems and policy. This will be both short and longer term and include horizon scanning perspectives. PETRA will be able to inform the civil service, hence ministers and advisers, on policy developments and options with the necessary public, professional and civil society support to ensure sustainability of the Network.
Third sector and professional groups - these include the respected and evidence based advocacy groups such as the UK Health Forum, Faculty of Public Health, Royal Society for Public Health, Association of Directors of Public Health and the UK Public Health Network, along with international NGOs. Benefits for this group will be in:
policy research informed advocacy,
contributing to the high impact research and development agenda and
advocacy for progressive social and environmental policy change through more collaborative and co-ordinated action
This will be achieve in conjunction with academia and Government users and increased literacy about trade and NCD prevention.
General public - through the realisation of progressive improvements in the public's health especially for future generations. PETRA has the potential to improve public literacy on the impact of trade on human health and the environment and the wider impacts on current and future generations. Public support is a vital part of securing policy change to ensure that health is considered and incorporated in trade policy and TIAs.
Public health practitioners - PETRA will aim to increase interest, involvement and literacy across the public health community in health and trade with the potential to incorporate the learning in training and development events and curricula.
Other countries -there will also be potential benefits for other countries as TIAs are reciprocal agreements which should contain common standards, opportunities and benefits.
Academics in trade, public health, law, environmental sciences, public policy and economics - the potential benefits to academia will be in the link to a dedicated community of interest, potential interdisciplinary research collaborations, the ability to achieve research impact, research ideas and innovations and professional development opportunities - in essence a self-sustaining and interlinked research community that draws on the perspectives of key research users. See also the academics beneficiaries section for further explanations.
Research funders - will have a clear sense of short and longer term high impact NCD prevention in trade research priorities that is supported by a strategic prioritisation process and informed by key users who can translate this applied research into trade policy and systems change.
Organisations
- University of Chester (Lead Research Organisation)
- Hopkins Van Mil (Collaboration)
- Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of Chester (Collaboration)
- Public Health Wales NHS Trust (Collaboration)
- Healthy Caribbean Coalition (Project Partner)
- University of Liverpool (Project Partner)
- Institute Of Alcohol Studies (Project Partner)
- Action on Smoking and Health (Project Partner)
- University of Bristol (Project Partner)
- University of Oxford (Project Partner)
- UK Health Forum (Project Partner)
- Sustain (food and farming alliance) (Project Partner)
Publications
Winters LA
(2020)
Can trade agreements really be bad for your health?
Thow AM
(2022)
Protecting noncommunicable disease prevention policy in trade and investment agreements
in Bulletin of the WHO
Smith R
(2020)
Between covid-19, Brexit, and new trade deals, a non-communicable disease storm is brewing
in BMJ Opinion
Sattorova M
(2021)
International investment law and its relevance to public health
Rutter J
(2021)
UK and EU trade policies: potential impacts on population health
Robinson J
(2022)
Mass Observation trade directive: linguistic analysis
PETRA: Prevention Of Non-Communicable Disease Using Trade Agreements
(2021)
Enhancing future trade and investment agreements to address health inequalities in the UK: a research and development manifesto; 2nd edition
PETRA: Prevention Of Disease Using Trade Agreements
(2022)
Enhancing future trade and investment agreements to address non-communicable diseases and health inequalities in the UK: a research and development manifesto proposed by the UKPRP PETRA Network; 3rd edition
| Title | COVID-19 and international trade law |
| Description | A short video by Dr Gregory Messenger at the University of Liverpool, commissioned by PETRA as part of its inquiry into the health impacts of trade policy and trade and investment agreements. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The video will be released publicly at the beginning of November 2020 and will provide an opportunity to generate public interest and discussion via PETRA's Twitter account. |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/videos/ |
| Title | Counterfeit and falsified medicines in the EU: a legal perspective |
| Description | This video short was presented by Vishv Priya Kohli of Copenhagen Business School for PETRA. Dr Kohli discussed the legal implications and intellectual property rights surrounding trade in counterfeit medicines. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | This video attracted social media activity via PETRA's Twitter account and resulted in additional followers from international legal experts. |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/counterfeit-and-falsified-medicines-in-the-eu-a-legal-perspective... |
| Title | Front of pack labelling schemes and the WTO |
| Description | A short video presented by Nicole Foster at the University of the West Indies, commissioned by PETRA as part of its inquiry into the health impacts of trade policy and trade and investment agreements. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The video is being released publicly at the beginning of November 2020 and will provide an opportunity to generate public interest and discussion via PETRA's Twitter account. |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/videos/ |
| Title | Health, trade and investment policy and local government |
| Description | A short video from Dr Giles Siles-Brugge at University of Warwick, commissioned as part of PETRA's inquiry into the health impacts of trade policy and trade and investment agreements. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The videos are being publicly released at the beginning of November 2020 and will provide an opportunity to generate interest via PETRA's Twitter account. |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/videos/ |
| Title | Human rights law in the negotiation of preferential trade agreements |
| Description | This short video, presented by Meaghan Beyer of Groningen University, was commissioned by PETRA as part of its inquiry into the evidence on the impact of trade agreements on population health. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The evidence presented by Meaghan Beyer was considered at PETRA's sandpit workshops to identify priorities for future research and development in trade and health issues. This video created opportunities for PETRA to flag the issues on social media and achieved 25 clicks on the video on the day of publication. |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/human-rights-law-in-the-negotiation-of-preferential-trade-agreeme... |
| Title | Launch of the PETRA network: presentations at the House of Lords 18 February 2020 |
| Description | This 35minute video captures the presentations made by Lord Patel of Bradford, Eunice Simmons, Paul Kingston, Paul Lincoln and Alan Winters supporting the formal launch of PETRA. The event was chaired by David Hunter on behalf of PETRA's Co-Investigators. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Around 50 people attended the launch, many of whom did not know each other. It provided great networking opportunities and generated much support for PETRA, including the offer of raising appropriate questions in the House of Lords and to investigate the potential for an inquiry. (NB: this was overtaken by COVID-19 but will be followed up.) |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/petra-prevention-of-disease-using-trade-agreements-launch-of-the-... |
| Title | PETRA Network launch 18 February 2020: views from launch day participants |
| Description | Commentary on and views from participants at PETRA's launch event at the House of Lords on 18 February 2020 |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Engagement via Twitter - 65 click throughs achieved on the videos, 891 impressions (number of times the Tweet was seen) with a good impression rate of 1.9%. |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/petra-network-launch-18-february-2020-views-from-launch-day-parti... |
| Title | PETRA R&D framework priorities: visual minutes from PETRA's sandpit |
| Description | Morethanminutes.co.uk were commissioned to capture the discussions held at PETRA's Sandpit in graphical form. The artist has created a pictorial representation of the issues that were raised, such as the need not to reinvent the wheel, the need to develop further interdisciplinarity, developing the evidence base etc. The artwork is currently in pdf and will accompany the written report from the Sandpit. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The artwork has only just been signed off by PETRA's Management Team and is likely to be released publicly during October. It provides PETRA with a powerful and engaging image that will be used in the Network's communications and on its website. |
| Title | Tobacco control disputes and trade agreements |
| Description | A short video by Margherita Melillo at the European University Institute, commissioned by PETRA as part of its inquiry into the health impacts of trade policy and trade and investment agreements. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The video is being publicly released at the beginning of November 2020 and will provide an opportunity to generate public interest and discussion via PETRA's Twitter account. |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/videos/ |
| Description | House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Prevention inquiry call for proposals: response from PETRA on including financial planning |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Prevention inquiry call for proposals: response from PETRA on trade and health |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | House of Commons Public Bill Committee Inquiry on Retained EU Law Bill: response from PETRA |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3340/publications |
| Description | Inquiry on UK trade negotiations: response from PETRA |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/186/uk-trade-negotiations/publications/written-evidence/ |
| Description | Letter from PETRA to the Chair of the House of Lords International Agreements Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Letter to Chair of the House of Commons Select Committee on Health and Social Care |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Letter to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Letter to Secretary of State for International Trade |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Letter to the Chair of the House of Commons Select Committee on International Trade |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Letter to the Chief Scientific Advisers' Network |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Presentation made to cross-departmental Alcohol Advisory Group: 21 September 2020 by Prof Amandine Garde |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/alcohol-and-trade-presentation-to-phe-alcohol-advisory-group-21-s... |
| Title | Draft protocol for a targeted review of free trade and investment agreements and non-communicable disease risk factors |
| Description | This literature review protocol aims to answer the following questions: 1. What are FTIAs, what are they trying to achieve, and how might this come into conflict with - or support/ align with - health policy goals? 2. What are the key ways in which policy space for effective NCD prevention can be protected or enhanced in FTIAs? 3. What are the key opportunities for the UK to protect public health and mitigate harms in future FTIAs? It combines both a qualitative element in a review of empirical papers and commentaries followed by a qualitative element in conducting Delphi-style consultation with experts to validate the findings and work out the implications for the UK. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This protocol will be published with the results of the review but PETRA will be happy to share the draft on request in the meantime. This targeted review is a unique piece of work that will relate the legal and economic principles of trade and investment agreements to the risk factors for NCDs. Publication in a peer-reviewed journal will be sought. |
| Title | Prevention of disease using trade agreements: priorities for trade policy survey |
| Description | This questionnaire was designed to gather evidence from policymakers across the UK on the relevance of, and difficulty in using, trade and health research as well as what policy users / practitioners would like to see in future trade and health research as well as indicating policy timescales. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The questionnaire is designed to elicit anonymised views from policymakers who may otherwise feel constrained in providing such details. It will be published on PETRA's website with the policy briefing papers commissioned by PETRA to inform the development of its R&D framework but is available to share on request in the interim. |
| Title | Public views on the values and standards that should be incorporated into UK trade deals |
| Description | PETRA commissioned the Mass Observation project at the University of Sussex to survey its adult volunteers through its November 2021 Directive on the values, impacts, and standards that should be incorporated into the UK's trade deals. 120 written replies were received. The dataset will be included in the Mass Observation's extensive archive and open to any researcher who requests access - the date of public release has not yet been given but may be beyond 2022. The Mass Observation volunteer respondents are over the age of 18 and selected to be geographically and demographically representative of the UK population. However, responses are not compulsory and the final dataset may represent a snapshot of public opinion. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | PETRA will publish an analysis of the responses to gauge opinions from a cross-section of the public. This data will complement and extend knowledge gained from other recent public engagement exercises on public views around the UK's trade deals such as that conducted by Which in 2020. |
| Description | Christian ethics of farmed animal welfare |
| Organisation | University of Chester |
| Department | Department of Theology and Religious Studies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Initial discussions between PETRA and the Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare have taken place with much scope for mutual benefit being identified. PETRA has been able to introduce the Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare project to a number of national and international food, farming and agriculture policy contacts in order to broaden the range of disciplines that engage with the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Currently PETRA comprises social science and medical disciplines and a humanities voice looking at ethics of trade policy has been lacking. Partnership working with the Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare project will be a welcome additional facet to the research and development priorities framework that PETRA is tasked with creating. |
| Impact | No joint work has been undertaken yet but will be explored in the future. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Christian ethics of farmed animal welfare |
| Organisation | University of Chester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Initial discussions between PETRA and the Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare have taken place with much scope for mutual benefit being identified. PETRA has been able to introduce the Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare project to a number of national and international food, farming and agriculture policy contacts in order to broaden the range of disciplines that engage with the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Currently PETRA comprises social science and medical disciplines and a humanities voice looking at ethics of trade policy has been lacking. Partnership working with the Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare project will be a welcome additional facet to the research and development priorities framework that PETRA is tasked with creating. |
| Impact | No joint work has been undertaken yet but will be explored in the future. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Food Farming and Countryside Commission: participation in Trade Unwrapped programme |
| Organisation | Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, originally set up by the RSA and now independent, invited PETRA to participate in its new Trade Unwrapped programme designed to generate a public discussion on the type of trade deals that the UK should explore from food and agricultural points of view. The invitation came through one of PETRA's Co-Investigators who also serves as a Commissioner to the the FFCC. PETRA will be recording a conversation on 12 November 2020 between two of the Commissioners and two of PETRA's Co-Investigators on the relationship between trade and non-communicable diseases. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Food Farming and Countryside Commission initiated the collaboration by inviting PETRA to contribute. The Commission is providing the administrative and technical infrastructure to enable this discussion to take place and be recorded. The partnership is really welcomed by PETRA as it broadens PETRA's reach as well as enabling vital connection to the high-profile work of the Commission. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration with input from expertise in public health, law and sustainable development. The video is planned for 12 November and will be publicly available. It will also be accompanied by a public-facing briefing paper by the end of November 2020. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | PETRA Sandpit workshop delivery partner |
| Organisation | Hopkins Van Mil |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | PETRA enabled Hopkins Van Mil to deliver the work through its network of contacts that achieved very good levels of participation in the workshops. Developing the programme for the events were a joint activity, based both on PETRA's aims and objectives for the workshops and Hopkins Van Mil's expertise in creating group discussions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hopkins Van Mil has been instrumental in delivering PETRA's sandpit/ideaslab workshops in June and July 2021. Their expertise in running conversations on complex topics with diverse audiences ensured that the events were both professionally conducted and with full participation from academic experts, policymakers and third sector advocacy organisations. Feedback from participants indicated a high level of satisfaction with the delivery of the sandpit. Neither of the workshops experienced any dropouts among the participants who joined, demonstrating the high engagement with the process that Hopkins Van Mil achieved for PETRA. |
| Impact | A report is expected by 20 September 2021. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | University of Buckingham Centre for Health Communication Research and Excellence |
| Organisation | University of Buckingham |
| Department | Centre for Health Communication Research (CHCR) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | PETRA is providing the Centre for Health Communication Research and Excellence with wider interdisciplinary challenges in communication because of the need to engage with disciplines who do not traditionally engage with each other. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Centre for Health Communication Research and Excellence is helping PETRA to improve its external communications by proposing ways of using its planned work to reach wider audiences as well as mechanisms for engaging with policymakers. |
| Impact | This collaboration is in its early stages and no outputs have been delivered as yet. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Wales Health Impact Assessment Unit health impact assessment of the CPTPP trade and investment agreement |
| Organisation | Public Health Wales NHS Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | PETRA has been invited to participate in a health impact assessment of the CPTPP trade and investment agreement to incorporate the knowledge gained through producing the manifesto for future research and development in trade and health. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Wales Health Impact Assessment Unit are conducting a health impact assessment of the CPTPP trade and investment agreement - one of the key large trade deals to which the UK aspires to join. The intention is to gather a wide range of views on the potential consequences and impacts for the UK's population groups as well as the wider determinants of health. |
| Impact | A range of sectors including policy, NGOs and academia with interests in trade and health matters are being consulted. The findings of the study will be published as a report. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Introduction to PETRA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | PETRA's PI made this presentation to the UKPRP Community of Practice to introduce PETRA's remit and scope to the other Consortia and Networks. The presentation highlighted the work delivered to date, the challenges currently being faced, plans for future work and the synergies between PETRA and the other members of the CoP. Feedback indicated much support for PETRA and interest in the amount achieved to date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/petra-prevention-of-non-communicable-diseases-using-trade-agreeme... |
| Description | Joint PETRA / UK Public Health Network webinar on 19 March 2021 to learn from trade disputes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Around 40 people from public health agencies in the UK along with academics and third sector organisations in the UK and internationally joined a webinar with leading trade lawyer Prof Andrew Mitchell of Monash University and Alison Douglas, CEO of Alcohol Focus Scotland to discuss the lessons from trade disputes over plain packaging on tobacco in Australia and the introduction of minimum unit pricing in Scotland. The webinar was very well received and has been cited subsequently by participants and used as teaching materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/learning-from-trade-disputes-the-cases-of-plain-packaging-and-min... |
| Description | Joint webinar with PETRA, the UK Public Health Network and Sustain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This webinar provided an in-depth look at how public health measures are handled by the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee and the implications for interventions designed to tackle obesity. 70 people from a good mix of policy, academic and third sector organisations attended the webinar. Feedback is still being collated but informally suggests that the webinar was well-received with many attendees flagging how essential it is to understand this topic and identifying the need for more information on the topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/public-health-at-the-wto-technical-barriers-to-trade-tbt-committe... |
| Description | Joint webinar with UK Public Health Network: Introduction to trade and investment laws |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This joint webinar between PETRA and the UK Public Health Network was aimed at public health professionals with limited trade knowledge. It discussed how trade and investment laws operated and the principles behind them. About 40 people attended the live webinar and feedback reported 100% satisfaction with the presentations, speakers and discussion. Feedback indicated that attendees were going to disseminate the key messages and include the findings in their current work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/introduction-to-trade-and-investment-laws/ |
| Description | Meeting of the Cheshire Commonwealth Association March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chester was invited to speak at the March 2022 meeting of the Cheshire Commonwealth Association - a body that seeks to foster greater relations between the county of Cheshire and Commonwealth countries for business, education, and cultural development. The Vice-Chancellor spoke about the University's contribution, including the UKPRP grant for PETRA and the work that the Network has been doing. Key speakers at the event included senior Directors from the Department for International Trade that PETRA has been keen to reach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/-gBe-dkko7U |
| Description | Open inquiry into current gaps in trade and health research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To replace the face to face meetings cancelled because of COVID19, PETRA decided to run a open inquiry to capture views of third sector organisations, academics, and policymakers on the current state of research on trade and health. The findings will be used to inform a sandpit exercise in 2021 on the research priorities' framework. The inquiry runs from May 2020-September 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/call-for-evidence-trade-and-health-inquiry/ |
| Description | PETRA and UK Public Health Network joint webinar on 30 April 2021 on Brexit governance: the implications of the UK's new governance arrangements for trade and health policies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 40 people participated in this webinar looking at the current state of governance across the UK post-Brexit. The expert speakers, Professors Michael Dougan and Tamara Hervey, delivered a captivating discussion which sparked some follow-up on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/brexit-governance-the-implications-of-the-uks-new-governance-arra... |
| Description | PETRA blogpost: Should public health measures be reframed in the language of trade? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This blogpost reflected on the webinar: Public health at the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee to identify some of the lessons. It raised the question of the need for the public health profession to speak the language of trade and investment agreements in order to reach the trade policy better and improve the chances of measures being incorporated into trade and investment agreements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/should-public-health-measures-be-reframed-in-the-language-of-trade/ |
| Description | PETRA blogpost: Trade, health and profit in a time of pandemic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This blogpost by a member of PETRA's Expert Advisory Group was written to draw attention to the potential of the Covid pandemic on protectionist policies over access to vaccines and to warn of lessons from previous experience of trade disputes over access to anti-retroviral medicines. The blogpost has proved a useful educational pieces as Covid vaccines have been rolled out. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/trade-health-and-profit-in-a-time-of-pandemic/ |
| Description | PETRA co-investigators bi-monthly meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | PETRA's co-investigators meet regularly (alternative months where possible) to plan the events that will lead to the development of the research framework document, as agreed for year one of the network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | PETRA in brief |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A new, monthly, newsletter called PETRA In brief was established in January 2021 to reach the network's wider membership. It is available to anyone registering with the website as well as on request. It is designed to raise awareness of PETRA's activities and promote its events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/petra-in-brief-february-2021/ |
| Description | PETRA launch at House of Lords: 18 February 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 1. Commitment to developing relationship between PETRA and other UKPRP consortia (eg SPECTRUM). 2. Offer received from the House of Lords' sponsor for the launch event to generate further interest in the House by raising questions and investigating the potential for securing a debate. A podcast from the event is available. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/petra-prevention-of-disease-using-trade-agreements-launch-of-the-... |
| Description | PETRA news update |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A fortnightly newsletter for the co-investigators and the Expert Advisory Group to keep them apprised of work in progress, dates of future meetings, and a short review of recent publications, events etc on trade policy in the UK. The update is shared with the UKPRP office as a means of keeping funding bodies in touch with PETRA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | PETRA sandpit/ideaslab to identify and prioritise future research in trade and health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 50 invited participants from national and international organisations participated in a two-day ideaslab workshop to identify and prioritise future research in using trade and investment agreements to protect and improve public health and wellbeing. The workshops initiated alliances between a variety of academic, government and third sector representatives with much interest expressed in continuing to collaborate and in developing future work. The sandpit outcomes are being used to inform PETRA's R&D manifesto. A number of follow-up meetings have taken place between PETRA and sandpit participants to explore further work together, including the potential for developing a joint project proposal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Podcast for Food, Farming & Countryside Commission Trade unwrapped series: trade and health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) invited PETRA to record a podcast as a contribution to its Trade Unwrapped series that is intended to highlight a variety of trade issues for the general public. Two of PETRA's Co-Investigators discussed the need for trade deals to be scrutinised, use the precautionary principle and adopt a right to health approach in order to protect and improve population health with the FFCC. This has built relationships with the Commission which has subsequently accepted PETRA's invitation to participate in a research bid for a new project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/trade-unwrapped-trade-and-health/ |
| Description | Presentation on PETRA made to the WHIASU Trade and Health Symposium 7 November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Established links with the Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit. As a result of this symposium, the Programme Director for the Unit accepted the invitation to join PETRA's Expert Advisory Group. This is helping to ensure that PETRA is not Westminster-focused in its work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation on PETRA's achievements to date at the annual UKPRP conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The PETRA Network participates in the UKPRP annual conference to provide an update on progress and reflect on achievements, challenges and options for sustainability. The conference provides a further opportunity for PETRA to engage with the other Networks as well as the Consortia on areas of potential common interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/petra-achievements-and-future-plans/ |
| Description | Public Health Wales 'Trade, Health and Well-being' symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Symposium was organised by the Wales HIA Support Unit / Policy and International Health / WHO CC on 'Investment for health and well-being' Directorate, Public Health Wales, The aim was to respond to the recommendations in the Brexit HIA report that the public health system should consider how to build knowledge, skills and capacity to ensure that health and well-being are considered at the forefront of future UK trade policy and agreements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Putting health into trade and investment agreements: an R&D manifesto |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | PETRA published a blogpost to announce the publication of its R&D manifesto. The blogpost summarised the three themes of the manifesto and looked at the next steps to refine it as well as the challenges in providing timely research in this field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/putting-health-into-trade-and-investment-agreements-an-rd-manifesto/ |
| Description | R&D manifesto 2020-21: summary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | A set of slides summarising PETRA8s R&D manifesto was published to present the themes of the document and the process of development through diagrams instead of text. The slides enable engagement via PETRA's Twitter account. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/petra-rd-manifesto-2020-21-summary/ |
| Description | Research needs: developing a research framework to assess the impact of trade on health and non-communicable diseases in particular 29/30 June 2020. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The outcomes of the three intelligence gathering events will be brought to the sandpit where PETRA's co-investigators will meet with representatives from the previous events to start shaping the research framework document on trade and investment agreements and their impact on health and non-communicable diseases in particular. This will meet a key objective for PETRA in year one of the network's operation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Research needs: intelligence gathering event for policymakers 15 May 2020. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The second of the intelligence gathering events to inform the development of the research framework is aimed at the policymakers across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland (and potentially Ireland) is being hosted by the University of Chester. It aims to identify policymakers' needs in terms of research on the impacts of trade and health. Two representatives will be invited from this event to attend the sandpit on 29/30 June. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Research needs: intelligence gathering event for researchers 4 May 2020. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The first of three intelligence gathering events is being hosted by Liverpool University Law School to enable academic colleagues to discuss their research (existing and forthcoming) and see how it could feed into the research agenda PETRA is developing. Two representatives from this meeting will be invited to the sandpit exercise on 29/30 June. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Research needs: intelligence gathering event for the third sector, including advocacy organisations and non-governmental public health bodies 1 June 2020. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The third intelligence gathering event to inform the development of the research framework will be held in London on 1 June 2020. It will aim to identify the research needs of the third sector, including advocacy bodies working on tobacco, alcohol and food issues, as well as non-governmental public health bodies. Two representatives from this event will be invited to the sandpit on 29/30 June 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: written evidence to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | PETRA submitted written evidence to the Public Bill Committee outlining severe concerns about the Retained EU (Revocation and Reform) Bill. PETRA highlighted potential risks to public health through impacts on food environment consumer safety and employment. PETRA proposed using tools such as health impact assessments to mitigate risks arising from lack of Parliamentary scrutiny. PETRA's evidence is numbered: REULB17 and is published on Parliament's website as a permanent record |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmpublic/RetainedEULawRevocationReform/memo/REULB17.htm |
| Description | Side-lined or headlined? Why the UK's new trade deals are missing an opportunity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This blogpost was published as a public comment from PETRA on the signing of the UK-Australia trade deal and at the point at which trade talks opened with India. PETRA pressed for public health to be integrated into future trade and investment agreements rather than be addressed in a side-letter that carries little enforceable weight. The blogpost added to other commentaries on priorities in UK trade policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://cutt.ly/LIYkRbi |
| Description | Six FACETS of trade and health policy: blogpost |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A blogpost for PETRA's website proposes six key factors that are required to align health and trade policies. The blogpost was aimed at generating a conversation via Twitter on the most important elements in the process and the range of actions that need to be taken by both policymakers and the research community. The blogpost has been viewed about fifty times from publication in January 2023 to 28 February. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/six-facets-of-health-and-trade-policies/ |
| Description | The opposition of events: creating an R&D Manifesto to look at trade and investment agreements and health inequalities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This blogpost reflected on the process of creating a research and development manifesto in a fast-changing policy environment and the risks to its relevance presented by the protracted nature of current research processes. The blogpost emerged from discussions within PETRA and has underlined the particular challenges that PETRA faces in creating policy impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://cutt.ly/BYNNRMz |
| Description | Trade and governance workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A two-day workshop in July 2023 will bring today senior academics, policymakers, and third sector bodies across the disciplines of law, public health, environmental sciences, political sciences, public policy, and economics with the aim of identifying a model of good practice in democratic trade governance. The aim of this roundtable talk is to map the current trade governance system and produce a policy report that describes the steps that could be taken align health and trade policies. The workshop is being held jointly between PETRA and Durham University Global Policy Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Trade and poverty blogpost |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This blogpost was written for PETRA by Prof L. Alan Winters of the UK Trade Policy Observatory. It summarises the key points and discussion from a public webinar on the topic of how far trade affects poverty that was led by Prof Winters on 17 March 2022 for the Institute of Development Studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/trade-and-poverty/ |
| Description | Using trade to improve the public's health and wellbeing webinar, 17 June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The speaker was Sharon Treat from the US Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy with Prof Amandine Garde from the University of Liverpool as facilitator. The webinar was jointly organised between PETRA and the UK Public Health Network. The webinar was originally planned as a face to face event but moved online due to COVID-19. This enabled more international participation. The webinar was designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the issues of international public health concern with trade and investment agreements. Following this introductory session, a programme of future events is now being organised to explore the individual issues in greater detail. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://petranetwork.org/resources/using-trade-to-improve-the-publics-health-and-wellbeing/ |
| Description | World Congress of Public Health 2020: Roundtable discussion on health aspects of trade agreements |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This discussion was aimed at raising awareness of the need to consider health impacts of trade and investment agreements. The discussion was chaired and led by PETRA's Co-Investigators and covered legal, economic and public health aspects. A blog-post is being written to capture the discussion for publication on PETRA's website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |