Technology Cooperation and Capacity Building - CommDev

TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING… Case Study FourChevron in Papua New GuineaControl room operator at Kumul Marine Terminal in Gulf of PapuaOperations Training Assistant at Moro camp near Lake KutubuThe Community Affairs Program works with localvillages. Some key components are:●●●building of schools, health aid posts and water tanks inthe villages;providing training, education and materials in the area ofhealth and agriculture to improve nutrition and health ingeneral;providing training on basic crafts such as carpentry,welding and metal working; and●financial assistance and training for landowners todevelop businesses that will be sustainable after the finitelife of the project.Efforts are being undertaken to foster landownercompanies. The largest is Iagifu Oil & Gas (IOG), whichrepresents the Fasu-speaking people, the main ethnic groupof the project area. IOG has developed its contractingcapabilities through its experiences during construction andWORKING WITH THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATUREA new partnership has evolved to run an IntegratedConservation and Development Project in Papua New Guinea.The partnership includes WWF-US, Chevron in the UnitedStates, Chevron Niugini in Papua New Guinea, and national,provincial and local governments. It is being managed by WWF inclose cooperation with local landowners and communities, andwith financial and logistical support from the oil companies, includinga grant of more than US$2 million in cash and additionally, morethan US$1 million in kind.The project is to help local people throughout the catchmentof the Kikori River system to establish a model of ecologicallysustainable development which protects the outstandingbiological diversity of the region and promotes sustainableresource use. Activities are to include ecologically-sustainableforestry, nature-based tourism, butterfly and insect farming,development of ethno-botany, improved subsistence agricultureand establishment of protected areas. The initial phase of theproject covers a three-year period. It is anticipated that after sixyears the project is to be operated by local people.Don Henry, WWF, Washington D.C.,Rex Naug, WWF, Papua New Guinea30