# East African Community economic integration efforts > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/east-african-community-economic-integration-efforts > Updated: 2026-09-28T07:32:29.000Z. Sources: 3. Developments: 2. The East African Community (EAC) is intensifying efforts to establish the East African Monetary Union (EAMU), with the goal of implementing a single regional currency by 2031. Initial efforts focused on accelerating economic integration by reactivating the Capital Markets Sub-Committee in Arusha, Tanzania. This initiative aims to improve coordination between regulatory authorities, securities exchanges, and central securities depositories. Regional authorities also began reviewing measures to strengthen public finance management, align tax policies, and explore the creation of a joint East African Central Bank to ensure macroeconomic stability. Subsequent developments emphasized the need for faster implementation of the EAMU Roadmap. Officials focused on improving budget credibility, enhancing expenditure controls to prevent arrears, and creating mechanisms for joint economic monitoring. Additionally, the EAC expanded its regional scope by agreeing to a structured partnership framework with four United Nations agencies—UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, and the WHO—to align regional priorities with interventions for health and wellbeing. ## Timeline ### 2026-09-28: East African Community advances monetary union and UN partnerships The East African Community is working to coordinate fiscal policies for a 2031 monetary union and has partnered with UN agencies to improve regional health and development coordination. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/east-african-community-advances-monetary-union-and-un-partnerships ### 2026-09-25: East African Community accelerates monetary union and capital markets integration The East African Community is fast-tracking capital markets integration and fiscal policy coordination to meet the 2031 target for the East African Monetary Union and a single regional currency. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/east-african-community-accelerates-monetary-union-and-capital-markets-integration --- Cite as: East African Community economic integration efforts. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/east-african-community-economic-integration-efforts