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EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
3rd EAC ANNUAL SECRETARY
GENERAL’S FORUM
“EAC: My Home, My Business”
12th- 13thSeptember 2014
Imperial Resort Beach Hotel
Entebbe, Uganda
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
EAC SECRETARIAT
P.O. BOX 1096
ARUSHA-TANZANIA
AUGUST 2014
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DAY 1: THURSDAY 11THSEPTEMBER, 2014
TIME
ACTIVITY
Arrival of Delegates and meeting of the RDC
Committee
Setting up of the exhibitions
RESPONSIBLE
EAC Secretariat
9.00hrs-12.00hrs
Meeting of the Regional Dialogue Committee
EAC Secretariat
14.00hrs
Community work
EAC Secretariat & Republic of
Uganda
Entebbe Municipality
DAY 2: FRIDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER, 2014
08.00 hrs
Registration of delegates
SESSION 1:
OPENING CEREMONY
09.00 hrs
EAC Secretariat & Republic of
Uganda
Master of Ceremony: Ms. Mary
Makoffu, Director Social
Sectors EAC Secretariat
09.00-09.15 hrs
EAC Anthem
EAC Secretariat
09.15-09.25 hrs
Welcome Remarks
Mrs. Edith Mwanje
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of EAC, Uganda
09.25-09.35 hrs
Remarks by Representative of Stakeholders
Chairperson - EABC
09.35-09.55 hrs
Remarks by Representative of Development
Partners
AfDB/DANIDA
09.55-10.05 hrs
Address by the EAC Secretary General
Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera
Secretary General, East African
Community
10.05 -10.15 hrs
Official Opening by the Chief Guest
Hon Shem Bageine
Minister of East African
Community Affairs,
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Republic of Uganda
10.15-11.00hrs
GROUP PHOTO
EAC Secretariat
11.00-11.30
HEALTH BREAK AND PRESS BRIEFING
EAC Secretariat
SESSION 2:
KEY NOTE ADRESS
EAC: MY HOME, MY BUSINESS
Prof. Yash Tandon
Chairman
Board of Trustees SEATINI
POST 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
“ An assessment of the EAC Position and level of
Preparedness”
11.30 – 12.00hrs
Status of Implementation of the
Recommendations of the 1st and 2nd SG fora.
Mr. Charles Lwanga Ntale
African Regional Director
Development Initiatives
Presenter:
Ms. Mary Makoffu
Director Social Sectors,
EAC Secretariat
12.00-13.00hrs
Open Forum on the Keynote Address and the
Post 2015 Development agenda
1300-1430hrs
LUNCH BREAK
1430-1600 hrs
SESSION 3:
BREAKOUT SESSION
Keynote Speaker
EAC Secretariat
THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS UNDER THE
EAC COMMON MARKET PROTOCOL.
1. Rights and Freedoms in East Africa: An
Assessment of the Implementation of the
Common Market from a Human Rights
perspective
Presenter:
Mr. Dan Ameyo
Consultant
Rapporteur:
Ms. Lydia Taima
East African Law Society
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2. Portability of Social Security Benefits with
the EAC Common Market
3. People Centred EAC: Perspectives on the
Operating Environment for CSO in EAC
Partner States
Presenter:
Professor John Jean Barya
Makerere, University
Presenter:
Mr. Morris Odhiambo
Chairperson EACSOF
Kenya Chapter
Rapporteur:
Mr. Prudence Sebahizi
RCSF
1600-1700hrs
18.00-20.00hrs
Open Dialogue Session with the Secretary
General
COCKTAIL
All
EAC Secretariat/ Hotel
DAY 3: SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2014
8.30hrs-11.00hrs
SESSION 4:
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
FOOD SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE
MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION
1. Addressing the challenges related to
Food Security, Climate Change
Mitigation and Adaptation
Presenter:
Prof. Nuhu Hatibu
CEO,
KILIMO Trust
2. Positioning the EAC as the Food Basket
to Africa and the rest of the world’’.
Republic of Burundi
SESSION 5:
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ENHANCING THE COMPETITIVENESS
OF THE EAC.
1. Access to affordable finance in relation Presenter:
to economic growth in EAC
MD-EADB
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Rapporteur:
Ms. Ruth Kihiu- EABC
2. Inter-operability of mobile money
transfers, mobile banking and roaming
charges and how they affect business in
the region
Presenter:
Executive Director Safaricom
3. Integrating ICT, BPO and Mobile
Platforms in the region: Opportunities
and Challenges
Presenter:
Republic of Rwanda
Rapporteur:
Lamech Wesonga
PSFU
Rapporteur:
Anthony Weru,
KEPSA
11.00-13.00hrs
13.00-14-30hrs
14.30-15.30 hrs
Open Dialogue Session with the Secretary
General
LUNCH
Prioritization of recommendations within
Sub-themes groups for Action Plan
All
EAC Secretariat
Chair of Session:
Chairperson General Purpose
Committee
EALA
All Participants
15.30-15.45 hrs
15.45-17.00 hrs
17.00-17.30 hrs
17.30 hrs
Press Conference with EAC Secretary General
Plenary & Adoption of Action Plan
CLOSING REMARKS
EAC Secretariat
Chair of session :
Chairperson General Purpose
Committee
EALA
Hon. Jesca Eriyo
Deputy Secretary General,
Productive & Social Sectors,
East African Community
END OF THE 3rd SG’S FORUM
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