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Corruption Risks in Mining Approvals: Australian Snapshot from the Mining for Sustainable Development Programme

Corruption in the mining approvals process can result in poor decisions about the environmental, social and environmental impacts of a project. State revenues can be captured, and local benefits can be constrained. To help prevent corruption from occurring, corruption risks must be understood. Transparency International’s Mining for Sustainable Development Program ...

Local Content Policies in the Mining Sector: Stimulating Direct Local Employment

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) is a voluntary initiative supporting over 70 nations committed to leveraging mining for sustainable development to ensure negative impacts are limited and financial benefits are shared. One of IGF’s priorities is to help member states as they seek to maximize ...

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 ...

Institutional Design for Solomon Islands’ MMERE

The Government of Solomon Islands is introducing a series of legislative and institutional reforms to implement the National Minerals Policy (NMP). One key initiative is an institutional support program for the Ministry of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE), including strengthening the organisational structure and staff development program so ...

Design of the Solomon Islands Minerals Advisory Centre

The mining sector in Solomon Islands has the potential to contribute much needed fiscal revenue to the state, while creating employment and livelihood opportunities for local communities. However, recent experiences of mining in the archipelago nation have been characterized by environmental degradation and a range of both positive and negative ...

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. ...

Inclusive Strategic Leadership Workshops for PNG’s Public Sector

The primary goal of the Precinct Leadership Program was to contribute to the development of a cadre of ethical and capable leaders that will act in the public interest to better ensure effective and accountable service delivery for Papua New Guinea (PNG). Delivered in Port Moresby and Goroka in 2017, ...

Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for Inclusive Growth in PNG

Long promoted as a vehicle for inclusive growth in other developing economies, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been placed at the centre of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) medium-term development strategy. SMEs face a broad and diverse range of challenges when starting or growing a business in PNG, resulting ...

Strategic Planning for UPNG’s School of Business and Public Policy

The School of Business and Public Policy (SBPP) is one of five Schools at The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG). SBPP has positioned itself as the leading School of Business and Management in PNG, and one of the emerging Schools of Business and Management in the Asia-Pacific region. Square Circle ...