CONTRACT PROFILE ENHANCING FOREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT

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Date issued : 19/10/2010 Last modification : 19/10/2010

1. CONTRACTS DETAILS

Location within the country Pilot area then extension to the national territory YES NO

Professional staff provided by SGS  Project Manager  Operations Manager  National Field Staff and Administrative Staff

Name of Client Papua New Guinea Forest Authority (PNGFA)

Frangipani Street, Hohola, P.O. Box 5055, , Address of Client: National Capital District , Papua New Guinea

N° of staff 2 full-time staff

Duration of assignment: 24 months

Start date August 2010

Completion date On-going

Approx. value/cost of Services (in current US$) USD 420’000

Name of Associated Consultants Helveta (UK) Ltd. and Pacific Island Projects Ltd. (PIP)

 IT expert,  Configuration expert, Professional staff provided by Associated Consultants  Training expert,  Social consultant  Robert Tennent,  Project Manager,  Bruce Telfer, Names of key staff involved and function performed  Timber Tracking Expert  Simon Rollinson  Social Consultant

2. CONTRACT DESCRIPTION In 2006, the EC Delegation in supported a national dialogue on forestry options in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) co-financed a “Multi Stakeholder Workshop on FLEG” at the Holiday Inn in Port Moresby. During 2008, the ITTO also helped trial the SGS Timber Legality and Traceability Verification (TLTV) service at a timber concession in PNG.

Following which, the ITTO and the Government of PNG have entered into a Project Agreement to implement Project PD 449/07 Rev. 2 titled “Enhancing Forest Law Enforcement in PNG”. This pilot project is for a duration of 24 months and involves staff from the PNG Forest Authority and consultants from SGS PNG Limited. The Project is expected to improve SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA 1, place des Alpes P.O. Box 2152 CH-1211 Geneva 1 t (41-22) 739.91.11 f (41-22) 739.98.86 www.sgs.com

existing efforts to stamp out those aspects of illegality which are vital for sustainable forest management in PNG.

This 2-year pilot project will develop: (i) a timber tracking system pilot-tested at two timber concessions in Central Province (Cloudy Bay Sustainable Forestry Ltd) and West New Britain Province (Stettin Bay Lumber Company); (ii) a FLEGT based legality standard and industry code-of-conduct for PNG; and, (iii) a forestry monitoring module for local stakeholders.

The project will also help lay the foundations for future SFM initiatives, such as national inventory, carbon sequestration monitoring, certification & EU-FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SGS SERVICES

SGS is responsible for implementation of the project activities, which includes:

 Project management  Analysis, configuration, and implementation of the traceability system  Implementation and maintenance of project infrastructures and equipment  Training on species identification, quantity and quality classification for inspectors  Data reconciliation between operator’s declarations and documentary / physical controls by the PNG Forest Service  Development of statistics on volumes for production, processing and export of timber products  Reporting to the PNGFA and ITTO

4. CONTACTS Robert Tennent Project Manager SGS PNG Ltd PNG Forest Authority Building Frangipani Street, Hohola Port Moresby, 0000 NCD Papua New Guinea Tél: +675 323 0290 Mob: +675 72005522 e-mail: [email protected]

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