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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Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis The GEF’s operational strategy recommends the use of a number of tools to facilitate country participation in projects that take an integrated approach to managing land and water resources. One of these tools is the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA), a science-based assessment which identifies and quantifies the causes of environmental problems in a geographic region. The TDA takes into account national, regional and global factors such as the socio-economic, political and institutional contexts, without ignoring national concerns and priorities. The TDA should be an objective assessment, based on the best available scientific and technical information and is compiled through full consultation with all stakeholders. The TDA is a vital document in the preparation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP). The ASCLME Project is pioneering a new concept, the Marine Ecosystem Diagnostic Analysis (MEDA), which will be completed first and form the primary information source for the TDA.
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 "The organisation of this meeting was superb. The logistics that go into pulling a meeting like this together never happen by accident.
The mood of participants was extremely upbeat, supportive and encouraging. You can always tell the way a meeting is going by the tone of the questions and the questions raised during this meeting tended to be overwhelmingly constructive and well informed.
This project has made more headway in its first year of operation than any other project I’ve ever been associated with. What makes it particularly impressive is that this is unquestionably the most complex and arguably the most difficult project to come to grips with. The physical scope of the project not only covers a number of ecosystems, but a diverse array of languages and a broad array of socio-economic conditions. But if the collective tone of this meeting is an indication of how the rest of the project will go, everybody has reason to be optimistic and anticipate an outcome that we can all be proud of."
David La Roche, Consultant to the ASCLME Project on the 2nd Steering Committee Meeting.
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The ASCLME Project 
