VALUE PROPOSITION: ACTUAL Need versus PERCEIVED Need PRESENTATION AT THE 2015 LGMA NATIONAL CONGRESS DARWIN CONVENTION CENTRE 1 MAY 2015 JOHN GIMISEVE (PNG)

Quick Background  7.5m plus people  22 provinces  89 districts  315 LLGs (40 urban; 275 rural)  6129 LLG wards (WDC)  111 MPs  22 Governors  89 Open MPs  40 Mayors (ULLGs)  275 Presidents  6129 ward member  670 nominated members Quick Background

Annual Grants  PGK10m pa/local Open MP i.e.: PKG890m (DSIP)  PGK5/district TIED grant = PGK445m  PGK5/district x No. Of Districts per province. i.e.: PGK445/year (PSIP)  PGK /LLG = PGK31.5m/year (LLGSIP)

Current Status Quo  Service Recipient : “You are not delivering to expectations.”  Civil Servant : “We are sure we are delivering on what we believe you need.”  Politician : “Ask the civil servant. Its their job to deliver. We have made available.”

What it Should be:  Service Recipient: “You are NOT listening! You are ASSUMING my NEED.”  Civil Servant : “What is your ACTUAL need? Can we sit and talk?”  Politician: “I am happy to LISTEN to the civil servant and pay attention to what matters to you and not what I THINK matters to you.”

VALUE PROPOSITION (Mutual)  Government will deliver on identified and agreed actual need  Service/Good recipient to reciprocate by taking ownership of what has been delivered.

Foreseeable Challenges  Fluidity in priorities  Political rhetoric  Competing priorities  Political instability  Incapacity  Public service inefficiencies & incompetencies  Composition of legalised boards/committees

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