14th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Energy underway in Arusha

Written on 03 June 2019. Posted in Energy

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania 3^rd June, 2019: A five-day East African Community Sectoral Council on Energy meeting is currently underway at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

The 14^th Sectoral Council meeting started today with the Session of Senior Officials which runs from 3^rd to 5^thJune, 2019 followed by the Coordination Committee (Session of Permanent/Principal/Under Secretaries) on 6^thJune, 2019, and the Ministerial Session on 7^thJune, 2019.

Among the items on the agenda of the Meeting are: Consideration of the status of implementation of the previous directives/decisions of the Sectoral Council; Consideration of Implementation of Regional Strategy on Scaling Up Access to Modern Energy Services; Consideration of implementation of East African Power Master Plan projects, and; Consideration of a report on enhancement of a sustainable regional energy market in Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, and Indian Ocean region project.

Other items on the agenda of the Sectoral Council include: Consideration of the Centre of Excellence for the East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE) report; Consideration of the Study on analysis of petroleum policies, legal and regulatory frameworks in the region report and; any other business.

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For more information, please contact:

Mr Owora Richard Othieno
Head, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
EAC Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 784 835021
Email: OOthieno [at] eachq.org

About the East African Community Secretariat:

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of five Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. 

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