CASSOA, the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency, is an administrative agency of the East African Community (EAC). CASSOA's responsibilities include airworthiness inspections of aircraft and airport facilities in the East African area of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi are currently merging their aviation governing bureaucracies with CASSOA. It is working towards harmonising the aviation regulations of the 6 member states such that a licence acquired in one state should be valid in each of the states. It works with the Civil Aviation Authorities of the member states. Periodiacally, it organises training courses at affordable rates for member states.
CASSOA's governing board meets at EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. It has offices in Entebbe, Uganda