Event reports
The Chief Guest, Jean Baptiste Havugimana (Director Productive Sectors to the East African Community Secretariat), officially opens the event.
Father Prof. Dr. Aidan Msafiri gives his presentation on "Climate Change – Impacts and Linkage to Natural Resources and Renewable Energies in the East African Region".
The participants take part in a group photo ...
... and give interviews afterwards; here Jean Baptiste Havugimana.
In the next session Brian Otiende, Climate Change Coordinator (EAC), presents perspectives of climate finance in the East African Community.
Stefanie Brinkel, Projectmanager at KAS Tanzania, leads the discussion.
... and participants take part actively; here Edward P. Munaaba, Executive Director of the African Partnership on Climate Change Coalition (APCCC) ...
... and Hon. Anthony Komu (MP).
The participants also discuss intensively between the sessions.
In the next session Jules Kazungu, Senior Program Officer in Energy, Climate Change and Chemicals Management at the Rwanda Bamboo Organisation (RBO), presents the Rwandan perspective on climate finance and the use of natural resources and renewable energies in the EAC.
Andrew Masaba (photo), Senior Economist in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of Uganda, presents the respective Ugandan situation, after Amie Claude Ntahorwamiye, Technical Adviser in the Ministry of Finances and Economic Development Planning in Burundi, had outlined the Burundian perspective.
The participants discuss the presentations in the panel...
... and among each other; here Amie Claude Ntahorwamiye and Brian Otiende...
... and here Jules Kazungu and the Consultant Gerard Hendriksen.
Edward P. Munaaba then gives a presentation on the role of East African civil society organisations with regard to climate finance.
Lilian Awinja, Acting Executive Director of East African Business Council (EABC), presents the role of the private sector.
Richard Shaba, Programme Coordinator of KAS Tanzania, leads the discussion ...
... and participants take part actively; here Fazal Issa, Programme Officer of ForumCC ...
... and Celline A. Oduor, Project Coordinator, East African Wild Life Society (EAWLS); before results of the conference are summed up.