Infrastructure

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Infrastructure DevelopmentDr Andrea
ClausenMember of Legislative Council
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Infrastructure Development

• Background and guiding documents
• Post conflict rebuild
• .after establishment of fishery
• Current key guiding plans policies
• Future projects..

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Infrastructure DevelopmentBackground Guiding
documents

• Economic Survey of the Falkland Islands,
  Shackleton (1976)
• Falkland Islands Economic Study, Shackleton
  (1982)
• Falkland Islands Development Strategy, Prynn,
  Environmental Resources Limited (1988)

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Infrastructure DevelopmentBackground Guiding
documents

• Shackleton, 1976
• Situation
• declining population
• absentee landlords
• wool based economy
• lack of investment
• lack of enterprise

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Infrastructure DevelopmentBackground Guiding
documents

• Key recommendations
• Alginates
• Tourism
• Fisheries
• Agriculture
• Industry crafts

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Infrastructure DevelopmentBackground Guiding
documents

• Shackleton 1982
• Where did we get to?
• One farm was subdivided into 6 and sold
• Road to Goose Green/Darwin started
• Economy in more dire situation wool prices down
  20 fuel prices up 20
• Desperate need for aid funding

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Infrastructure Development1982 The way
forward.

• Establish Development Agency (loans grants)
• Transfer of farm ownership
• Establish 200 mile fisheries limit and research
  in-shore and off-shore fisheries
• Develop tourism especially finance facilities
  e.g. hotels
• New runway and civil air link (at least 8,500ft)
• Deep water port facility (up to 8m draft)
• Expand camp road network
• Wind power for Stanley Camp

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Infrastructure DevelopmentPost conflict
re-build
As a result of the conflict HMG now had the
political will to implement the Shackleton
development strategy. Aid came in a number of
ways

• 31m of development aid
• 15m for rehabilitation reconstruction
• 17.3m other donations

HMG also built a new runway and provided a
floating port facility in Stanley (FIPASS), which
FIG subsequently purchased.
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Infrastructure DevelopmentPost conflict
re-build

• Wide range of projects including
• Housing
• Hospital refurbishment
• Sheltered accommodation provision
• Falkland Island Community School

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Infrastructure DevelopmentFalkland Islands
Development Corporation.the agency for change.
Mission To encourage assist in the economic
development of the Falkland Islands.

• Started in 1984
• 150 business start ups
• 1,500 projects
• 30m loans, grants since 1984
• Current Portfolio of assets 10m

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Infrastructure DevelopmentFalkland Islands
Development Corporation.the agency for change.

• Agriculture
• Land reform
• Market garden
• Dairy
• National stud flock
• Abattoir
• Wool Co-operative

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Infrastructure DevelopmentFalkland Islands
Development Corporation.the agency for change.

• Fisheries
• Fortoser
• Stanley Fisheries Limited
• Salmon farming
• Aquaculture

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Infrastructure DevelopmentFalkland Islands
Development Corporation.the agency for change.

• Tourism
• Lodges self-catering facilities
• FITA ?FITB
• Tourist reception facility Jetty Visitor Centre
• Tourism facility grant scheme

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Infrastructure DevelopmentFalkland Islands
Development Corporation.the agency for change.

• Commerce
• Chamber of Commerce
• Stanley Business Centre
• Rural energy grant scheme
• Communications
• Industrial estates

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Infrastructure Development .after
establishment of the fishery

• Environmental Research Group, Prynn 1988
• Following the establishment of the Falkland
  Islands Interim Conservation Zone in 1986 and the
  subsequent increase in levels of revenue, FIDC
  commissioned an update to the development
  strategy.

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Infrastructure Development.after
establishment of the fishery

• Key recommendations
• Continued support to FIDC as the catalyst for
  private sector development
• Diversify the economy
• Extension of the FICS to 200 miles
• Housing policy review
• Improved internal communications

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Infrastructure Development.after
establishment of the fishery

• Significant infrastructure projects

Recent invest to save projects
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Infrastructure DevelopmentCurrent key guiding
plans policies

• Island Plan
• New Housing Strategy
• Integrated Transport Strategy
• Capital works programme

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Infrastructure DevelopmentFuture projects.

• Ferry service terminals
• Port Development
• Dockyard development
• Administration Building

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