Public Service Excellence & Preventing Corruption in PNG PNG Phones Against Corruption supported by UNDP ACPIS Presentation outline 2. PNG - Context & Challenges 3. Recent international events hosted in PNG 4. Good governance reforms 5. Phones Against Corruption (PAC) innovation 6. Results of PAC testing phase in DoF 7. DSIP funds abuse and rural service delivery 8. Scaling up PAC through ACMs supported by UNDP ACPIS funds 9. The ACE Award 2018 and how it will help the PAC program 10. Political will to support open governance 11. Pursuit of MDGs, SDGs and Vision 2050 12. Good governance as key enabler to leave no one behind 13. THANK YOU – ACE Awards & PNG Partners to make PAC work

PNG Country Context & Challenges PNG a SIDS in the Pacific of 8 million people 600 islands, 800 tribes, 1000 languages Challenging geography on ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’ Classified low middle income & resource rich Dispersed cultural ethnicity a big challenge Championed decentralization to deliver services Global warming & natural disasters affect a lot Significant infrastructure gaps and low HDI Administration & governance challenges – GoPNG recognizes corruption as a big challenge Despite all its challenges, has upheld its democracy with commitment to remain open & accountable

Recent international events hosted 1. July 2015 – Pacific Games 2. Dec 2016 – FIFA U20 Women’s World Soccer 3. Nov 2018 – APEC Diplomatic Summit PNG believes that the ability to host the above is due to a stable democracy, credible governance and above all a diverse tolerant culture that has a big heart to welcome and share joys of togetherness. PNG believes that it can do even better if it can minimize corruption and enhance governance

Good governance reforms push post 2014 Ombudsman Commission & Leadership Code 2002 Decentralization efforts and PFM reforms 2002 PSAP and Audit Committee Meeting Program 2005 (with 2 Independent members for oversight and openness) Cashless to curb corruption in 2014. Phones against corruption innovation 2014 (Social accountability citizen participatory mechanism) Anonymous reporting due to Wantok culture PEFA roadmap 2015, Alotau Accord II 2017 & MTDP III 2018 Taken off FATF grey list in 2016 IFMS for real-time PFM monitoring to help service delivery Repeal of PFMA in 2016 for good governance Introduction of PMMR in 2017 for PFM control Consolidate procurement - NPC in 2018 In process of setting up ICAC by 2019 ? Review PSMA and Audit Act for Public Service Excellence ? TI-PNG ranking: from 145/175 in 2014 to 135/180 in 2017 is encouraging and indicative of good governance efforts delivering results.

Phones Against Corruption innovation Interactive TXT message system 7 texts – 16321, L?, Where, When, F?, What, Thnkx Is not a mobile app. It is a SMS system. Does not require internet access Is free of charge for the users It is anonymous (Digicel Comm + Newcom Tech) Works with any simple mobile phone User friendly Available in Local language (Tok Pisin) and English Unique and special number - 16321 Covers 98% of the population – Network operator

Results of testing phase 2014-2017 DoF-Number of valid cases by status Legal verdict obtained 2 Cases in Courts 5 Completed Cases 10 Investigations in Progress 15 Pending Cases 45 Total 77 Total complaints in the region of USD 6 Million

DSIP funds - Rationale behind PNG-PAC Budget Revenue K 12.7 B TI-PNG – 40% Deficit K 2.0 B Debt 32% of GDP Corruption Losses Old @ 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% Budget Exp (K 14.7 Billion) 900 1,000 Donors fighting corruption 100 Totals -360 -350 -300 -250 -200 -150 Reaching program delivery 640 650 700 750 800 850 Incremental reaches 10 60 110 160 210 Fighting corruption gains 1% 6% 11% 16% 21%

How the scale up to ACM agencies works? Awareness creation - posters, ACMs, workshops & media Data held by DoF IACD Database. DoF IACD scrutinizes data and records in DBMS. Cases identified for agencies sent to them for investigation. Agencies report progress through ACMs. DoF IACD investigates the cases retained by it. ACMs monitor the progress of investigations. DoF IACD feeds the investigation results in DBMS. Quarterly report submissions to DoF. DoF IACD provides all necessary support. The scale up supported by UNDP ACPIS, a joint initiative of AusDFAT and UNDP. Solomon Islands too looking to replicate. Pilot phase 2014-17 reported 560 cases and the scale up phase from April 2018 reported 280 cases (2,788 texts). Big challenge now is to ensure effective investigations of these at agency levels. ACPIS funds helped create awareness through 31 ACMs & 15 workshops; this was possible through partnerships with IACD, PCaB, PSC and TI-PNG This program has shown to be effective in enhancing good governance through citizen participation.

GoPNG-DoF efforts from 2014: ACE Award 2018 & how it helps The program now needs to concentrate on working with agencies on Actions. ACE Award will supplement: IA staff training workshops Courses on own website Program staff additions Support resources for investigations at agencies Support new Audit Comms to join the program Strengthen partnerships GoPNG-DoF efforts from 2014: Achieved developing the prototype and test it successfully in DoF i.e. The SMS app stage UNDP ACPIS funds in 2018: Helped scale-up to 29 other departments and 14 provinces all of which have functioning ACs i.e. Awareness Campaigns stage

Political will to support open governance PNG government is committed to support: Participatory processes evidenced by programs such as the Phones Against Corruption. Open governance initiatives evidenced by programs such as the Audit Committee Program. Good governance initiatives evidenced by Ombudsman, Leadership Code, ICAC, Procurement Commission, PEFA, PFMA, PMMR, Cashless etc. Support decentralization and devolution of power to sub-national governments evidenced by SIP funding and significant investments in key sectors to enhance provincial growth and ability to deliver services to citizens.

MDGs, SDGs & Vision 2050 1. Key learning from MDGs experience and global recession: Reduce dependence on extractive industries ; Diversify economy through growth of renewable sectors ; Enable private sector to contribute to sustainable growth; Invest in human development for good governance. 2. Alotau Accord II and MTDP III: Foundation for achieving SDGs by 2030 through decentralization and devolution of power to empower provinces to effectively contribute to GDP and a better quality of life to all our citizens. 3. The above to guide PNG to achieve its Vision 2050: “to be a smart, wise, fair and happy society”. To be achieved by working on the 7 key pillars and 8 critical enablers of Vision 2050 comprising in main of leadership, good governance, human development, citizen participation, public sector performance and accountability. 4. GoPNG realizes that SDG 16 has a cross-cutting linkage to all other SDGs and hence the need for efforts to minimize corruption and enhance good governance practices. 7 Key Pillars – 1. HDI & empowerment, 2. Wealth creation, 3. Institutions & service delivery, 4. Security & international relations, 5. Environment & climate, 6. Community development, 7. Strategic planning & control 8 key enablers – 1. Leadership & Governance, 2. HDI, 3. Enabling policies, 4. Infrastructure, 5. Financial capacity, 6. Service delivery, 7. Citizen participation, 8. Performance & accountability

Good governance – a key enabler For PNG to aim at Vision 2050 objectives: Greater devolution of power to provinces Better infrastructure and service delivery Strengthen HDI through Health & Education Improve GDP through Public Service Excellence that is open, transparent & accountable Reduce crime and corruption to help private sector to contribute to economic growth Sustainable and equitable development Enhance living standards and quality of life Inclusive citizen participation in governance MDGs failure & key lessons for meeting SDGs

A big THANK YOU! To the ACE Award 2018 committee for recognizing Pacific SIDS government program for its efforts! To the Wantok Niuspepa team for nominating! To Hon. Marape, the PNG Minister of Finance for political will to support the program! To Dr. Ngangan, Secretary, GoPNG-DoF for his leadership, commitment and support! To UNDP-ACPIS initiative for funding scale-up! To GoPNG DoF team at IACD and the PCaB team! To UNDP-PNG CO team for their support! To PNG citizens and all partners and stakeholders!