Department of Implementation and Rural Development (DIRD)

Program Implementation Wing Acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Implementation and Rural Development (DIRD) Aihi Vaki told a huge crowd during the opening of the community market at Air Transport Squadron (ATS) settlement in Port Moresby last week.

 Vaki said his office would not approve and endorse projects or infrastructures that were damaged by opportunists.

This follows after DIRD has developed a partnership under the public private partnership (PPP) arrangement with UNICEF Papua New Guinea to utilize new mobile technology called RapidPro.

RapidPro is UNICEF’s mobile based system for real- time data collection for improved monitoring of service delivery. It is a communication engine to power connections among decision makers, frontline workers and government partners.