27th Meeting of the Sectoral Council of Ministers Responsible for EAC Affairs and Planning underway in Arusha

Written on 31 October 2017. Posted in Press Release

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 31^st October, 2017:

The 27^th Meeting of the Sectoral Council of Ministers Responsible for EAC Affairs and Planning (SCMEACP) is currently underway in Arusha, Tanzania.

The five-day meeting started with the Session of Senior Officials which was scheduled for October 30^th and  31^st, 2017 followed by the Coordination Committee comprising Permanent/Principal Secretaries from 1^st November to 2^nd November, 2017. The meeting will be capped by the Ministerial Session which will take place on Friday, 3^rd November, 2017.

Among the items on the agenda of the meeting are:

• Consideration of report on the Implementation of previous decisions of the SCMEACP;
• Consideration of the report on the status of integration for the period July 2016 – June 2017;
• Consideration of a Progress Report on the Status of Implementation of the EAC Common Market Protocol;
• Consideration of a Progress Report on COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Arrangement;
• Consideration of the Draft 5^th EAC Development Strategy (2016/17-2020/21);
• Consideration of the key priority areas for the FY2018/19;
• Consideration of the Progress Report on the Development of a Roadmap for the Integration of the Republic of South Sudan into the EAC;
• Consideration of the Progress Report on the Status of Implementation of the EAC Brand Architecture Strategy, and;
• Consideration of EAC Audit and Risk Committee Matters

The Session of Senior Officials is being chaired by Dr. Andrew Musiime, Director of EAC Affairs at the Ministry of EAC Affairs in the Republic of Uganda. Uganda is the current Chair of the Community.

The Session was officially opened by the EAC Deputy Secretary General for Planning and Infrastructure, Eng. Steven Mlote.

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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.