What does the steering group commit to?

Members of the steering group will need to agree the resources, including time and expertise, that they will be able to contribute to each stage of the process. These stages include:

• publicising the initiative to potential partners
  
• publicising and participating in an initial awareness meeting 
• developing and distributing information and forms to gather, collect and collate uncertainties 
• checking uncertainties against existing systematic reviews 
• entering confirmed uncertainties into UK DUETs 
• managing interim priority setting 
• collating and aggregating interim prioritised uncertainties
• publicising and participating in the final priority setting exercise
• publicising the final top 10 uncertainties as research questions to funders 

Steering group members should be prepared to approach and utilise their established contacts and networks. They will be individuals who are able to listen to, respect and incorporate into the process different perspectives. They will be committed to the principle of shared priority setting as well as the values of fairness and transparency. These values underpin the culture of the JLA priority setting process and are equally embedded in the JLA facilitator’s approach