August 3, 2021
Rio Tinto commits to assessment of Panguna mine legacy
By Volker Boege The giant mining multinational Rio Tinto is finally willing to face the environmental catastrophe its former Panguna gold and copper mine left behind on Bougainville. This is…
April 14, 2021
Rio Tinto on Panguna – more hollow talk?
By Volker Boege PaCSIA has worked with communities affected by the environmental, social, cultural and health legacies of the Panguna copper mine in Bougainville for several years, commencing with the…
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…
June 1, 2020
Bougainville Transition Dialogues 2020 Update
The year of 2020 has seen global changes through the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The spread of the virus has caused widespread disruptions and has also impacted on the…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
August 19, 2016
Facilitative Mediation Training in November 2016
PaCSIA will present a 5-day interactive course in Facilitative Mediation and Conflict Resolution in partnership with Silky Oaks. The course meets the training requirements of the National Mediator Accreditation System…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
