For an outline of the successes and achievements from some of these countries see:
Country success stories
The regional PEI Africa programme holds regular annual meetings to share experiences, learn from each other and identify key lessons to assist future work. The Third Annual PEI Meeting brought together government officials, national PEI programme managers and UN PEI staff in Nairobi in June 2007 to discuss the developments and challenges of the seven PEI pilot programmes in Africa. The Fourth Annual PEI was held in May 2008 in Nairobi and reviewed progress of development and discussed programme related implications of the expansion and scale-up of the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative.
Third Annual PEI Meeting, Nairobi, 12-14 June 2007 [Report] [Presentations]
Fourth Annual PEI Meeting, Nairobi, 13 -14 May 2008 [Presentations]
As with other the regions, the PEI programme is being scaled up in Africa. A new PEI country programme has commenced in Burkina Faso and another one is under preparation in Botswana. In addition support is being provided for specific activities in Liberia.
PEI also contributes to the One-UN process in Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania – for example through the PEI country programme being part of the One UN work-plan and by supporting UNEP’s engagement in the One-UN processes in these countries.
At an operational level, a team located at UNEP HQ in Nairobi is responsible for supporting country programmes. The function of the team is to provide strategic direction to the PEI Africa Programme; Provide support to governments and UNDP country offices to facilitate PEI implementation; and to Promote the sharing of knowledge and lessons learnt from the different countries in the programme. The team includes:
David Smith
David is the Manager of the PEI Africa team and has a long history of working on the Africa PEI programme.
Louise Sorensen
Louise is a Task Manager and has a Master’s degree in International Development Studies and Geography. Louise joined the UN system in early 2002 and was working with UNDP and FAO before joining the UNDP – UNEP PEI Africa Team. She is especially engaged in Mozambique and Rwanda.
Jonathan Duwyn
Coming from the private sector (renewable energy), Jonathan has been working for the UN System over the last 4 years and is involved in PEI country programmes since then. Jonathan is supporting the implementation of PEI country programmes for African Francophone countries as well as PEI country start ups in Africa.
Angela Lusigi
Has a background in pro-poor policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation with experience from several African countries including Botswana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. Her previous work experience includes IFAD, FAO and UNDP and she is currently the focal point for PEI country programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
Jean-Jacob Sahou
Jean Jacob is from Benin where he worked for the UNDP country office and was in charge of the Energy and Environment portfolio. Jean Jacob is supporting the implementation of PEI country programmes for African Francophone countries.
Themba Kalua
Themba Kalua has a background in UN Programme/Project management and operations. Themba was the head of the Programme Management Support Unit in UNDP Malawi and also worked in the Resident Coordinator’s Office on UN reform and UN coordination. Themba has also worked with UNEP’s Quality Assurance Section. Currently, he is providing support to the implementation of country programmes, including Malawi.
Elise Christensen
Elise has experience from civil society organisations in Norway, UK and Latin America and has for the past three years worked as programme coordinator for Latin America for Norwegian development organisations. She has a Master’s Degree in International Studies and Diplomacy. She is currently the country focal point for Rwanda and Mozambique.
Anne Nielsen
Anne has a Master’s Degree in International Development Studies and Geography. Anne has for the past four years been working in Laos, South East Asia. Anne joined the UN system in 2006 and was working for FAO Laos. Anne is supporting the implementation of PEI country programmes for Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Amath Pathe Sene
Pathe is country focal point for Mauritania and supports PEI country programmes for African Francophone countries. Before joining the PEI Africa team, Pathe worked as program officer at the UNDP Mauritania Environment & Energy Unit for two years. By training, Pathe is an Engineer in Agronomic Science and Natural Resources Specialist with degrees from Moroccan and French Universities including comprehensive agricultural research experience in France, Morocco and Senegal.
Anne Mburu
Anne is a Programme Assistant and has been working with the UN System for several years. Anne has been with the PEI Africa team since it started and supports the team by follow-up on financial reporting of country focal points, consultant contracts, quarterly status reports for all countries, country briefs, background research, staff travel and administrative issues.
For any questions regarding the PEI Africa regional programme please contact us at: facility.unpei@unpei.org |
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