The EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Finance and Administration Mr. Jean Claude Nsengiyumva(see Photo above) has expressed the Community’s appreciation for the continuous support from the Development Partners to the EAC.
Nsengiyumva made the remarks at The 16th Steering Committee Meeting of the EAC Partnership Fund September 17 at the Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel in Tanzania.
He added that a lot of progress had been achieved through the Partnership Fund which had become an important budgetary support mechanism to the main EAC budget.
He said the support from the Development Partners had been a key factor in assisting the EAC to move closer to attaining its goal of regional integration and that “commitment and effective management had led to more confidence from all the stakeholders”.
The 16th Steering Committee Meeting is being attended by senior officials from the Ministries of EAC Affairs from the Partner States, Development Partners representatives from Germany, Japan, Denmark, France, Belgium, Finland, Norway, USA, Sweden, European Union, UK-DFID, Canada.
The EAC Head of Resource Mobilization, Dr. James Njagu said the Partnership Fund is a model Fund which had attracted a lot of interest and admiration due to its effective management and achievements and that the EAC Secretariat is reassuring the Development Partners and the people of East Africa that the Secretariat will continue to implement best practices to ensure the Fund achieves its objectives.
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