Technical assistance
The International Cancer Control Partnership (ICCP) offers collaborative technical assistance to countries for developing, implementing, and evaluating national cancer control plans (NCCPs).
International Cancer Control Partnership (ICCP) provides various types of collaborative technical assistance support for countries around the development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of national cancer control plans (NCCPs). The ICCP Technical Assistance Working Group liaises and coordinates with our UN agency counterparts in support of their mandate to respond to member state cancer control efforts.
ICCP’s Technical Assistance Working Group responds to country requests through the national Ministry of Health or authorized body for cancer control for technical expertise and connection to technical resources in:
What technical assistance does ICCP offer?
- Reviewing the draft of a National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP) using the validated NCCP review tool – Romero et al 2025
- Connecting to regional cancer control planning experts, and global experts in specific NCCP domains – Oar et al 2019
(Awareness, prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, palliative care, survivorship, health service delivery, governance and/or finance) - Providing access to technical resources in NCCP initiation, formation, dissemination, implementation, evaluation
- Linking to WHO, IAEA, and IARC for member state guidance on cancer control planning and integration with global initiative and UN Sustainable Development Goal targets
- Participating in the ICCP Project ECHO for National Cancer Control Plan Implementation
What ICCP does not offer?
- Financial support
- Drafting a complete NCCP
- Endorsement of the NCCP
How to request technical assistance
Countries seeking technical assistance can contact the ICCP Technical Assistance Working Group at [email protected] to begin discussing country needs and availability of corresponding expertise through the ICCP.
Process
The process for exploring Technical Assistance with ICCP is described here below:
Figure describing the process for exploring Technical Assistance with ICCP
Additional technical assistance resources
Resources
The resources (such as publications, guides, tools) available through the ICCP portal cover the cancer continuum.
Map of NCCPs and NCD plans
Repository of publicly available NCCPs and NCD plans from various countries and plan review index.
Assessment tool
Developed by ICCP partners provides countries with an opportunity to assess their own efforts in developing a plan of action and is meant to engage key stakeholders in a thoughtful discussion of the essential elements of developing and implementing a country’s national cancer control plan.
The Cancer Control Planning Master Course and UICC Fellowships
Comprised of eight webinars led by international subject matter experts, includes the step-by-step process of cancer control planning and implementation. The Master Course is for people engaged in cancer control from various disciplines and at different levels. Although the course has ended, the webinars are available on the ICCP portal.
