“State Level Inception Workshop of the Tobacco Control Project at National Law University Odisha”

National Law University Odisha in collaboration with the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease is working on a policy intervention project titled ‘Supporting stronger and evidence-based tobacco control initiatives through capacity building and strengthening laws, policies and institutional mechanisms with multi-stakeholder engagements towards tobacco-free India’. The project will for a duration of two years from 2023 to 2025. The objectives of the project inter alia include strengthening tobacco control laws in Odisha, supporting the Odisha government in adopting stronger policies and capacity building of stakeholders.

To initiation the execute of the project, NLUO is organising its first State Level Inception Workshop on the project on 2^nd March 2023 at 10:00 am. The workshop will witness participation from Civil Servants from various State Government Departments, all state actors in the area of NCD, NTPC, Public Health and Tobacco Control, members from serving Police force, the Police and Judicial Academy, State Human Rights Commission, Women Commission, State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, NSS, civil society and the members of media.

This workshop will bring together all the relevant stakeholders and seek their cooperation and commitment to support NLUO in the successful execution of the Project. The workshop will also serve as an initiation to the capacity building of all the stakeholders in the area of tobacco control. NLUO looks forward to hosting all the dignitaries.