Author: Vasinatta Yama

Department of Personnel Management’s Policy and Review Coordination Officer Mr. David Kawage graduated as the top student with a certificate in Governance and Public Policy (Social Research Methods) that was undertaken at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Mr. Kawage along with Senior Public Service Reforms officer with the Strategic Policy Development branch Ms.…

Administration of the Performance Management System by respective agencies heads is critical and important and awareness on this continues as the Department of Personnel Management Reforms Regional Workshops progress.   It is a HR process for managing performance of agency heads and prior to 2018 there was not a system to measure and asses the performance…

The Human Resources strategic development plan 2023- 2050 is going to lift the public service standards and improve the performance of public servants in the country in the next thirty years says Department of Personnel Management Executive Manager for Strategic Policy Development Ms. Ida Yuki at the week -long DPM Reforms Regional workshop held in…

Public Servants in the country will now have access to a life and medical Insurance scheme that will benefit and cover the 130,000 public servants in national agencies, provincial and district administrations said Department of Personnel Management Deputy Secretary Policy and Reforms Mr. Ellison Kalimet.  “The Insurance will cover two areas, health and life. For…

Housing for public servants has been an existing issue however all that is to change now that the Public Service Housing Policy and its related policies are being developed to addressed this issue says Department of Personnel Management Deputy Secretary Policy and Reforms Mr. Ellison Kalimet at the opening of the Highlands Regional workshop.  Mr.…

The Department of Personnel Management commenced the Regional Reforms Workshop starting with the Highlands Region this week, at the Western Highlands Province.  Department of Personnel Management’s Deputy Secretary Reforms and Policy Mr. Ellison Kalimet who officially opened the workshops and delivered the keynote speech on behalf of Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan said it was a…

Department of Personnel Management’s Acting Manager for Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Coordination and Mainstreaming Whole of Government (GESI WoG), Ms. Amelia Raka attended the 10th Annual International Gender and Women Studies Conference in Bangkok Thailand, as a  representative from Papua New Guinea working in the Gender space. Ms. Raka along with her counterpart from the…

Eight (8) DPM Officers attended a workshops conducted by the Australian Public Service Academy. The workshop was aimed at Building and Developing High Performing Teams and gain the knowledge of how to transition from their roles as technical experts to managers of people in order for real improvement in productivity to be accomplished. The officers…

The National Executive Council has the merger between the Department of Personnel Management and the Public Service Commission. This was one of the major announcement made by Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan during the second staff meeting held on the  Friday 18th of August 2023. Secretary took the time to congratulate DPM staff for their efforts in the…

Department of Personnel Management participate in the Pay Use group seminar which was held in Brisbane Australia on the 7th of August this year. Deputy Secretary, Human Resource Advisory Services and Compliance Audit, Ms. Constance Baisi delivered her presentation on the Human Resource Digital Transformation at the PNG Investment Conference in Brisbane Australia. She explained…