A two-week workshop is currently underway at the Murray Barracks in Port Moresby to train Department of Defence (DOD) staff on better management of administrative duties. This training is being provided by a nine- member training team from Australia, called Mentoring Training Team Charlie (MTTC). They were officially welcomed on Tuesday 29th August by the Deputy Secretary for Department of Defence, Mr. Simon Tunapai, on behalf of Secretary Mr. Hari John Akipe. “We appreciate your time and your specialty. The program is enhancing our skills.” Mr. Tunapai said during a short welcome ceremony at the department. He said the result of the MTT initiative can be seen in the performance of staff members who attended MTT trainings. He said that staff who received training through the MTT have come back to the department and set benchmark performances in their various roles. The MTTC program started from Tuesday 29th August and will end on Friday 8th September, and will have a greater focus on record keeping. MTTC is the third engagement of the year. The first engagement was Mentoring Training Team Alpha that came to Papua New Guinea (PNG) early this year and the second engagement was Mentoring Training Team Bravo, that had participants from the department travel to Australia for training in July. This is the second year for the MTT to run after being officially launched in 2022 with the leadership of Secretary Akipe and Australia's Defence Secretary, Mr. Greg Moriarty. The MTT is an initiative under the Olgeta Department Series and targets priorities of assistance agreed on in the Department of Defence Enhancement Partnership Program 2021-2024 that was signed in 2021 by Secretary Akipe and Secretary Moriarty. The main areas targeted in the workshop are audit, records management, governance, information technology, and human resources management.