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HOME INTEGRATION PILLARS Customs Union Common Market Monetary Union Political Federaton NEWS AND MEDIA Press Releases Communiqué Statements Calendar of Events Visiting the EAC Media Contacts ABOUT EAC Overview of EAC EAC Quick Facts EAC Partner States EAC Organs The Secretariat EAC Institutions EAC Leadership EAC History Key Documents EAC Emblems Opportunities at EAC SECTORS E-RESOURCES Coronavirus (COVID-19) Trade Security Infrastructure Industry Education Agriculture Latest News EAC SECRETARY GENERAL SENDS CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ON THE DEMISE OF, DR. ALI KIRUNDA KIVEJINJA, UGANDA'S 2ND DPM EAC Secretariat contributes to establishing a One Health workforce in the region EAC contributes to safer One Stop Border Posts Continue reading EAC Priorities 2017 - 2021 Consolidation of the Single Customs Territory (SCT). Infrastructure development in the region. Enhancing free movement of all factors of production across the Partner States. Enhancement of regional industrial development. Improvement of agricultural productivity and value addition. Promotion of regional peace, security and good governance. Institutional transformation at the regional and Partner State levels. Customs Union Through the Customs Union Protocol, trade within the EAC region has been enhanced significantly. Additionally, EAC has been an attractive foreign direct investment hub. Continue reading Common Market EAC guides the free movement of goods, people, labour, services and capital from one Partner State to another as well as the rights of establishment and residence without restrictions. Continue reading Monetary Union The East African Monetary Union Protocol provides for the attainment of a single currency for daily transactions within the Common Market. Continue reading Political Federation The EAC Partner States envisage coming together to form a super-state under a single political authority / government. Continue reading Latest Documents Pandemic Preparedness with a One Health (PPOH) Approach Download Report on Pilot of the short course Category : Health, Pandemic Preparedness, PanPrep Project Publications Type : Report EAC Gazette | 01 January 2021 Download EAC Gazette | Vol. AT 1 – No. 2 | 01 January 2021 Category : Customs, Gazette Type : Gazette Tag : Customs Union EAC Gazette | 24 November 2020 Download EAC Gazette | Vol. AT 1 – No. 22 | 24 November 2020 Category : Customs, Gazette Type : Gazette Tag : Customs Union Undertake Legal, Institutional and Organizational Framework Analysis of the Proposed East African Fisheries Organization (EAFO) Download Tender Dossier Category : EAC Procurement Opportunities Type : Consultancy Tag : LVFO Youth Engagement with Border Communities on the fight against Cross Border Transmission of COVID-19 In the EAC Download November, 2020 Category : Health, Youth Type : Report Tag : COVID-19 EAC at A Glance The (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of six (6) Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The EAC is structured into seven main Organs : The Summit The Council of Ministers The Co-ordinating Committee Sectoral Committees The East African Court of Justice The East African Legislative Assembly The Secretariat The Community also has nine institutions , three of which became operational in July 2015. Continue reading Tweets by @jumuiya Online Tools & Services EAC Trade Information Portal The EAC Trade Information Portal (TIP) gives access to step-by-step guides on licenses, pre-clearance permits and clearance formalities for the most traded goods within, to and from the EAC). Visit Portal EAC Health Portal The EAC Health Portal is the official comprehensive compendium of health information in East Africa. A dynamic, structured, and interactive single-point-of-access of health information in the region. Visit Portal 50 Million African Women Speak 50 Million African Women Speak is a digital platform which is available via web and as a mobile App. The platform is designed as a one-stop shop for the information needs of African women in business. Visit Platform EAC Open Data Portal With the Data Portal , you can visualize Socio-Economic indicators over a period of time, gain access to presentation-ready graphics and perform comprehensive analysis on a Country and Regional level. Visit Portal EAC VISION 2050 - Pillars & Goals Infrastructure Development Access to afforable and efficient transport, energy, and communication for increased regional Competitiveness Read more Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development Enhanced Agricultural productivity for food security and transformed rural economy Read more Industrialization Structural tranformation of the industrial and manufacturing sector through value addition and product deversification based on comparative advantage for regional competitive advantage. Read more Natural Resources & Environment Management Effective and sustainable use of natural resources with enhanced value addition and management. Read more Tourism, Trade & Services Development Leverage on the tourism and services value chain and building on the homogeneity of regional cultures and linkages Read more Human Capital Development Well-educated and healthy human resources. Read more Timeline of East African Regional Integration 1897 - 1901 1900 - 1917 1905 - 1940 1946 1948 - 1961 1961 1967 1977 1999 2005 2007 2010 2013 2016 2017 Railway lines across Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika open up the region for colonial development under the management of the East African Railways Cooperation. Customs for goods destined for Uganda are collected at Mombasa port, and a full Customs Union comprising Kenya, Uganda and, later, Tanganyika is established in 1917. The East African Currency Board, the Postal Union, the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa, the East African Governors’ Conference, the East African Income Tax Board and the Joint Economic Council are established. The East African Airways Corporation is incorporated. It covered not only the East African region, but operated across Africa, connecting also to Europe and India. The East African High Commission (EACH) is the coordinating body to deal with a customs union, a common external tariff, currency and post- age; and also with common services in transport and communications, research and education. Following independence, the East African High Commission is replaced by the East African Common Services Organisation (EACSO), which many observers thought would lead to a political federation between the three territories. However, the new organisation suffered from a lack of joint planning and fiscal policy, separate political policies and Kenya’s dominant economic position. Signing of the ‘Treaty for East African Cooperation’ among Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Dissolution of the first . The Treaty for the Establishment of the was signed by the three Presidents of the Republic of Kenya, Republic of Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania on 30th November, 1999. 30th November is recognized as EAC Day across the region. The Protocol for the establishment of the EAC Customs Union was signed on 1st July, 2005. The Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Burundi were admitted and became full members of EAC on 1st July, 2007. The EAC Common Market Protocol entered into force on 1st July, 2010, an expansion of the bloc’s existing Customs Union. The East African Monetary Union (EAMU) is the third milestone of the EAC integration process. The EAMU Protocol was signed on 30th November, 2013 and set the groundwork for a monetary union within 10 years while allowing the EAC Partner States to progressively converge their currencies into a single currency in the Community. The Republic of South Sudan was admitted and became a full member of EAC on 5th September, 2016. On 20th May, 2017, the EAC Heads of State adopted the Political Confederation as a transitional m...