It will provide for infrastructure at the Technical University in Lae, for the upgrading of four provincial high schools to teach grades 11 and 12, as well as components for vocational training, scholarships and in-country training. A number of other aid instruments have contributed substantially to PNC-EU cooperation. PNG is one of the largest beneficiaries of the Stabex instrument. Over EUR 245 million has been provided in Stabex transfers since Lom I to help make up for the shortfalls in foreign-exchange earnings from coffee, cocoa, palm oil and coconut products. The transfers have been used for crop improvement through research and extension, agricultural diversification and for the support of producer prices of the four main crops.
Emergency aid is used to provide immediate relief following natural or man-made disasters.
Medical supplies were provided through the Red Cross for the crisis on Bougainville. A community school building on East New Britain was funded from the EU budget line for rehabilitation to help villagers displaced by the eruption of the volcano in 1994. Under Lom III, aid was provided through the Sysmin programme towards mitigating the negative effects from the closure of the Bougainville copper mine. This was used to support a road upgrading and rehabilitation programme in the interests of economic diversification, and also for the construction of the Ramu highway. Under Lom IV, an important innovation was introduced in the form of structural adjustment support.