{{Experts from the East African Community are meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi to discuss plans to empower border communities through the modernization of locally shared markets}}.<\/p>\n
The 18 to 20 March 2013 meeting organized in collaboration with the African Trade Policy Centre (APTC) will take place at Hotel Safari Gate and is a follow-up on the 1st Meeting of Experts in Kigali, Rwanda held June 2011 where a proposal for a project entitled \u201cEmpowering Border Communities through Modernization of Shared Markets\u201d was considered.<\/p>\n
The Kigali meeting recommended, among others, construction of shared markets, storage facilities, improving water and sanitation and building feeder and access roads for border communities. <\/p>\n
Border communities all over East Africa would also benefit from electrification, health care centers, garbage collection posts and police posts once the project gets off the ground.<\/p>\n
Next week\u2019s meeting in Bujumbura is expected to consider and finalize the detailed draft project report; recommend locations\/sites in the five Partner States where the proposed project facilities will be set up; and agree on a roadmap for mobilizing resources for implementation of the project by June 2014.<\/p>\n
The 18-20 March experts\u2019 meeting will then recommend to the Sectoral Council on Gender, Youth, Children, Social Protection and Community Development to adopt the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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