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Policy Analysis for PNG’s Global Climate Fund Readiness Project

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been classified as the 10th most likely country to be affected by climate change. With its substantial rainforest and biodiversity assets, and its status as the largest Pacific island nation, PNG has committed to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, ...

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 ...

Supporting Adaptive and Inclusive Leaders in Vanuatu’s Justice, Policing and Community Services Sector

The executive leadership retreat for the Justice and Community Service sector is the flagship leadership and team development activity under the Executive Development Program for leaders in Vanuatu’s Justice and Community Services sector. Designed and facilitated by Square Circle, the two-day leadership retreat provided a foundational leadership and team development learning ...

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 ...

Predicting the Tax Compliance Behaviour of MSME

Securing Australia’s national revenue through improving individual and company compliance with tax law is a crucial task for the Australian Tax Office (ATO). However, predicting and influencing compliance behaviour is a complex affair. Tax administrators who must deal with the practicalities of implementing and creating compliance strategies require a model ...

Independent Review of Ghana’s National Informal Mining Strategy

This independent review of the Multilateral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP) for the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources centred on the challenges and opportunities presented by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Ghana. Ghana’s ASM sector provides direct employment for approximately 1 million people, supporting approximately 4.5 million more in ...

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, ...