35th Meeting of EAC Council of Ministers set for 30th March - 4th April in Arusha, Tanzania
East African Community Secretariat; Arusha, Tanzania; 24 March 2017:
The 35th meeting of the East African Community Council of Ministers is set to take place from 30th March to 4th April 2017 at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The Session of Senior Officials is from Thursday 30th to Friday 31st March. The Coordination Committee Session (Permanent /Principal Secretaries) is on 1st and 2nd April and the Ministerial Session is on 3rd to 4th April, 2017.
The meeting is considering the following matters: Report on the implementation of Previous Decisions of the Council; Report of the Office of the Secretary General; Report on Planning and Infrastructure; and Report on Productive and Social Sectors.
Other Reports to be considered are: Report on Political Matters; Customs and Trade; Report on the Finance and Administration Matters; and Reports of other EAC Organs i.e. East African Legislative Assembly and East African Court of Justice.
Reports of EAC Institutions are also on the agenda namely; East African Civil Aviation Safety, Security and Oversight Agency, (CASSOA); Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO); Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA); East African Development Bank; Lake Victoria Basin Commission; East African Science and Technology Commission; East African Kiswahili Commission; and East African Health Research Commissio
The Council of Ministers is the Policy Organ of the Community. It consists of the Ministers responsible for East African Community/regional cooperation of each Partner State and such other Ministers of the Partner State as each Partner State shall determine. Among its functions, the Council promotes, monitors and keeps under constant review the implementation of the programmes of the Community and ensures the proper functioning of the regional organization.
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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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