The secretariat of the Green Customs Initiative (GCI), in collaboration with the Kenya School for Revenue Administration, will hold an East African Community (EAC) Regional Green Customs Conference, on 24 and 25 January 2024, in Kigali. 

The conference will focus on three key areas: development of green customs curriculum within the region; implementation and enforcement of trade-related multilateral enforcement agreements (MEAs) in EAC; and trade facilitation related to enforcement of MEAs. 

Participants will be drawn from Customs administrations and environmental ministries from the seven countries in the region, namely, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, as well as experts from MEAs' secretariats and regional and international treaties. Each country will have representatives from Customs training and enforcement departments and environmental ministries.