in terms of information, services, research and training, in support of national health development" ([@b1-ijph-41-80]).

The main role of the WHO CCs is to provide strategic support to the Organization to meet two main needs: Implementing WHO's mandated work and programme objectivesDeveloping and strengthening institutional capacity in countries and regions.

Evaluation is defined by Lee Miyong and Lee Seunghee as," often is used to characterize and apprise subjects of interest in a wide range of human enterprises, including the arts, criminal justice, foundations and non-profit organizations, government, health care, and other human services" ([@b2-ijph-41-80]).

Basing on the situational analysis done, there are currently 12 WHO Collaborating Centres in the country with most of them located in the capital city of Tehran and unfortunately, no countrywide distribution of the centres can beDiseases Research CentreNational Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Medical EducationTehran University of Medical SciencesShahid Beheshti Medical University

In this method the following areas were reviewed articles, library resources, WHOCC's websites and their research outputs. Then we reviewed evaluation results and reports from the other countries, for example India, Canada, England, African Evaluation Association (Niger) and USA (Georgia, Kansas UN and United Way Report).

Then we reviewed WHO website. After that, we developed indicators for evaluation, confirmed them with experts of Iranian Undersecretary for Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

In this part, we present indicators for evaluation of WHOCC" activities as follows: Basic informationEvaluationCentre informationActive WebsiteDepartment**s**FacultyLaboratoryLibraryTotal StaffKnowledge productionBooksJournalsThesisProposalsArticlesInnovationEducationNational SymposiumInternational SymposiumWorkshopsTraining courseEarn superior degree in RAZI SymposiumEarn superior degree in KHARAZMI SymposiumHuman resourcesDegreeEngagement positionFull