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JUSTICE ADVISORY GROUP (JAG)

Role in PNG's National Law & Justice Program

The Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG) is committed to improving the performance of the law and justice sector, and to promote the rule of law in order to realise its broader development goals. AusAID has agreed to support this commitment by providing assistance through the establishment of a Justice Advisory Group and the introduction of the new Law and Justice Sector Program.

Justice Advisory Group

The Justice Advisory Group (JAG) has been established to provide independent technical advice to the GoPNG and AusAID on the performance of the law and justice sector, including the impact and outcomes of GoPNG and donor funding. The JAG will provide specialist technical advice in relation to policy, management and/or operational matters.

The JAG works closely with all law and justice sector agencies, being the judiciary (national, supreme, magistrates and village courts, and the NJSS), the police (RPNGC), correctional services (CS), Department of Justice & Attorney-General (DJAG) and related agencies to provide advice and assistance to improve the coordination of sector performance. 

Role of the JAG

The JAG does, as a part of its role supporting the law and justice sector,

1.  Provide independent advice to support GoPNG in its role of sector monitoring and evaluation of performance of the law and justice sector, including impact and outcomes of GoPNG and donor funding.       
2. Advise on policy, structural, financial or other issues for the law and justice sector
3. Provide specialist technical advice in relation to policy, management and/or organisational matters
4. Assist in the promotion of sector coordination and monitoring, the development of agreed sector outcomes and indicators, and the collection of sector performance information.

The JAG is a shared GoPNG/AusAID resource, which provides sectoral information and policy advice, and focuses on monitoring the performance of the law and justice sector as a whole. In particular, the JAG:-

• Assists GoPNG to develop sector outcomes, and advise on qualitative and quantitative performance indicators
• Assists GoPNG to collect sector performance information
• Identifies key policy issues emerging from a Sector Performance Framework
• Contributes to periodic reviews of sector performance
• Contributes to independent reviews of AusAID's projects and programs
• Builds capacity of both GoPNG and AusAID to undertake sectoral monitoring.

Law and Justice Program

The JAG works with the Law and Justice Sector Program (Program), which is the primary mechanism for AusAID to support PNG's law and justice sector. The objectives of this program are to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of the formal justice system and to support the informal system as an alternative avenue for the redress of disputes consistent with the National Law & Justice Sector Policy and Plan of Action.

The program has established a design framework for providing assistance primarily through PNG's own systems to the law and justice sector, including imprest account funding, technical assistance, infrastructure, training, procurement of materials and equipment, disbursement of grants and support for community-based initiatives.

The program approach was designed in 2003 and is now being implemented over the next 5-year period - and beyond - to improve sectoral coordination, improve functioning of the formal law and justice agenda, increase focus on crime prevention and restorative justice, and improve integration of cross-sectoral issues.

The JAG is tasked to appraise the program designs, plans and activities of the program manager (including the Program Design Document and Annual Program Plans), and monitor performance and compliance with contract requirements in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the program. 

Who are the JAG?

Core team

Head of Secretariat (in white shirt), Nigel Agonia at a recent NGO Expo in Lae

The JAG comprises a small team of independent experts managed by Educo, a specialist development organisation having extensive experience working in PNG.
The core team  includes:

• Rowan Downing QC - Project Director
• John Raynee- Team Leader
• Nigel Agonia OBE - Head of Secretariat
• Dr Richard Guy- Project Manager
• Julie Hulama- Research Officer
• Lydia Bobola - Administration Officer

Advisory panel

JAG is supported by an advisory panel of domestic and international advisors with a broad range of expertise and experience. This panel currently includes, among others:-

• Bernard Narokobi - Criminal Justice Reform
• The Hon Tos Barnett - Community Based Correction Systems & Fraud and    Corruption
• Professor Lawrence Kalinoe - Criminal Justice & Community
• John Kawi - Criminal Justice
• Charles Lepani - Strategic Planning & Financial Management
• Professor Mark Findlay - Criminal Justice Reform
• Dr Ian Patrick - Strategic Planning and Performance Monitoring
• Steven Gray - Performance Monitoring
• Mick Palmer - Police
• Catriona McComish - Community-based Corrections
• Dr Michael Goddard - Village Courts
• Dr Sinclair Dinnen - Restorative Justice
• Glenn Crannage - Police
• Tim Rohl - Police
• Judith Day - Community Development
• Paul Bacon - Information Management 

How to contact the JAG

The JAG office and secretariat has been established and can be contacted at-:

Office Location
Level 3, Pacific Place, PORT MORESBY, National Capital District
Papua New Guinea

Postal Address
Justice Advisory Group
PO Box 114, PORT MORESBY
National Capital District
Papua New Guinea

Contact details
Telephone: (+675) 321 5911
Fax: (+675)  321 5912
Email: educo@daltron.com.pg

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The Working Group

The Origin of the Law and Justice Sector Working

The establishment of the Law and Justice Sector Working (LJSWG) was an initiative by the Department of National Planning Office in 1997 after a joint PNG/AusAID review in the same year.

The LJSWG comes under the auspices of the then Department of the National Planning office now the Department of National Planning and Rural Development to under take a Sector coordination role that will link with other donors and stakeholders.

The membership of the LJSG includes the Department of Justice and Attorney General, the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, PNG Correctional Services, Ombudsman Commission, Magisterial Services and the National Judicial Staff Services.

The LJSWG major role is to Plan, and prioritise programs within the sector and  to develop policies and guidelines entailing broad sector development.       

Members of the Law and Justice Sector Working Group;

• Philip Clivson

Philip is the District Court Registrar with the PNG Magisterial Services.

• Joab Mangai

Joab holds the rank of Chief Superintendent with the PNG Royal Constabulary. He is the Corporate Planning Director.

• Alois Francis

Alois is the project officer with the CIMC.

• Tom Dangiaba

Tom is attached with the National Judicial Service as its Planner

•  Tamati Hane- Renagi

Tamati is attached with the Public Solicitors Office as the Administration Manager.

• William Kumanga

Willie is a Senior Planner with the Department of National Planning and Monitoring.

• Mavara Sere

Mavara is the Secretary to the Ombudsman Commission

•  Robert Tarube

Robert is a Corporate Planner with the NJSS

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Information Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Working Group (IMMETWG)

When was IMMETWG formed?

The Information Management/Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Working Group (IMMETWG) was established on 4^th November 2003 with the primary objective of enhancing communication and collaboration within the law and justice sector for this technical area.

What is its Role?

Its main role is to coordinate the collection and analysis of data for the Performance Monitoring Framework focusing on the ten sector priorities.   The Performance Monitoring Framework will be the main tool to assist in monitoring the performance of the law and justice sector.   It is proposed to review the terms of reference at a later stage to integrate some elements of monitoring and evaluation into it.

The terms of reference are as follows:

•  Overseeing the coordination/collection/compilation of law and justice sector data
• Review current agency data/information linkages and data exchange
• Review of law and justice sector IT situation, and the possible establishment of a law and
  justice sector information management policy/strategy
• Development of sectoral indicators and the delivery of sectoral performance monitoring report
• Identifying information management/monitoring and evaluation training needs and capacity
  building assessment(s)

Sub-Committee

Due to the broad composition of the members, IT and Data sub-committee were formed to represent the specific requirement of the members.  Work is in progress in developing an IT standard for the sector.

The website committee was formed in the middle of the year to consult with the stakeholders on the design of the website and progress it to completion.   Members on the committee initially comprise representatives of the IMMETWG but the group was later expanded to cater for media personnel from the sector agencies.

Key Milestone

By the end of the year, the IMMETWG would have held twelve meetings and three workshops in 2003 and 2004.   The series of meetings and workshops has assisted the sector to produce the following outputs:

• Law & Justice Sector Information Management For Performance Monitoring, 29^th December
  2003, PNG Justice Advisory Group.
• Draft Performance Monitoring Framework, Paper 1, October 2003, PNG Justice Advisory Group.
• Draft Performance Monitoring Framework, Paper 2, 1^st December 2003, PNG Justice Advisory
  Group.
• Draft Performance Monitoring Framework, Paper 3, The Framework, 11^th December 2003, PNG
  Justice Advisory Group.
• PNG Law & Justice Sector, Performance Monitoring Framework, Version # 4 June 2004, PNG
  Justice Advisory Group.

The Performance Monitoring Framework has undergone four stages of iterations.   The fourth version has 61 indicators focusing on the ten priorities and involves primary and secondary data collection.   The Performance Monitoring Framework will be further refined based on the completed version of the sector strategic plan and the final version presented at the annual JAG stakeholder workshop in 2005.

Persons interested in the copies of the above reports should contact the Team Leader, Justice Advisory Group, PO Box 114, PORT MORESBY, NCD, Papua New Guinea or email: educo@daltron.com.pg

Linkages to Access to Laws TWG

The Access to Laws TWG was established in the middle of the year.   Its main purpose is to make PNG laws and other legal material readily available to the public through the publication and distribution of the text of PNG statutes, case laws and court judgments. The publication is to be done in both hard and electronic copies.

It has established linkages with the IMMETWG for exchange of information.   Some members of the IMMETWG are also members of the Access to Laws TWG and vice versa and regularly attend the meeting.

Members of IMMETWG

The representative of Department National Planning and Rural Development is the chairperson of the Technical Working Group.

Department National Planning and Rural Development
Vulupindi Haus, Waigani
PO Box 631, WAIGANI, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mr William Sent
Telephone: 328 8328 or 328 8893
Facsimile: 328 8361
Email: william_sent@treasury.gov.pg

Justice Advisory Group
Pacific Place, Port Moresby
PO Box 114, PORT MORESBY, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mr Paul Bacon
Telephone: 321 5911
Facsimile: 321 5912
Email: educo4@daltron.com.pg

Law and Justice Sector Program
Holiday Inn, Tower Wing, Waigani
PO Box 840, PORT MORESBY, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mr Ken Richardson
Telephone: 323 3144
Facsimile: 323 3966
Email: ken.richardson@ljsp.acil.com.pg

Ms Leigh Cuppit
Telephone: 323 3144
Facsimile: 323 3966
Email: leigh.cupitt@ljsp.acil.com.pg

National Judicial Staff Services
National and Supreme Court Building, Waigani
PO Box 7018, BOROKO, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Ms Julie Hulama
Telephone: 324 5729 or 324 5722
Facsimile: 325 7732
Email: njslib@pngjudiciary.gov.pg

Ms Konio Vai
Telephone: 324 5743
Facsimile: 325 7732
Email: njsit@pngjudiciary.gov.pg

Mr Immanuel Kila
Telephone: 324 5802
Facsimile: 325 7732
Email: ekila@pngjudiciary.gov.pg

Magisterial Services
Armit Street, Port Moresby
PO Box 1616, PORT MORESBY, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mr Teine Maineapa
Telephone: 321 0457 or 321 2569
Facsimile: 321 0784
Email: tmaineapa@magisterialservices.gov.pg

Mr Elijah Mathias
Telephone: 321 0457 or 321 2569
Facsimile: 321 0784
Email: emathias@magisterialservices.gov.pg

Royal PNG Constabulary
RPNGC HQ, Konedobu
PO Box 85, KONEDOBU, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mr Stephen Francis
Telephone: 322 6166
Facsimile: 322 6166
Email: Corp1@treasury.gov.pg

Mr David Kila
Telephone: 322 6199
Facsimile: 322 6228
Email: dit@police.gov.pg

RPNGCDP Phase III

Cyril Greene
Telephone: 322 6350
Facsimile: 322 6228
Email: cyril_greene@police.gov.pg

Correction Services
Krammer Group Building, Wards Road, Hohola
PO Box 6889, BOROKO, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mr Richard Mandui
Telephone: 323 1437
Facsimile: 323 2707
Email: richard.mandui@ljsp.acil.com.pg

Mr Emil Ngansia
Telephone: 323 1437
Facsimile: 323 2707

Ms Joyce Niningi
Telephone: 323 1437
Facsimile: 323 2707

Department Justice and Attorney General
Sir Buri Kidu Building, Waigani
PO Box 591, WAIGANI, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mr Karl Sarufa
Telephone: 301 2845
Facsimile: 323 0241
Email: karl_sarufa@justice.gov.pg

Mrs Wilma Marakan
Telephone: 301 2881
Facsimile: 325 4613
Email: wilma_marakan@justice.gov.pg

Ms Farapo Opa
Telephone: 301 2880
Facsimile: 325 4613
Email: farapo_opa@justice.gov.pg

Mr Kefrey Tarangau
Telephone: 301 2932
Facsimile: 323 0241
Email: kefrey_tarangau@justice.gov.pg

Ombudsman Commission
Deloitte Tower, Port Moresby
PO Box 1831, PORT MORESBY, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mrs Jeanette O'Connor
Telephone: 308 2700
Facsimile: 320 3263
Email: counsel@ombudsman.gov.pg or supports@ombudsman.gov.pg

Ms Alexia Luke
Telephone: 308 2699
Facsimile: 320 3263
Email: supports@ombudspng.gov.pg

National Statistical Office
Near NBC Transmitter Station
Kumul Avenue, Waigani
PO Box 337, WAIGANI, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Mr Lemton Baro
Telephone: 301 1234
Facsimile: 325 1869

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