This came from the Investment Promotion Authority's Managing Director,
Mr. Ivan Pomaleu when commenting on PNG's status of e-governance.
He said it was important that key government agencies were on par with
technology to ensure that information is made available to investors who
want to come into Papua New Guinea. "The IPA is the first point of
contact for any potential investors and serves as a one-stop-shop for
vital information on how to do business in the country," he said.
"At some stage IPA has to refer investors to the relevant government
departments to obtain specific information on specific queries."
Mr. Pomaleu said when the information is not readily available on the
website then the flow of information is cut off, hence slowing the flow
of investment into the country.
He said government departments must realise this development and allow
for the development and establishment of websites.
The government through its Medium Term Development Strategy recognises
the importance of having all government departments having their own
websites.
The IPA has adopted the government's Medium Term Development Strategy
and developed a new look website.
The organisation completed a new three year strategic plan in 2010,
designed to improve its responses to the greatly increased business
interest in PNG from overseas.
The implementation of the plan, produced with the assistance of the
International Finance Corporation has already seen the launch of the new
information website and will soon have online registration for
businesses.
The launching of the website has helped ease some of the queries from
potential investors.
The hits recorded by the website have reached over 1 million with close
to 1000 viewers each day.
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