Short Course Awards
The Australia Awards Short Course Awards are short courses tailored to develop knowledge and skills, address priority human resource development areas and build partnerships and linkages between Australian organisations and partner organisations in developing countries.
The short courses are designed to provide leaders and professionals from the public service, private sector and civil society in Papua New Guinea to study a short course with an Australian university, TAFE, or Registered Training Organisation (RTO).
Our Stories
From PNG to New England, and back
The New England region is contributing to rural development in Papua New Guinea by being a showcase for innovative approaches to agribusiness. Over the next six weeks, the University of New England (UNE) in partnership with RuralBiz Training is hosting a group of PNG...
Innovative inland fish farm delivers for Highlands communities
Andrew Tipi’s passion for community development is clear. ‘We have a vision. We would like to see ourselves as a source of protein, a source of income and of employment opportunities for the community,’ Tipi says. Tipi is explaining his motivations during a visit to...
Health Economics graduates making an impact in PNG
Health professionals from Papua New Guinea (PNG), who completed a 12-week Graduate Certificate in Health Economics at Griffith University last year, have returned home keen to apply their new skills and make a difference. 23 health workers participated in the study...