June 14, 2023
Integrated Mediation, Dialogue and Multi-Party Process for Climate Change Impacted Communities Project – A Reflection
By Tanja Hagedorn There is a trend towards and growing awareness of the value of locally led, bottom-up conflict resolution and peacebuilding methods – in academia as well as in…
October 20, 2020
Panguna mine legacy: PaCSIA welcomes complaint against Rio Tinto
On 29 September 2020 the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC, Melbourne) filed a complaint against mining giant Rio Tinto with the Australian Government on behalf of members of communities affected…
November 5, 2018
Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network Experience Sharing Workshop 2018
In August 2018 PaCSIA invited the four local partner organisations of the Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network (MPDN) to a three-day experience sharing workshop in Buka, Bougainville. Nasioi Peacebuilding Association (NPA)…
April 10, 2018
Bougainville Referendum Dialogues Annual Report 2017
It is with great pleasure that we publish the 2017 Annual Report of the Bougainville Referendum Dialogues in partnership with the Autonomous Bougainville Government's Department of Peace Agreement Implementation. During…
January 16, 2018
Social resilience in the face of political volatility: lessons from the global south
The Centre for Global Research at RMIT University organised a panel discussion to explore the question of how some communities and towns resist violence in the face of significant political…
January 3, 2018
Bougainville Referendum Dialogues 2017
https://youtu.be/mpgTEV5zG_I In January 2017 PaCSIA and the Department of Peace Agreement Implementation (DPAI) of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) jointly launched the Bougainville Referendum Dialogues (BRD) to assist with preparations…
November 2, 2017
First Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network program successfully concluded and funding for future program secured
In August 2017 PaCSIA and its local partner organisations Prison Fellowship Solomon Islands (PFSI), Bougainville Indigenous Dialogue (BID) and Nasioi Peacebuilding Association (NPA) successfully concluded the pilot-year of the Melanesian…
November 30, 2016
Bougainville peacebuilder receives scholarships
PaCSIA is thrilled to announce that Francis Nazia, Bougainville peacebuilder and member of Bougainville Indigenous Dialogue, is the recipient of two scholarships which will enable him to attend intensive peacebuilding training…
October 28, 2016
PaCSIA launches the Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network
PaCSIA is proud to announce a new project that we launched on 1 August 2016. We are being funded by the German protestant development agency Bread for the World to partner…
September 2, 2014
PaCSIA adopts guidelines for ethical practice in community-based participatory research
PaCSIA recently decided to adopt the principles for ethical community-based research practice developed by the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action at Durham University and the National Co-ordinating Centre…
