The European Union 'Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea' (EU-STREIT PNG) programmes is the largest grant-funded initiative of the EU in the country and in the Pacific. The programme aims to help improve the lives of the people from East Sepik and Sandaun provinces of Papua New Guinea, by focusing on increasing sustainable inclusive economic development of rural areas through improved economic returns and opportunities from cocoa, vanilla and fishery value chains while strenghtening and improving the efficiency of value chain enablers, including the business environment, and supporting sustainable, climate-proof transport and energy infrastructure development.

SNAPSHOT

• Total budget: EUR 81.3 million/ PGK 318 million
• Duration: 2019 - 2025
• Location: East and West Sepik Provinces
• Beneficiaries: PNG Communities, National Government, Provincial Governments, small and medium-sized enterprises, civil society organisations
• Implementing partners: Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

OBJECTIVES

1. Increased economic returns from Cocoa, Vanilla and Fisheries value chains
2. Strengthened, climate resilient and more efficient value chain enablers.

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KEY EXPECTED RESULTS

• Increased volume, value and improved quality of cocoa, vanilla and fisheries products,
• More value addition and an increased number of people and enterprises engaging in and benefiting from improved value chain development
• Income and enhanced food security and nutrition
• Increased number of people employed, agripreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises engaged in the selected value chains benefiting from reduced transaction costs and time,
• Improved access to finance, increased availability and usage of digital tools and services
• Increased access to renewable energy
• Improved access to rehabilitated roads, landing sites, and lower transport costs
• Gender mainstreamed into value chains
• Improved digital connectivity
• Improved policy, regulatory, business, and digital environment.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Assistance to 72, 600 households, 434, 000 people and partnership with over 730 farmer groups
• Training provided to 23,300 cocoa, vanilla & fisheries lead farmers
• Empowerment of over 520 nurseries by providing them with nursery materials (including 2,000,000 polybags), and planting almost 1,100,000 cocoa seedlings that ensure the quality and quantity of cocoa in the region.
• Establishment of 13 vanilla treatment sheds, and distribution of 111,700 healthy vanilla vines that will improve vanilla production
• Improvement of inland fish farming by providing 31,000 fingerlings and building the capacity of aquaculture.
• 11 farm to market roads (170km) have been contracted for rehabilitation by contractors, using decent work employment conditions...
• Opening of 95,300 bank accounts and 204 Bank Access Points
• Installation of 5 Solar Sites at public facilities
• Establishment of 4 Digital Resource Centers.

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