From: IWLEARN
The third meeting of the UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project Steering Committee was held in Mahe, Seychelles on 13th March 2006. The meeting was officially opened by the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Rolph Payet. The meeting was attended by Government officials from each of the participating countries (the National Focal Points of the Project) as well the representatives of the Implementing Agency, UNEP (i.e. Division of the Global Environment Facility-UNEP/GEF and the Global Programme of Action for the protection of the Coastal and Marine Environment from Landbased Activities-UNEP/GPA), the Executing agencies (Nairobi Convention Secretariat), Non-Governmental Organizations, as well as representative of the UNDP/GEF Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Programme (ASCLME). The representative of Somalia attended the meeting as an observer.
