Introduction

Most public sector essential services today, under the Organic Law on Provincial and Local Level Government, are delivered by and through sub national agencies. And it is DPLGA’s responsibility, under this law, to support and motivate excellence-in-performance by provincial and local level governments.

This is a heavy and significant responsibility which must be planned for carefully and delivered with commitment and persistence.

This Strategic and Corporate Plan of DPLGA for the period June 2004 to December 2007 reflects the determination of DPLGA’s management and staff to make a difference in public sector performance at a sub national level over the period of the current MTDS, which is till 2007. The Plan incorporates concrete and tangible goals and targets which if achieved, will substantially contribute to better governance and more efficient services at the sub national level.

The Plan has been based on the collective thinking and aspirations of DPLGA’s entire staff and management. It was developed through a series of staff workshops over a five-month period during early 2004. The collaborative and participative approach adopted reflects the resolve of DPLGA to re-invent itself into an efficient and effective public sector organization, dedicated to better responding to the needs of its primary clients viz the provincial and local level governments.

It is the sincere hope of DPLGA that it will make a tangible difference in the lives of people of PNG through its contributions to better public sector performance at the sub national level.

Gei Ilagi

Secretary – Department of Provincial and Local Government Affairs

July 2004