PORT MORESBY CITY a Case Study

1. PORT MORESBY CITY a Case Study Inclusive Cities: the role of LED in ensuring inclusive development in Commonwealth cities. CLGF Conference 2011

2. Port Moresby City • Gateway to PNG • Multi ethnicity • Population 600,000 approx • Language Capital • 250 sq km • 750 km plus road network • 700 – 750 roads/streets • 22,225 land parcels with 17,277 houses CLGF Conference 2011

3. Challenges • High influx of rural to urban migration. • High settlement growth • High law and order issues • High unemployment growth • High rate of school leaves resulting in unemployed youths. CLGF Conference 2011

4. Activities • Urban Safety programs • Good Practice Scheme • Safe Cities for Women Program • Urban Youth Employment Program CLGF Conference 2011

5. Urban Safety Program • AusAID funded program • Called ‘YumiLukautimMosbi” • Assists with programs to: • Reduce violence against women and to assist women to overcome trauma. • Reduce crime by encouraging sporting events to lure youths to take up sports. • Provide a tradesman skill in vocational schools and placed in private companies with the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce. CLGF Conference 2011

6. Good Practice Scheme • Program co-funded by AusAID and CLGF on capacity building for NCDC. • Called the ‘Hetura project’ in motu language • Programs derived to: • Improve the capacity of Regulatory Section. • Improve the capacity of the IT section and the Finance section. CLGF Conference 2011

7. Safe Cities for Women • A new concept being introduced by UNIFEM. • 4 urban markets to used as intervention and comparison markets. • Intended to: • Create safety for women in markets • Create source of income for women. • Encourage women to vendor in market. CLGF Conference 2011

8. Urban Youth Employment Program • World Bank • Overall goal is to • provide socially and economically disadvantaged urban youth short term employment opportunities utilizing labor-intensive methods and • strengthen and expand programs that provide the knowledge and skills for employment. • Program has two major components CLGF Conference 2011

9. UYEP Component 1 • Focus on taking marginalized youth off the streets, • Giving them a second chance by equipping them with basic skills, and placing them in a more productive and gainful environment. • Moreover, the Project would provide opportunities to test the effects of these types of training and employment interventions on the higher-risk youth segments. • Anticipated that up to 15,000 youth in the National Capital District (NCD) would be able to benefit from this assistance over a five year period. CLGF Conference 2011

10. UYEP Component 2 • Provide more advanced training and employment options to more skilled and educated youth. • Program seeks to enhance the skills and competitiveness of semi-skilled young workers for entry level employment. • Given the limited absorption capacity of formal sector employment there is also a need to provide opportunities entry into the informal sector through entrepreneurship training for select participants. • Only 1,500 youths to benefit from this more intensive training assistance. - higher participant costs and limited absorption capacity of the private sector to support such a program CLGF Conference 2011

11. Way Forward • The Commission is now embarking on the following: • Reclaiming the night life. Thus creating income for lower income earners. • Providing microfinance to city residents especially to women in settlement areas. • TVET programs – to sponsor school leavers to Technical Vocational and Education Training programs. • Assisting with suburban sports in all sporting codes in the country. CLGF Conference 2011

12. That’s All Leslie Alu City Manager National Capital District Commission P.O Box 7270 BOROKO Papua New Guinea Ph: 675 3240707 Fax: 675 3259968 Email: lesliea@ncdc.gov.pg www.ncdc,gov.pg CLGF Conference 2011