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Bougainville Transition Dialogues Project Updates

August 2, 2019

Start of the Bougainville Transition Dialogues

On 1 January 2019 our new project in Bougainville, the Bougainville Transition Dialogues (BTD), commenced. The Bougainville Transition Dialogues are a continuation of the Bougainville Referendum Dialogues (BRD) and aim…

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Bougainville Referendum Dialogues Project Updates Uncategorized

July 31, 2019

Bougainville Referendum Dialogues Final Report 2018

PaCSIA has published the final report for the Bougainville Referendum Dialogues. The Bougainville Referendum Dialogues Final Report 2018 provides a summary of the project years 2017-2018. During this time the Bougainville…

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Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network News Project Updates

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)…

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Bougainville Referendum Dialogues News Project Updates

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…

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Bougainville Referendum Dialogues News Project Updates

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…

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Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network News Project Updates

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…

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Bougainville Referendum Dialogues

March 12, 2017

PaCSIA and Department for BPA Implementation launch the Bougainville Referendum Dialogues

We are proud to announce the continuation of our work in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville after the successful conclusion of the Panguna Dialogue Project at the end of 2016.…

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Ipswich/Lockyer Valley Community Dialogues Project Project Updates

December 1, 2016

Ipswich/Lockyer Valley Community Dialogues Project kicks off

PaCSIA has partnered with Anglicare Southern Queensland to conduct Community Café Dialogues in the Ipswich and Lockyer Valley areas of South East Queensland. The project is led by Dr Joseph…

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Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network News Project Updates

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…

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Community Café Dialogues Program Project Updates

October 27, 2016

Engaging with Brisbane Women- CALD Women’s Forums

September brought the culmination of a Brisbane based project with PaCSIA facilitators Erica Rose Jeffery and Casey Crocket working in partnership with Ethnic Community Councils of Queensland (ECCQ) and Brisbane…

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Panguna Dialogue Project Project Updates

August 8, 2016

Panguna Dialogue Project Activities in July 2016

The pit of the Panguna Mine in July 2016 PaCSIA staff Volker Boege, Erica Rose Jeffrey and Serge Loode visited the Panguna Dialogue Project area in Central/South Bougainville for another…

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Panguna Dialogue Project Project Updates

April 11, 2016

Bougainville: Another round of community dialogues

In February and March another round of community dialogues for the Panguna Dialogue Project (PDP) took place on Bougainville. The dialogues were run by members of the Bougainville team of…

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Panguna Dialogue Project Project Updates

November 30, 2015

Community Dialogues in Bougainville October 2015

The first round of community workshops for the Panguna Dialogue Project (PDP) took place in October 2015. This was a joint endeavor by conducted by a PaCSIA team, consisting of Dr…

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Panguna Dialogue Project Project Updates

September 27, 2015

Panguna Dialogue Project Planning Visit

From 12 August to 25 August 2015 PaCSIA directors Dr Volker Boege and Mr Serge Loode conducted a scoping and planning visit to Bougainville for the PaCSIA project ‘Building Capacity in…

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Panguna Dialogue Project Project Updates

January 12, 2015

New PaCSIA Project in Bougainville

Over the next two years, PaCSIA will be engaged in an exciting capacity building project in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. The project will be carried…

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Brave New Welcome Project Updates

October 28, 2014

The Brave New Welcome Project

From January to June 2014 PaCSIA facilitators Serge Loode and Erica Rose Jeffrey worked with project partners on the Brave New Welcome project. Brave New Welcome was run in partnership with Mercy…

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Community Café Dialogues Program

September 2, 2014

Evaluation of the Community Café Dialogues Program

A few months ago a group of postgraduate students from the UQ Centre for Communication for Social Change conducted a participatory needs and opportunity analysis (PNOA) with participants of the…

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This is our story

April 29, 2014

This Is Our Story ASSI 150 Case Study

In 2013 PaCSIA facilitators Serge Loode and Brad Lewis organised and facilitated a sustained consultation and dialogue process with Australian South Sea Islanders, Mununjali Traditional Owners, descendants of plantation owners,…

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Community Café Dialogues Program

October 21, 2013

Community Café Dialogues engage Brisbane community in discussions about refugees and asylum seekers in Australia

The Community Café Dialogues team, led by PaCSIA director Serge Loode, organised two Community Cafés in partnership with the Romero Centre-Mercy Family Services. Team members included: Serge Loode, Ally Wakefield,…

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This is our story

September 3, 2013

PaCSIA-led community consultation and dialogue conclude with ASSI 150 This Is Our Story Commemoration Event

From January to August 2013 PaCSIA was involved in a project to develop a commemoration event to remember the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of indentured…

Serge Loode

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Voices of the People

March 28, 2013

Book Launch “Voices of the People”

The launch of the book “Voices of the People – Perceptions and Preconditions for Democratic Development in Fiji” took place on 20 February 2013 in the Civic Centre in Suva.…

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This is our story

February 17, 2013

ASSI 150 Community Consultations and Dialogues

PaCSIA has been contracted by the Historial Society of Beaudesert and Scenic Rim Regional Council to facilitate community consultations and dialogue in preparation of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary…

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Community Café Dialogues Program

February 17, 2013

Community Cafés win Campaign for Change Award

Good news for the Community Café Dialogues. As a finalist for Wesley Mission Brisbane’s Campaign for Change Serge Loode and PaCSIA have won one of the finalist awards and Wesley…

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Community Café Dialogues Program

December 15, 2012

Community Café Dialogues website launched

This week we launched a separate website for information on the Community Café Dialogues. The website will serve as the central point for event updates, program reflections and discussion among…

Serge Loode

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Fiji democracy project

November 6, 2012

Workshop in Suva discusses progress of Fiji democracy project

The third stage of the project on ‘perceptions and perspectives of democratic development in the Fiji Islands’ is well underway. In this phase members of the research team are analyzing…

Serge Loode

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Community Café Dialogues Program

October 20, 2012

Interfaith Community Cafés with the Multi-Faith Centre

After the end of the Community Café Dialogues 2012 PaCSIA has started another series of community cafés, this time in co-operation with Griffith University Multi-Faith Centre. So far we have…

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Community Café Dialogues Program

October 20, 2012

Community Café Dialogues 2012 Reflections

The Community Café Dialogues 2012 (CCD) were organised and conducted by PaCSIA workers Serge Loode and Ally Wakefield. Project partners were Brisbane City Council (BCC), Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland…

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Community Café Dialogues Program

July 2, 2012

Community Café Dialogues 2012

PaCSIA is currently organising and faciliating the Community Café Dialogues 2012. We have conducted two community café dialogues in North Brisbane and two in South Brisbane, as well as one…

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Fiji democracy project

June 26, 2012

Second phase of Fiji Democracy project completed

The second stage of the project on ‘perceptions and preconditions for democratic development in the Fiji Islands’ was completed in May 2012. In this phase, almost ninety in-depth interviews with…

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Project Updates

Start of the Bougainville Transition Dialogues

Bougainville Referendum Dialogues Final Report 2018

Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network Experience Sharing Workshop 2018

Bougainville Referendum Dialogues Annual Report 2017

Bougainville Referendum Dialogues 2017

First Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network program successfully concluded and funding for future program secured

PaCSIA and Department for BPA Implementation launch the Bougainville Referendum Dialogues

PaCSIA launches the Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network

Engaging with Brisbane Women- CALD Women’s Forums

Panguna Dialogue Project Activities in July 2016

Bougainville: Another round of community dialogues

Panguna Dialogue Project Planning Visit

New PaCSIA Project in Bougainville

The Brave New Welcome Project

Evaluation of the Community Café Dialogues Program

This Is Our Story ASSI 150 Case Study

Community Café Dialogues engage Brisbane community in discussions about refugees and asylum seekers in Australia

PaCSIA-led community consultation and dialogue conclude with ASSI 150 This Is Our Story Commemoration Event

Book Launch “Voices of the People”

ASSI 150 Community Consultations and Dialogues

Community Cafés win Campaign for Change Award

Community Café Dialogues website launched

Workshop in Suva discusses progress of Fiji democracy project

Interfaith Community Cafés with the Multi-Faith Centre

Community Café Dialogues 2012 Reflections

Community Café Dialogues 2012

Second phase of Fiji Democracy project completed

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