In 2016, Western Province graduated from PCaB after 10 years of support in areas of financial management and ICT capacity building. The PCaB Advisor has now been moved to Eastern Highlands Province, however support is still provided to the province from PCaB headquarter in Port Moresby when requested.
Western Province is partly a coastal and inland province in the southern western part of Papua New Guinea, bordering with the westerian Papua province of Indonesia. The Western provincial capital is Daru, located on the island of Daru. The largest town in the province is Tabubil. The provincial government purported to change the name of the province to the Fly River Province but this remains unofficial as names of provinces are set out in the Constitution of Papua New Guinea and changes must be made according to the constitutional amending process.
The major economic activity in the province is constituted by the Ok Tedi Mine, initially established by BHP and the subject of considerable litigation by traditional landowners both in respect of environmental degradation and disputes over royalties. It is currently operated by Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML).
Provincial Finance Manager (PFM) | Provincial Finance Office Contact |
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Mr. Lewa Kolomba | P.O.Box 105, Kiunga Western Province Phone: 72352449 Fax: Email: |
Districts and LLGs
Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.
District | District Finance Manager | District Capital | LLG | Contacts |
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North Fly District | Ms. Waneau Songoroa | Kiunga |
| Tel: 74585072 |
Middle Fly District | Akilo Umuse | Balimo |
| Tel: 72077785 |
South Fly District | Mr. Benny Yumu | Daru |
| Tel: 72574482 |
1. National Capital District (Port Moresby)
2. Central Province
3. Chimbu (Simbu)
4. Eastern Highlands
5. East New Britain
6. East Sepik
7. Enga
8. Gulf
9. Madang
10. Manus
11. Milne Bay
12. Morobe
13. New Ireland
14. Northern (Oro Province)
15. Bougainville (autonomous region)
16. Southern Highlands
17. Western Province (Fly)
18. Western Highlands
19. West New Britain
20. West Sepik (Sandaun)
21. Hela
22. Jiwaka