Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA)
CIC was to convene later in the year to review the
status of national sustainability action plans but
was constrained by lack of resources.
• EACFFPC Graduations
2014 was a year of EACFFPC graduations. It was
the climax of years of great work in all countries.
All countries except Kenya had at least one
graduation ceremony. The Ugandan Busia and
Malaba border class also graduated 185 students.
The event was graced by the former Uganda
Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General,
Ms Allen Kagina among other key guests.
• Translation of EACFFPC training to French
A consultancy firm was enlisted to translate the
EACFFPC training materials into French. The
exercise was concluded with the validation of the
translated materials by a team of experts drawn
from the industry and revenue authorities of
Burundi and Rwanda. The translated materials
are expected to significantly improve the quality
of training in Burundi and partly in Rwanda.
• Partnership with revenue authorities on
programme implementation
FEAFFA together with the National associations
continued to engage with revenue authorities
on EACFFPC matters. This centered on continued
support towards delivery of training as well
as ensuring enforcement of the EACFFPC as a
mandatory requirement for customs agency
licensing. The certificate is now a requirement
across the region but efforts to make this
requirement fully operational continue.
• Sustaining the EACFFPC program
2014 presented the litmus test as direct TMEA
funding towards training delivery finally ended.
Training continued in four of the five countries
although under somewhat difficult conditions
including having no substantive coordinators in
most countries, closing of some of the training
facilities etc. Most countries increased fees in
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an attempt to close resource gaps occasioned
by the end of TMEA support. Only Burundi had
completely stopped training by end of the year
but is expected to restart soon.
In the long term, the Federation is still firm on
rolling out training delivery through distance and
E learning, establishing a logistics institute and
going into strategic partnership with specialized
training institutions to deliver EACFFPC training.
All national associations are urged to take full
ownership of the programme and ensure its
continuity.
• Trainer’s guide for the EACFFPC
FEAFFA secured additional resources from TMEA
to develop a Trainer’s Guide for the EACFFPC
program. The guide was developed by a select
team of experts drawn from both the National
associations and revenue authorities including
trainers, managers, and coordinators among
others. The team was guided by a consultant. The
Trainer’s Guide was validated by CIC in Mombasa
and has since been deployed in delivering
training across the region. The guide is however
not printed and trainers are yet to be oriented on
using it in delivering training.
• Accreditation and mainstreaming of
EACFFPC training program under the EAC
Directorate of Customs.
Efforts to mainstream EACFFPC within the EAC
continued within the year. The development of
the regional accreditation framework for customs
clearing and freight forwarding agents continued.
The draft framework was concluded, adopted by
the EAC Committee on Customs and forwarded
to partner states for review and consideration
within the normal EAC adoption process. The EAC
secretariat continued to work closely with the
Federation on EACFFPC training matters.
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