CARICOM session on national strategies and multisectoral coordinating mechanisms - Session 2

Agenda for Session 2

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome (Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO)

• Opening remarks
  • Dr. Anselm Hennis, Director NMH, PAHO
  • Mr Andrew Black, Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
  • Mr. Fernando Jacome, MOP President
• Objectives of the session
  • Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO

10:15 - 10:20 Pop-up quiz, PAHO

10:20 - 10:40 Developing national strategies and plans and establishing a national multisectoral coordinating mechanism

• Toolkit for Parties to implement article 5.1 of WHO FCTC
• Toolkit for Parties to implement article 5.2(a) of WHO FCTC
  • Mr. Daniel Grafton, UNDP

10:40 - 11:40 Panel: Country experiences

• Format: Presenters will pre-record 5-minute remarks and then participate in a 30-minute live panel
• Moderator: Dr. Elisa Prieto, NMH Advisor, PAHO - CPC
• Guyana: Including provisions on the WHO FCTC article 5.2 (Tobacco Control Council) in the Tobacco Control Act 2017 Part III, 4 – 10
• Suriname: Implementing the Tobacco Act 2013 article 19 (Bureau to discourage the use of tobacco) 
• Establishing national commissions on NCDs in the Caribbean: Lessons learned
  • Healthy Caribbean Coalition (TBC)
• National tobacco control strategy in the UK 
  • Ms. Harriet Weston-Harris, Department of Health and Social Care – UK 
• Final thoughts (5 minutes): Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle, Programme Manager, Health Sector Development, Directorate of Human and Social Development, CARICOM

11:40 - 11:45 Break

11:45 - 12:05 Overview of countries’ efforts in developing national strategies and plans and establishing multisectorial coordinating mechanisms on tobacco control (WHO FCTC article 5.1 and 5.2)

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

12:05 - 12:35 Working groups

• Establishing a National Coordinating Mechanism, based in the Toolkit for Parties to implement article 5.2(a) of the WHO FCTC
• Developing and adopting a Biannual Multisectoral Plan or Strategy, based on the Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022
• Facilitators: Mr. Daniel Grafton, UNDP and Ms. Diana Ceron, Tobacco Control Consultant, PAHO

12:35 - 12:40 Pop-up quiz, PAHO

12:40 - 12:50 Update on World No Tobacco Day, 2021

12:50 - 13:00 Conclusions and next steps

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