Papua New GuineaPG

UK overseas development assistance to Papua New Guinea — View on DevTracker →

Total Spent

£273.3M

Projects

Sectors

Date Range

2006 – 2026

Implementation13(£268.4M)

Closed18(£4.9M)

Largest Projects

Governance foundations to sustain forests and people: Forest Governance, Markets and Climate Phase II

Forestry policy and administrative managementImplementation2024 – 2034

£242,924,173

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The programme will work at international and national levels to address governance failures by both government and market to curb deforestation, restore degraded lands and eco-services whilst delivering benefits and sustaining livelihoods for people ...

Pacific Clean Energy Programme

Energy policy and administrative managementImplementation2023 – 2030

£20,585,211

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The Pacific Clean Energy Programme (PCEP) will support increased investment in renewable energy, and aims to improve access to electricity, increase the proportion of electricity from renewable sources, and reduce greenhouse gas emission.

Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve pregnancy outcomes in resource-limited, high-burden settings

Medical researchClosed2016 – 2020

£3,778,652

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Women in developing countries worldwide face a high and unacceptable burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Curable, genital sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are major contributors to this disease burden in many resource-limited settings, but th...

Pacific Clean Energy Programme (PCEP) PNG CDEL

Solar energy for centralised gridsImplementation2023 – 2030

£2,999,996

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Country level engagement in PNG programme funded role

Forestry policy and administrative managementImplementation2025 – 2028

£800,000

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Funds to support the design of the second stage of the Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (FGMC2) programme in PNG. Includes covering costs of programme funded post

Pacific Clean Energy Programme (PCEP) - RDEL (PNG)

Energy policy and administrative managementImplementation2023 – 2030

£573,392

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Promoting resilience of subsistence farming to El Niño events in Papua New Guinea: an integrated social-ecological approach

Environmental researchClosed2016 – 2018

£258,582

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More than a quarter of the global human population depends on small-scale subsistence agriculture for their livelihoods. As these farmers rely on crops from a small cultivated area, they are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events. One such event...

LLAF - IOM PNG Climate-Resilient Recovery in Cyclone-Affected Communities in Milne Bay Province

Environmental policy and administrative managementImplementation2026 – 2027

£250,000

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Under CARA LLAF FY 26/27, the project will strengthen climate resilience in cyclone-affected island communities in Milne Bay by restoring climate-adaptive livelihoods, improving access to safe and sustainable water systems, and empowering youth as ag...

Chevening Scholarships in Papua New Guinea

Higher educationClosed2017 – 2018

£125,830

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Assistance in line with UK objectives on Chevening Scholarships in Papua New Guinea which enables students to pursue postgraduate study at UK higher education institutions, and utilise their new skills and abilities to contribute to the development o...

International Programmes in Papua New Guinea (2020 - 2022)

-Closed2020 – 2022

£120,000

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Sector Breakdown

Forestry policy and administrative management

£243.7M

Energy policy and administrative management

£21.2M

Medical research

£3.8M

Solar energy for centralised grids

£3.0M

Environmental policy and administrative management

£454K

Environmental research

£259K

Environmental education/training

£200K

Democratic participation and civil society

£185K

Higher education

£126K

Multisector aid

£78K

Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions

£62K

Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation

£20K

Biodiversity

£10K

Legal and judicial development

£-60,000

Spending Over Time

2006

£81K

2015

£-60,000

2016

£4.2M

2017

£236K

2018

£73K

2019

£78K

2020

£120K

2023

£24.3M

2024

£243.1M

2025

£994K

2026

£250K

All Projects

Project	Sector	Budget ↓	Status	Start

Data Sources

Project data: FCDO DevTracker — Papua New Guinea via IATI Datastore
Official statistics: Statistics on International Development (gov.uk)
Budget figures are from IATI project data reported in GBP by FCDO.
UK ODA includes development aid, investment capital (BII), and domestic spending (asylum costs). See the Foreign Aid dashboard for a full breakdown by type.

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Largest Projects

Governance foundations to sustain forests and people: Forest Governance, Markets and Climate Phase II

Forestry policy and administrative managementImplementation2024 – 2034

£242,924,173

DevTracker →

Pacific Clean Energy Programme

Energy policy and administrative managementImplementation2023 – 2030

£20,585,211

DevTracker →

Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve pregnancy outcomes in resource-limited, high-burden settings

Medical researchClosed2016 – 2020

£3,778,652

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Pacific Clean Energy Programme (PCEP) PNG CDEL

Solar energy for centralised gridsImplementation2023 – 2030

£2,999,996

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Country level engagement in PNG programme funded role

Forestry policy and administrative managementImplementation2025 – 2028

£800,000

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Funds to support the design of the second stage of the Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (FGMC2) programme in PNG. Includes covering costs of programme funded post

Pacific Clean Energy Programme (PCEP) - RDEL (PNG)

Energy policy and administrative managementImplementation2023 – 2030

£573,392

DevTracker →

Promoting resilience of subsistence farming to El Niño events in Papua New Guinea: an integrated social-ecological approach

Environmental researchClosed2016 – 2018

£258,582

DevTracker →

LLAF - IOM PNG Climate-Resilient Recovery in Cyclone-Affected Communities in Milne Bay Province

Environmental policy and administrative managementImplementation2026 – 2027

£250,000

DevTracker →

Chevening Scholarships in Papua New Guinea

Higher educationClosed2017 – 2018

£125,830

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International Programmes in Papua New Guinea (2020 - 2022)

-Closed2020 – 2022

£120,000

DevTracker →

Sector Breakdown

Forestry policy and administrative management

£243.7M

Energy policy and administrative management

£21.2M

Medical research

£3.8M

Solar energy for centralised grids

£3.0M

Environmental policy and administrative management

£454K

Environmental research

£259K

Environmental education/training

£200K

Democratic participation and civil society

£185K

Higher education

£126K

Multisector aid

£78K

Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions

£62K

Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation

£20K

Biodiversity

£10K

Legal and judicial development

£-60,000