| The PEI programme in Africa was formed by the merger of several country poverty-environment mainstreaming programmes initiated under the UNDP PEI, funded by the European Commission (EC) and UK Department for International Development ( DFID), and several country programmes initiated by UNEP, with funding from the Governments of Belgium and Norway. Since 2005, this regional programme has been managed jointly by UNDP and UNEP. At an operational level, a team located at UNEP HQ in Nairobi has been responsible for supporting the country programmes.
Each PEI-supported country programme has been initiated to meet country-level demand and is tailored to specific national policy processes, such as preparation and implementation of a MDG-based national development strategy or revised PRSP. There are currently 7 country poverty-environment mainstreaming programmes in Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
To support the PEI scale-up process in Africa, UNDP and UNEP have formed an expanded PEI regional team. Over the period 2007-2012, the target is to secure funding for a scaled-up PEI Regional Support Programme that would support an additional 8-10 countries.
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