Smoke Free Partnership proposal for advocacy core funding 2020-2022
Cancer Research UK
Smoke Free Partnership
The Smoke Free is an independent, flexible and dynamic organisation which coordinates European and national advocacy organisations working in tobacco control, and promotes collaboration in order to improve health and strengthen the voice of tobacco control and tobacco policy research at European and national level. SFP’s vision is a world where all children can grow up healthy, and free from the harm caused by tobacco. SFP co-ordinates a formal Coalition of organisations active in tobacco control across the WHO EURO region with the aim to promote and coordinate tobacco control advocacy on priority policy areas of the Framework convention on Tobacco control (FCTC). The Coalition currently consists of 45 organisations in EU member states and neighbouring countries. This proposal aims to support SFP's advocacy work in 2020-2022. European advocacy for tobacco control remains crucial to advancing implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Europe in particular with respect to taxation, the fight against illicit trade, policy oriented research, smoke-free policies, the introduction of plain standardized packaging, and the monitoring and strengthening of advertising laws. SFP will also work at European level to support global advocacy efforts for unlocking official development assistance (ODA) funding for the FCTC to help bridge the funding gap and implement the Global Strategy for Accelerating Tobacco Control. Finally, SFP will support capacity building and strategic policy campaigns by working with Coalition partners at eregional and national level. The SFP strategic objectives for the funding period are: 1. Develop multisectoral advocacy for the implementation of the FCTC at EU and national level in Europe as an effective way to prevent the morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases and cancer. 2. Develop and implement a European-level advocacy campaign to mobilise funding for global FCTC implementation in cooperation with FCA and advocacy partners in key European countries. 3. Maintain and strengthen SFP’s and the SFP Coalition’s advocacy capacity to meet its strategic objectives, including organising or attending relevant European and international tobacco control conferences.
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