PNG Delegation

Learning from Madagascar

The eleven-day visit was arranged and supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as part of the European Union-funded STREIT PNG Programme aimed at promoting the development of vanilla value chain in Papua New Guinea.

PM defends delegation attending COP26

The Prime Minister was responding to a recent article in the press that brought to light the costs involved in sending the officials to Glasgow. He said everyone who is at the summit, is attending to related meetings sanctioned by the National Executive Council, given that PNG’s climate change agenda is different than most nations. The Prime Minister said PNG is targeting an economic return for our forest and oceans in not just the main COP 26 meeting, but other high-level meetings which are running alongside the main summit.

Delegation meets with data intelligence firm

The PNG delegation met the company on day two of its fact-finding mission.

SocialCops informed the PNG delegation that 90 percent of the world's data was created in the last two years.

They said an abundance of data already exists on PNG and is accessible both online and offline from international and local sources.

These primary data can be sourced from census, ministry reports and new monitoring mechanisms and can be used to track the progress of the Government's goals such as Vision 2050, Alotau Accord II and the Sustainable Development Goals.

PNG Hut attracts more at 12th Festival of Pacific Arts in Guam

PNG is really going traditional and is among a handful of Pacific nations whose traditional culture is pure and traditional.

As far as PNG’s performances at the festival venues is concerned the PNG’s participants, about 56 delegates arrived last Wednesday in Guam.

The trip to Guam via Hong Kong, Manila then to Guam was long and tiring but PNG delegates endured it because they were determined to let the whole Pacific region know that PNG has something unique to give to the rest of the Pacific.