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0 1 0 2 R E B M E V O N EU news habari NEWSLETTER OF THE DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO TANZANIA Inside EU HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, CATHERINE ASHTON VISIT TO TANZANIA page 1> ASHTON VISITS TANZANIA EDITOR'S CORNER page 2> The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, PHOTO NEWS Catherine Ashton came to Tanzania in May as part of her visit to Africa that page 3> focused on countries in the region affected by piracy. NEW WATER & NEW LIFE FOR MUUNGANO VILLAGE page 4> The main objective of her visit was to explore with these African countries DAR CYCLE CARAVAN page 5> options for an effective and sustainable solution to piracy off the coast of East CELEBRATING EU WEEK page 6> Africa. This was clear in a statement UGANO SUBSTATION issued ahead of her visit: IN MBINGA page 8> "Piracy is one of the big challenges of our TREE PLANTING times, both for the region and for the PROGRAMME AT IGODA page 9> international community. It undermines maritime security in the Indian Ocean PICTURE GALLERY page 10> and stability and development in the region. We need to tackle both the WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE root-causes and the symptoms of the DELEGATION page 12> problem in a comprehensive manner. We want to build a partnership with the countries in the region towards sustainable solutions based on local ownership with international support". Baroness Ashton came to Tanzania for a EUROPEAN UNION two-day visit in May en route to Delegation of the European Seychelles to attend a regional summit Union in Tanzania on piracy. Before Tanzania she visited Kenya for a similar purpose. Umoja House P.O. Box 9514 Dar es Salaam While in Tanzania, Baroness Ashton met Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete and Foreign T/+255 22 2117473 Minister Bernard Membe. She later held F/+255 22 2113277 a meeting with the press at which she [email protected] said the EU recognised that piracy was a www.deltza.ec.europa.eu symptom of instability in Somalia and The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton (2 nd left, front row) in a group photo with EU Delegation staff. continue to page 2 EDITOR’S CORNER Ambassador Tim Clarke continued from page 1 First of all, I salute all Tanzanians gave us football lesson! However, was committed to bringing together the for holding a calm, peaceful and despite the humiliation on the various tools of EU external action service generally successful 2010 General pitch, the match was a testimony to support regional efforts to find Election on October 31. Save for a that albinos have skills and talents solutions to the problem. few shortcomings, the election was which can be put in good use. She said the European Union was largely satisfactory. Former street children expressed committed to a regional approach that their feelings about ‘Living on the was based on regional ownership and EU I wish to congratulate His Margins’ by creating a beautiful support for the countries in the region in Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete mural which was unveiled at the their efforts to ensure the prosecution and on his re-election as the President IPS building. detention of suspected pirates. of United Republic of Tanzania and His Excellency Dr Ali Mohamed We report also on the visit of the Baroness Ashton commended Tanzania Shein for being elected as the EU High Representative on Foreign for passing anti-piracy legislation which President of Zanzibar. Policy, Catherine Ashton to criminalises piracy in the country and Tanzania as part of her mission to allows prosecution of pirates caught in The year 2010 was named the African countries bearing the brunt Tanzania's waters. European Year for Combating of piracy. The main focus of her Poverty and Social Exclusion – a visit was to engage these countries She said that the decision to change the time to think about those who live to develop a national and regional law reaffirmed Tanzanian’s commitment on the margins of society and are approach to dealing with the to the regional efforts to fight piracy too often left out or forgotten. For scourge. and was a significant step forward in the EU Delegation in Tanzania strengthening regional capacity to combat "Living on the Margins" was our With this edition, we close the the scourge. slogan for the year. It was the focus chapter of printed newsletters. for a series of activities during Some of you may miss the smell of The European Union leader also visited a Europe Week in May. freshly printed paper and the tactile Comprehensive Community Based experience of reading this Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) We share with you various events publication, but any future edition Disability Hospital which is supported by of Europe Week - a week of excite - of the newsletter will only appear the European Union. She was informed ment, fun, dialogue and a learning on the Delegation's website. about plans to build a new maternity experience for all of us. We asked hospital through a public-private for football match with albinos in I wish you a happy reading. partnership with the Government of Dar es Salaam. They agreed and Tanzania. PHOTO NEWS The Head of the EU Delegation in Tanzania, Ambassador Tim Clarke and German Ambassador Guido Herz exchange documents after signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Dar es Salaam this year to authorise Germany Embassy engage strategical - ly on health policy related matters on behalf of the European Commission. The MoU is in line with the EU Code of Conduct on Complementarities and Division of Labour in Development Policy and the subsequent Division of Labour agreements in Tanzania, where Germany, an active partner in the health sector will represent the European Commission which is no longer active in the sector. commitment to ensure that EPA is an addition to devel 3 i r a b a h s w e n U E The EU Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht makes a point at an EC – EAC ministerial meeting on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in Dar es Salaam last June. Looking on is the former Tanzania's Minister for Industries, Trade and Marketing, Mary Nagu. The EAC and the EC have agreed to accelerate the negotiations for a Comprehensive EPA. on and their NEW WATER, NEW LIFE FOR MUUNGANO VILLAGE! The village of Muungano is located in the eastern Chamwino District of Dodoma Region, where the semi-arid At last water is flowing! climate conditions are particularly Residents of Chinangali B Village drawing water from a hard. Rainfall is very scarce and water facility project in their vil - irregular (400-600 mm per year) so lage that is supported by the European Commission. traditional water-harvesting methods cannot supply sufficient water to the population. As a result, people are very vulnerable to unpredictable seasonal fluctuations in rainfall. As a consequence, the spread of implemented by LVIA. together with presence of Member of Parliament water borne and related diseases, Mamado and Ufundiko Tanzanian John Samuel Malacela, former Prime such as diarrhoea, typhoid fever, NGOs and the Centre for Minister, officials from EU and a schistosomiasis, trachoma, Geo-Technologies of the University crowd of happy Muungano villagers. dysentery and skin diseases like of Siena, Italy, people from scabies, were very common. Women Muungano village can finally expect a The Muungano water scheme was and children, as well as being the better access to safe running water designed to provide 20 litres per 4 main victims of disease, had to walk person per day from a deep borehole i r a b long distances to fetch water losing The purpose of this 3-year project (1) of 121m to a distribution network of a h s time that could have been used more is to improve the access to safe and 7,818m serving ten community water w e n productively on education or affordable drinking water and points. U E income-generating activities. sanitation facilities in 7 villages of the Chamwino and Kongwa Districts (for Besides the water component, the A new and better life has finally a total number of 27,793 project also established 30 VIP arrived for more than 4,500 villagers beneficiaries) and 2) to strengthen sanitation facilities at household of Muungano in Dodoma Region the capacities of two District Water level and 1 for the local primary who now have access to safe fresh Departments and the local school. water! communities to plan, develop and manage water supply and sanitation The project also involved an Thanks to the Project entitled facilities and services, profitably intensive sensitization and “Joining efforts in increasing access interacting with both the public and mobilization campaign in schools, to safe, affordable and sustainable private sectors. dispensaries and 10 sub-villages. The water and sanitation services in campaign addressed principles and Kongwa and Chamwino Districts in The inauguration ceremony of the best practices in basic hygiene, Dodoma Region, Tanzania”, funded new water scheme of Muungano was sanitation and HIV prevention. by the European Union and held earlier this year with the DAR CYCLE CARAVAN 2010 What a joy in riding a bicycle around Dar es Salaam!' Ambassador Clarke waves to a crowd of onlookers as he pedals his bike dur - ing the event. It started at Mnazi Mmoja, went the Traffic Police and representa along Bibi Titi Mohammed Road, tives of the police and the Mayor of Kawawa Road, Kariakoo and back to Dar es Salaam. Mnazi Mmoja. Not to be outdone, he made it to the final point The guests of honour and special The guests of honour were Hon.