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Celebrations</a></li> <li data-uk-slideshow-item="25"><a href="#">Regional Heads of Public Service and Ministers meet in Arusha</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </section> <section id="tm-top-b" class="tm-top-b uk-grid" data-uk-grid-match="{target:'> div > .uk-panel'}" data-uk-grid-margin> <div class="uk-width-1-1 uk-width-medium-1-3"><div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box none"><h3 class="uk-panel-title">Latest News</h3><ul class="uk-list uk-list-space"> <li> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <img class="uk-align-left" width="110px" src="/images/Press_Releases/pr_03282025_01.jpg" /> <a href="/press-releases/141-agriculture-food-security/3329-regional-joint-agricultural-sector-review-workshop-underway-in-dar-es-salaam,-tanzania" itemprop="url"> <span itemprop="name"> Regional Joint Agricultural Sector Review Workshop underway in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania </span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <img class="uk-align-left" width="110px" src="/images/Press_Releases/pr_03262025_01.jpg" /> <a href="/press-releases/138-education,-science-technology-news/3327-digital-skills-for-innovative-east-african-industry-dskills-ea-project-comes-to-a-close" itemprop="url"> <span itemprop="name"> Digital Skills for an Innovative East African Industry (dSkills@EA) Project comes to a close </span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <img class="uk-align-left" width="110px" src="/images/pr_03252025.jpg" /> <a href="/press-releases/311-digital-transformation/3326-eac-launches-innovative-data-governance-training-programme-for-judges" itemprop="url"> <span itemprop="name"> EAC launches innovative Data Governance Training Programme for Judges </span> </a> </div> </li> </ul> <a class="uk-button uk-button-success uk-width-1-1 uk-margin-small-top" href="/press-releases" title="Continue reading more press releases." >Continue reading</a> </div></div> <div class="uk-width-1-1 uk-width-medium-1-3"><div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"><h3 class="uk-panel-title">Upcoming Events</h3> <div id="rsepro-upcoming-module"> <ul class="rsepro_upcoming row-fluid"> <li class="span12"> <a target="_blank" href="/news-and-media/calendar-of-events/event/1762-workshop-to-develop-training-materials-to-build-capacity-of-community-networks-to-ensure-demand-creation-and-utilization-of-integrated-srh-hiv-and-tb-services-at-major-border-points-in-the-eac">Workshop to Develop Training Materials to Build Capacity of Community Networks to ensure Demand Creation and Utilization of Integrated SRH/HIV and TB Services at Major Border Points in the EAC</a> <small>(March 31, 2025 09:00)</small> </li> </ul> <ul class="rsepro_upcoming row-fluid"> <li class="span12"> <a target="_blank" href="/news-and-media/calendar-of-events/event/1763-national-training-on-monetary-and-financial-soundness-indicators">National Training on Monetary and Financial Soundness Indicators</a> <small>(March 31, 2025 09:00)</small> </li> </ul> <ul class="rsepro_upcoming row-fluid"> <li class="span12"> <a target="_blank" href="/news-and-media/calendar-of-events/event/1764-regional-technical-working-group-meeting-to-finalise-on-harmonization-of-the-eac-education-statistics">Regional Technical Working Group Meeting to Finalise on Harmonization of the EAC Education Statistics</a> <small>(April 01, 2025 09:00)</small> </li> </ul> <ul class="rsepro_upcoming row-fluid"> <li class="span12"> <a target="_blank" href="/news-and-media/calendar-of-events/event/1765-7th-meeting-of-eac-tbt-forum">7th Meeting of EAC TBT Forum</a> <small>(April 02, 2025 09:00)</small> </li> </ul> </div> </div></div> <div class="uk-width-1-1 uk-width-medium-1-3"><div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"><h3 class="uk-panel-title">EAC Priorities 2022 - 2026</h3> <p><img src="/images/icons/customs.png" alt="" />&nbsp; Full Implementation of the Single Customs Territory (SCT).</p> <p><img src="/images/icons/enterprise.png" alt="enterprise" width="35" height="35" />&nbsp; Enhancing domestication and implementation of regional commitments in line with the EAC Common Market Protocol</p> <p><img src="/images/icons/coins.png" alt="coins" width="35" height="35" />&nbsp; Attainment of the EAC Single Currency</p> <p><img src="/images/icons/peace.png" alt="peace" width="35" height="35" />&nbsp; Strengthening regional peace, security, and good governance</p> <p><img src="/images/icons/infrastructure.png" alt="infrastructure" width="35" height="35" /> Development of quality multi-dimensional strategic Infrastructure</p> <p><img src="/images/icons/enterprise.png" alt="enterprise" width="35" height="35" />&nbsp; Institutional transformation of all EAC Organs and Institutions</p> <p><img src="/images/icons/conference-filled.png" alt="enterprise" width="35" height="35" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Increasing visibility of EAC, stakeholder knowledge and awareness</p></div></div> </section> <div id="tm-middle" class="tm-middle uk-grid" data-uk-grid-match data-uk-grid-margin> <div 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border-width: 0; color: #48a6db; height: 5px; line-height: 0; text-align: center; width: 90%;" /> <div class="uk-panel-teaser"> <div><a href="http://repository.eac.int/" title="EAC Repository"><img src="/images/images/osbp.png" alt="50MAWS1" width="337" height="163" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></a><br /><strong><br />One Stop Border Post (OSBP)</strong> is a border facility that combines two stops for national border control processing into one and consolidates border control functions in a shared space for exiting one country and entering another.</div> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://osbpinfra.eac.int/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Visit </strong><strong>Tool</strong></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="uk-width-medium-1-4" uk-row-first> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <div class="uk-panel-teaser" style="text-align: left;"><strong>EAC Diaspora Desk<br /></strong><hr style="background-color: #48a6db; border-width: 0; 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Environment Management" width="400" height="226"><a class="uk-position-cover" href="https://www.eac.int/environment" title="Natural Resources &amp; Environment Management"></a></div></div> <h3 class="uk-h4 uk-margin-top-remove"> <a class="uk-link-reset" href="https://www.eac.int/environment">Natural Resources & Environment Management</a> </h3> <div class="uk-margin">Effective and sustainable use of natural resources with enhanced value addition and management.</div> <p><a href="https://www.eac.int/environment">Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box uk-panel-box-secondary uk-invisible"> <div class="uk-text-center uk-panel-teaser"><div class="uk-overlay uk-overlay-hover "><img src="/images/banners/impala.png" class=" uk-overlay-scale" alt="Tourism, Trade &amp; Services Development" width="400" height="226"><a class="uk-position-cover" href="https://www.eac.int/tourism" title="Tourism, Trade &amp; Services Development"></a></div></div> <h3 class="uk-h4 uk-margin-top-remove"> <a class="uk-link-reset" href="https://www.eac.int/tourism">Tourism, Trade & Services Development</a> </h3> <div class="uk-margin">Leverage on the tourism and services value chain and building on the homogeneity of regional cultures and linkages</div> <p><a href="https://www.eac.int/tourism">Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box uk-panel-box-secondary uk-invisible"> <div class="uk-text-center uk-panel-teaser"><div class="uk-overlay uk-overlay-hover "><img src="/images/banners/human_development.jpg" class=" uk-overlay-scale" alt="Human Capital Development" width="400" height="226"><a class="uk-position-cover" href="/eac.int" title="Human Capital Development"></a></div></div> <h3 class="uk-h4 uk-margin-top-remove"> <a class="uk-link-reset" href="/eac.int">Human Capital Development</a> </h3> <div class="uk-margin">Well-educated and healthy human resources.</div> <p><a href="/eac.int">Read more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <script> (function($){ // get the images of the gallery and replace it by a canvas of the same size to fix the problem with overlapping images on load. $('img[width][height]:not(.uk-overlay-panel)', $('#wk-grid18f')).each(function() { var $img = $(this); 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It covered not only the East African region, but operated across Africa, connecting also to Europe and India.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/Appointments-announced-by-University-of-East-Africa-29.3.65-pg4.jpg" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="1948 - 1961"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">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.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAgnAAAAJDA1ODY1MWY3LTU5NzQtNGE1Yi05YTk3LThkNmRjNGQ5OGU5ZQ.jpg" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="1961"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">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.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/eac-founders2.jpg" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="1967"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top"><em>Signing of the ‘Treaty for East African Cooperation’ among Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.</em></div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin-top">Dissolution of the first East African Community.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/1999-treaty-signing.png" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="1999"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community 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.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/CUP-Signing.png" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2005"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The Protocol for the establishment of the <strong>EAC Customs Union</strong> was signed on 1st July, 2005.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/Screen-Shot-2017-08-29-at-16.26.15.png" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2007"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Burundi were admitted and became full members of EAC on 1st July, 2007.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/CMP-signing.png" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2010"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The <strong>EAC Common Market</strong> Protocol entered into force on 1st July, 2010, an expansion of the bloc’s existing Customs Union. </div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/EAMU-Signing.png" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2013"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The <strong>East African Monetary Union</strong> (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 <strong>single currency</strong><em></em> in the Community.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/South-Sudan.png" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2016"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The Republic of South Sudan was admitted and became a full member of EAC on 5th September, 2016.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/political-confederation.png" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2017"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">On 20th May, 2017, the EAC Heads of State adopted the <strong>Political Confederation</strong> as a transitional model of the East African Political Federation.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Timeline/DRC_Accession.jpg" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2022"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is admited to the EAC and becomes a full member on 11 July, 2022.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="/images/Press_Releases/IMG_0055.jpg" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2023"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The Federal Republic of Somalia is admited to the EAC and aceedes to the EAC Treaty on 15 December, 2023.</div> </li> <li> <div class="uk-margin uk-text-center"><img src="https://www.eac.int/images/Press_Releases/pr_04032024_01.jpg" class="uk-border-rounded uk-overlay-scale" alt="2024"></div> <div class="uk-margin-top">The Federal Republic of Somalia deposits her Instrument of Ratification of the EAC Treaty and becomes a full member of the Community on 4 March, 2024</div> </li> </ul> </div> </div><div class="uk-panel uk-panel-box"> <hr style="background-color: #48a6db; border-width: 0; color: #48a6db; height: 5px; line-height: 0; text-align: left; width: 90%;" /></div></div> </section> <section id="tm-bottom-b" class="tm-bottom-b uk-grid uk-grid-divider" data-uk-grid-match="{target:'> div > .uk-panel'}" data-uk-grid-margin> <div class="uk-width-1-1 uk-width-medium-1-5"><div class="uk-panel"> <h5><strong>East African Community</strong><br /> EAC Close <br />Afrika Mashariki Road<br /> P.O. 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