04 September 2014

Mobile computing lab boosts police training in Bougainville

The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) today opened a mobile computing lab to boost the skills training of Bougainville’s law and justice sector officers.

Delivered with Australian assistance, the lab will help the ABG to train approximately 500 law and justice sector officers in computer skills by the end of 2015.

Twenty recent Bougainville Police Service recruits will be the first to use the lab. The recruits will undertake basic computing and workplace documentation training in the lab which is currently located in Buka.

Australian High Commission First Secretary, Bougainville, David Bloch said: “Australia works in partnership with the Autonomous Bougainville Government to invest in people having the right skills to provide services to the people.”

“Skills development complements our joint investments in infrastructure and the investments from national agencies.”

The computer lab continues Australia’s IT support to Bougainville’s law and justice sector. Australia has previously provided a 16 person desktop lab used by agencies including the Bougainville Women’s Federation and the Sisters of Nazareth.