With assistance from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency ( SIDA ) and UNEP , the Nairobi Convention secretariat has provided financial support to the regional coordinating units and departments of environment in all Eastern African countries to enable them to strengthen coordination . A number of thematic task forces , such as the Group of Experts on Marine Protected Areas in Eastern Africa ( GEMPA-EA ) , the Task Force on Marine Protected Areas , the Coral Reef Task Force and the Legal and Technical Task Force , have been established , as have working groups on physical alteration and destruction of habitats , municipal wastewater management and the like .