2018 is dubbed the year of APEC.
For PNG, translating what APEC is for 80 percent of the rural populace is the challenge that authorities have to overcome if the benefits of hosting the global event are to be achieved.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC Summit, is the talk of the year at the national level but what does it mean for the farmer and gardener in rural PNG?
Some burning questions surrounding this concern were raised yesterday evening during the PNG-Australia Alumni Association Yumi Tok-Tok series.
Attended by alumni members, government representatives and interested stakeholders, the overall goal of the event was to provide a forum to get the public’s views on hosting APEC 2018 in PNG.
What APEC is to ordinary Papua New Guineans, Shaping the future through APEC partnership, and How APEC encourages inclusive benefit of marginalised Papua New Guineans, were some of the key points raised.
It was also aimed at stimulating the thoughts on what it means to PNG at various levels and sectors.
These conversations will create a pool of ideas that can inform economic and trade policy makers on being inclusive of marginalised groups in PNG.
(The APEC Haus in Port Moresby)