About the Workshop

On September 19 and 20, 2008  the Flinders International Asia Pacific Institute and the Flinders Law School  hosted a workshop entitled Timor-Leste: Security, development and the nation-building agenda.

We invited a range of high calibre contributors, including academics, army, police, UN agencies, NGOs, Timorese government, and AusAID staff. This mix included Timorese nationals and people with direct, current experience of nation-building, security and development in Timor-Leste.

This workshop was supported by the Flinders International Asia Pacific Institute, Flinders Law School,

the Australian Federal Police and AusAID.

Workshop program

(photos)

PROGRAM DAY ONE: Friday September 19 2008

 

8.30-9.00: Registration

 

9.00-9.30: Welcome – Prof. Andrew Goldsmith

                                    Prof. Andrew Parkin (Deputy Vice Chancellor)

Official Opening – Ambassador Hernani Coelho da Silva

                          

9.30-10.15: Keynote Address - Dr Julio Tomas Pinto (Secretary of State for Defence, Timor-Leste)

                          

10.15- 10.45: Morning Tea

                          

10.45-11.45: Session 1 – Timor’s nation-building agenda

Ms Janelle Saffin (MP; Chair, Australia/Timor-Leste Parliament Group)

The Capacity Builders

Dr M Anne Brown (Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, UQ)

Security, Development and the Nation-Building Agenda

                          

11.45-12.00: Break

                          

12.00-1.00: Session 2 – Judicial and legal reform

Ms Laura Grenfell (Law Lecturer University of Adelaide; PhD Candidate ANU)

Promoting the Rule of Law in Timor-Leste

Mr Andrew Marriott (Legal Advisor, JSMP; PhD Candidate Deakin)

Justice Sector Reconstruction and the Legal Profession in Timor-Leste

1.00-2.00: Lunch

                          

2.00-3.15: Session 3 - Youth, gangs and social integration

Mr James Scambary (Consultant)

Informal security groups and the 2006-2007 communal conflict in East Timor

Mr Josh Trindade (Consultant)

The Youth and their 'Alien' Nation: The Disorientation of the ‘Lost Generation’ in Timor-Leste

Dr Fiona Crockford (Policy Officer, East Timor Program AusAID); and

Mr Antonio Vitor (Program Officer, Justice Initiatives AusAID Dili)

Enfranchising youth as citizens in Timor-Leste: towards an integrated program of youth, gender and peace building

                          

3.15-3.45: Tea and Coffee

                          

3.45-4.45: Session 4 - Human Security

Dr Gour Dasvarma (Population Studies, Flinders University) 

Demography of a new nation: Timor Leste?

Mr Darian Clarke (Country Program Manager, Service Delivery, AusAID)

Building Food Security in East Timor

                          

4.45-5.45: Drinks

                          

 

PROGRAM DAY TWO: Saturday September 19 2008

                          

9.15-10.30: Session 5 - Culture, development and international intervention

Mr Mark Green (Timor-Leste Country Director, Caritas)

NGOs, international agencies and the relationship between development and culture

Dr Sara Niner  (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Monash University)

The contested place of women in East Timorese society

Dr Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes (Political and International Studies / Women's Studies, Flinders University)

The Politics of Culture and the Culture of Politics: A case study of gender and politics in Los Palos, Timor Leste

                          

10.30-11.00 Tea and coffee

                          

11.00-12.15: Session 6 - Challenges of security sector reform

Mr Bob Lowry (Independent consultant specialising in regional security matters)  

Security sector reform challenges

Mr James Coy (UNMIT)

The UN role now and in the future

Prof. Andrew Goldsmith & Dr Vandra Harris (Flinders Law School)

Multilateral Police Missions in Nation-Building

                          

12.15-1.15: Lunch

                          

1.15-2.30: Session 7 - (Re-)Building Security Sector Capacity

Commander Grant Edwards (International Deployment Group, Australian Federal Police)

The Australian Federal Police in Timor-Leste

Colonel James Baker (Australian Defence Force)

The ADF in East Timor: Issues and challenges

Major General Michael G Smith AO (Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence)

The Civil-Military Interface: Implications for Timor-Leste

                          

2.30- 3.00: Tea and Coffee

                          

3.00-4.00: Session 8 - Looking Forward

Dr Andrew Rosser (Development Studies, University of Adelaide)

Timor Leste's Vulnerability to the Resource Curse: An Assessment

Ms Freya Merrick (NGO worker)

Working ourselves out of a job: Transition strategies to Timorese-owned development

                          

4.00: Closing remarks: Prof. Andrew Goldsmith