Tobacco Control Project

GUC intends to implement this proposed project during the period of March 2023- February 2025 with the purpose of institutionalizing a system and capacity building of enforcing agencies for implementation and monitoring of the tobacco control laws and guidelines to reduce TAPS ban violation and to increase tobacco vendor licensing. Major objectives of the project are as follows:

Objective-1: To provide national-level technical support for the strengthening and implementation of the Local Government Institutions (LGI)’s Tobacco Control Guideline and National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP).
Objective-2: To assist the Taskforce Committees (TFC) and Local Government Institutions (LGI) for improved implementation of NTCP and better compliance with TAPS provisions in 6 (six) districts and 12 upazilas of Barishal division.
Objective-3: To ensure local government institutions’ system strengthening and capacity building for implementation of Tobacco Control guidelines in 1 (one) City Corporation and 17 (seventeen) municipalities of Barishal division.
Objective-4: To strengthen monitoring, evaluation, documentation and support for on ground enforcement of tobacco control laws and LGI guideline for tobacco control

Major strategies to achieve the objectives are as follows:

Strategy-1: National-level technical support for strengthening and implementation of the LGI’s Tobacco Control Guideline and NTCP
Strategy 2: Facilitating advancement of implementation of National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) and promotion of compliance with TAPS provisions by the TFCs and LGIs in 6 (six) districts and 12 upazilas of Barishal division.
Strategy 3: System strengthening of LGIs and capacity building for implementation of Tobacco Control guidelines in 1 (one) City Corporation and 17 (seventeen) municipalities of Barishal division.
Strategy-4: Monitoring, evaluation, documentation and support for on ground enforcement of tobacco control laws and LGI guideline for tobacco control

GUC will implementing the project along with its 18 local NGO partners (non-financial agreement), 18 Municipality/Local Government Institutions (LGIs) and 18 Task Force Committees, 18 Civil Society Action Committees and 36 local schools and colleges. Grambangla has outstanding achievements in implementing earlier two projects supported by The Bloomberg Initiative To Reduce Tobacco Use and The Union. Grambangla has a good number of skilled human resources, infrastructure and a strong local network to run the planned activities of the project.