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Norway pledges support to EAC
- A delegation of the
Norwegian Ambassadors accredited to the East African
- countries visited the EAC
Secretariat in Arusha on 5 March 2002 and held
- discussions with the
Deputy Secretary General (Projects and Programmes) of
- the East African
Community, Ambassador Fulgence Kazaura; and the Deputy
- Secretary General
(Finance and Administration), Dr. Kipyego Cheluget.
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- The Norwegian delegation
was comprised of the Ambassador of Norway to
- Tanzania,
H.E. Mrs. Sigrid Romundset, who was the Leader of the delegation,
- the Ambassador of
Norway
to Kenya, H.E. Mr. Kjell Harald Dalen and the
- Ambassador of
Norway
to Uganda, H.E. Mr. Tore F. Gjos.
The Deputy Secretary General (Projects and Programmes), of
the East African Community, Ambassador Fulgence Kazaura presents EAC scarf
and tie to H.E. Mrs. Sigrid Romundset, Ambassador of Norway to Tanzania
who led the delegation of Norwegian Ambassadors to the EAC. Looking on is
the Deputy Secretary General (Finance and Administration), Dr. Kipyego
Cheluget. |
The Deputy Secretary
General (Projects and Programmes), Ambassador Kazaura
briefed the delegation on
recent developments in the East African Community
noting that the Community
is moving steadily and systematically towards the
realisation of regional
integration and development objectives. He said
there already exists
broad harmonised policy framework for regional
development thus setting
the stage for implementation of specific and
concrete projects in the
period ahead.
The two sides discussed
the EAC‑Norway co‑operation in the context of the
EAC's prioritised
projects and programmes. On the existing co‑operation they
discussed the development
of Infrastructure and the Lake Victoria
Development Programme (LVDP)
where already Norway is signatory to the
Strategic Partnership
Agreement and is currently funding the development of
the vision for the Lake
Victoria Environment Management Project (LVEMP).
Other areas of
co‑operation which were identified were support for the East
African Legislative
Assembly, directly or through the European
Parliamentarians for
Africa (AWEPA); funding of the EAC Secretariat's
Consultancy Fund; support
for the development of the East African private
sector; development of
regional co‑operation in the health sector, in
medical research as well
as combating diseases which have cross border
manifestations or
implications, including HIV/AIDS; strategy for
mainstreaming of gender
perspectives in the regional integration and
development programme;
and capacity building in the EAC Secretariat.
The Norwegian Ambassadors
expressed their appreciation of the pragmatic and
functional integration
approach adopted by the East African Community and
the good record of
targets' realization by the regional organization. The
Ambassadors expressed
Norway's
commitment to support the development of the
East African Community.
The Ambassadors will make follow up with EAC towards
formulation of general
framework as well as specific projects and programmes
of EAC‑Norway
co‑operation.
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