Transcript Environmental dimensions of petroleum sector governance

Oil for Development – OfD
www.norad.no/ofd
November 2007
OfD – our objective
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Assist developing countries with
petroleum resources in their efforts
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manage these resources in a way
that generates economic growth,
promotes the welfare of the
population and is environmentally
sustainable
avoid ”the resource curse”
OfD – who we are
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OfD steering committee:
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OfD-secretariat located in Norad:
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Formulates strategic directions and priorities
Decides on major project proposals
Responsible for coordination, implementation and quality
control
Norwegian embassies play an essential role in OfD:
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Development cooperation responsibility is assigned to them
OfD – who we cooperate with
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Petrad, the
Norwegian Pollution Control Authority, consultancies and
research institutions
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Norwegian and international oil and service companies can
assist OfD-programmes in vocational training and
enhancement of local content
Norwegian and international NGOs
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Important role in building capacity among local civil society
organisations
6 Norwegian NGOs and one international NGO have received
funding in 2007
OfD – our foundation
OfD is built around three integrated
themes:
1. Resource management
2. Environmental protection
3. Revenue management
Principles of good governance, transparency and accountability are a
fundamental part of the three themes
OfD - how we work
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Assistance is based on requests
OfD shares Norwegian experiences. Each country has
to create its own policy based on own circumstances
Long-term perspective
Core countries
OfD spending
OfD annual spend
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2006
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OfD and capacity building
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Standardised short term courses
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Petrad 8- week
Tailor made seminars and workshops
Language training
Advisors working with counterparts
Internships and on-the-job-training
Vocational training
Higher education
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Scholarships for individual students
Quota programme
NOMA - Norad’s Programme for Master Studies
NOMA in more detail
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From 2006 NOMA replaced the former scholarship
programme (NPF). NOK 63 mill in 2006
NOMA Energy and Petroleum. Objectives:
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Support the development of energy and/or petroleum related
Master programmes at Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in
the South through cooperation with HEI in Norway
Achieve, in a longer perspective, sustainable capacity of
institutions in the South to provide the national work force w
adequate qualifications within energy and petroleum sectors
Stimulate South-South-North cooperation through support to
the development of regional Master programmes
Enhance gender equality in all programme activities
Strengthen capacity of Norwegian HEI to integrate global as
well as development perspectives in their professional work
The case of Timor-Leste
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Project ongoing since 2003
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Large education component
Petroleum legal framework
Petroleum fund
Boundary negotiations with Australia
1st bid round in exclusive area
Challenging setting
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Post conflict
Very low outset capacity in public petroleum sector
Expectation management – high unemployment
Political turbulence
Standardised short term courses
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1 public sector staff taking Petrad 8-week course each year
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Petroleum policy and resource management
Petroleum development and operations
Tailor made seminars and workshops
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Seminars and workshops have been conducted in both
Timor-Leste and Norway:
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Environmental Impact Assessment (2)
Data Management (6)
Resource management (3)
Delegation of 12 to Norway in 2005
• visits to a range of institutions in Stavanger and Oslo
• seminar on national oil companies
Language training
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English is the language of the international petroleum sector
Intensive English training in Australia/NZ for all public
petroleum sector staff in 2005 and 2006
English training in Timor-Leste
Significant improvement:
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Staff meetings can now be conducted in English
Ability to participate in international training and events
Advisors working w counterparts
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Timor-Leste is the OfD-project that has had most advisors
on the ground
Continuity is a problem, as most advisors only willing to live
there one year
Counterpart capacity is a significant challenge to knowledge
transfer
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Language and educational level
Advisors often end up doing the work
Need for long-term approach and realistic expectations
Internships and on-the-job-training
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Facilitated internships for public sector staff with
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Gaffney Cline & Associates (1 staff, 6 months)
Three staff participated in seismic survey (3-weeks each)
Vocational training
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One public sector staff will attend TAFE (Technical and
Further Education) in Australia from 2008
As part of production sharing contracts in the exclusive
zone operators will support local content development
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Not finalised, but may include practical and/or financial support
for vocational training
Higher education
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No accredited university in Timor-Leste – not NOMA-eligible
Funding for bachelor and master degrees abroad
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Four students currently on bachelor programmes in Australia
One student currently in Stavanger doing Master in petroleum
engineering
Minimum five years of work for the public petroleum sector
upon completion of degree
Small grants to Timorese taking petroleum-related degrees
in Indonesia
OfD capacity building strategy 2008
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Strengthen HEI in the South through NOMA, the quota
programme and other arrangements
Scholarships
New, standardised modules
Tailor made workshops/seminars
Facilitate internships and on-the-job-training
Advisors (resident and on rotation)
Close cooperation with Norw. and int. civil society on
capacity building of civil society in the South
Increased focus on local content in projects