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Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project

Welcome to the ASCLME Project

Over the next five years, the nine countries of the western Indian Ocean region, including Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa and Tanzania, will work together through the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems (ASCLME) Project.
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The ASCLME project is driven at policy and strategic level by a Project Steering Committee (PSC) which comprises a core membership including one representative from each project member country and one representative each of:

  • - the African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP)
  • - the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • - the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
  • - the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
  • - the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
  • - the Nairobi Convention
  • - the project managers of the regional sister projects SWIOFP and WIO-LaB
  • - the Regional Coastal Management Programme of the Indian Ocean Countries (ReCoMaP)
Somalia has special status as a country observer.

Additional observer members may be agreed to by the PSC core membership. This could include donor agencies providing co-finance (e.g. France, Norway) and technical agencies (e.g. NOAA, FAO).
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1 GEF 30094
2 SWIOFP 6821
3 UNDP 17491
4 WIO-LaB 5910
“With the support of UNDP and GEF, Somalia is ready to participate in every conference and activity of the ASCLME Project. We are ready to sign the project document and become full partners in the Project. 

Somalia has just emerged from a protracted civil war. We have a new President, a new Government and a new Ministry of Fisheries. The war is over and we want to participate in all activities.

The PSC meeting has been fantastic for all the countries, but particularly for Somalia. We have spoken honestly and frankly at this meeting.”

Ahmed Mohammed Iman, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries, Somalia.
GEF/UNDP Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project
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