Publications
Summary of publication
In 2014, the PNG – Australia Law and Justice Partnership - Transition Program (PALJP-TP) in collaboration with the Village Court and Land Mediation Secretariat (VCLMS) developed a training package for Village Court Officials (VCOs) to provide them with up-to-date information and practices, strengthening their knowledge to deliver better local justice and mediation to Papua New Guineans. The new training package was used in the Training of Trainers Program and training of VCOs across the six PALJP-TP priority provinces (Gulf, Morobe, Western, Southern Highlands, Hela and Northern) and in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
The Evaluation Report is in three volumes:
- Volume 1 – Summary of Findings
- Volume 2 – Autonomous Region of Bougainville Report, and
- Volume 3 – Gulf Province Report.
This report, Volume 1 is a brief comparative summary of findings of the evaluation in Gulf Province and findings from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. This volume has also documented lessons learned from the VC training program and lessons learned from the evaluation process. Volumes 2 and 3 described the research methodology, analysis of results, summary tables and graphs from the Community Perception Surveys, results of interviews with VCOs, results of focus group discussions, results of interviews with stakeholders, and comments from VCLMS officers' observations of Village Court sittings.
This report sets out the findings against a series of evaluation questions framed around four evaluation categories, i.e. appropriateness (reaction), effectiveness (learning), impact (behaviour/attitude) and sustainability (results).