Twinning activities with the National Parliament of Solomon Islands and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville House of Representatives

The New South Wales Parliament has a partnership arrangement with the parliaments of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (the Bougainville House of Representatives) and the Solomon Islands (the National Parliament of Solomon Islands). The partnership arrangements are part of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s (CPA) twinning program, established in June 2007. Every Australian state and territory parliament is twinned with one or more parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region.



The New South Wales Parliament has received funding to support the partnership arrangements from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), under its Pacific Public Sector Linkages Program. The funding, for a three year period to April 2013, allows practical support for strengthening the parliaments of Bougainville and Solomon Islands, through staff placements, secondments and other activities.

The New South Wales Parliament's current activities with the National Parliament of Solomon Islands and the Bougainville House of Representatives
are the latest development in a long tradition of participating in training and development projects aimed at supporting parliamentary democracy elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.


The Solomon Islands

Twinning activities with the National Parliament of Solomon Islands

The Autonomous Region of Bougainville

Twinning activities with the Bougainville House of Representatives