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ESSENTIAL
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Global Partnerships
for Tobacco Control
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Sources
of Funding for
International Tobacco Control
It is beyond
the scope of Essential Action's Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control
program to fund individual partnerships. In the USA, there is a saying
that, "necessity is the mother of invention." So don't let
the lack of resources prevent you from taking action. Sometimes people
working on shoestring budgets do the most creative, efficient, and effective
work. We hope the partnerships will develop a diversity of low-budget
activities that may be duplicated elsewhere.
We realize,
of course, that some groups operate under very tight financial constraints.
And certain worthwhile projects do require extra human and financial
resources to be successfully carried out. We will point you towards
existing opportunities that you might to tap into, as we learn of them.
Here are some ideas to start off with:
- Web
competition for international youth partnerships
Open to students and their teacher-coaches from anywhere in the
world, and designed to promote collaboration and cross-cultural learning
by encouraging students to team with their peers in other regions
or countries to develop Web sites on educational topics. The topics
for the upcoming contest cycle include: the world economy and medicine.
- WHO
- Channeling the Outrage
Small grants aim to successfully advocate for public health policies
that will curb the tobacco epidemic and to increase support for the
signature, ratification and implementation of the FCTC. Deadline:
October 30, 2003.
- 12th
World Conference on Tobacco or Health - Fellowship Program. The
fellowships will cover apex fare flight tickets from country of residence
to Helsinki, hotel accommodation in Helsinki, small per diem, congress
fee, and participation in the Fellowship Programme (three days) and
conference (five days). Deadline: September 30, 2002.
- WHO
- Channeling the Outrage Grants for projects that will advocate
for policies to curb the tobacco epidemic and that support the implementation
of a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Deadline:
May 17, 2002
- International
Youth in Action Award To honor young people (under 25) who
have started a project anywhere in the world that has positively impacted
their community. Deadline: March 21, 2002
- The
Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights Established
by Association François-Xavier Bagnoud, Doctors of the World
and the Global Health Council and is presented annually to a leading
practitioner in health and human rights, be it an individual or organization.
Deadline: February 1, 2002
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