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SMR: Papua New Guinea: Lae Port Development Project Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 40037-01 November 2010 PNG: Lae Port Development Project Prepared by Ila Mari Project Director, IPBC PMU Lae, Papua New Guinea For Independent Public Business Corporation This report has been submitted to ADB by the Independent Public Business Corporation and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. Lae Port Development Project. Loan 2398/99 – PNG: Lae Port Development Project. Grant 9113 - PNG: Livelihood and Social Improvement Prepared by: Independent Public Business Corporation. Portion 508: The affected communities at Lae Tidal basin. NNE (SODAS) SODAS PORTION 508 WARA TAIS MAUS MARKHAM i PNG MAP: Movement Routes of the Affected People. ii Table of Contents. Table of Contents. ................................................................................................................................... 1 Acknowledgement. ................................................................................................................................. 2 Abbreviations and Acronyms. ................................................................................................................. 3 Glossary of Terms. .................................................................................................................................. 4 Executive Summary. ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.0 Background. ................................................................................................................................ 9 2.0 SRP Recognised Committees. ................................................................................................... 10 2.1 SRP Implementation Committees Meetings. ............................................................................ 12 3.0 Deed of Release and Indemnity. ............................................................................................... 13 3.1 State Solicitor Approval of DRI. ................................................................................................. 13 3.2 DRI Awareness by IPBC Legal Officer. ....................................................................................... 13 3.3 DRI Legal Interpretation and Execution. ................................................................................... 13 3.4 DRI Execution Footage. ............................................................................................................. 14 4.0 Livelihood and Social Improvement Programs. ........................................................................ 15 4.1 Personal Viability Training (Refer to PV Training Report). ............................................................ 15 4.1.1 Testimonies from PV Participant. .............................................................................................. 16 4.1.2 PV Execution. ............................................................................................................................. 17 4.2 Start Your Own Business Course. .............................................................................................. 18 4.2.1 SYOB Participants. .................................................................................................................... 19 4.3 NGO – Community Awareness Program. .................................................................................. 19 4.3.1 NGO Community Awareness Footage. ...................................................................................... 20 5.0 SRP CAP Payments. ................................................................................................................ 21 5.1 BSP Bank Transaction to AP Account. ....................................................................................... 21 6.0 Repatriation. ............................................................................................................................. 21 6.1 Repatriation to the Highlands Region. ...................................................................................... 22 6.2. Repatriation to Madang and Bogia. .......................................................................................... 23 6.3 Repatriation to Wewak in East Sepik Province. ....................................................................... 23 6.4 Resettled within Lae City. ......................................................................................................... 24 6.5 Resettled within Morobe Province. .......................................................................................... 25 6.6 Repatriation to Oro and Milne Bay Province. .......................................................................... 25 6.7 Repatriation to Rabaul and Bougainville. ................................................................................. 25 6.8 Repatriation to Port Moresby and Gulf. .................................................................................. 25 7.0 Grievance Redress. ................................................................................................................... 25 8.0 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 26 Appendix A: Affected People’s Resolution for CAP. ............................................................................. 28 1 Acknowledgement. The Executing Agency and its stakeholders would like to sincerely thank the following public and private institutions, Non Government Organizations and Individuals that committed their time, effort and resources in assisting IPBC to successfully implementing the Supplementary Resettlement Implementation Plan between 2009 and 2010. The institutions and individuals were as follows; 1. Asian Development Bank. 2. Japanese Government (JFPR). 3. Government of Papua New Guinea. 4. PNG Ports Corporation. 5. Morobe Provincial Government. 6. Morobe Provincial Administration. 7. Morobe Provincial Administrator. 8. Deputy Provincial Administrator. 9. PNG State Solicitor’s. 10. Chairman of Lae Chamber of Commerce & Industry. 11. Morobe Provincial Police Commander (PPC). 12. Lae Metropolitan Police Commander. 13. Lae Police Inspector. 14. Lae Urban Local Level Government Ward 3- Councilor. 15. Ward 3 Community Development Officer. 16. Lae Community Policing. 17. Guard Dog Security Service. 18. Kuima Security Service. 19. G4S Security Service. 20. BAHA International (NGO). 21. Evangelical Lutheran Church PNG -Lutheran Life Care (NGO). 22. Soroptimist (NGO). 23. PNG Family Health (NGO). 24. Save the Children Poro Support (NGO). 25. Bank of South Pacific Ltd. 26. Bris Kanda Inc. (NGO). 27. Rabaul Shipping Service. 28. Lae Bus Service. 29. PNG University of Technology. 30. PNG Unitech Management Development Centre. 31. Entrepreneurial Development Training Centre (NGO). 32. Rageau Manua & Kikira Lawyers. 33. EM Media Tech Service Provider. 34. Local AP leaders. 35. IPBC Project Management Unit. 36. Receiving Provincial Administrations. 2 Abbreviations and Acronyms. ADB - Asian Development Bank AP - Affected People BAHA - Business Coalition Against HIV and AIDs. BSP - Bank of South Pacific BUP - Busolum, Uawap and Pualu clans CAP - Cash Assistance Package CD - Community Development CDM - Community Development Manager CDP - Community Development Program DRI - Deed of Release and Indemnity EA - Executing Agency EDTC - Entrepreneur Development Training Centre ELCPNG - Evangelical Lutheran Church Papua New Guinea ESP - East Sepik Province GoPNG - Government of Papua New Guinea HH - House Hold(s) IPBC - Independent Public Business Corporation JFPR - Japanese Funds for Poverty Reduction LBS - Lae Bus Service. LCCI - Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry LDA - Lae District Administration LPDP - Lae Port Development Project LSIP - Livelihood and Social Improvement Program. LTB - Lae Tidal Basin LULLG - Lae Urban Local Level Government. MPA - Morobe Provincial Administration MPG - Morobe Provincial Government MVSQ - Marine Vessel Solomon Queen NB - Non-Beneficiaries NGO - Non Government Organization NNE - North-North East NWMB - Nation Wide Micro Bank PD - Project Director PMU - Project Management Unit PSC - Project Steering Committee PTT - Provincial Technical Team PV - Personal Viability RC - Resettlement Committee RIC - Resettlement Implementation Committee RP - Resettlement Plan SID - Settlers Identification Card SRP - Supplementary Resettlement Plan SYOB - Start Your Own Business UMDC - Unitech Management Development Centre. 3 Glossary of Terms. Affected People affected people means all the households and their dependents, whose assets, access to food source and incomes and education are affected because of project development. Beneficiaries the term refers to all those who were listed on the DRI and received the CAP payment one-way or the other. Cash Assistance The cash assistance package based on the Entitlement Matrix Package that signified certain categories of household possessions that were converted to cash and paid to AP as compensation for the loss of items and loss of job encountered when project begins. Cut-off-date means the date after which additional households will NOT be considered eligible for compensation. They were not resided in the affected area (Lae Tidal Basin) before the census cut of date. For this project the cut-off-date
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