Tullow Oil plc 2011/2012 Corporate Responsibility Report - The Group

3MEASURING OUR PERFORMANCEMichael Akonnor, Tullow Group Scholar, Dundee, UKAgro Enterprise Programme, Masindi District, Uganda.KEY SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PROJECTSTullow Group Scholarship SchemeThe Scheme is fundingpostgraduate, technical trainingand vocational studies and is run inpartnership with the British Council,an internationally recognisedservice provider in scholarshipmanagement and partnershipdevelopment in higher education.A pilot phase was launched in 2011and provided 24 Ghanaians with fullscholarships to study oil and gasand business-related MastersDegrees at several UK universities.The Scheme has been expandedto accept applications from Côted’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana,Kenya, Mauritania and Uganda.For more informationwww.tullowgroupscholarscheme.orgTakoradi PolytechnicTullow and our joint venturepartners for the Jubilee field haveinvested $3.5 million to develop atechnical training centre atTakoradi Polytechnic in Ghana’sWestern Region. The centre isbeing developed in partnershipwith TTE, a UK-based specialisttechnical training provider. Theobjective is to create internationalstandardtraining opportunities anddevelop a pool of graduates to meetthe demands of Ghana’s oil and gasindustry as it grows. Building workcommenced in November 2011 andthe facility is expected to be up andrunning in December 2012.COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE PROJECTSEconomic development andsocial improvement inMauritaniaIn 2011, Tullow began aneight-month project to supporta fish processing centre inNouakchott, the capital cityof Mauritania. The goal is toteach hygienic and efficientfish processing techniquesand provide training in basicmanagement and financeskills to enable local women,who frequently have soleresponsibility for providingfor their families, to starttheir own businesses.We have partnered withMauritanie 2000, an NGO withover 15 years’ experience ofimproving living conditions forwomen working in fish-relatedactivities. This investment isaligned with our objective ofdeveloping local businesses sothat they can become either partof our supply chain or suppliersto hotels or restaurants. Over 180women and their families havebenefited from the scheme so far.Helping families to get backinto business in Côte d’IvoireTullow provided emergencyfunding to local communitiesaffected by the internal conflictin Côte d’Ivoire during 2011.Following the lifting of ForceMajeure from Tullow’sexploration activities, Tullowhas recommenced investment incommunity projects, focused onhelping local enterprises to getback to business. One recipientof funding has been a women’sassociation involved in foodproduction and selling. Tullowpurchased two electric millsand provided training for the400 women who make and sellattiéké, a staple dish of whichthe main ingredient is groundcassava, after their grinderswere destroyed during theinternal fighting.Agro-Enterprise Programme,UgandaIn 2010, Tullow began a threeyearCommunity Agro-EnterpriseDevelopment Programme inpartnership with TRIAS, aninternational developmentorganisation. The programme’saim is to empower farmers withimproved agricultural techniquesand better access to markets,and to provide them with accessto loans and savings schemes. Itforms a part of our longer-termaim of creating opportunities forlocal stakeholders to becomepart of our industry’s supplychain. We saw very promisingresults from the programmeduring 2011, such as 65 farmergroups reporting profitableenterprises in 2011, from a2010 baseline of 45.77www.tullowoil.com