AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoPublic Health Breakthrough: WHO has validated Timor-Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, following multi-year field investigations and surveillance showing no cases—an important step toward the region’s goal of eliminating preventable blindness by 2030. Digital Government & Identity Tech: Timor-Leste launched a national digital document verification platform, verify.gov.tl, built with Cambodian technology and using QR-based authentication; it’s aimed at reducing document fraud and speeding up verification, with driver’s licences first and education and civil records next. Regional Tech Cooperation: Cambodia’s verify.gov.kh won a UN Public Service Award for transparency and accountability, and the platform is now being exported across Southeast Asia, including to Timor-Leste. Energy & Engineering: Finder Energy has issued a key tender for geophysical, geotechnical and environmental baseline surveys for the Kuda Tasi and Jahal (KTJ) offshore oil development in Timor-Leste, with an investment decision targeted before year-end.
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