7. The issues to take forward
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Angola Content through Staffing, Sourcing and Accountability
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Social and Community Development
Angola Content through Staffing, Sourcing and Accountability
“All deposits of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons … belong to the Angolan people” (Angolan Law 13/78 of 26 August 1978).
The overarching objective of this CSR program in Angola is to work with the government to ensure that resources from the oil sector are shared more equitably and efficiently amongst the Angolan people. The way in which we intend to do this is by facilitating the discussion with the GoA and the oil companies to: (1) design and deliver oil sector-relevant education and training programs for Angolans; (2) enable and provide incentives for the development of local supply markets for the oil industry; and (3) ensure that issues of accountability and transparency are built into this dialogue.
Potential activities may include:
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Assessment of oil companies’ and oil services companies’ hiring and sourcing needs and processes.
Interview the major oil companies operating in Angola (or perhaps, initiate this process through the MinPet / Sonangol “Angola Content” consortium) to determine their staffing needs across all grade levels in their Angola operations. How many jobs and what types will be available each year? Which vocations are easier and more difficult to find qualified Angolans to fill?
Where do the companies procure their operations-related goods and services? What factors affect procurement decision-making? This should include everything from technical equipment and services to catering and entertainment.
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Survey and analysis of education and training programs in Angola.
How many years of schooling are required by GoA? How many, what types and what caliber of schools exist (primary, secondary, technical tertiary, university)? How many students matriculate each year?
What types of programs are specifically relevant to the oil industry? What ages can enroll in these programs? How many are trained per year? What is the typical curriculum? Does it include courses on management, business ethics, accounting?
What are the gaps and shortfalls between the stated hiring needs of the oil and oil services companies and the existing education and training opportunities in country?
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Survey and analysis of education and training programs in Angola.
How many years of schooling are required by GoA? How many, what types and what caliber of schools exist (primary, secondary, technical tertiary, university)? How many students matriculate each year?
What types of programs are specifically relevant to the oil industry? What ages can enroll in these programs? How many are trained per year? What is the typical curriculum? Does it include courses on management, business ethics, accounting?
What are the gaps and shortfalls between the stated hiring needs of the oil and oil services companies and the existing education and training opportunities in country?
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Survey and analysis of local small and medium-sized business in Angola potentially conducted jointly with UNDP.
What types of local business exist both within the formal and informal sectors? Do they tend to be concentrated around certain areas? If so, what are they? What variables contribute to strengths in certain areas and impediments in others?
There is some relevant research that may inform this survey, e.g. “Promoting the Urban Micro-Enterprise Sector in Angola” by Fion de Vletter, study commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
What are the gaps and shortfalls between the stated procurement needs of the oil and oil services companies and the existing local supply markets?
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Local economic growth and entrepreneurship dialogue / workshop potentially convened by Chamber of Commerce of Angola.
Business associations like the Chamber of Commerce of Angola (see Annex 3) could serve as incubators for discussion and action to promote economic growth and entrepreneurship. This would need to be closely linked with the expressed demand for locally produced goods and services by the major oil and oil-services companies.
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Stakeholders’ workshop or other venue to discuss scenarios to address the identified gaps between industry needs and existing education/training opportunities as well as local supply market issues.
This dialogue would lay out the findings of the surveys and discuss possibilities for designing and delivering education/training programs to address. This forum would be informed by recommendation from the World Bank’s CSR team, but in no way held to them. The goal would be to convene a dynamic, sustainable group of interested stakeholders from GoA (including the Ministries of Petroleum, Planning, Education, and Industry), the oil industry led by Sonangol (and beyond where relevant), and relevant civil society representatives who are deemed ahead of time to have a potentially valuable contribution to make to this process. This group may already exist, at least in part, in the form of the “Angola Content” consortium convened by MinPet and Sonangol. The purpose of convening this group would be to create an ongoing forum in which to discuss these issues.
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Policymakers’ briefing on supportive roles to play in strengthening CSR, related to staffing, sourcing and accountability.
Depending on the discussions and needs identified during the stakeholders workshop/forum, this may or may not be considered necessary. This may also depend in part on the ease of tri-sector dialogue and the expressed need for confidentiality.
Social and Community Development
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Convene meeting of potentially interested companies, government officials, and the Steering Committee of the FAS to discuss opportunities for social development partnerships (anticipated date: late February in Luanda).
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