EACFFPC: EACFFPC is a joint regional training program of the East African Revenue Authorities, National associations of the Freight Forwarding industry, the EAC Directorate of Customs and FEAFFA. It aims at equipping practicing or prospective custom agents and freight forwarders with requisite skills and competencies in customs and freight forwarding.
The EACFFPC Training in Uganda started in 2008 with a critical mass of 800. From then, the total number of graduates has increased each year. In 2011, with support from Trademark East Africa to facilitate attainment of the critical mass, the number of graduates rose from 109 to 545 by the end of 2014, and to date, the number has increased to 2174 graduates.
The curriculum has been updated to enhance the ability of freight forwarders to provide competitive, bespoke and high-quality end to end services, as well as reduce inventory costs and increase safety levels in warehousing operations in the East African region.
The main areas of focus for this project was to update the curriculum and training material, with wider coverage on freight forwarding to include key components such as warehousing, and other emerging industry trends. In order to identify the training needs of the industry, a market survey was conducted and this enabled FEAFFA to come up with an updated curriculum that is aligned to real labor market needs and opportunities in the freight logistics operating environment as well as responding to needs of the industry and those of other stakeholders.
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