Article 6 – An integrated approach to tobacco taxation

Provider	Recipient	Triangular	Outcome
Philippines, Ecuador, Thailand, Kenya	Afghanistan, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Maldives, Mauritania, Nepal, Suriname	WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub on Taxation (South Africa); The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA); WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO/PAHO); World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO); Convention Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).	Three workshops were organized: Ecuador, Manila and Cape Town The outcome of the workshops were: Effective strategies on tax reforms and legislation, as well sharing lessons learned from the providers’ experiences on multi-sectoral involvement. Enhanced institutional capacities of participating countries to improve tax systems. Provided opportunities for learning from other countries’ experiences on earmarking taxes for tobacco control and/or public health programs. Co-developing innovative ideas to increase effectiveness of advocacy for tobacco taxation/tax changes. Development of proposed fiscal measures to be implemented in each recipient country.

Provider

Recipient

Triangular

Outcome

Philippines, Ecuador, Thailand, Kenya

Afghanistan, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Maldives, Mauritania, Nepal, Suriname

WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub on Taxation (South Africa);

The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA);

WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO/PAHO);

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO);

Convention Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).

Three workshops were organized: Ecuador, Manila and Cape Town The outcome of the workshops were:

Effective strategies on tax reforms and legislation, as well sharing lessons learned from the providers’ experiences on multi-sectoral involvement.

Enhanced institutional capacities of participating countries to improve tax systems.

Provided opportunities for learning from other countries’ experiences on earmarking taxes for tobacco control and/or public health programs.

Co-developing innovative ideas to increase effectiveness of advocacy for tobacco taxation/tax changes.

Development of proposed fiscal measures to be implemented in each recipient country.