We successfully concluded a 2-day Subnational Awareness Outreach Workshop in Port Moresby for Community Leaders and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from New Ireland Province.

The workshop focused on strengthening understanding of resource governance, transparency, and the role of communities and CSOs in the PNG Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PNG EITI) process.

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼:

PNG EITI reporting and extractive sector data

The role of CSOs in resource governance

Accessing information to royalties, development levies, and government revenues

Using EITI data for awareness and advocacy within communities

Ms Christine Nemener, Women Representative for Namatanai Urban, shared:

“𝗘𝗜𝗧𝗜 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗽. 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗼.”

Mr Joe Tagor from WCDF, Namatanai LLG, also highlighted the importance of the training:

“𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗦𝗢𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗜𝗧𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗦𝗢𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.”

PNGRGC remains committed to supporting communities through awareness, advocacy, and access to information that helps citizens participate meaningfully in resource governance discussions.