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The Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council (CIMC) has two key stakeholders dialogue mechanism through which its annual key activities are conducted:

  1. Holding Council meetings and public Regional and National Development Forums; and

  2. Hosting and facilitating regular meetings and events through it’s 10 Sectoral Committees.

Core annual funding for the CIMC is received from Government through the Department of National Planning’s Public Investment Program (PIP) and from other interested development partners.

The CIMC was established through NEC Decision #46/98, following the 1998 National Economic Summit. The National Executive Council (NEC) recognized the importance of promoting a more broad-based and consultative process of policy formulation and implementation and approved its structure, membership and Terms of Reference.

The CIMC’s main task is to advise the Government’s National Planning Committee (NPC), through the Minister for National Planning. The Minister, who is the Chairman of the CIMC Council, is meant to covey the views of civil society and the business community, to members of the NPC and the NEC. The Council and its Secretariat does this primarily through delivering opinions on policy and legislative proposals in NEC submission, as well as offer solutions to technical problems relating to the implementation of its policies and plans.

The Council was given the power to establish: (a) thematic groups to provide the Council with expert advice on specific or cross-sectoral issues (i.e. VAT, environment, gender); and (b) broad-based sectoral groups to discuss and propose sectoral policies (i.e. agriculture, education, transport etc.).  Where these groups already exist, the Council would acknowledge and link up with them.  Where they don’t exist, the Council was to facilitate their formation/establishment.  The CIMC Terms of Reference also specified that the Council was to promote joint applied research on relevant economic and social policy issues.

The CIMC Secretariat provides executive support services to:

  • CIMC Council in close consultation with the Minister;

  • Various Sectoral Committees in their undertakings; and

  • Host public forums in the four regions and one in Port Moresby.

The CIMC Sectoral Committees

The CIMC Sectoral Committees have members from various backgrounds, bringing researchers, public servants, NGOs and development practitioners together in ways that bypass the normal channels of communication. 

The Committees meet on a quarterly basis, and are chaired either by Government officials or private sector/civil society peak body representatives. There are 11 Committees and 3 programs in operation:

  1. Agriculture

  2. Natural Resources

  3. Informal Economy

  4. Law & Order

  5. Transport & Infrastructure

  6. Governance & Service Delivery

  7. Commerce & Services

  8. Family & Sexual Violence Action Committee (FSVAC)

  9. Health

  10. HIV/AIDS & Population

  11. Education and Training

How does CIMC Work?

CIMC is administered by the Institute of National Affairs (INA) but operates independently on a civil society platform. The Secretariat provides an annual report to Government, and is audited by a private accounting firm each year along with the INA accounts. In 2013 the Department of National Planning carried out a review into the effectiveness, relevance and efficiency of the CIMC. Although the review recommendations strongly called for CIMC to separate from the INA, the NEC submission with the recommendations to date is yet to be taken to Cabinet for endorsement.

The CIMC uses two main mechanisms to obtain stakeholder and general public’s views on development and service delivery. Firstly, it uses the annual Development Forums and secondly through the CIMC Sectoral Committees. The broad aim of these consultations is to communicate the ideas and interests from Government to the masses and receive feedback, views and recommendations from the masses are channeled to Government through the NEC submissions. Two-way flow of information is the essence of the engagement.

Our Mission Statement

Consult

Monitor

Coordinate

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CIMC’s Mission is to consult citizens, government, civil society, churches, development partners, and the private sector. It should ensure that no one group dominates or is excluded in the consultation process. It should be the collective voice of all. Consultations should involve both at the national and sub-national (regional, provincial, district) levels. It should use a variety of mediums to draw information, and should become the development information bank.

CIMC’s Mission is to monitor and give alternate report to government and stakeholders the status of development and service delivery in Papua New Guinea.

CIMC’s Mission is to coordinate or assist in coordinating all development forums in PNG, both at the national and sub-national levels. Also CIMC is a platform for coordinating development information among the various development players.

CIMC’s Mission is to link vital development information in forms of policy papers, research publications, and disseminates these to central and sectoral agencies of Government, other service providers, development partners regarding their service and implementation strategies.

Our Values

  • Dialogue

    CIMC stands by a two way flow of information; from Government to People and from People to Government. It also allows the sharing and exchange of information among different stakeholders. The information sharing involves both speaking and listening.

  • Inclusiveness

    CIMC is everybody’s forum, which is open to all citizens and organisations, both Government and Private, to contribute to the development discourse. CIMC does not serve the interest of any one particular group. but is independent and neutral in its functions.

  • Commitment

    CIMC is committed to the five (5) guiding principles, and the organizational values of dialogue and inclusiveness, and invites all its stakeholders to respect and uphold them. Employees of CIMC are required to inculcate those principles and values as part of their professional conducts and employment requirement.

Our Mandate

  • advise the Minister of National Planning on the development consultation and monitoring of the CIMC;

  • provide advice and make inputs to the sectoral agencies of Government on people’s development views and needs;

  • provide advice to the Ministers of the central agencies of Government on people’s views and needs;

  • partner with Government agencies in their specific consultation processes with citizens regarding policy and legislation;

  • conduct National, Regional, Provincial and District consultations;

  • provide technical assistance and advise to provincial Governments in establishing and consulting provincial development forums, conferences and seminars;

  • provide advice to the Provincial Coordination and Monitoring Council (PCMC);

  • provide advice to the Provincial and Local Level Service Monitoring Authority (PLLSMA);

  • provide technical assistance and advise to local MPs in establishing and consulting district development forums, conferences and seminars;

  • consult and provide specific information to Joint District Planning and Budget Priority Committee (JDPBPC);

  • provide advice to Parliamentary Committees;

  • assist, advise, and to make inputs to the development of political party platforms;

  • oversee the operations of the Sector Advisory Committees of CIMC; and

  • oversee the management and operations of the Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council’s Secretariat.

The CIMC’s mandate is to:

  • consult and coordinate the flow of information from Government to citizens and from citizens to Government;

  • consult citizens and organizations regarding the development of Papua New Guinea;

  • consult Government, Business Sector, and Civil Society Organization regarding their specific interest in the development of the people;

  • research, collect, analyze, interpret and disseminate information on specific development issues;