Environment and Natural Resources Sector Achievements

Posted in Environment & Natural Resources Management

1. Developed and implemented the East African Community Covid 19 Response Programme in the context of WASH: In collaboration with Wateraid International, the EAC Secretariat constructed permanent handwashing Facilities at five (5) border posts and 32 HWFs at the borders and PoEs in collaboration with IOM with Germany government financial support
   
   
2. EAC Environment week to showcase the achievements of EAC and Partner States in addressing environmental challenges and biodiversity was initiated. The first EAC Environment week was organized in June 2021 in Dodoma, Tanzania
   
   
3. The EAC forestry management has been strengthened through regional framework on forests resources management
   
   
4. The EAC Climate Finance Access and Mobilization Strategy was adopted by 42nd Council to facilitate mobilization of at least 20% of USD 212.181 billion by 2030
   
   
5. The EAC participation in Multilateral Environmental Agreements including UN climate change Conferences
   
   
6. The Regional Steering Committee to guide the operationalization of the Regional Platform on land has been established
   
   
7. Progress was made at 90% on the accreditation process of EAC Regional Implementing Entity under the United Nations Frameworks Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Financing Mechanisms (Adaptation Fund)
   
   
8. The sector has enhanced collaboration with partners including USAID/KEA, European Union, IUCN, WaterAid International, UNEP, Adaptation Fund, UNFCCC Secretariat, WWF, NDC Partnership Secretariat, GIZ, IOM, GGGI and African Land Policy Centre in addressing the challenges of environment and natural resources in the Community