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Legacy series

The Incentive Fund has worked to capture the impact of funded projects over the past 20 years in our Legacy videos series. 

 The Legacy Series captures the unique nature of the PNG-Australia bilateral relationship and showcases the shared history, culture and friendship between our two countries. The legacy of this work is captured in the clips below, which highlight 20 of these remarkable projects and the lives of people they’ve touched.

Salvation Army Health Project
  • Sector: Education
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK5,014,980 million
  • Location: Boroko, Port Moresby, National Capital District
  • In 2000, the PNG-Australia Partnership awarded the first Incentive Fund grant to the Salvation Army Boroko Primary School, facilitating the construction of essential facilities, including classrooms and a library. In 2007, a second grant allowed the school to expand its curriculum to grades 7 and 8, adding more classrooms and resources. Today, the school enrols between 900 and 1000 students annually, representing a 150% increase from 400 students in 2000, and offers internationally recognized education standards.
Mt Hagen Health Infrastructure Development
  • Sector: Health
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK5,459,107 million
  • Location: Mt Hagen, Western Highlands Province
  • Mt Hagen Catholic Health Services was awarded an Incentive Fund grant to launch transformative projects in four vibrant communities: Kuruk, Fatima, Mun, and Rabiamul.
Salvation Army Boroko Primary School - Phase II
  • Sector: Health
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK10 million
  • Location: Oro Province, Central Province, Gult Province, Eastern Highlands Province & NCD
  • In 2000, the PNG-Australia Partnership awarded the first Incentive Fund grant to the Salvation Army Boroko Primary School, facilitating the construction of essential facilities, including classrooms and a library.
Nazarene Health Ministries: Kudjip Hospital Expansion
Project
  • Sector: Health
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 23,937,195 million
  • Location: Kudjip Jiwaka, Jiwaka Province
  • Since 2006, the PNG-Australia Partnership has provided 3 grants to Nazarene Health Ministries through the Incentive Fund program. The grants have supported the Nazarene Hospital to reach Provincial Hospital status and better serve the 60,000 people who use the hospital each year.
PNG Institute of Medical Research Infrastructure and Capacity Strengthening Program
  • Sector: Research - Medical
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK6,840,855 million
  • Location: Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Madang, Madang Province, Maprik, East Sepik Province
  • The PNG Institute of Medical Research utilised an Incentive Fund grant to construct a library, an archive, a lecture theatre, and an Operational Research Unit (ORU), along with housing for officers and staff in Goroka, Madang, and Maprik. They renovated existing facilities to create better laboratory space, a computer laboratory, larger administration offices, and improved housing in Goroka and Madang, responding to the growing demands for healthrelated research that were stretching both the current staff and the new resources.

Notre Dame Secondary School and Mercy Secondary School: Girls Education

  • Sector: Education
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK41 million
  • Location(s): Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province and Wewak, East Sepik Province
  • The PNG-Australia Partnership has been dedicated to supporting girls’ education in PNG for decades. The Notre Dame Secondary School in Western Highlands Province, and Mercy Secondary School in East Sepik Province, are all-girl schools that have benefited from this support. Students at these schools are now achieving some of the best results in the country 
Mt. Hagen and Lorengau Markets Development
  • Sector: Economic Development - Markets
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK7.5 million
  • Location: Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province and Lorengau, Manus Province
  • In 2004, the Mt Hagen Local Level Government received a grant from the PNGAustralia Partnership to upgrade the Hagen Market and provide training for local vendors. Since the market opened in 2006 it has supported improvements to economic security for all of its vendors, most of them women and has become an agricultural centre of the country, supplying produce nationwide. In 2015, the PNG-Australia Partnership also upgraded the Lorengau Market in Manus Province. This enabled an increase in the number of stalls from 480 to 740 provision for 8 small shops and upgraded WASH facilities

Divine Word University: Madang Campus

  • Sector: Education
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK28.1 million
  • Location: Madang Campus, Madang Province
  • The PNG-Australia Partnership has provided three Incentive Fund grants totalling PGK28.1 million to Divine Word University, the first in 2002, the second in 2011 and the third in 2018. These funds have supported the construction of the Friendship Library, a lecture theatre, IT systems, male and female dormitories and staff housing. Divine Word University prioritises leadership opportunities for girls and has a 55% female enrolment ratio. Students credit these facilities to their overall learning experience and are striving to make the most of their tertiary education.
LaSalle Technical College: TVET
  • Sector: Education
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 28 million
  • Location: Hohola, National Capital District
  • Supporting high-quality technical and vocational education and training has consistently been a priority for the PNG-Australia Partnership’s Incentive Fund Program. LaSalle Technical College received two grants: in 2008, and again in 2013. This support has helped the school to build new classrooms, tutorial rooms, and academic, training and administrative facilities, including multi-purpose halls. The college also upgraded the motor mechanic workshop, library, teaching area and power and water supplies. Previously the college had to turn away three hundred applicants annually but, thanks to the new facilities, they can now accept higher numbers of new enrolments.

University of Vudal Integrated Agriculture Training Program

  • Sector: Research - Agriculture
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK12.5million
  • Location: Kerevat, East New Britain Province
  • In Phase 1 of the Incentive Fund, the University of Natural Resources in Kerevat, East New Britain Province received a grant that enabled the institution to pilot the Integrated Agriculture Training Program and construct a training centre. The project also included facilitating access to credit for farmers and developing market information systems. This IATP course trained 5,000 farmers in the region in various elements of farming and agriculture, including bookkeeping, land use and soil fertility, cocoa, vanilla and other crops. Now, 15 years later, the school has scaled up the project with support from various donors and has trained 30,000 farmers across each region of PNG, reaching 12 provinces
Marianville Catholic Secondary School
  • Sector: Education
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 10million
  • Location: Bomana, National Capital District
  • In 2002 and again in 2014, the PNG-Australia Partnership provided 2 Incentive Fund grants to Marianville Secondary School to improve teaching and learning facilities, support girls’ education, and create space for new enrolments. These funds have supported the construction of a classroom block, three science laboratories, four staff duplexes three teachers’ houses, a laundry, an ablution block, a work shed and safe walkways. Existing dormitories, dining, kitchens, computer rooms, classrooms, and teachers’ houses were repaired, the assembly hall was also extended and textbooks, audio-visual equipment, science equipment and backup generators were provided.

Alotau General Hospital Facilities Upgrade

  • Sector: Health
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK9,331,331
  • Location: Alotau, Milne Bay Province
  • Alotau General Hospital in Milne Bay Province received its first grant under Phase 1 of the PNG-Australia Partnership’s Incentive Fund in 2003. This grant supported the upgrade of the hospital’s operating theatre facilities and surgical ward. It also supported the construction of many new buildings, including eight new nurses’ units, one house, two duplexes and a six-room hostel. The grant also refurbished several other facilities. Then, in 2012 the hospital received a second Incentive Fund grant enabling them to upgrade medical, clinical and administration facilities, as well as additional staff housing.
Pacific Adventist University Business Studies Complex
  • Sector: Education
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 10million
  • Location: 14 Mile, Port Moresby, National Capital District
  • In 2017, the PNG-Australia Partnership provided an Incentive Fund grant to construct a new School of Business Studies Complex at the Pacific Adventist University. The complex included new classrooms, computer labs, staff and student amenities, and three lecture theatres accommodating a total of 440 students. These modern learning facilities support a range of courses including Bachelor of Business (Accounting, Information Systems, Management and/or Entrepreneurship), Diploma of Leadership and Management, and Master of Leadership and Management, training the next generation of business leaders in Papua New Guinea.
Salvation Army Health Project
  • Sector: Health
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 5.014million
  • Location: Central Province, Eastern Highlands Province, Gulf Province and Northern Province
  • Incentive Fund funded the primary health care projects. The projects contributed to improving health facilities and facilitating training and workshops for the villages in Central, Eastern Highlands, Gulf and Northern provinces.
National Research Institute and NARI Infrastructure Development Program
  • Sector: Research
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 6.6million
  • Location: Rainbow, National Capital District and Kerevat, East New Britain Province
  • The PNG-Australia Partnership is dedicated to supporting PNG’s research capacity through infrastructure support with 10 new offices for research staff, a registration and reception office, an administration and conference facility for 240 people, a printing and production facility, four staff units and the upgrading of eight existing accommodation units in 2009. A separate grant was also awarded to the National Agriculture Research Institute in East New Britain province to rebuild of NARI office, research facilities and guesthouses at Kerevat.
Lutheran School of Nursing and Pacific Adventist University Nursing Facilities Upgrade
  • Sector: Health
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 3.27million
  • Location: Madang, Madang Province and Pacific Adventist University, 14 Mile, National Capital District
  • Through the PNG-Australia Partnership and the Incentive Fund, new facilities and accommodations were built for teachers and students at the Lutheran School of Nursing, paving the way for a brighter future in healthcare education. Pacific Adventist University was also awarded an Incentive Fund grant to develop advanced teaching facilities, enhancing the learning environment and empowering students to reach their full potential.
Mt Hagen Technical College Infrastructure
Upgrade
  • Sector: Health
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 9.7million
  • Location: Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province
  • Mt Hagen Technical College received an Incentive Fund grant to construct a large diesel heavy equipment fitting (DHEF) workshop, six 3-bedroom staff houses, and two dormitories to accommodate 48 students each, as well as to re-route the existing water reticulation supply line.
Mt Hagen Health Infrastructure
Development
  • Sector:Health
  • IFA Expenditure: PGK 5.459million
  • Location: Rabiamul, Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province
  • Mt Hagen Catholic Health Services was awarded an Incentive Fund grant to launch transformative projects in four vibrant communities: Kuruk, Fatima, Mun, and Rabiamul. This initiative led to the construction of two sub-health centres, six staff houses, eight twobedroom staff units, and a welcoming patient waiting area, alongside the purchase of a dedicated ambulance. Together, these enhancements have improved healthcare access and the well-being of the local population.
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