Regional Session on strengthening multisectoral action for tobacco control in the Region of the Americas - Session 1

Agenda for Session 1

11:00 - 11:15 Welcome (Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO

• Opening remarks
  • Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director, PAHO 
  • Dr. Adriana Blanco, Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
  • Mr. Matthew Birkenshaw, Department of Health and Social Care – UK 
• Overview of the training
  • Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO

11:15 - 11:20 Pop-up quiz, PAHO

11:20 - 11:50 Tobacco control: Global and regional governance

• The WHO FCTC and the Global strategy to accelerate tobacco control 2019-2025
  • Ms. Yoni Dekker and Mr. Kelvin Khow, Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
• Strategy and Plan of action to strengthen tobacco control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022
  • Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO

11:50 - 12:10 Introduction to the WHO FCTC article 5 (sections 1 and 2)

• Developing national strategies and plans and establishing multisectorial coordinating mechanisms on tobacco control
• Toolkit for Parties to implement article 5.1 of WHO FCTC
• Toolkit for Parties to implement article 5.2(a) of WHO FCTC
  • Mr. Roy Small, UNDP

12:10 - 12:30 Introduction to the WHO FCTC article 5 (section 3)

• Tobacco industry interference tactics at the global and regional level
  • Video by the WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub for Article 5.
• Protecting policies from tobacco industry interference
• Introduction to the WHO FCTC article 5.3 and its guidelines 
  • Ms. Debby Sy, WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3 

12:30 - 12:45 Q&A, PAHO

12:45 - 13:45 Panel: Country experiences

• Format: Presenters will pre-record 5-minute remarks and then participate in a 30-minute live panel
• Moderators: Ms. Juana Cooke, UNDP and Dr. Francisco Armada, Tobacco Control Advisor, PAHO
• Colombia’s national policy instruments that address tobacco control
• Mexico’s national coordinating mechanism on tobacco control
• Antigua and Barbuda’s national legislation on WHO FCTC articles 5.2 (national coordinating mechanism), 5.3 (tobacco industry interference) and 15 (illicit trade)
• Brazil’s experience on establishing the national coordinating mechanism (CONICQ) and facing the challenges to stopping the tobacco industry interference

13:45 - 13:50 Pop-up quiz, PAHO

13:50 - 14:00 Invitation to next sessions

• Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO
• Ms. Diana Ceron, Tobacco Control Consultant, PAHO