Sectors
Agriculture & Food Security
Enhancing food security and rational agricultural and
livestock within the Community through harmonisation of
agricultural policies as well as joint programmes for
efficient and effective production.
Culture & Sports
Embracing Culture and Sports as both enablers and drivers
of a people-centered integration agenda through the
promotion and enhancement of diverse sports activities and
the promotion and preservation of our culture is of
paramount importance.
Customs
Enabling the EAC Partner States to enjoy economies of
scale, with a view to supporting the process of economic
development through the establishment of a Single Customs
Territory.
Education, Science & Technology
Recognising the fundamental importance of education,
science and technology in economic development through
harmonized curricula, examination, certification and
accreditation institutions; joint establishment and
support of scientific and technological research and
identifying and developing centres of excellence in the
region.
Energy
Adopting policies and mechanisms to promote the efficient
exploitation, development, joint research and utilisation
of various energy resources available within the region.
Environment & Natural Resources
Managing and sustaining the eco-systems and natural
resources of the Community by preventing, arresting and
reversing the effects of environmental degradation as well
as management and the sustainable utilisation of natural
resources.
Financial
Co-operation in monetary and fiscal matters in order to
establish monetary stability within the Community, aimed
at facilitating economic integration efforts and the
attainment of sustainable economic development of the
Community.
Gender, Community Development & Civil Society
Adopting common approaches towards the disadvantaged and
marginalised groups, including women, children, the youth,
the elderly and persons with disabilities aimed at
employment creation, poverty alleviation and improving
working conditions.
Health
Undertaking joint action towards the prevention and
control of communicable and non-communicable diseases and
to control pandemics and epidemics of communicable and
vector-borne diseases that might endanger the health and
welfare of the residents of the Community and cooperating
in facilitating mass immunisation and other public health
community campaigns.
Immigration & Labour
Accelerating economic growth and development of the
Partner States by facilitating the free movement of
persons and labour through the adoption of common policies
and procedures.
Industrialization & SME Development
Improving the competitiveness of the industrial sector so
as to enhance the expansion of trade in industrial goods
within the Community and the export of industrial goods
from the Partner States.
Infrastructure
Coordinating, harmonising and complementing transport and
communications policies; improving and expanding the
existing transport and communication links; and
establishing new ones as a means of furthering the
physical cohesion of the Partner States.
International Relations
Establishing common foreign and security policies to
safeguard the common values, fundamental interests and
independence of the Community through strengthening the
security of the Community and its Partner States .
Investment Promotion & Private Sector
Development
Providing an enabling environment for the private sector
to take full advantage of the Community through the
promotion of a continuous dialogue with the private sector
to help create an improved business environment and
enhancing investor confidence in the region.
Legal & Judicial Affairs
Promoting the achievement of the objectives of the
Community through harmonization of national laws as well
as the standardisation of the judgements of Courts within
the Community.
Peace & Security
Fostering and maintaining a conducive atmosphere that is a
pre-requisite to social and economic development through
co-operation and consultations on issues pertaining to
peace and security of the Partner States.
Resource Mobilisation
Mobilising resources for various EAC projects and
programmes. The Community’s budget is funded by
contributions from the Partner States as well as from
other Development Partners.
Tourism & Wildlife Management
Collectively promoting and marketing the Community as a
Single Tourist Destination while conserving and ensuring
sustainable utilisation of wildlife and other tourist
sites.
Trade
Rationalising investments and the full use of established
industries to promote efficiency in production, as well as
harmonising trade policies, investment incentives and
product standards, with a view to promote the Community as
a single investment area.