PNG Resource Governance Coalition is the umbrella civil society organization that coordinates PNG’s civil society participation in the implementation
of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

The PNGRGC Strategic Plan 2016-2017 is aligned to the Pillars of the global coalition of civil society organizations associated with the EITI under the
auspices of Publish What You Pay.

This Plan however reflects the needs of PNG Civil Society and the capacity of PNGRGC to meet some of those needs.
Areas of focus (please add a sentence or two to describe the main area of focus and why the coalition deems them relevant):These are two main areas
with the following overall objectives:
   I.      Enhancing transparency and accountability in the EI in PNG
           a. Supporting the implementation of the EITI in PNG
           b. Going beyond the EITI requirements
           c. Supporting CS role in the implementation of other transparency initiatives: the OGP
   II.     Strengthening of the Coalition
           a. Building the capacity of the coalition members
           b. Enhancing the governance structure of the coalition
           c. Establishing a communication strategy
           d. Diversifying sources of funding for the coalition




     GOAL: Enhancing transparency and accountability in the EI in PNG


                                                                                                      Who from the             Timeframe
        OBJECTIVE                       Activities                    Expected outcomes
                                                                                                       coalition
     Supporting the      -Setting up a communication plan
     implementation of   between civil society reps on the MSG
     the EITI in PNG     and the wider CS
                    -Regular discussion of MSG agenda and
                    with agreement on CS stance on issues
                    prior to MSG meetings
                    Increasing regional CS representation on
                    the MSG
                    -Dissemination of information from the
                    EITi report: (Infographics, photobooks
                    from extractive areas related to points
                    addressed in the recommendations, eg:
                    environmental damage photos,..)
                    -3 radio shows engagements


Going beyond the    -Produce recommendations for the next
EITI                EITi 2014 report that demand the inclusion
requirements        of environmental information, and contract
                    disclosure.
Supporting CS       -Give input on the National action Plan of
role in the         the OGP through the CS group (Wallis,
implementation of   Paul, Martyn, Emily, ecoforestry)
other               -Monitor the implementation of the NAP
transparency        and present recommendations to the
initiatives: the    annual IRM (evaluation report for the
OGP                 OGP produced annually by PNG).
Enhance             -Write a communication plan for CS reps
communication       on the MSG and the wider CS.(regular
amongst civil       updates, meetings, creation of email
society             list..etc)
representatives
and teh wider cs
Raising             -Engage the academia and youth through
awareness           targeted seminars at the universitities to
around the EITI     explain about the EITI, contract
                    disclosure, revenue management,
                    sharing.
Support contract    -Perform a mapping of allies and
disclosure in       advocacy plan.
PNG                 -Meet with primary targets
                   -Set up joint meetings with National EITi
                   secretariat and Chamber of Mines.
                   -Lobby with some MPs to set up an
                   energy committee.
                   -Commission an investigative piece about
                   agreements that are already accessible to
                   the public, while pointing out why it is
                   beneficial to the government and
                   companies to publish these agreements.

GOAL: Strengthening the PNGRGC


                                                                                    Who from the   Timeframe
  OBJECTIVE                       ACTIVITIES                    Expected outcomes
                                                                                     coalition
Building the       -Participating in the NRGI Hub in
capacity of the    Indonesia
coalition          -Produce a position paper on revenue
members            sharing at the subnational level
                   -Invite experts from PNG (become friends
                   of the coalition) to hold subject specific
                   seminars (2 semianrs0.


Enhancing the      -Draft a code of conduct for CS
governance         representation on the MSG
structure of the   -Run council elections and select the
coalition          executive board members as per the
                   coalition charter
                   -Do a connections mapping exercise for
                   the coalition members
Diversifying       -Map out the potential donors and plan an
sources of         outreach strategy
funding for the    -Draft a proposal for the donors and
coalition          submit