Our Views, Our Voices Virtual Training

Become an Our Views Our Voices advocate

Our Views, Our Voices is an initiative of the NCD Alliance and people living with NCDs, which seeks to put people first in the NCD response. The initiative aspires to break down stigma and discrimination, equipping people living with NCDs with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to be leaders and active players in the response to these diseases and in growing the NCD movement.

The first Our Views, Our Voices training on building a public narrative took place in May 2018 in Geneva with 19 people from 13 countries. The purpose of the training was to enable people living with NCDs to become effective spokespersons and build a public narrative on NCDs. In June 2019 NCDA organised a Train the Trainer workshop for 22 people living with NCDs and alliance representatives from 11 countries. The second part of the programme consisted of the participants running Our Views, Our Voices trainings in their country with more than 280 people living with NCDs trained. There have been two virtual Our Views, Our Voices trainings to date in 2021 and 2022 which were adapted from the in-person Our Views, Our Voices training.

The 2026 Our Views, Our Voices virtual training builds on the foundation of previous trainings and the renewed global commitments made at the 2025 UN High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). Its primary aim is to equip people living with NCDs with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to use their lived experiences to drive action and accountability in the post-UNHLM on NCDs (2025) period.

Please complete this form by January 7, 2026

*This Expression of Interest form is open to people with lived experiences and who are affiliated with NCD Alliance full or associate members only, including national and regional NCD alliances. To check your eligibility please see the list of NCDA full and associate members.