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Regional Workshop on ‘Strengthening the Role of Civil Society in
Deepening EAC Regional Integration’
Nairobi, Kenya, May 27-28, 2010
CUTS Africa Resource Centre (CUTS ARC), Nairobi jointly with
CUTS Geneva Resource Centre (CUTS GRC) under the project
entitled, 'Building an Inclusive East Africa Community’ (BIEAC)
organised a regional workshop on ‘Strengthening the Role of
Civil Society in Deepening EAC Regional Integration’ in Nairobi,
Kenya on May 27-28, 2010. The aim of the BIEAC project is to
empower and strengthen civil society in the EAC in their roles
as proactive agents in the promotion and deepening of regional
integration in EAC.
The
objectives of the workshop were to:
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Provide a
forum to share the BIEAC Phase-II research outputs with the
civil society and other stakeholders from all five EAC
countries involved in and/or relevant to the implementation of
the project in order for them to use it in their advocacy
initiatives of promoting and enhancing the benefits of EAC
regional integration; and
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Provide a discussion
forum to deliberate on various aspects of the involvement of
civil society organisations (CSOs) in regional integration in
EAC.
Therefore, the
specific aims of this workshop were:
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provide CSOs with an
opportunity to share their experiences in working on trade and
to showcase best practices and effective tools to help target
groups;
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identify in more
detail the obstacles facing CSOs but also opportunities opened
to them in contributing to the elevation of the trade pillar
of EAC integration, and, specifically, on the thematic issues
of the BIEAC researches;
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identify in more
detail methods and/or support measures that will help CSOs in
EAC to work on trade-related issues more effectively and to
highlight these to policy-makers; and
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update CSOs on the
importance of integration programmes EAC is currently engaged
with and to strategise for their engagement in the ongoing
processes
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