166887 Role of Civil Society and the Formation of the Framework Convention Alliance

Monday, November 5, 2007: 10:30 AM

Laurent Huber , The Framework Alliance Group, Baltimore, MD
        
The FCA represents a voice of civil society within the global tobacco control community. Founded in October 1999, the FCA is a coalition of individual nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and their networks from around the world who have been working jointly and separately to support effective tobacco control. The FCA has been involved in every stage of the FCTC, from inception to entry into force and now implementation. Now composed of almost 300 health, environmental, consumer, and human rights organizations from over 100 countries, the FCA continues to engage throughout the world in efforts to ensure effective implementation of the FCTC. This presentation will discuss how the FCA has been working collaboratively with governments, providing educational material and tobacco control expertise, and helping to shape the public climate that has provided momentum for the international regulation of the tobacco industry.

Learning Objectives:
1. Gain understanding of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). 2. Gain understanding of the role of civil society in the implementation of the FCTC. 3. Be able to determine how countries have implemented the FCTC

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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