Montenegro WHO FCTC Needs Assessment

Overview

Montenegro joined the WHO FCTC on 23 October 2006. For Montenegro to assess the level of implementation of the WHO FCTC, the Ministry of Health invited the Convention Secretariat to jointly conduct a needs assessment exercise. The Needs Assessment included an initial analysis of the status, challenges and potential needs deriving from the country’s WHO FCTC implementation reports and other sources of information. Due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions, a virtual mission was launched on 10 May 2021 by Dr Jelena Borovinić Bojović, Minister of Health. The launch was followed by a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings between the international team, comprised of the Convention Secretariat, representatives of the WHO (both country and Regional Office for Europe) and the United Nations Development Program, and representatives from relevant government departments, legislative bodies, NGOs, and other stakeholders.