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Australia Awards Africa: Stay Connected and Reintegration Workshops

Square Circle expanded its involvement with the prestigious Australia Awards program when it was subcontracted by The University of Queensland to design and lead the ‘Stay Connected’ and ‘Reintegration’ workshops for approximately 300 leading African scholars studying in Australian universities in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The Stay Connected workshops focused on ...

Pacific Leadership and Governance ‘Precinct’ Tracer Study

Continuing Square Circle’s central involvement with The Pacific Leadership and Governance Precinct (the Precinct) in Papua New Guinea (PNG), we were subcontracted by the University of Queensland to lead a Tracer Study to evaluate the Precinct’s contribution to ethical values-based leadership in PNG. This Tracer Study provided evidence of the ...

Evaluating the Impacts of Infrastructure Investments in PNG’s Justice Sector

Among the many challenges to service delivery in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) justice sector, the lack of fit-for-purpose and inclusive infrastructure deserves some prominence. When a police station is dilapidated and there is no accommodation for senior police, the provision of policing services is problematic at best. When there are ...

Roadmap for the Executive Development Program: Stretem Rod Blong Jastis Mo Sefti

Vanuatu’s Ministry of Justice and Community Services (MJCS) has identified the need to support the development of leaders across the thirteen agencies in the justice and community services sector. Through the Sector Leadership Group (SLG), and with support from the Australian-funded Stretem Rod Blong Jastis mo Sefti program (SRBJS), Square ...

The Pacific Fisheries Leadership Program

The Pacific Leadership Fisheries Program is a customized program for current and emerging leaders from the fisheries sector in Pacific Islands countries. This significant initiative, in support of the Pacific’s most prominent industry, aims to improve the quality and diversity of leadership, management and cooperation across Pacific fisheries and support ...

Australia Awards Papua New Guinea Reintegration Workshops

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) sponsored Australia Awards are prestigious, merit-based scholarships and fellowships offering emerging global leaders an opportunity to study, research and undertake professional development in Australia. These opportunities help Awardees promote prosperity, reduce poverty, enhance political stability and impact positive social change upon ...

Australia Awards Papua New Guinea Pre-departure Training

Australia Awards PNG (AAPNG) offers approximately 90 merit-based scholarships for primarily Masters level study in Australia each year. Recognising that awardees hail from a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences, AAPNG provides ‘Predeparture Training’ to support awardees in their preparation for living and studying in Australia. In 2019, Square Circle was ...

Beyond Revenues: Measuring the Environmental and Social Impacts of Extraction

Oil, gas and mining projects can generate substantial revenues for host countries. At the same time, extractive activities generate a range of other positive and negative economic, environmental, social, political, institutional and cultural impacts. Host countries must weigh the economic benefits of extractive projects against their environmental and social impacts. However, ...

Local-Level Community Engagement in Solomon Islands’ Minerals Sector

For Solomon Islands, transitioning mineral wealth into broad-based, sustainable forms of development presents as both an opportunity and a challenge. In 2017, the Ministry of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) launched the National Minerals Policy (NMP). Positioning mining as unsustainable by its very nature, the NMP envisions that ...

Digital Storytelling for PNG’s GESI Policy and Leadership Capability Framework

The Government of Papua New Guinea has introduced two foundational policies for the public sector: the Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Policy and the Ethics and Values-Based Leadership and Management Capabilities Framework (LCF). Together, both policies embody the PNG Government’s efforts to create a more inclusive and ethical workforce. ...