INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION:

 The executing agency for the Program is the Department of National Planning and Monitoring (DNPM) and the implementing agency is the Department of Works (DOW) through the Program Management Office (PMO) supported by construction supervision consultants (CSC). The PMO has the overall responsibility to plan and coordinate implementation and monitoring environment and social safeguards related to civil works and acquiring any additional land to implement SHHIP subprojects, as well as making compensations for any damages on improvements (trees, crops, structures, etc.).


The DOW has established a Program Management Office (PMO) in Goroka headed by a Program Director which manages the day to day activities of the Program. Within the PMO is a Consultancy Team of 33 full-time national consultant staff and two intermittent international consultants to manage the SHHIP environmental and social safeguards. Coordinated by the Principal Coordinator (Social and Environmental Safeguards), the environmental and social safeguards team at the PMO has been supporting the PMO and the DoW (Implementing Agency) in smooth implementation of the SHHIP works ensuring compliance with the environmental and social safeguard aspects. The Environment and Social Safeguards Branch (ESSB) within the DOW, Department of Lands and Physical Planning, and other entities of the GoPNG also support in the relevant areas wherever required.

Environmental Safeguard Team: The composition includes a team of the Principal Coordinator (Social and Environmental Safeguards), Environmental Safeguards Specialist, and Environmental Manager based at the Program Management Office (PMO), and environmental teams engaged with the Construction Supervision Consultants (SCSCs) and the Contractors. 

Social Safeguard Team: The social safeguard management and monitoring team consists of the Principal Coordinator (Social and Environmental Safeguards), an International Social Safeguards Specialist, and a team of four Community Relations Officers (CROs) based at the Program Management Office (PMO)., The International Environmental and Social Specialist and International Social safeguards Specialist engaged intermittently with the Construction Supervision Consultants 1 and 2, respectively; and the Public Relations Officers working with the Contractors. Complete list of currently on-duty 25-member SHHIP social management team. 

Construction Supervision Consultant: two Construction Supervision Consultants have also engaged Environmental and Social Safeguard personnel to support with smooth implementation of SHHIP works:
• CSC 14, the “Construction Supervision Consultant” for CW1, and
• CSC 25, the “Construction Supervision Consultant” for CW2 and RIC.
11. PMO’s Environmental and Social Safeguards teams have been closely monitoring activities and providing active guidance and recommendation in order to facilitate the Consultants and the Contractors aimed at compliance assurance to applicable Loan Covenants and other safeguards aspects for all SHHIP works.

PMO is also working closely with DoW-ESSB and other GoPNG entities as required on management of SHHIP safeguard issues related to the environmental and social safeguard compliances.