Launch of the Bougainville Mental Health Community Education Program (BMHP) (Photo: Dr Tierney and Dr Loode meet with Acting Secretary of Health Mr Alois Pukienei in Buka) We are proud to share that PaCSIA has commenced a new program to support the implementation of the 2019 Mental Health Policy of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG). […]
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Addressing mental health issues and trauma in Bougainville
Addressing mental health issues and trauma in Bougainville From 31 March to 1 April 2025 PaCSIA facilitated the first cross-sector dialogue on mental health and trauma in Bougainville to bring together stakeholders from the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) and civil society to discuss the pressing issue of mental health and trauma stemming from the Bougainville […]
PaCSIA and ZIF Bougainville Transition Support Dialogues
PaCSIA and ZIF Bougainville Transition Support Dialogues PaCSIA, together with the German Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) has started a new project initiative in Bougainville to support the ongoing transition process. Our two organisations have held two two-day workshops in Bougainville in August 2024. The activity was part of the ZIF project “Strengthening Mediation and Dialogue […]
The Cabbage Lady
Today we are presenting a video from our Wokabaut Senis video collection on YouTube. Wokabaut Senis is a participatory video project which complements our Bougainville Transition Dialogues (BTD). BTD Facilitators were trained in participatory video production and equipped with smartphones. They have been collecting stories from the villages on small-scale projects helping with nation-building and sustaining […]
Bougainville Transition Dialogues Phase 3 supports Bougainville Constitution-making process
PaCSIA’s signature peacebuilding program, the Bougainville Transition Dialogues (BTD), is in its second year of the latest three-year program cycle. The focus for 2024 is on supporting the work of the Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission (BCPC) which is currently undertaking consultations in Bougainville and outside on the first draft of the Constitution of the Republic […]
A reflection on the student placement experience with PaCSIA
By Shabnam Mondal The whole journey is a reminder. Reminders are lessons in themselves. The struggle to connect the professional to the personal The past two months of being an intern at PaCSIA (Peace and Conflict studies Institute Australia) has opened up a new door of curiosity in my mind. Being a student of journalism […]
Impact of the 2nd phase of the Bougainville Transition Dialogues
By Shabnam Mondal The Bougainville Transition Dialogues Phase 2 (BTD2) project in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB), Papua New Guinea, continues the important work initiated by the Bougainville Referendum Dialogues (BRD) and Bougainville Transition Dialogues (BTD). By providing a platform for informed and constructive discussions, the BTD2 project aims to engage Bougainvilleans in shaping […]
Update on the 2022 Bougainville Transition Dialogues Data Collection
Over the past few weeks, we have been collating all the data gathered from phase 2 of the Bougainville Transition Dialogues into excel spreadsheets. Our team has been reading through responses from each constituency across Bougainville and entering the survey responses and facilitator feedback into spreadsheets. With the survey data, we can continue to analyse […]
Wokabaut Senis – Walkabout for peaceful change in Bougainville
PaCSIA is proud to present the documentary Wokabaut Senis, which showcases the work of our Bougainville Transition Dialogues project. The Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea was ravaged by terrible violent conflict in the 1990s. This was followed by a successful process of peacebuilding, with a Peace Agreement in 2001 and a Referendum […]
Start of Phase 2 of the Bougainville Transition Dialogues
With generous support from UNDP through the Supporting Peace in Bougainville Project and Misereor e.V. (the German Catholic Bishops’ Organisation for Development Cooperation) Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Australia (PaCSIA) and its local partners in Bougainville have started the next phase of the successful Bougainville Transition Dialogues (BTD) project. The project supports the peace process […]
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