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 United Nations Development Programme The UNDP is the United Nation’s global development network. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges.
UNDP-implemented projects and programmes are primarily managed by the organisation's extensive network of over 130 country offices, with the central UNDP-GEF environment team providing technical guidance and support.
As of February 2008, UNDP's GEF-funded projects amounted to approximately US$ 7.47 billion.
UNDP supports the development of projects in the areas covered by the GEF and also manages two corporate programmes on behalf of the GEF partnership. These are the Small Grants Programme (which has a portfolio of over 5,000 community-based projects) and the GEF National Consultative Dialogue Initiative, which strengthens country ownership and involvement in GEF activities.
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 “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.
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