TRANSFORMING TIMOR-LESTE CONFERENCE
Dili, 6-7 July 2009
Timor-Leste now has relative peace, money in its Petroleum Fund and large numbers of people undergoing education and training. But Timorese institutions need to be built and young people motivated to engage in the difficult work of preparing themselves to build the country so that a real transformation can take place. How can Timor-Leste’s institutions of education, both formal and non-formal best prepare people to engage in the future development of the country? How can the Millennium Development Goals be reached and surpassed? This conference will be organized by Victoria University and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the Universidade Nacional Timor Loro Sa’e (UNTL). It will enable Timorese Ministers to convey their visions to participants, and for staff and students of all Timorese universities, together with civil society members and other players, to engage in dialogue with them. Case studies of good practice elsewhere will also be debated. For further information please contact Dr Helen Hill via email helen.hill@vu.edu.au. This conferences and the TLSA conference are linked and discounted co-registration will be available for those who attend both. The two conferences are linked and discounted co-registration will be available for those who attend both.

EXPOS
Saturday and Sunday 4-5 July 2009
In order to give participants in the conference a broad overview of the multitude of activities being done in Timor-Leste by educational organizations, NGOs and government departments, on the weekend between these two conferences a number of Expos will take place on Sustainable Livelihoods, Timorese History, Education, Health, Languages, Literacy and Literature, and other themes. These will be open to all and it is hoped that young people, secondary students, in particular, will visit them, to gain an idea of fields in which they might like to work.

NATION BUILDING ACROSS URBAN AND RURAL TIMOR-LESTE
Dili, 8-10 July 2009. For details visit http://www.timor-leste.org/events/nationbuilding.html 

Seminars

The following seminars were recorded and can be downloaded. For permission to use these materials (other than for individual use) please email the relevant author.

Deforestation and Catchment Response in Timor-Leste: Convergence of Community Views and Science, or Delusion?
Professor Bob Wasson (robert.wasson@cdu.edu.au)
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research, Charls Darwin University
23 April 2007

To listen to Bob's Seminar Click Here
MP3 15MB, Time 61 mins
To view Bob's Powerpoint Presentation Click Here

Pre-fieldwork Seminar: Displaced Households in Rural East Timor
Pyone Myat Thu (pyone.thu@anu.edu.au)
PhD Student, Human Geography, ANU
12 February 2007

To listen to Pyone's Seminar Click Here
MP3 41MB, Time 61mins
To view Pyone's Powerpoint Presentation Click Here