AQUAPOLIS IN EAST SEPIK 2011 PAPUA NEW GUINEA A SOCIAL IMPACT STUDY AUTHOR: Rita Westvik, FOR LIM SHRIMP ORGANISATION Senior adviser Innovation and Foresight COAUTHOR: Margrethe Valler, Master student Social entrepreneurship AQUAPOLIS 2 Rita Westvik (left) and Margrethe Valler (both from Norway) in Wewak town CONTENT CONTENT ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 SHORT SUMMARY AND MAIN CONCLUSION ........................................................................................ 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 10 INTRODUCTION TO THE COUNTRY, THE REGION, THE VILLAGE AND THE PROJECT ............. 12 PAPUA NEW GUINEA .................................................................................................................................. 12 EAST SEPIK ................................................................................................................................................... 35 WOM VILLAGE AT A GLANCE: ................................................................................................................... 46 THE AQUAPOLIS PROJECT IN TENTATIVE NUMBERS AND PICTURES: ....................................... 48 LSO - A SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ..................................................................................... 54 LSO Reference projects: ....................................................................................................................... 57 INTERVIEW WITH DJAMES LIM, CEO OF LSO, OCT. 2010: ............................................................................ 59 COLORFUL WELCOME FOR DJAMES LIM UPON ARRIVAL ............................................................... 62 BACKGROUND, METHODOLOGY, HYPOTHESIS ................................................................................ 69 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................................. 69 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................... 70 3 HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................ 71 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS).................................................................................... 74 MDG TARGETS AND THE REDUCTION OF POVERTY ..................................................................................... 74 MDG conference in Oslo, speakers straight from Summit .................................................................. 77 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA ......................................................................... 81 National MDG Report ................................................................................................................................ 82 United Nations Development Program ................................................................................................... 89 THE MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (MTDP) .......................................................................................... 89 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ............................................................................................................... 91 DEFINITIONS OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE .............................................................................................................. 92 SYSTEMIC CHANGE ............................................................................................................................... 93 THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS ........................................................................................................................ 93 AID CRITICISM AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS ALTERNATIVE ................................................................. 94 LSO - AN EXPERIENCED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ................................................................................................. 96 REPLICATION AND SCALING OF CONCEPTS ...................................................................................................... 97 CSR PREVALENCE - MORE THAN BUSINESS .................................................................................................... 99 SOCIAL ENTERPRISES PREVALENCE AND IMPACT ..................................................................... 99 SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY ...................................................................................................................... 100 Triple Bottom Line ................................................................................................................................... 100 Quantitative Model: Social Return on Investment............................................................................... 101 Organizational Legitimacy and their 3 levels ....................................................................................... 102 Trust is imperative ................................................................................................................................... 103 Summing up on accountability ............................................................................................................... 103 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: ...................................................................................... 104 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................ 106 DEFINITION ..................................................................................................................................................... 106 FORESIGHT ............................................................................................................................................... 108 THE PNG VISION 2050 "PAPUA NEW GUINEA BECOME A SMART, WISE, VIBRANT AND HAPPY COUNTRY BY 2050." ............................................................................................................................................................. 110 TOMORROW WILL ARRIVE! WEWAK FORESIGHT WORKSHOP ......................................................................... 113 FORESIGHT METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 116 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 117 MENTAL MAPS ................................................................................................................................................. 119 TIME TRAVEL ................................................................................................................................................... 120 IMPROVISATION, LEARNING AND INVOLVING ................................................................................................... 122 FORESIGHT AND POLITICS .............................................................................................................................. 124 THE NEW MILLENNIUM LEARNERS ................................................................................................................. 124 DRIVING FORCES ...................................................................................................................................... 127 GLOBAL DRIVING FORCES ................................................................................................................ 129 NATIONAL DRIVING FORCES: ........................................................................................................... 130 LOCAL DRIVING FORCES: .................................................................................................................. 130 SCENARIO CROSS .................................................................................................................................... 132 SCENARIO NAMES: ............................................................................................................................... 132 VISITING THE SCENARIOS: .................................................................................................................... 133 GLOBAL TRENDS .................................................................................................................................. 136 SOCIAL IMPACTS FOR PEOPLE AND SOCIETY ................................................................................ 141 4 SOCIAL BENEFITS AS DESCRIBED BY DJAMES LIM ............................................................................... 142 WOM AQUAPOLIS - A GOVERNMENT SIGNATURE PROJECT........................................................ 143 Recommendations for the Government ............................................................................................... 147 INCREASED INCOME GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES .................................................................... 150 Subsistence economy meets monetary economy .............................................................................. 151 Income, leisure time and holidays ........................................................................................................