Implementation workshops
Implementation workshops
To raise awareness of the Protocol and promote its entry into force, the Convention Secretariat and WHO Regional and Country Offices organizes a series of multisectoral, subregional workshops.
The workshops bring together government officials from different sectors relevant for Protocol implementation, including health, customs, justice, finance and trade, with experts on Protocol matters, representatives of intergovernmental organizations, including the World Customs Organization, the World Bank and WHO, and members of civil society. They are organised in close collaboration with WHO Regional and Country Offices.
Africa
 | November 2015 Regional activity: Dakar, SenegalWHO Regional Office for Africa organized a Multicountry Workshop which brought together leaders and decision-makers from eight African countries: Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad and Zimbabwe and the ECOWAS. |
Americas
 | September 2016 Regional activity: Brasilia, BrazilThe following WHO FCTC Parties participated: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. |
Eastern Mediterranean
 | May 2017 Regional activity: Amman, JordanThe following WHO FCTC Parties participated: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Sudan, Syrian Arabic Republic, Tunisia
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| March 2015 Regional activity: Kuwait City, KuwaitInvited WHO FCTC Parties (6): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
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Europe
 | October 2017 Regional activity: Tbilisi, GeorgiaThe following WHO FCTC Parties participated: Armenia, Azerbaijan Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
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South-East Asia
 | December 2014 Regional activity: Nay Pyi Taw, MyanmarInvited WHO FCTC Parties (12): Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. |
Western Pacific
 | November 2017 Regional activity: Manila, PhilippinesMeeting on accelerating the raising of tobacco taxes and the ratification of the protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products in the western pacific. The following WHO FCTC Parties participated: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,
Fiji, China, Kiribati, Lao people's democratic republic, Malaysia, Marshall islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam.
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