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National Economic Empowerment Council Established by Act No 16 of 2004, the National Economic Empowerment Council (NEEC) is a national apex institution that oversees the implementation of empowerment initiatives in Tanzania. The NEEC is a strategic leader in facilitating, co-ordinating and monitoring the implementation of the National Economic Empowerment Policy of 2004, aiming at guiding Tanzanians to a strong national economy through an encouraging business environment and fair economic participation. Some key functions of the NEEC are co-ordinating the implementation of empowerment activities across sectors and players; mobilising resources for the citizens’ credit guarantee fund and administering its usage; facilitating entrepreneurship training programmes for various groups of citizens; and collaborating and networking with organisations and institutions that promote empowerment, development and entrepreneurship. Recently, the NEEC teamed up with Youth Business International, UK and the Tanzania Entrepreneurship Competitiveness Centre (TECC) to implement a programme known as KIJANA JIAJIRI, which will enable a considerable number of youths in Tanzania to establish their own enterprises and create jobs for others. Specific interventions of the programme will be training in entrepreneurship and business skills, mentoring and linkage to financial services. The NEEC spearheaded a programme for sustainable beekeeping and honey production in the ASALI Corridor of Tanzania. The overall goal of this programme is to modernise beekeeping systems and improve the processing, storage and marketing of honey, beeswax and related products, while protecting biodiversity and the environment. The overriding programme co-ordinated by the NEEC is the National Multisectoral Strategic Framework for Economic Empowerment (NMSFEE), whose overall goal is to engage key actors in the implementation of economic empowerment activities as stipulated in the Economic Empowerment Policy. NEEC management in a working session Cheering after signing MOU to launch Youth Business Tanzania, 26 November 2014 The NEEC Pavilion with local and foreign stakeholders at the first Apimondia Symposium on Bees and Beekeeping in Africa, held in Arusha, Tanzania, 11–16 November 2014 “NEEC has a challenging responsibility of mobilising resources from within and outside the country for implementation of the NMSFEE and its related interventions. We therefore invite interested partners to join our efforts in achieving the noble vision of empowering Tanzanians through support of NEEC efforts.” Executive Secretary of the NEEC, Dr Anacleti K. Kashuliza NEEC strengthens people’s economy 12 Kivukoni Front PO Box 1734 Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA Tel: +255 22 213 7362 Tel/fax: +255 22 212 5596 Email: neec@uwezeshaji.go.tz www.uwezeshaji.go.tz


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