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Wide Bay Conservation Association<br />

Contact Name: Elizabeth Tongne<br />

Telephone number: 71966028<br />

E-mail:<br />

Web site:<br />

Person present: Elizabeth Tongne<br />

Location: Madang, Divine Word Univ. Campus<br />

Date: 27 th August 2010<br />

1. NGO historical aspects<br />

- Born in 1994 in East Pomio: initially it was a project from <strong>the</strong> ENB Eksen Sosel Komiti<br />

that emerged from an initiative of two clans (villages of Toimtop and Klampun) to<br />

protect <strong>the</strong> environment from <strong>the</strong> logging companies.<br />

- In 2004 <strong>the</strong>y were incorporated as an NGO.<br />

2. Organizational aspects<br />

- Work in Kokopo, mainly in East Pomio (6000 people).<br />

- 5 full staff members and 6 community facilitators.<br />

- An Advisory Committee with four different people from different sectors (government,<br />

institutions, NGO sectors) ensures transparency and accountability.<br />

3. Networking and institutional relations<br />

They have organized now 3 or 4 meetings with all <strong>the</strong> stakeholders for coordination and<br />

information exchange.<br />

4. Juridical and legal aspects<br />

Registered in IPA<br />

5. Financial aspects<br />

- Since 2008 <strong>the</strong>y are funded by Bread for <strong>the</strong> World.<br />

- For projects on women <strong>the</strong>y are funded by <strong>the</strong> International Women Development<br />

Agency (an Australian NGO)<br />

- Wide bay made <strong>the</strong> proposals to <strong>the</strong> donors to receive funds.<br />

- Never applied for EU funding because <strong>the</strong> time framework demanded for<br />

implementation was too short for projects with <strong>the</strong> communities.<br />

6. Activities and sectors<br />

Main sectors:<br />

Awareness and Advocacy – on environment and culture<br />

Community Empowerment – specifically oriented towards <strong>the</strong> clans groups in taking<br />

ownership of <strong>the</strong>ir clan land<br />

CBO capacity building<br />

Networking and Liaison – advocating communities’ rights through relevant bodies like<br />

Government, churches, institutions and partners NGOs.<br />

Promoting women’s voice in Natural Resources Management<br />

Awareness on Sea Bed Mining.<br />

They had a Program on Dialogue between <strong>the</strong> Government and Civil Society funded by AusAID<br />

under <strong>the</strong> CDS program – finished last week.<br />

Activities:<br />

- Training, capacity building, development of community plans: “Community reflection<br />

and rehabilitation process” with facilitators working in <strong>the</strong> communities to identify<br />

specific development strategies.<br />

- Capacity building and training of local authorities.<br />

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