PAPUA NEW GUINEA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL AND SECRETARIAT RESEARCH FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

KULALA MULUNG, OBE Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chairman PRESENTATION OUTLINE ❑ Our Mandate ❑ Enabling Plans and Policies ❑ NEC Decisions ❑ National Science Programs and Broader Considerations ❑ MTDP 4 SPA 9 ❑ Application of Science and Technology in Primary Industries in PNG ❑ Research and Development Grants Achievements (2022 – 2024) th ❑ 7 National Science and Technology Conference 2024 ❑. [...] ❑ Advising the government on science and technology matters ❑ Developing and implementing a national strategic framework for research, science, technology and innovation ❑ Coordinating national science and technology activities and funding ❑ Monitoring, reviewing and assessing science and technology investment, use and impact in development. [...] ❑Awarding of research grants, sponsor and support science and technology activities, conferences, seminars, exhibitions, prizes, special initiatives, publications… ENABLING PLANS AND POLICIES ❑ National Research Agenda ❑ Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (STI Plan) ❑ Science, Technology and Innovation Development Plan (STIDP) ❑ Corporate Plan ❑ National Research Code of Conduct and Ethics ❑. [...] ❑ NEC Decision 74/2024 approved the following: ✓ Research, Science, Technology, and Innovation Framework ✓ National Alignment and Coordination Policy ✓ Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (STI Plan) ✓ Science, Technology and Innovation Development Plan (STIDP) ✓ Corporate Plan ✓ Endowment Fund ✓ PNG Science and Technology Council Venture Limited ✓ Kumul Research and Development Limited ✓ Innov. [...] APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN PRIMARY INDUSTRIES IN PNG A SNAPSHOT OF AFEW RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRIMARY INDUSTRY Fungal Inoculum Biofuel - PAU Essential Oil - UPNG capsules - Unitech Papua Taipan Local Stockfeed - Antivenom - UPNG UNRE Mushroom Research and Development - UoG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS ACHIEVEMENTS 2022-2024 7TH NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHN.