Produced by NAPE Uganda | February 2017 The video documentary investigates about the over 1,000 people evicted from their land in Bugambe Sub-County, Hoima District in Uganda by unscrupulous businessmen targeting the oil and sugar industry and relays the untold suffering by communities. Read more ... ...
Category: Trade, Investment and Regional Integration
Interview: Development thrust is put at risk
The European Union is seeking to conclude several economic partnerships around the world, one with the East African Community. A conference hosted by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation recently discussed the pros and cons of Tanzania. The left-wing European Commissioner Helmut Scholz also participated. He spoke to Dorothee Braun, the director of the RLS East Africa office.
Recently, the conference "Justice on the edge?!", hosted in Berlin/Germany, has reflected the status of Tanzanian natural resource politics in past and present. Audio streams of the presentations and discussions rounds are now available. Read more ... ... The first dialogue will be held on November 25th 2016 at Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda under the theme “How does South Sudan's Admission to the EAC Influence the Shape and Pace of the Region's Integration". Read more ... ... The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and SEATINI organised an international colloquium from the 7th to 9th September 2016 in Arusha, Tanzania under the title “The future of regional economic integration in the context of European–African trade relations – overcoming paradoxical patterns”. This summary report captures views of the discussions and we hope it will provide you with an insight to this important dialogue.
Published by SEATINI Uganda | July 2016
Several East African civil society call to the EAC partner states to rethink the signature and ratification of the EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Read more ... ... Written by SEATINI | April 2016
In hindsight of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development XIV (UNCTAD) due to be held from 17th – 22nd July in Nairobi, SEATINI has prepared a position paper on the pre- Conference negotiating text. Read more ... ... Implications on Uganda’s and EAC’s economy and on people’s livelihoods | Written by SEATINI Uganda | March 2016
After 12 years of challenging negotiations, the EAC and EU concluded the Economic Partnership Agreements in October 2014. Nevertheless, critical issues contained in the so-called Rendezvous Clause of the Agreement are yet to be finalized by the two Parties. The analysis examines the rendezvous clause, li ...Conference: Justice on the edge?! Resources, megaprojects and human rights in Tanzania
Dialogue Series on EAC regional integration
Conference: The future of regional economic integration in the context of European–African trade relations
Statement: Civil society statement on the EU-EAC EPA
Paper: SEATINI’s Position on UNCTAD XIV session Pre-Conference negotiating text
Paper: An Analysis of the Rendezvous Clause in the EAC-EU-EPA