| Schedule INA Events for 2009
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| 1st February | Launch of the Open Budget Index 2008
–. to download a copy of the full report and other material go to the website of the International Budget Partnership: www.openbudgetindex.org | view details |
| February | Consultations and seminar on Mobile Banking – prospective agents with UNDP and IFC, and 13th February launch of PFIP (Pacific Financial Improvement Programme) by UNDP | |
| February | Launch of Labour and Training Survey | |
| 5th March | Dr Allen Allison – Public Address – Ela Beach Hotel 5 PM, The Biodiversity of PNG: A Megadiverse Hotspot | |
| 5th March | CIMC Council Meeting | |
| 17th March | Dr Michael Bourke –Public Address – The Situation of Agriculture in PNG – 3 PM (location to be advised) | view details |
| 19th March | Dr Jerry Jordan – Public Address - Economic and Financial Crisis: 12 PM (location to be advised) | |
| 20th March | Dr Jerry Jordan – Public Address - Economic and Financial Crisis; Origins and Consequences; 2 PM, Ela Beach Hotel | |
| 16th April | PNG Update (with ANU) – at UPNG all day | view details |
| 20th April | PNG Update (with ANU) - Alotau Educational –all day | view details |
22nd April | PNG Update (with ANU) – University of Goroka – all day | view details |
| 24th April | PNG Update (with ANU) – Divine Word University, Madang, - all day | view details |
| 29 - 30th April | CIMC Momase Regional Development Forum, Madang, on Agriculture, Rural Development and Implementation at District Level | |
| 7-8th May | CIMC – Highlands Regional Development Forum, Goroka, on Agriculture, Rural Development and Implementation at District level | |
| 14th May | Care Australia/Lowy Institute – Sydeny - workshop on Poverty and its alleviation in PNG | |
| 18-19th May | PNG-Australia Business Forum, Madang | |
| 29th May | Public Address by Terry Michael, founder and executive director of the Washington Center for Politics and Journalism, on “President Obama’s first 100 days in Office” 10.30 Ela Beach Hotel | |
| 4th June | INA Council Meeting and AGM | |
| 17-18th June | CIMC Islands Regional Development Forum, Buka, on Agriculture, Rural Development and Implementation at District Level | |
| 19th June | Address by Dr Robert Johns, Director, New Guinea Program, Botanical Research Institute of Texas “The Vegetation of New Guinea – Its Classification, Biodiversity and Conservation, with observations on the effects of Population and Carbon Trading” | |
| 2-3rd July | CIMC Southern Regional Development Forum, Alotau, on Agriculture, Rural Development and Implementation at District Level | |
| 5-6th August | National Development Forum, National Parliament, Waigani | |
| 3rd September | INA Council Meeting | |
| 3rd December | INA Council Meeting | |
