The East African Community (EAC) consists of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South-Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It was directly modelled on the European Union (EU), making an understanding of EU law uniquely relevant for EAC students. After Kenya, Tanzania is the most advanced and developed member of the EAC, economically and academically.

Within Tanzania, the University of Dar es Salaam is the leading academic institution with an established expertise in EAC law and regional integration. The university is aiming to create an international classroom environment to reflect its increasingly international reality. Dar es Salaam law school is working on a separate master on regional integration, which fits perfectly with the objectives of this exchange. The exchange programme will also help the university to raise its teaching and research to international standards.

LEAC is part of the Leiden Law School’s Europa Institute. It aims to advance the study and practice of the East-African Community through its expertise in EU law and comparative regional integration. Over the past six years, LEAC has built up a network of partners in the EAC.

This mobility project builds on a successful existing exchange programme supported by a 2018 ICM grant and forms part of a broader EAC exchange programme. Through this project, LEAC aims to build up a pool of well-trained young East-African professionals that can form an important network for future cooperation and activities. The project also contributes to the Europa Institute’s goal of creating a highly international classroom within its master of European Law programme.