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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Goroka City PROFILE Regional Technical Cooperation Division PAPUA NEW GUINEA: GOROKA CITY PROFILE 1 Copyright © United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), 2010 All rights reserved United Nations Human Settlements Programme publications can be obtained from UN-HABITAT Regional and Information Offices or directly from: P.O. Box 30030, GPO 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. Fax: + (254 20) 762 4266/7 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.unhabitat.org This Goroka report and project was prepared and managed by Max Kep, Catherine Pukena, Vinela Vinilia Vuapak, Samuel Moken Phel, and Nazel Zalepa in Papua New Guinea and supported by Wesley Aruga, Chris Radford, Alain Grimard, Kerstin Sommer and Florence Kuria in Nairobi. HS Number: HS/1257/09E ISBN Number: 978-92-1-132239-2 DisclaimeR The designation employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries, or regarding its economic system or degree of development. The analysis, conclusions and recommendations of the report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT or its Member States. Excerpts from this publication may be reproduced without authorisation, on condition that the source is indicated. Photo credits: © Office of Urbanization ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Design and Layout: Florence Kuria 2 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: GOROKA CITY PROFILE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME REGIONAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION DIVISION TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORDS 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8 BACKGROUND 11 GOVERNANCE 16 HOUSING AND INFORMAL SETTLEMENT 20 ENVIRONMENT 24 URBAN-RURAL LINKAGES 28 GENDER AND HIV/AIDS 32 LAND 38 PROJECT PROPOSALS GOVERNANCE 18 HOUSING AND INFORMAL SETTLEMENT 22 ENVIRONMENT 26 URBAN-RURAL LINKAGES 30 GENDER AND HIV/AIDS 35 LAND 41 3 4 4 FOREWORDS According to As part of our drive to address this crisis, UN-HABITAT research published is working with the European Commission and the in UN-HABITAT’s1 Brussels-based Secretariat of the African, Caribbean flagship report, The and Pacific (ACP) Group to support sustainable urban State of the World’s development. Given the urgent and diverse needs, we Cities 2010-2011, found it necessary to develop a tool for rapid assessment all developing and strategic planning to guide immediate, mid and regions, including long-term interventions. And here we have it in the the African, form of this series of publications. Caribbean and Pacific states, will The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme is based have more people on the policy dialogue between UN-HABITAT, the living in urban than ACP Secretariat and the European Commission which rural areas by the dates back to the year 2002. When the three parties met year 2030. With at UN-HABITAT headquarters in June 2009, more half the world’s than 200 delegates from over 50 countries approved a population already living in urban areas, the challenges resounding call on the international community to pay we face in the battle against urban poverty, our quest for greater attention to these urbanization matters, and to cities without slums, for cities where women feel safer, extend the slum upgrading programme to all countries for inclusive cities with power, water and sanitation, in the ACP Group. and affordable transport, for better planned cities, and for cleaner, greener cities is daunting. It is worth recalling here how grateful we are that the European Commission’s 9th European Development But as this series shows, there are many interesting Fund for ACP countries provided EUR 4 million (USD solutions and best practices to which we can turn. After 5.7 million at June 2011 rates) to enable UN-HABITAT all, the figures tell us that during the decade 2000 to to conduct the programme which now serves 59 cities 2010, a total of 227 million people in the developing in 23 African countries, and more than 20 cities in six countries moved out of slum conditions. In other Pacific, and four Caribbean countries. words, governments, cities and partner institutions have collectively exceeded the slum target of the Millennium Indeed, since its inception in 2008, the slum upgrading Development Goals twice over and ten years ahead of programme has achieved the confidence of partners at the agreed 2020 deadline. city and country level in Africa, the Caribbean and in the Pacific. It is making a major contribution aimed Asia and the Pacific stood at the forefront of successful at helping in urban poverty reduction efforts, as each efforts to reach the slum target, with all governments report in this series shows." in the region improving the lives of an estimated 172 million slum dwellers between 2000 and 2010. I wish to express my gratitude to the European Commission and the ACP Secretariat for their In sub-Saharan Africa though, the total proportion of commitment to this slum upgrading programme. I the urban population living in slums has decreased by have every confidence that the results outlined in this only 5 per cent (or 17 million people). Ghana, Senegal, profile, and others, will serve to guide the development Uganda, and Rwanda were the most successful countries of responses for capacity building and investments in in the sub-region, reducing the proportions of slum the urban sector. dwellers by over one-fifth in the last decade. Further, I would like to thank each Country Team for R Some 13 per cent of the progress made towards the their continued support to this process which is essential O global slum target occurred in Latin America and the for the successful implementation of the Participatory CT Caribbean, where an estimated 30 million people have Slum Upgrading Programme. E moved out of slum conditions since the year 2000. DIR Yet, UN-HABITAT estimates confirm that the progress E made on the slum target has not been sufficient to counter TIV the demographic expansion in informal settlements in U the developing world. In this sense, efforts to reduce the C numbers of slum dwellers are neither satisfactory nor adequate. - EXE RD Dr. Joan Clos Executive Director, UN-HABITAT EWO 1 UN-HABITAT - United Nations Human Settlements Programme R O F 5 5 As more and Although Papua New Guinea is one of the least urbanized more countries countries in the world, there is an ever growing and in the Pacific are irreversible trend of urban migration. According to urbanizing, the city the 1990 census, only 15% of Papua New Guinea’s and town authorities population reside in urban areas. However, with an are confronted with annual urban growth of 4.3%, the urban population is the task of meeting increasing at almost double the national average. At this the demands of rate, by the year 2020, 27% of the country’s population the growing urban will be living in cities and towns. population. These u r b a n i z a t i o n This urbanization trend is not seen as a potential challenges require stimulator of growth, but as the cause of problems: comprehensive and expansion of spontaneous informal settlements, sustainable Urban high unemployment rates, alienated and delinquent Governance and youth, violent crime, and drug and alcohol abuse. Management Systems This unfortunate trend is the result of uncontrolled and Strategies. Both national and local urban authorities rural to urban migration and is mainly due to weak are unable to cope with the increasing pressure on urban governance. National policies regarding balanced rural services. The local urban governments lack financial and and urban development, urbanization, local economic management capacities to respond to the proliferation of investments and development, social development, sub-standard developments and the rising level of urban poverty reduction, basic services and social amenities or poverty among the poor urban communities. crime prevention have not been fully implemented. The UNDP has supported UN-HABITAT in this project Goroka City like many other Urban Local Level because it contributes to the Millennium Development Governments in Papua New Guinea is confronted with Goals Target 11 to reduce urban poverty through effective issues directly related to rapid urbanization and the urban governance. The objective of this Urban Profiling Goroka City lacks resources to manage this increasing study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local urban growth and the problems associated with it. levels. The study is based on analysis of existing data and The intervention by the United Nations for which I a series of interviews with all relevant urban stakeholders, commend the UNDP and UN-HABITAT is timely as including local communities and institutions, civil society, the local governments are beginning to assume more the private sector, development partners, academics and responsibilities. others. The Urban Profiling study will no doubt improve The Urban Profiling is an assessment of needs and capacity- Goroka City’s current performances and its efforts in building gaps at the local and national level. This project is responding to urban poverty through improved service currently being implemented in over 20 countries globally. provision, in particular for water, sanitation and other In the Pacific region, this project has been piloted in Papua essential infrastructure services. New Guinea and Goroka, Kokopo and Port Moresby have been selected to form this study. The Urban Profiling study The Urban Profiling has already highlighted the city’s uses a well structured approach where priority intervention institutional capacity gaps which I hope the donor projects are agreed through consultative processes. partners can support. The Eastern Highlands Provincial Government has already embarked on developing its The Urban Profiling methodology consists of three phases.
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