Officials from Papua New Guinea and Australia held annual Partnership for Development talks in Port Moresby on 30 July. The talks were led by Acting Secretary Juliana Kubak of PNGs Department of National Planning and Monitoring and Deputy Secretary Ewen McDonald of Australias Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The talks covered a range of topics, including Australia’s new aid policy, Australian Aid: Promoting prosperity, reducing poverty, enhancing stability, which was released by Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, last month. The policy has a focus on reducing poverty and lifting living standards through sustainable economic growth. Officials agreed to a range of outcomes that will inform a program of work over the next 12 months. This includes setting new, rigorous, benchmarks to measure aid performance against mutual commitments; developing a framework to guide efforts to create a stronger enabling environment for private sector-led sustainable economic development, including agriculture; and work to revise the Partnership Agreement to ensure it reflects the policy priorities of both countries. Transport infrastructure, health, education and law and justice will remain at the foundation of Australias support.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 04:11:48 +0000
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