THE STRUCTURE OF EACSOF WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EACTHE STRUCTURE OF EACSOF WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EACTHE APPROPRIATE WAY OF STRENGTHENING THE CIVIL SOCIETY THE APPROPRIATE WAY OF STRENGTHENING THE CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN THE EAC REGIONAL INTEGRATION PROCESSPARTICIPATION IN THE EAC REGIONAL INTEGRATION PROCESS

4th ANNUAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS’CONFERENCE

SNOWCREST HOTEL ARUSHA, TANZANIAAPRIL 22-23 2010

EAC

• Inter-governmental (?) organisation

EAC GOAL

The improvement of the standard of living of the population through:• increased competitiveness, •value-added production, trade and investment, and •effectively mobilised social capital

EAC Ownership

• The People of East Africa, individually and jointly

• The Partner States• The Market

OWNERSHIP TYPE & STRUCTURE

• Trinity• Voluntary participation

DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• State: infrastructure (policy, legal, regulatory and institutional)

• Market: goods and services• Civil society – social capital (citizenship,

neighbourliness, social networks and civic participation)

AUTHORITY

The Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC•Article 5(d-e), (g)•Article 6•Article 7(1), and•Article 127, 129 •Traditional role of civil society in East Africa

EACSOF PURPOSE

• Mobilize popular participation• Strengthen the voice of the people in the EAC

hierarchy• Ensure adherence to Articles 3(b), 5, 6 and 7• Equity, equality, justice and humanity; and• Strengthen the chain between the civil society

and the market and the state.

EACSOF Participation

• Redefine self – mandate, ownership, and legal capacity

• Restructure and strengthen self• Seek full mandate of the people• Resource base• Visibility- local, national, regional and

international• Informed and evidence based Approach

FRAMEWORK

Immediate: •MOU with Partner States and Community•Harmonization of policy, legal and institutional framework•Cultivation political will and determinationLong-Term:•Permanent institution•EAC –CS Treaty•Institution strengthening and capacity building•Knowledge base development

Over and out