East African Community (EAC)
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.eac.int/
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Founded
2000-07-07
History
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Widen and deepen economic, political, social and cultural integration in order to improve the quality of life of the people of East Africa through increased competitiveness, value added production, trade and investments.
Events
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Cooperates with other African organizations in the spirit of: T-XT9114 - Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (Abuja treaty). Regional Economic Community of: D-XD8572 - African Union (AU). Links with: F-XF3380 - UNICEF; E-XE0621 - United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC). Links indicated by:
- E-XK0544 - Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP);
- F-XM5905 - African Competition Forum (ACF);
- E-XE6038 - African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO);
- F-XF9551 - Common Fund for Commodities (CFC);
- E-XE4156 - Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG);
- E-XJ0141 - Great Lakes Initiative on AIDS (GLIA);
- E-XE3867 - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- F-XF2007 - Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA);
- F-XF2197 - Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM);
- E-XM2250 - Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States (RECSA);
- D-XD4612 - Southern African Customs Union (SACU).
- Member of: African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
- Cooperates with: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- Cooperates with: Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Cooperates with: Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: African Development Bank (ADB)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: Agence française de développement (AFD)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: European Union (EU)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
- Observer status with: Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
- Observer status with: United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)(Permanent)
- Observer status with: United Nations (UN)(General Assembly)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Set up under EAC auspices: D-XD8584 - East Africa Law Society (EALS); D-XD8589 - East African Business Council (EABC); E-XJ7445 - East Africa Regulatory Postal and Telecommunications Organization (EARPTO); U-XJ7442 - East African Investment Promotion Authority Organization; U-XF4523 - East African Resource Facility (EARF); U-XE4536 - East African Tourism Coordinating Agency (EATCA); H-XD9030 - East African Trade Union Coordinating Council (EATUC); E-XE4535 - East African Youth Council (EAYCO); U-XJ7443 - Joint Research Council for East Africa. Participates in: F-XJ5936 - Global Island Partnership (GLISPA). Member of: B-XM3114 - Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC). Library is member of: A-XA1945 - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Cooperates with: E-XE3975 - International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC). Links indicated by:
- D-XM5095 - Africa Atrocities Watch;
- E-XM4542 - Africa Leadership Institute (AFLI);
- E-XJ6258 - African Leadership Centre (ALC);
- G-XN1346 - College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka (CAWM);
- F-XK1338 - Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS and Health Service Organizations (EANNASO);
- D-XM0403 - Eastern and Southern African Dairy Association (ESADA);
- D-XG9790 - Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA);
- E-XC4494 - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE);
- E-XD4622 - Nordic Africa Institute (NAI);
- F-XF6440 - Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA);
- D-XJ8943 - Panafrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA);
- D-XJ3016 - TradeMark East Africa (TMEA).
Publications
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- Society → Communities
- Commerce → Money
- Commerce → Customs
- Nation State → Intergovernmental Communities
- Nation State → Political
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XD6196
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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