Who We Are
The Asian Society for Implementation Science is a multidisciplinary and inclusive professional society working to advance implementation science across Asia.
ASIS was established in response to the growing need for a regional platform that connects people working to improve the implementation of evidence-informed interventions, programs, policies, and practices.
Implementation science activities are increasing across Asia. However, expertise, training opportunities, professional networks, funding, and institutional support remain unevenly distributed. Researchers and practitioners may also work in isolation across disciplines, countries, and sectors.
ASIS addresses this gap by creating a shared regional community for knowledge, capacity, collaboration, leadership, and impact.
The ASIS Secretariat is being established in Nepal as a not-for-profit organization, while the Society’s membership, leadership, and activities extend across Asia and beyond.
Our Vision
A future in which evidence-informed interventions, programs, and policies are effectively, equitably, and sustainably implemented to improve health and well-being across Asia.
Our Mission
To advance implementation science in Asia by building a diverse regional community that generates knowledge, strengthens capacity, develops leaders, supports evidence translation, and promotes collaboration among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, funders, and communities.
Our Objectives
ASIS aims to:
- Promote the development and application of implementation science across Asia.
- Build implementation science capacity among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, students, and institutions.
- Facilitate regional and international collaboration, mentorship, and knowledge exchange.
- Support the generation of implementation science theories, frameworks, methods, measures, and evidence relevant to Asian contexts.
- Increase the use of implementation science in policy development, program delivery, quality improvement, scale-up, and sustainability.
- Develop and support emerging implementation science leaders.
- Promote equity, inclusion, community engagement, and contextual relevance in implementation research and practice.
- Increase the visibility and influence of implementation science conducted in Asia.
- Create opportunities for multidisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration.
- Strengthen partnerships among academic institutions, governments, health systems, civil society organizations, funders, professional societies, and communities.
Our Values
Equity
We promote fair access to knowledge, resources, leadership opportunities, and the benefits of evidence-informed programs and policies.
Inclusion
We welcome diverse disciplines, professions, countries, cultures, career stages, and perspectives.
Contextual Relevance
We recognize that implementation strategies must respond to local cultures, systems, resources, priorities, and lived experiences.
Scientific Rigor
We support high-quality, transparent, ethical, and methodologically sound implementation research and practice.
Collaboration
We believe meaningful and sustainable change requires partnerships across disciplines, institutions, sectors, and countries.
Community Engagement
We value the expertise of communities and promote their meaningful participation throughout the implementation process.
Learning
We encourage continuous reflection, adaptation, experimentation, and shared learning.
Impact
We focus on the practical use of knowledge to improve services, systems, policies, and population outcomes.