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East african community arts and culture festival (jamafest)
Description of the policy/measure
People from the eac partner states coming together to undertake and to promote cooperation among themselves in culture and sports with respect to the promotion of cultural activities. another related target is to strengthen and consolidate the long standing political, economic, social and cultural ties between the peoples of the partner states thus widening and deepening integration for their mutual benefit, thus fulfilling the theme: 鈥渙ne people one destiny鈥. further, through jamafest, the artists benefits from a regional exposure) and the audience gets to know the artistic productions of their neighbours thereby contributing in developing a regional market for both cultural producers and consumers
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
Promote cultural tourism as well as conservation, safeguarding and development of culture heritage within the eac; provide a platform and opportunities for marketing cultural and creative commodity outputs within the region and internationally; enhance participants' knowledge and competencies through workshops and symposia ; and provide participants with a platform to showcase their artistic works beyond national borders.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
The budget and festival activities fall under the responsibility of the eac secretariat and partner states. in rwanda, it is the ministry 聽in charge of of east african community 聽afairs (mineacom).