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Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (STREIT PNG)

Project No 9PNG20003
Title Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (STREIT PNG)
Description

The European Union under its 11th European Development Fund (EDF) is funding the STREIT PNG project. ITU will carry out its role in implementing the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) component of the STREIT PNG project and will work closely with partner UN agencies and other stakeholders in Papua New Guinea.

Area of Action Least Developed Countries & SIDS
Status Ongoing
Time Frame From 1/1/2020 To 31/5/2025
Beneficiary Countries Papua New Guinea
Implementing Agency International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Cooperation Agency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Labour Organization (ILO), UNCDF, UNDP
Financial Scale (CHF) More than 1'000'000
Achievements Policy Frameworks. - 100% 
- e-Agriculture Strategies developed for East and West Sepik provinces and have been endorsed by the respective provincial administrations.
- Developed Mobile Quality of Service (QoS) Framework regulations and officially accepted and approved by NICTA
- Four round tables organized in POM, Wewk and Vanimo on Network Coverage Expansion and Financial Inclusion with UNCDF & FAO

Digital Agricultural Services - Management Information Systems (in collaboration with FAO): 80%
- AMIS - Prototype developed and handed over to NDAL
- Cocoa Board - MIS Prototype developed & handed over
- WSPMIS - Supported FAO in development of West Sepik MIS. East Sepik MIS architecture developed
- DNPM - MIS architecture developed
All MIS accompanied by mobile Apps and integrated with G-Cloud using GovStack principles supported by DICT.
- Facilitated and supported NWS AMAMAS agrometeorology service application in Sepik (Cocoa, Vanilla & Fish farmers)

Digital Connectivity - Digital Infrastructure: 70%
- Established 7 Resource Centres
- Linkage with Stakeholders
- Developed Sustainability Business Plan and implementing
- Delivered and installed equipement 
- VSAT internet connection installed
- Power supply installed by UNDP

Digital Skills - Capacity Building: 126%
- Developed LMS platform & handed over to PNG UOT
- Developed 10+ training courses
- Conducted 40+ full 5 days training physically and virtually
- Weekly online trainings conducted



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