Conferences and Workshops: 2003

Assisting States Emerging from Conflict: Sustaining the Reform Process in Solomon Islands
SICHE Conference Centre, Panatina, Honiara
16 December 2003

• Roundtable Report by David Hegarty

Papua New Guinea-Australia Young Generation Dialogue
14-19 October 2003

• Roundtable Report by David Hegarty
• Roundtable Program, 15th October 2003 and Visitors' Itinerary

Governance and Civil Society Seminar, in Symposium Governance in Pacific States: reassessing roles and remedies
University of the South Pacific
30 September - 2 October 2003

• Symposium Program

Workshop Papers

• James Manor
  Analysing and reconceptualising civil society
• Anthony Regan
  An Outcomes Perspective on Civil Society in Melanesia: Reflections on Experience from Bougainville
• Sinclair Dinnen
  Civil Society and the Maintenance of Peace and Good Order in Papua New Guinea
• George Konrote
  Religion, Politics and Society: The Case of Methodist Fundamentalism in Fiji
• Abby McLeod
  Women and the Legal Justice System in Papua New Guinea
• Iris Wielders
  Conflict Resolution and Governance in Solomon Islands
• Roland Rich
  Reviewing Democracy in the Pacific: Participation and Deliberation
• Peter Aitsi
  Government and Media Regulations: The Papua New Guinea Experience
• Kate Hannan
  Dr Jekyll – Yes: Mr.Hyde – No* Aid, Governance and Civil Society
• Donovan Storey and John Overton
  Growing Pains? The Crisis of Peri-Urban Governance in the Pacific Islands
• David Kavanamur
  Cultural Aspects of Managing Strategic Alliances in Papua New Guinea
• Ian Scales
  The Flourishing of Local Level Governance after the Coup in Solomon Islands: Lessons for Reform of the State
• Eci Nabalarua
  Enhancing Community Governance through Community Groups: A Prerequisite for Pacific Sustainability
• Vicki Luker
  Civil Society, Social Capital and the Churches: HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands Update - Crisis and Intervention

• Australian Parliament, House of Reps, 12 August
  Official Hansard, No.11, 2003 (pp. 18197 and 18224)
• Brig Michael Crane, Director-General, Pacific Branch, Strategic and International Policy Division, Department of Defence, Canberra
  Perspective from the Australian Department of Defence
• Sinclair Dinnen, SSGM,
  Ways Forward – Rebuilding
• DFAT
  Solomon Islands: Operation Helpem Fren
• Graham Fletcher, Head, Solomon Islands Task Force, DFAT,
  Australia’s Policy; Strategy; Mandate
• Matthew Wale, Civil Society Network,
  From Coup to Intervention
• Don whinfield, Federal Agent, Australian Federal Police ,
  Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI)[1.29MB]
• Ian Scales,
  Seizing the Policy Initiatives for Governance in Solomon Islands

Southern Highlands Province Workshop
Old Canberra House, ANU. Monday 26th - Tuesday 27th May, 2003.

• Workshop Program
• Workshop Report
• Considerations on Commotion & Community in the Southern Highlands Province of PNG by Laurence Goldman

Local-Level Governance in the Pacific, Workshop
Mills Room, 4th Floor, Chancelry Building, Ellery Circuit, ANU, Thursday 1 - Friday 2 May 2003

• Workshop Flyer

Papua New Guinea: Dysfunctional State or Disorderly Democracy?
The Mills Room, 4th Floor, Chancelry Building, Ellery Circuit, ANU.
Wednesday 16 April 2003, 1 - 5pm

• Workshop Flyer