Connecting Research to Development is a think tank that operates in the support, generation, and dissemination of evidence-based research from combined perspectives of public health and social science in the MENA, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. In close cooperation with its partners, the specific goal is to apply scientific innovative know-how and to transform evidence-based data into programmatic actions. International donors, UN agencies, INGOs, universities, local organizations, and government ministries rely thereby on CRD's expertise and deep understanding of the research environment.