Internships have proven to be an effective means of adding much required skills within Civil Society and empowering emerging professionals says Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG). In welcoming its sixth intake of Legal Interns and its first-ever Communications Intern on Wednesday 8th November 2023, TIPNG has broken new ground by expanding the categories for short-term engagement of students from tertiary institutions in Papua New Guinea.
“We first began a formal partnership with the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) School of Law in 2017 to take on law students as legal interns during their end-of-year break, and the success of that collaboration has encouraged us to now include for the first time ever, a communications intern,” said Arianne Kassman, TIPNG Chief Executive Officer in a media statement.
“Over the past 6 years, we have had a total of 17 law students empower people in Papua New Guinea to act against corruption, through the TIPNG Legal Internship Program. We decided to build on this program, by inviting Communications students from across all tertiary institutions in PNG to apply for our inaugural Communications Internship Program. Our Legal and Communications interns will work within TIPNG for the next 13 weeks, learning essential workplace skills and growing their professional network,” said Ms. Kassman.
TIPNG’s Interns for 2023-2024 are as follows:
- Communications Intern – Ms. Shirley Cherake, 4th Year CA, Divine Word University
- Legal Intern – Mr. Nabieu Lansana, 3rd Year LLB, University of Papua New Guinea
- Legal Intern – Ms. Abigail Kafafi, 4th Year LLB, University of Papua New Guinea
- Legal Intern – Ms. Karen Bak, 4th Year LLB, University of Papua New Guinea
These internships have been made possible with funding from the TI Indo-Pacific Partnership for Strong, Transparent, Responsive & Open Networks for Good Governance (TI IPP STRONGG) 2020 – 2023. This funding assists chapters of Transparency International to contribute to reduced corruption in the Indo-Pacific region by empowering a strong and independent civil society voice and network that can mobilize action in support of increased accountability of public and private institutions nationally and regionally.
