AFRICA ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION NETWORK (AEIN)

1. What is AEIN?

At the request of African Ministerial Conference on the environment (AMCEN) in July 2002, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is in the process of assisting the implementation of the AEIN initiative which is aimed at providing a framework for strengthening data/information management at the National level to support integrated environment assessment and reporting, as well as providing input into the regional reporting process to produce the Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) report.

UNEP Brochure on AEIN

2. Workshops organized

Summary report for the Start-Up Sub-regional workshop for the Indian Ocean Region.

Report of Workshop organized on 21 June 2007

Presentations made during the workshop:

- Presentation made by Mr. Chris Ambala, Coordinator of the AEIN Project, UNEP.

- Presentation made by Mrs. S. Meeheelaul, Divisional Environment Officer, Ministry of Environment & NDU

- Presentation made by Mr. Ragoonaden from Indian Ocean Commission

Workshop Report on the establishment of a core set of National Environmental Indicators - 30 August 2007

Presentations made during the workshop:

- Presentation made by Mrs. P. Thaunoo-Chadee on the Overview and Recommendations of the workshop on Environment Statistics organized in Addis Ababa – Ethiopia.

- Presentation made by Mr. Ragoonaden from Indian Ocean Commission.

3. Mauritius Country Profile