Civil society from South-East Asian countries will meet on 9-10 July in New Delhi to share best practices and strengthen collaboration for NCD prevention and control at the national and regional levels.

The workshop, jointly convened by the NCD Alliance and the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, is one in a series of regional preparatory meetings that will serve to inform the first Global NCD Alliance Forum of National and Regional Alliances, to take place in Sharjah (UAE) in November.

Participants will include representatives from NCD civil society organisations from across ten countries. The objectives of the workshop are to:

• Review the current status and facilitate sharing of experiences among regional NCD civil society organizations;
• Strengthen the capacity of NCD civil society organizations in forming alliances to drive advocacy, policy, and accountability; and
• Foster effective collaboration between CSOs within and across countries and with the Government and WHO to better support implementation of regional NCD priorities.

Participants will include representatives from NCD civil society organisations from across ten countries.