Alyssa Parado
Alyssa holds a degree in Management Accounting from University of Santo Tomas and she brings over 7 years of experience in business support to our Square Circle's Directors.
Her versatility, passion for learning and dedication to work had led her to myriad of opportunities supporting C-level executives in several different industries ...
Subnational Governance, Transparency and Reporting in the Mining Sector
As Papua New Guinea (PNG) struggles to transition its natural resources into inclusive and sustainable forms of development, the taxes, fees and levies collected from extractive projects provide much needed revenue to the national government. These ‘resource rents’ help the national government to fund basic services to its citizens—many of ...
Short Courses in Leadership, Governance and Development
Square Circle’s Dr Michael Spann, Dr Kamil Shah, Dr Tim Grice and Dr Joseph Hongoh have been contracted by the University of Queensland (previously as individuals and subsequently as Square Circle) to teach into a range of professional short course programs run through The University of Queensland’s Institute of Continuing ...
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 ...
Market Scan for Australian Extractives Development Assistance
For developing countries rich with mineral resources, the extractives sector has the potential to boost government revenues while creating positive local impacts. Yet without an effective, transparent and well-resourced policy and regulatory regime, the potential benefits of extraction can be eroded or lost to corruption, social conflict, ecological degradation and ...