Core Value

A number of principles contained in the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community are crucial to the achievement of EASTECO’’s mandate. These include:

Good governance including adherence to the principles of democracy, the rule of law, accountability, transparency, equal opportunities, gender equality as well as the recognition, promotion and protection of human and people’s rights in the application of STI;

Equitable distribution of benefits; and Co-operation for mutual benefit.
These principles inform the set of values that EASTECO will uphold in the discharge of its mandate:

1. Mutual trust
2. Transparency and accountability
3. Equity
4. Collaboration
5. People centered