Quarter2 Technical Working Group (TWG) 3 Meeting

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) facilitated technical group meetings to review and discuss the emerging technical issues to advance the Bodo Clean-up. The meeting had different stakeholders in attendance including the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), the Rivers State Ministry of Environment, Civil Society Organizations, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and the Bodo Mediation Initiative (BMI), the contractors working on the project, and Bodo community represented by the Bodo Contact Committee (BCC). The aim of the meeting was to provide a platform for the technical and Management teams of the project to discuss the technical process, appropriate technologies, applicable thresholds and the best attainable remediation suitable for the context being cleaned. In the first quarter of the first year, CEHRD organized one TWG1 Meeting.  Members of the Working group were introduced  Consensus on the ToR for the working Group obtained;  Developed framework for engagement with community stakeholders in order to facilitate access to the goodwill funds.  Commitment & Timelines made for next steps in accessing goodwill funds.