The AI Summit 2026, organized by the International Training Institute (ITI) in Port Moresby in March 2026, convened policymakers, technical experts, and development partners to discuss AI adoption opportunities and challenges in Papua New Guinea. A key outcome was the identification of civil servant, teacher, and professional AI training as a national priority.
The Summit concluded that building capacity by training public servants, teachers, and professionals to use AI and digital tools effectively is essential to realizing AI’s potential for improving public services in healthcare, education, finance, and economic growth. The Prime Minister has also publicly committed to 2026 marking a shift to AI-driven government.
The summit recommendations are advisory in nature; no mandatory training standard or verified completion requirement for civil servants has been established. The findings inform the concurrent national strategy drafting process.
Score relevance: Recommendations for civil servant AI training exist but without a binding standard or verification mechanism. Scored: dim 11 = 1 (mandated without standard).