Post on 15-Jul-2020
DEVELOPMENT
FUTURES:
ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS
TO END POVERTY
FOURTH ACFID UNIVERSITY NETWORK CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 21–22, 2013
Aerial Function Centre, Unive
rsity of Technology, S
ydney
SPONSORS
Gold sponsors
Silver sponsors
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Partners
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WELCOME!
PROFESSOR!VICKI!SARA!Chancellor,+University+of+Technology,+Sydney+It!is!with!great!pleasure!that!I!welcome!you!to!our!University.!
UTS!is!a!university!highly!committed!to!equity!and!social!justice!and!as!such!we!are!delighted!to!
host! this! Fourth! ACFID! University! Network! Conference.! Development* Futures:* Alternative*Pathways* to*End*Poverty!promises! to! raise! important!questions!and!elicit!animated!debate!and!
dialogue!on!new!and!innovative!approaches!to!address!poverty.!!
This! conference! is! extremely! timely.! Amidst! a! fastOchanging! global! context,! the! need! to!
concurrently! consider!environmental,! social!and!economic!dimensions!holistically! is!paramount.!
In!addition,!shifts!in!global!powers!and!new!aid!donors!accompanied!with!the!evolving!postO2015!
Millennium! Development! Goal! process! mean! that! new! thinking! is! required! on! behalf! of!
practitioners,!academics!and!governments.!!
This! conference! offers! the! chance! for! delegates! to! exchange! ideas! and! shape! new! alliances! to!
address!the!most!pressing!issues!of!our!time.!As!Chancellor,!I!welcome!you!to!UTS!and!wish!you!
an!enjoyable,!constructive!engagement!over!these!next!two!days.!
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MARC!PURCELL!!ACFID+Executive+Director+Welcome! to! the! Fourth! ACFID! University! Network! Conference! –! Development* Futures:*Alternatives*Pathways*to*End*Poverty.!!As!Australia’s!peak!Council! for!Australian!notOforOprofit! aid! and!development!organisations,! the!
Australian!Council!for!International!Development!(ACFID)!is!proud!to!support!the!ACFID!University!
Network.!Established!in!2008,!the!Network!is!an!ongoing!collaboration!that!continues!to!provide!a!
platform! to! develop! partnerships! within! and! between! Australian! Universities! and! NGOs! to!
strengthen!our!collective!impact!against!poverty!and!injustice.!!
ACFID! University! Network! Conferences! have! become! key! events! for! greater! engagement! and!
dialogue!with!our!academic!partners.!As!such,!this!year!we!are!delighted!be!partnered!with!the!
Institute!of! Sustainable!Futures!at!UTS! in!organising! this!event!during!an! important! time! in! the!
history!of!international!cooperation.!!
Increasingly,!we!are!facing!fundamental!questions!surrounding!the!future!of!global!development!
and!human!security.!While! these!questions!are!not!new,! they!are!gaining! in!momentum!and! in!
response! to! a! rapidly! changing! global! environment!which! require! us! to! reflect! on! the!past! and!
propose!ideas!for!the!future.!This! is!why!we!are!here!today!–!to!explore!promising!practice!and!
build!new!partnerships!for!a!sustainable,!equitable!development!future!in!our!region!and!beyond.!!
I!wish!you!all!a!productive!and!thought!provoking!two!days.!
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ABOUT&ACFID&UNIVERSITY#NETWORK!
The!ACFID!University!Network! (formerly!known!as! the!ACFID!University! Linkages!Network)! is! a!
collaboration! of! academics! from! Australian! Universities! and! practitioners! from! ACFID! member!
Australian!NGOs.!The!ACFID!University!Network!began! in!2008!as!a!partnership!between!ACFID!
and!the!Institute!of!Human!Security!at!La!Trobe!University!and!grew!out!of!a!collective!desire!to!
widen!debate!on!international!development!and!to!strengthen!collaboration!between!academics!
and! members! of! ACFID.! The! network! serves! as! a! platform! to! develop! partnerships! between!
academics! and! NGOs! in! order! to! strengthen! the! effectiveness! and! longOterm! collective! impact!
against!poverty!and! injustice.! In!particular,! the!Network! focuses! its!work!on!harnessing!quality,!
ethical!research!as!essential!for!good!international!development!practice.!!
The!Network!has! grown! to!over! 700!people!with! a! reinforced! Steering!Committee!–! the!ACFID!
University! Network! Committee! –! consisting! of! key! individuals! across! the! aid! and! development!
research!community.!!
ABOUT&ISF&AND&UTS!
The! Institute! for! Sustainable! Futures! was! established! as! a! flagship! research! institute! of! the!University!of!Technology,!Sydney! in!1996.! ISF’s!mission! is! to!create!change! towards! sustainable!
futures!through!independent,!projectObased!research.!!
The! Institute! is! recognised! for! its! research! leadership! in! aid! effectiveness! and! international!
development! to! address! the! global! challenges! of! sustainable! and! equitable! development.! ISF’s!
work! includes!research!and!analysis;!process!design!and!facilitation;!policy!and!technical!advice;!
monitoring!and!evaluation;!training!and!organisational!development.!!
We!contribute!to!development!practice,!policy!and!theory!across!five!key!areas:!!
(i) development!effectiveness!and!monitoring!and!evaluation,!!
(ii) water,!sanitation!and!hygiene,!!
(iii) climate!change!adaptation,!!
(iv) urban!planning,!and!
(v) energy!policy!and!planning.!
The! University! of! Technology,! Sydney! (UTS)! is! a! leading! university! of! technology! focused! on!creativity,! technology! and! innovation,! with! social! justice! as! a! firm! underpinning.! UTS! has! a!
collaborative!approach,!with!a!commitment!to!our!local!and!global!communities.!!
UTS! offers! a! wide! range! of! development! research! expertise! across! health,! social! sciences! and!
international! studies,! engineering,! business! and! design,! architecture! and! building,! and! offers!
courses!in!International!Studies!and!Global!Studies.!!
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ABOUT&ACFID!
The!Australian!Council!for!International!Development! (ACFID)! is!the!peak!council!for!Australian!notOforOprofit!aid!and!development!organisation.!Our!vision! is!of!a!world!where!gross! inequality!
within!societies!and!between!nations!is!reversed!and!extreme!poverty!is!eradicated.!
ACFID’s! purpose! is! to! provide! leadership! to! the! notOforOprofit! aid! and! development! sector! in!
Australia! in! achieving! this! vision! and! to! fairly! represent! and! promote! the! collective! views! and!
interests!of!our!membership.!
Founded!in!1965,!ACFID!currently!has!over!100!members!operating!in!more!than!100!developing!
countries.!ACFID’s!members!range!between!large!Australian!multiOsectoral!organisations!that!are!
linked!to!international!federations!of!NGOs,!to!agencies!with!specialised!thematic!expertise,!and!
smaller!community!based!groups,!with!a!mix!of!secular!and!faith!based!organisations!and!affiliate!
member!universities!across!Australia.!
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ABOUT&THIS&CONFERENCE!
Development*Futures*is!the!fourth!in!a!series!of!ACFID!University!Network!conferences.!First!held!in! 2009,! ACFID! University! Network! Conferences! have! convened! over! 1,000! delegates! from! the!
Australian!international!development!sector.!These!conferences!have!become!anticipated!events!
in!the!Australian!aid!and!development!sector.!
This!year,!the!conference!will!focus!on!the!future!of!development,!exploring!alternative!pathways!
to!end!poverty.! Increasingly,!questions!of!the!future!of! foreign!aid,! international!cooperation!or!
development! assistance! linger! in! relevant! policy! forums! and! ongoing! debates! in! Australia! and!
internationally.! These! questions! are! not! new! –! rather,! discussions! around! these! ideas! are!
increasing! in! momentum! and! in! response! to! a! rapidly! changing! global! environment! that! will!
undoubtedly!radically!change!the!way!in!which!international!aid!and!development!has!previously!
been!conceived!and!delivered.!
This!conference!sets!out!to!bring!international!debates!of!the!future!of!foreign!aid,!development!
assistance!and!international!cooperation!to!the!context!of!Australian!actors!and!partners.!This!is!
particularly!important!at!a!time!when!global!financial!constraints!may!impact!upon!development!
budgets,!increasing!the!imperative!to!be!creative,!innovative!and!responsive.!
Globally,! income! poverty! has! decreased!when!measured! by! national! averages! –!mostly! due! to!
rapid!development!in!India,!China!and!parts!of!Asia.!However,!some!1.3!billion!people!still!live!in!
extreme! poverty! earning! less! than! US! $1.25! a! day,! and! large! disparities! exist! with! regards! to!
access!to!education,!food,!health,!water!and!sanitation,!particularly!in!middleOincome!countries.!
With! an! overwhelming! concentration! (around! threeOquarters)! of! the!world’s! poorest! people! in!
middleOincome!countries,! some!of! these! countries — Brazil,! Russia,! India,! China,! South!Africa —
are!now!both!recipients!and!donors.!
Whilst!the!chronically!poor!still! live!in!rural!areas,!major!ruralOurban!transition!is!underway!with!
growing!numbers!of!the!poor!found!living!in!cities.!Concurrently,!various!forms!of!crises!are!facing!
us! including! rising! food! prices,! excessive! use! of! natural! resources! and! the! growing! impacts! of!
climate!change.!And!as!shifts!occur!in!global!powers!and!donors,!a!new!context!for!development!
aid!is!currently!being!set.!
The! postO2015!Millennium! Development! Goal! process! and! related! development! of! Sustainable!
Development!Goals!provides!a!current!backdrop,!supporting!renewed!reflection!and!questioning!
of!the!issues!at!hand!and!how!we!should!respond,!both!in!terms!of!the!next!global!framework!and!
also!in!terms!of!organisational!responses!to!this!wider!context.!
This!conference!provides!a!space!for!debate!and!engagement!on!these!matters.!
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A"WORD"ON"‘FUTURES"THINKING’!
Futures! thinking!and!what! is! termed! ‘applied! foresight’! is!an!emerging!discourse!and! field! in! its!
own!right.!H.G!Wells!was!the!father!of!futures!thinking,!foreshadowing!likely!developments!in!the!
20th!century.!
Key!concepts!in!futures!thinking!are:!
1. That!the!future!is!not!fixed,!and!many!futures!are!possible;!and!
2. That! there! is! value! in! considering! probable! futures,! possible! or! alternate! futures,!
preferred!futures!and!prospective!futures.!Such!thinking!can!guide!social!change,!support!
critical!reflection!and!open!up!space!for!creativity!and!empowerment.!
A!range!of! ‘futures!thinking’! tools!are!available!and!participants!are!encouraged!to!use!them!to!
shape!their!abstracts!and!potential!contributions.!
During! the! conference,! a! number! of! facilitated! ‘futures! thinking’! processes! will! support!
participants!to!explore!their!perspectives,!ideas!and!approaches!for!discourse!and!practice.!!
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BIG$IDEAS$BOARDS!
A! number! of! ‘Big! Ideas! Boards’! will! be! positioned! around! the! venue.! These! boards! are! an!
opportunity!for!you!to!contribute!ideas,!questions!or!concepts!that!are!provoked!by!sessions!and!
workshops!that!you!attend,!or!may!arise!in!discussions!throughout!the!conference.!These!boards!
will! help! create! another! conversation! throughout! the! conference,! and! will! be! a! means! of!
capturing!your!thoughts!on!the!big!ideas!and!challenges!that!the!conference!raises.!!
We! encourage! you! to! contribute! to! these! boards! with! anything! that! you! think! might! be!
interesting.! You!may! like! to! contribute! anonymously,! or! you!might! like! to! put! your! name! and!
organisation! on! your! comment,! in! case! someone!would! like! to! follow! up!with! you! about! it.! It!
doesn’t!matter!how!big!or!small!the!idea!is!–!share!it!!!!
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS!
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Program!Committee!A!Prof!Juliet!Willetts!(UTS)!(Convenor)!
Meghan!Cooper!(ACFID)!(CoOconvenor)!
Naomi!Carrard!(UTS)!
Dr!Christanta!Muli!(Oxfam!Australia)!
Dr!Joel!Negin!(University!of!Sydney)!
Jackie!Robertson!(ChildFund!Australia)!
A!Prof!Chris!Roche!(La!Trobe)!
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Michele!Rumsey!(UTS)!
Prof!Pamela!Thomas!(ANU)!
Prof!Michael!Toole!(Burnet!Institute)!
Mark!Webster!(ADRA)!
Prof!Anthony!Zwi!(UNSW)!
Mari!Fitzpatrick!(Plan!International)!
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Volunteers!Shalom!Arcega!
Sarah!Hilton!
Heather!Bates!
Hoang!Son!Ho!
Christelle!Amado!
Julian!Pedersen!
Lynette!Bolt!
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Kumi!Abeysuriya!
Emilia!di!Sienra!
Julie!Morris!
Anastasia!Prikhodko!
Poala!Gineta!
Nick!Wigham!
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StaffMichelle!Treloar!!
Laura!Wynne!
Dr!Kumi!Abeysuriya!
Anna!Gero!
Katie!Ross!
Sponsors!University!of!New!South!Wales!
The!Fred!Hollows!Foundation!
ADRA!Australia!
International!Women’s!Development!Agency!
Plan!International!Australia!
La!Trobe!University!
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ChildFund!Australia!
Deakin!University!Australia!
Australian!National!University!
Oxfam!Australia!
World!Vision!
The!University!of!Melbourne
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Partners!Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!!
Sydney!Development!Circle!
Academics!Stand!Against!Poverty!
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PLENARY!SPEAKERS!
UMA!KOTHARI!Imagining+Development+Futures*International!development!policy!and!aid!is!founded!upon!an!understanding!that!some!societies!
are!less!developed!than!others.!These!differences!are!based!on!various!criteria!including!levels!of!
poverty,! political! democracy,! conflict,! equality,! human! rights! and! economic! growth.! It! is! often!
assumed!–!given!that!the!idea!of!progress!is!foundational!to!development!discourse!and!practice!O
–! that! certain! people! and! places! have! been! left! behind! and!must! be! brought! into! the! present!
through! development! interventions.! In! this! context,! this! presentation! is! concerned! with! three!
issues.!First,!it!highlights!how!the!idea!that!certain!societies!are!left!behind!or!are!less!developed!
is! based! on! particular! notions! of! the! past,! present! and! future! that! are! ascribed! to! different!
societies! in! ways! that! reproduce! global! inequalities.! Second,! it! challenges! how,! given! that!
development! offers! a! framework! to! guide! change,! the! future! has! become! predetermined! and!
foreclosed! such! that! some!places!are! represented!as!being!of! the! traditional!past!while!others,!
developed!societies,!are!seen!to!represent!their!modern!future.!Third,!it!argues!that!policyOdriven!
crisis!discourses!and!the!imperative!for!continuous!revision!of!development!policies!detracts!from!
a!poverty!that!endures.!The!presentation!concludes!that!it!is!only!when!all!people!are!empowered!
with!the!capacity!to!aspire!and!their!different!visions!for!the!future!are!acknowledged!that!we!can!
begin!to!imagine!multiple!development!futures!and!alternative!pathways!to!poverty!alleviation.!!
ENRIQUE!MENDIZIBAL+Let's+call+it+policy,+not+'development+policy'+*Donor!countries!should!not! limit! themselves!to!work!through!the! 'development!sector'!(and!the!
industry's!interests!and!jargon!that!goes!along!with!it)!and!realise!that!researchers,!practitioners!
and!policymakers!in!the!developing!world,!like!their!peers!in!more!developed!countries,!work!on!
policy!–!economic,!health,!education,!agriculture,!industrial,!trade,!transport,!and!security!policy,!
for!instance!–!and!not!on!'development!policy'.!!
One! of! the! explanations! for! the! control! that! development! experts! exert! on! aid! budgets! and!
efforts!is!emphasis!upon!the!concept!that!the!realities!that!developing!countries!face!are!not!the!
same!as!those!encountered!in!developed!ones.!What!may!work!when!delivering!health!services!in!
Australia,! for! instance,! cannot! be! expected! to!work! in!Malawi.! This! approach! assumes! a! public!
health!professional!in!Australia!will!be!incapable!of!understanding!Malawi!–!and,!vice!versa,!that!a!
Malawian!public!health!worker!may!fail!to!understand!the!differences!between!the!Australia!and!
his!or!her!country.!Aid!should!help!broker!direct,!sustainable!and!unmediated!links!between!peers!
across! the! world,! and! then! step! away.!NonOaid! think! tanks! can! help! make! these! connections!
possible.! More! often! than! not! they! focus! on! common! concerns;! they! are! staffed! by! policy!
entrepreneurs! and! researchers! belonging! to! both! global! and! local! policy! and! epistemic!
communities;!they!are!wellOconnected!to!other!political!actors,!to!the!media,!the!private!sector,!
academia,!and!civil!society;!and!the!political!nature!of!their!work!make!them!particularly!adept!to!
understanding!the!differences!and!nuances!of!other!contexts.!
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SOHAIL!INAYATULLAH!Futures+thinking+and+Strategy+transformation+Futures!thinking!and!foresight!works!by!challenging!current!assumptions!of!reality!and!imagining!
alternative! futures.! From! these! alternatives,! preferred! futures! are! created! and! strategies! to!
realise! them! employed.! The! future! is! thus! used! to! change! today.! Simply! mapping! trends! and!
developing!scenarios!to!reduce!uncertainty!and!risk!so!governments!and!business!can!make!more!
effective!decisions!is!not!enough!to!open!up!new!possibilities.!The!future!O!probable,!possible!and!
preferred! O! is!not!neutral,!but! informed!by!ways!of!knowing,!by!worldviews!and! the!metaphors!
carried!by!varied!actors.!In!addition,!actively!creating!the!future!can!work!to!enhance!agency.!For!
example,!recent!foresight!work!has!focused!on!the!bottom!billion,!or!what!has!been!called!proO
poor!foresight.!This!and!other!case!studies!illustrate!transformational!foresight!which!can!open!up!
our!thinking!to!new!ideas!about!‘development!futures’.!
DAVE!GRIGGS!Governments! agreed! at! the! Rio+20! conference! to! develop! a! set! of! Sustainable! Development!
Goals! (SDGs)! by! 2016.! This! presentation! will! highlight! the! commonality! and! the! differences!
between! the!Millennium!Development!Goals! (MDGs)!and! the!proposed!SDGs.!The!presentation!
will!then!show!how!a!range!of!stresses!on!the!Earth!System!is!being!reflected!in!the!response!of!
the!system!to!those!stresses!to!the!point!where!we!have!already!exceeded!a!safe!operating!space!
in! a! number! of! areas.! The! implication! is! that! we! need! to! find! an! alternative! to! the! current!
development! paradigm! whereby! development! gains! come! at! the! expense! of! the! natural!
environment,!but!can!development!and!environmental!goals!really!be!dealt!with!in!an!integrated!
way.! The! presentation! will! illustrate! one! such! approach! put! forward! by! Griggs! et! al! in! Nature!
earlier!in!2013!where!development!objectives!are!integrated!with!global!sustainability!objectives!
to!propose!a!set!of!SDGs!with!examples!of! integrated!targets! that!meet!both!development!and!
environmental!objectives.!The!presentation!will! compare!and!contrast! this!approach!with!other!
proposals! for! SDGs! that! have! been! put! forward! and! describe! the! process! and! timetable! for!
agreement!of!the!SDGs!by!the!UN.!
JIM!WOODHILL!Partnering+ with+ the+ Private+ Sector:+ The+ Opportunities+ and+ Challenges+ of+ Scaling+ Inclusive+Business+
Aid!flows!are!becoming!increasingly!small,!relative!to!both!the!scale!of!the!development!challenge!
and! other! sources! of! finance.!This! means! we! need! to! think! hard! about! how! aid! can! catalyse!
change!and!mobilise!other!resources.!Consequently,!donors!and!NGOs!are!increasingly!looking!to!
partner!with!the!private!sector!and!are!exploring!ways!to!take!inclusive!business!models!to!scale.!
Is! this! just! the! latest! donor! fad,! providing! easy! PR! for! the! private! sector,! or! is! a! fundamental!
rethink!afoot!about!the!relationship!between!poverty!and!business?!Based!on!his!experiences!in!
the! agriOfood! sector,! Jim! will! explore! some! key! lessons,! opportunities! and! challenges! for!
partnering!with!the!private!sector.!Using!practical!examples,!he!will! look!at!what!is!‘in!it’!for!the!
private!sector,!funding!mechanisms,!partnership!development,!and!the!programming!implications!
for! donors! and! NGOs.! The! presentation! will! explore! ideas! such! as! inclusive! business,! social!
entrepreneurship,! enterprise! challenge! funds,! patient! capital! and! pull!mechanisms.!! Looking! to!
the! future,! Jim! will! outline! some! key! enablers! for! scaling! inclusive! business! models! including!
effective! brokering,! overcoming! preOcommercial! barriers,! assessing! impact,! and! value! chain!
analysis.! Jim!will! also! look! at! the! role! of! transparency! and! accountability! in!‘raising! the! bar’! on!
good!business!practices.!!
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SARAH!COOK!Rethinking+social+development+for+the+21st+century:+From+selectivity+to+inclusion?+Around!the!world,!social!policies!are!evolving!or!transforming!in!response!to!a!changing!context!
and!a!new!set!of! risks!and!challenges! that!were!not! faced!by!European!welfare! states,!or!even!
later! industrialisers,! in! their! developmental! phase.!While! the!MDGs! placed! social! issues! firmly!
back! on! the! development! agenda,! they! have! also! fostered! a! cautious! approach! to! social!
development.! Far! from! creating! social! contracts! and! enabling! the! collective! and! private!
investments! necessary! for! shared! and! inclusive! development,! new! donorOdriven! social! policy!
interventions! are! primarily! highly! selective! or! targeted! forms! of! protection! (generally! through!
cash!transfers)!to!address!severe!deprivations!among!the!poor.!Recent!innovations!in!social!policy!
and!practice!arising! in! the!global! South!may,!however,!point! to!possibilities! for!more!universal,!
participatory! and,! potentially,! transformative! approaches! that! engage! with! new! risks! and!
challenges.! Efforts! to! expand! coverage! and! service! provision,! enhance! redistribution! and!
inclusion,! increase! mobilization! of! domestic! resources,! address! structural! inequalities! and!
strengthen! social! rights! can! be! found! to! varying! degrees! in! initiatives! being! undertaken! across!
emerging!economies!and!the!developing!world.! !What!can!we!learn!from!these!approaches!and!
interventions?!Are!we!seeing!the!basis!of!new!solidarityObased!social!contracts!that!can!generate!
more!inclusive,!equitable!societies!and!sustainable!development!paths?!What!are!the!implications!
for!the!transformations!of!social!policies!in!lowOincome!and!wealthier!economies!as!many!of!the!
issues!addressed!by!traditional!social!policies!are!increasingly!globalized?!
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BUSINESS'AND'DEVELOPMENT!
WATTLE!ROOM,!11:00AM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!!CHAIR:!MARGARET!CALLAN,!ANU!Humanising!Business:!Rethinking!the!Role!of!Private!Sector!in!Poverty!Reduction!Dr+Jonathan+Makuwira+(RMIT+University)*The! viability! of! the! private! (business! and/or!market)! sector! as! an! engine! for! development! and!
poverty!reduction!remains!an!underexplored!area!in!development!lexicon.!How!business!interacts!
with!poverty!and!how!the!process!of!doing!business!is!humanised!by!placing!people!before!profit!
remains!a!challenging!area.!The!gluttonous!behaviour!of!the!business!sector!not!only!diminishes!
the!gains!made!in!notOforOprofit!and!developmentOoriented!nonOgovernmental!organisations,!but!
also! calls! for! a! reconfiguration! and! reOthinking! of! how! the! private! sector! can! contribute! to!
development!and!poverty!reduction.!This!paper!aims!to!contribute!to!the!ongoing!debate!about!
the! future! of! business! in! development! by! critically! examining! the! current! business! practices! in!
contributing!to!poverty!reduction!initiatives.!Using!the!case!of!a!mining!company!in!Malawi,!the!
paper! highlights! the! tensions! that! exist! between! the! ethics! of! business! and! development.! The!
paper! argues! for! a! redefinition!of! the! ethical! conduct! between!business! and!poverty! reduction!
strategies! by! proposing! measures! that! may! contribute! to! the! future! thinking! of! development!
discourse.!
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Incompatible! philosophies! or! complementary! roles?! Civil! society! and! business!engagement!in!the!water,!sanitation!and!hygiene!sector!Anna+Gero,!A+ Prof+ Juliet+Willetts,+ Naomi+ Carrard+ and+ Janina+Murta+ (Institute+ for+ Sustainable+Futures,+UTS)+and+Lee+Leong+(Plan+Australia)*Over!the!past!decade,!poor!functionality!of!water!and!sanitation!services!has!called!into!question!
the!effectiveness!and!sustainability!of!current!approaches.!In!response,!civil!society!organisations!
(CSOs)!are!exploring!new!approaches!in!water,!sanitation!and!hygiene!(WASH),!including!engaging!
with!smallOscale!private!sector!and!social!enterprise!organisations!to!strengthen!supply!chains!and!
build!capacity!for!professionalised!service!provision.!Engaging!with!(and!assisting!in!establishment!
of)!businesses!reflects!a!shift!in!approach!for!CSOs,!many!of!which!have!historically!been!cautious!
of!business!interests!in!the!development!sphere,!viewing!forOprofit!models!as!potentially!at!odds!
with! core! civil! society! objectives! of! meeting! basic! needs! and! realising! human! rights! for! all.!
Researchers! at! the! Institute! for! Sustainable! Futures! are! investigating! this! shift,! working! in!
partnership!with!four!CSOs!(Plan,!WaterAid,!SNV!Development!Organisation!and!East!Meets!West!
Foundation)! actively! seeking! to! engage! with! private! enterprise! to! deliver! sustainable! and!
equitable! water! and! sanitation! services! in! Indonesia,! Vietnam! and! TimorOLeste.! Drawing! on! a!
systematic! literature!review!and!primary!research! in! Indonesia,! this!presentation!explores!these!
emerging! partnership! models,! reflecting! on! how! social! and! business! objectives! can! align! to!
achieve!equitable!service!delivery!and!considering!implications!for!future!development!roles!and!
approaches.!
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Making!business!inclusive:!are!enterprise!challenge!funds!useful!tools?!Dr+Kerri+Elgar+and+Robin+Davies+(Development+Policy+Centre,+ANU)*In! developing! countries,! targeted! subsidies! are! sometimes! needed! to! overcome! barriers! for!
businesses! that! are! on! the! threshold! of!making! investment! decisions! that! are! likely! to! benefit!
poor! people! as! employees,! suppliers! or! consumers.! The!main! instrument! used! by! bilateral! aid!
agencies! for! providing! such! subsidies! to! inclusive! business! ventures! is! the! enterprise! challenge!
fund.! Critics! of! such! funds! accuse! them! of! adding! gratuitously! to! the! profits! of! wealthy!
corporations,! being! too! lightOtouch,! being! inherently! hard! to! assess! for! impact,! and! picking!
winners.!Supporters!advocate!them!as!powerful!mechanisms!for!promoting!sustainable!proOpoor!
growth,! which! take! aid! agencies! beyond! their! publicOsector! comfort! zone,! promote! innovation!
and!provide!opportunities!to!leverage!private!investment!and!achieve!wider!impacts!on!business!
practices.! Using! a! mixed! methodological! approach,! incorporating! input! from! an! international!
expert!working!group,!we!examined!experience!to!date!with!the!formulation!and!implementation!
of!the!main!enterprise!challenge!funds.!On!this!basis,!we!draw!conclusions!about!the!purposes!for!
which! these! funds! should! and! should! not! be! used,! what! outcomes! should! and! should! not! be!
expected,!and!also!what!highOlevel!design!features!should!be!adopted!and!avoided.!
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Social!mapping!and!stakeholder!diffusion!as!an! integral!basis!for!business!development! in!the!oil!and!gas!industry!in!Indonesia!
Dr+ Maria+ R+ Nindita+ Radyati+ (Center+ for+ Entrepreneurship,+ Change+ and+ Third+ Sector,+ Trisakti+University,+ Indonesia)+ and+ Bernadetta+ Devi+ (Centre+ for+ Social+ Responsibility+ in+ Mining,+ The+University+of+Queensland,+Australia)!Social!mapping!is!a!common!approach!to!analysing!communities!for!development!purposes.!This!
research! utilised! social! mapping! in! the! context! of! the! oil! and! gas! industry! in! Indonesia.! The!
limitations!of!social!mapping!were!found!to!be!specifics!regarding!the!scope!of!the!social!mapping!
and! focus! group!discussions.!A!new! technique,! stakeholder!diffusion,!was! created! to!overcome!
the!limitations.!!Stakeholder!diffusion!saw!researchers!based!in!four!villages!and!living!within!the!
community! for!one!month.! !The!objective!of! the!approach!was!to!blend! in!with!the!community!
while!conducting!social!mapping.!This,!in!turn,!created!an!element!of!trust!building!between!the!
researchers! and! the! communities.! ! The! combination! of! stringent! interview! techniques! and!
stakeholder!diffusion!fostered!strong!community!participation!and!data!capture!for!the!purpose!
of! the!research.!This!paper!elaborates!on!the!techniques!undertaken!and!presents! findings!that!
are!applicable!for!social!mapping!within!the!oil!and!gas!industry.!
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DEVELOPMENT*AND*RESILIENCE&IN&A&FINITE&PLANET!
THOMAS!ROOM,!11:00AM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!STUART!WHITE,!INSTITUTE!FOR!SUSTAINABLE!FUTURES!Putting! Food! at! the! Centre! of! the! Development! Problematique:! A! case! study! from!TimorXLeste!Dr+Helen+M+Hill+(Victoria+University)*TimorOLeste! is!experiencing!high!growth! rates!due! to! its!petroleum!revenues,! yet! these!are!not!
showing!signs!of!addressing!the!high!rate!of!malnutrition,!which!is!one!of!the!worst!in!the!world.!
Food!everywhere!has!at!least!four!very!different!aspects:!
• Food!as!part!of!Nature!–!plants!and!animals!domesticated!by!human!beings;!agricultural!
science!looks!at!ways!of!growing!them!and!increasing!productivity.!
• Food! as!Nourishment! –! adequate! supplies! of! protein,! carbohydrate! and!micronutrients!
are!needed!for!human!survival.!Health!professionals!looks!at!this!aspect.!!
• Food!as!Culture!–!reflecting!history,!cuisine,!status!of!crops,!gender!relations,!influence!of!
tradition!or!its!disruption!is!often!ignored.!
• Food!as!Commodity!–!often!the!dominant!discourse!on!food,!is!studied!by!economists.!
Food!is!traded!internationally,!playing!a!major!part! in!global!economic!exchanges,!creating!jobs,!
livelihoods,! foreign!exchange!but!also! speculation,!exploitation!and! fraud.!The!presentation!will!
look!at!ways!of!integrating!these!aspects!to!produce!more!holistic!approaches!to!food!security.!
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Integrating! knowledge! in!development:! socialXbiologicalXeconomic,! and! localXnationalXglobal!Dr+Kate+Barclay+(University+of+Technology+Sydney)!Since!the!1987!Brundtland!Report,! it!has!been!widely!accepted!that!sustainable!development! is!
made!up!of!three!equally!important!areas!of!economic,!biological!and!social!sustainability.!Most!
states! have! enshrined! the! idea! of! sustainable! development! in! their! national! economic! and!
resource!management!planning!and! regulating! frameworks.! In!practice,!however,! it! has!proven!
difficult! to! integrate! social,! biological! and! economic! knowledge,! and! usually! the! priorities! are!
either!economic!priorities!or!biological,!with!social!priorities!still!largely!unexamined,!or!examined!
and! then!not! integrated!with! the!knowledge! informing!decisionOmaking.! In!part,! this! is!because!
integrating! the! three! areas! of! knowledge! meaningfully! is! very! complex.! It! requires! teamwork!
across! disciplines,! which!may! be! fraught! with!methodological! chauvinism! and! incompatibilities!
between!conceptual!frameworks.!The!nature!of!the!knowledge!required!for!sustainability!is!also!
incredibly! complex.!Understanding!of! local! communities! cultural! and!economic! conditions! is,!of!
course,!necessary,!but!so!is!understanding!of!national!contexts,!and!also!global!opportunities!and!
constraints,! including! donor! organizations! and!markets.! This! paper! uses! examples! from! coastal!
fisheries!development!projects!in!Pacific!Island!countries!to!draw!out!some!of!these!complexities!
and!suggest!ways!forward.!
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Embracing!the!Informal!Economy:!A!New!Approach!to!Sustaining!Livelihoods!in!TimorXLeste!Dr+Amanda+Cahill+and+Sally+Foreman+(Centre+for+Social+Change)*Many!agencies!pursue!the!goal!of!proOpoor!growth!by!supporting!enterprise!development.!From!
microfinance! to! business! training,! these! initiatives! encourage! those! who! sustain! their! living!
mostly! through! the! informal! sector! to! engage! more! directly! with! the! cash! economy.! These!
approaches!have!achieved!varied!levels!of!success,!at!times!struggling!to!incorporate!the!ways!in!
which! local! people!engage!with! traditional! economic! systems,! as!well! as! their! existing! levels!of!
social!and!environmental! resilience.!TimorOLeste! is!a!useful!case! in!point.!Government!and!nonO
government! organisations! have! instigated! a! range! of! programs! to! stimulate! enterprise!
development! that! have! focussed! on! providing! access! to! financial! assistance,! equipment! and!
business! training.! Despite! these! efforts,! recent! research! conducted! by! the! Centre! for! Social!
Change!suggests!that!these!approaches!are!limited!in!their!effectiveness!to!generate!sustainable!
enterprises! in! a! postOconflict! context.! This! presentation! will! explore! some! of! the! limits! to!
enterprise!development! in!TimorOLeste!and!propose!an!alternative!–! the!Community!Enterprise!
Partnership! approach.! This! approach! draws! on! AssetsOBased! Community! Development,!
Participatory!Action!Research!and!the!Diverse!Economies!Framework!to!build!on! local!strengths!
and! existing! economic! practices! as! the! starting! point! to! identify! ecologically! and! culturally!
appropriate!enterprises.!
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Phosphorus! scarcity:! future! pathways! to! reduce! food! system! vulnerability! to! a! new!global!threat!Dr+Dana+Cordell+ (Institute+ for+ Sustainable+ Futures,+UTS)+and+Dr+Tina+Schmid+Neset+ (Centre+ for+Climate+Science+and+Policy+Research,+Linkoping+University)*The!element!phosphorus!underpins!food!security!by!ensuring!soil!fertility,!maximising!crop!yields!
and! supporting! farmer! livelihoods.! Phosphorus! has! no! substitution! in! food! production! yet! the!
world’s!main! source! is! finite! and!becoming! increasingly! scarce! and!expensive.! Sustainable! food!
security!is!already!a!major!development!challenge!(proposed!as!the!2nd!Sustainable!Development!
Goal),! yet! impending! phosphorus! scarcity! is! likely! to! reduce! agricultural! productivity! and!
smallholder! farmer! access! to! fertilizers! and! food! –particularly! in! developing! countries! –! if! the!
current! trajectory! is! not! altered.! The! Phosphorus! Vulnerability! Assessment! (PVA)! offers! a! new!
integrated!framework!for!assessing!the!contextOspecific!vulnerability!of!national!food!systems!to!
global! phosphorus! scarcity! and! hence! informing! more! sustainable! strategies! and! future!
development!pathways!to!ensure!food!and!nutritional!security!can!be!attained,!particularly!in!the!
most! vulnerable! developing! countries.! Drawing! on! lessons! from! assessing! climate! and! water!
vulnerability,! the! PVA! identifies! and! integrates! 26! phosphorusOrelated! factors! leading! to! food!
system! vulnerability.! Including! geopolitical! stressors! such! as! Morocco! controlling! 75%! of! the!
world’s! remaining! phosphate,! which! makes! phosphorusOimporting! regions! like! India! and! SubO
Saharan!Africa!more!vulnerable;!and!socioOeconomic!stressors!such!as! low!purchasing!power!of!
poor!farmers,!which!hinders!access!to!fertilizers!and!reduces!crop!yields.!
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RETHINKING)ROLES)OF)INTERNATIONAL)AGENCIES!
BROADWAY!ROOM,!11:00AM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER CHAIR:!DR!MIKE!TOOLE,!BURNET!INSTITUTE!Looking!back!looking!forward:!The!Challenges!for!ACFID!in!its!second!fifty!years!!Dr+Patrick+Kilby+(Australian+National+University)*This!paper,!from!the!forthcoming!book!The!Politics!of!Aid:!a!history!of!the!ACFID,!to!mark!the!50!
Anniversary!of!ACFID!in!2015,!reflects!on!the!key!challenges!that!ACFID!faced!in!its!first!fifty!years.!
It!will!then!look!to!the!challenges!for!the!future!and!how!ACFID!can!respond!to!them.!!The!paper!
will!look!at!four!themes:!!
i) The! changing! nature! of! aid! and! development! with! the! rise! of! new! forms! of!
development! finance! through! remittances,! new! aid! donors,! and! weakening! of! the!
DAC!processes;!
ii) The!changing!nature!of!NGOs!with!a!few!very!large!innovative!global!NGOs,!a!number!
of! traditional! NGOs! risking! being! left! behind,! and! new! agile! NGOs! impatient! for!
changes!and!switched!on!to!new!communications;!
iii) Relations! with! government! when! many! partner! governments! are! sceptical! of! civil!
society,!and!see!it!as!threat!in!many!dimensions;!and!
iv) How! does! a! peak! body! like! ACFID! respond! to! an! increasingly! diverse! constituency,!
part!of!which!wants! to!see!social!change,!while!others!want! to!be!at! the!table!with!
government,!and!have!a!role!in!official!aid!programs.!
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Learning!from!Humanitarian!Response!in!Southeast!Asia:!the!Shifting!Roles!of!National!and!International!Actors!!Rebecca+Barber+and+Veronica+Bell+(Save+the+Children+Australia)+
Throughout! the!Asia!Pacific!Region,!disaster! risk! is! expected! to! increase! in! the! coming!decades!
due! to!climate!change,!population!growth,!poorly!planned!development!and!urbanisation.! ! It! is!
thus! incumbent! upon! national! and! international! actors! to! ensure! that! humanitarian! response!
systems!are!equipped!to!keep!pace!with!this!significantly!increasing!disaster!risk.!
Corresponding! with! this! increased! risk! has! been! an! increase! in! national! disaster! management!
capacities;!and!a!shift!in!national!attitudes!towards!international!assistance.!!With!few!exceptions,!
governments!in!the!region!no!longer!issue!generalised,!public!appeals!for!international!assistance,!
although! most! are! willing! to! ‘welcome’! assistance.! ! And! when! assistance! is! received,! national!
governments!are!increasingly!assuming!the!lead!in!coordinating!that!assistance.!!Although!this!is!
no!longer!new,!international!humanitarian!actors,!accustomed!to!a!set!of!tools!designed!primarily!
for!contexts!with!minimal!government!capacity,!are!in!some!cases!still!struggling!to!define!a!role!
for!themselves!in!this!context.!!!
Based!on!more!than!100!interviews!in!Thailand!and!Cambodia!(2012)!and!the!Philippines!(2013),!
this!presentation!presents!lessons!learned!from!recent!disasters!in!Southeast!Asia,!with!particular!
attention!to!the!changing!roles!between!national!and!international!actors.!!
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Development!Risk!and!Development!Return!Paul+Nichols+(DFAT)+and+Kate+Hayes+(Octo+Consulting)*A!new!tool!for!assessing!risk!and!development!return,!as!part!of!a!design!and!M&E!process,!was!
developed! for! the! Australian! AID! program! South! Asia! Sustainable! Development! Investment!
Strategy.! This! presentation!will! outline! how! different! thinking! about! the! roles! of! development!
donors! and! partners! requires! new! tools! that! promoting! risk! taking! to! get! better! development!
return,!rather!than!tools!for!risk!avoidance!and!mitigation.!
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Is!the!Golden!Age!of!International!NGOs!over?!A+Prof+Chris+Roche+(Institute+ for+Human+Security,+La+Trobe+University)+and+Andrew+Hewett+ (La+Trobe+University)*This! presentation! will! focus! on! the! changing! role! of! International! NGOs! and! Civil! Society!
Organisations.!We!will!review!the!historical!critiques!of!INGOs!and!the!changing!circumstances!in!
which!they!work,!and!suggest!what!changes!might!be!required!if!the!sector!is!to!remain!relevant!
and!effective.!We!will!explore!the!degree!to!which!changes!in!technology!and!the!diversification!
of!actors!is!disrupting!current!practice.!We!will!examine!INGOs!changing!relationships!with!official!
development! agencies,! with! their! existing! and! potential! supporters! and! with! southern! civil!
society.!We!will!also!assess!the!degree!to!which! INGOs!can!address!the!politics!of!development!
processes! given! their! constituencies! and! their! funding! arrangements.! This! presentation! will!
therefore!provide!food!for!thought!about!the!future!of!INGOs!which!should!be!of!interest!not!just!
to!them!but!to!those!who!fund!and!support!them,!as!well!as!those!who!they!ultimately!seek!to!
benefit.!This!will!be!based!on!the!experience!of!the!presenters!who!have!worked!for!many!years!
in! INGOs,! and! a! chapter! they!have! recently! published!entitled!Reconceptualising!Development:!
The!Painful!Job!of!Thinking!in!a!collection!edited!by!Damien!Kingsbury.!
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SUSTAINABLE*IMPACT*THROUGH&INTERNATIONAL)AGRICULTURAL)RESEARCH"COLLABORATION!
SHORT!COURSE!ROOM,!11:00AM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!MR!DAVID!SHEARER,!ACIAR!Enhancing! food! security! and! livelihoods! through! agroforestry! practices:! Key! lessons!from!the!trees!for!food!security!project!in!Ethiopia!and!Rwanda!Prof+Catherine+Wangari+Muthuri+(World+Agroforestry+Centre),+Dr+Amos+Gyau+(ICRAF),+Dr+Miyuki+Iiyama+ (World+ Agroforestry+ Centre),+ Dr+ Abayneh+ Derero+ (Ethiopian+ Institute+ of+ Agricultural+Research+–+EIAR)+and+Amini+Mutanganda+(Rwanda+Agrultural+board)+Key! challenges! facing! Eastern! African! countries! are! insufficient! food! production,! unsustainable!
natural!resource!management,!and!vulnerability!to!climate!change.!The!‘Trees!for!Food!Security’!
project,! funded! by! the! Australian! Centre! for! International! Agricultural! Research,! supports!
innovative!research!on!the!use!of!agroforestry!systems!to!raise!crop!yields,!enhance! livelihoods!
and! improve! environmental! outcomes.! The!project! supports! government! programs! to! facilitate!
widespread! adoption! of! evergreen! agriculture! in! Rwanda! and! Ethiopia! and! then! to! scale! out!
successes! to! Uganda! and! Burundi.! This! paper! documents! some! of! the! initial! challenges;!
opportunities!and!lessons!learned!from!the!project!implementation!in!Ethiopia!and!Rwanda.!This!
will! provide! insights! on! how! these! simple,! lowOcost! technologies! could! substantially! enhance!
development!outcomes!resulting!in!more!resilient!agricultural!practices.!We!outline!the!potential!
of! these! systems! from!work! elsewhere! in! Africa.! !We! present! results! on! farmers’! preferences,!
rationales! and! strategies! for! incorporating! and! managing! onOfarm! trees! and! the! barriers! to!
adoption!of!agroforestry.!Farmers!are!willing!to! implement!agroforestry!practices!provided!they!
are! involved! in! selection! of! trees! and! they! have! higher! and! quick! returns.! Various! sources! of!
extension!information!create!confusion!for!farmers!indicating!the!need!for!government!and!policy!
makers!to!streamline!extension!information!and!its!dissemination.!
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Bridging!Vegetable!Research!and!Practice!to!Overcome!Malnutrition!and!Poverty!in!subXSaharan!Africa!Dr+Abdou+Tenkouano+ (AVRDCYThe+World+Vegetable+Center)+and+Dr+ Jacqueline+d'Arros+Hughes+(AVRDCYThe+World+Vegetable+Center)*There!is!substantial!evidence!that!vegetables!are!essential!contributors!to!diet!diversification!and!
income! generation! for! overcoming!malnutrition! and! poverty!widespread! in! subOSaharan!Africa.!
Yet,! availability! and! consumption!of! vegetables! is! far! from! reaching! recommended! rates! in! this!
region,! partly! due! to! deficient! supply! systems,! insufficient! public! education,! and! inadequate!
policies.! Reaching! the! endOuser! remains! a! challenge,! essentially! because!of! the! lack!of! efficient!
channels!for!the!adaptation!and!dissemination!of!researchObased!technologies!and!knowledge.!To!
overcome! this! constraint,! we! tested! a! model! for! bridging! research! and! practice! by! focusing!
interventions!on!best!practice!hubs!operated!by!nonOgovernmental!organizations!and!embedded!
within! vegetable! farming! communities.! Such! hubs! concurrently! test! and! fastOtrack! options! for!
intensified! small! plot! production! and! postharvest! handling,! and! build! the! capacity! of! youth! to!
explore!and!enable!opportunities! for!profitable! selfOemployment.!The!hubs! serve!as! centres! for!
crop! trials! and! experimentation,! and! also! are! the! source! of! educational! interventions! that!
empower! farmers!with! productivityOenhancing! technologies!within! effective! and! efficient! value!
chains.!As! land,!water! and! labor!become! scarcer,! this!model! is! an!effective!way! for! growers! to!
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access! improved! technologies! while! enabling! research! to! maintain! credibility,! relevance! and! a!
strong,!clientOoriented!focus.!
An!undisciplined!approach!to!research!for!rural!development!!Prof+Bill+Bellotti+(University+of+Western+Sydney)*RealOworld! development! challenges! are! not! constrained! within! scientific! disciplines.! The!
challenges! of! poverty,! food! insecurity,! environmental! sustainability,! community! health,! and!
climate! change;! illustrate! this! reality.! Real!world! problems! are! often! characterised! as! complex,!
uncertain,! and! contested.! Notwithstanding! these! characteristics,! society! demands! that! science!
provides! useful! options! to! address! these! challenges,! to! improve! life! in! the! broad! sense.! Rural!
India! brings! these! challenges! into! sharp! focus.! ! Here,! an! agricultural! research! project! is! having!
development!outcomes!that!would!normally!be!categorised!under!headings!like!gender,!nutrition,!
health,!hydrology,!markets,!small!business,!and!employment.!!How!can!science!be!best!harnessed!
to!deliver!development!outcomes?!!One!trend!is!a!move!towards!integrative!science,!for!example,!
agricultural!research!for!nutrition!and!health!outcomes.!Transdisciplinarity!provides!a!theory!and!
methodology! for! addressing! development! challenges.! Key! features! that! distinguish!
transdisciplinarity! from! multiOdisciplinarity! and! interOdisciplinarity! include:! Deliberate!
transcending!of!traditional!discipline!boundaries!from!the!outset!of!research;!Involvement!of!nonO
scientists!(farmers,!consumers)!in!the!conduct!of!the!research;!Respect!for!different!world!views!
(e.g.! indigenous! knowledge,! policy,! science);! CoOlearning! by! all! research! participants,! including!
development! of! research! theory;! Changed! behaviour! resulting! from! research! (policy,!
management,!personal!action).!
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DELIVERING)THE)POSTX2015%DEVELOPMENT"AGENDA!
JONES!ROOM,!11:00AM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!!
CHAIR:!HELEN!CHENEY,!OFFICE!OF!DEVELOPMENT!EFFECTIVENESS!(ODE)!Andrew+Rogerson+(ODI)+With!less!than!850!days!to!go!until!the!deadline!for!the!Millennium!Development!Goals,!and!the!
postO2015!development!framework!on!the!horizon,!learning!from!progress!is!crucial.!But!to!what!extent!can!learning!from!past!progress!enable!us!to!carve!out!pathways!to!better!development!outcomes!in!the!future?!This!panel!presentation!will!explore!this!crucial!question,!as!discussions!move!from!conceptualising!the!different!goal!areas!of!the!postO2015!agreement!to!wider!debate!
on!how!progress!towards!the!goals!can!be!achieved.!!
Andrew!Rogerson,!alongside!others,!will!present!a!flagship!project!for!ODI,!Development*Progress,!which! is! exploring! what! has! worked! in! development! and! why.! The! project! will! reveal! over! 50!
country! case! studies! –! exploring! where! and! how! development! outcomes! have! improved! and!
analysing! some! of! the! social,! economic! and! political! drivers! amongst! some! of! the! leading!
performers.!The!project!also!analyses!how!this!progress!has!been!financed!–!looking!at!the!mix!of!
domestic,! international,! public,! private!and!other! sources,! along!with!mechanisms!of!delivery!–!
and! Andrew!will! introduce!Horizon* 2025:* creative* destruction* in* the* aid* industry,! a! paper! that!aims!to!stimulate!debate!on!the!future!of!the!international!development!architecture.!
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INTRODUCING*THE*INDIVIDUAL'DEPRIVATION'MEASURE!
HARRIS!ROOM,!11:00AM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!Ms+ Joanne+ Crawford+ (International+ Women’s+ Development+ Agency),+ Dr+ Sharon+ Bessell+ (The+Crawford+ School+ of+ Public+ Policy,+ The+ Australian+ National+ University)+ and+ Dr+ Janet+ Hunt+(Australian+National+University)*Improving!multidimensional!poverty!measurement!to!support!gender!equity!and!social!justice!Determining!whether!a!society!is!becoming!more!or!less!just!and!equitable!requires!at!minimum,!
credible,! reliable!measurement! of! deprivation! and! gender! equity.! Current! approaches!measure!
poverty!at!the!household!level!and!are!blind!to!intraOhousehold!distribution.!They!also!leave!out!
dimensions! that! are! particularly! important! for! women,! or! men,! obscuring! the! gendered!
experience! of! poverty.! Existing! composite! gender! equity! measures! reveal! little! about! the!
circumstances!of!poor!women!and!men.!Panellists!will!outline!the!limitations!of!current!measures!
and!introduce!a!new!approach!to!measuring!poverty!and!gender!equity!that!has!been!developed!
in! partnership! with! poor! men! and! women! in! 18! sites! across! Asia,! Africa! and! the! Pacific,! is!
grounded! in! their! perspectives,! measures! at! an! individual! level! in! relation! to! a! wide! range! of!
dimensions,! enables! interrogation! of! intraOhousehold! differences,! and! reveals! the! nature! and!
extent!of!deprivation!and!gender!disparity.!Facilitated!discussion!will!encourage!critical!feedback!
and!strategizing!on!next!steps.!!
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PATHWAYS(TO(DEVELOPMENT$THROUGH$LOCAL$FAITH&COMMUNITIES!
FOURTH!FLOOR!ROOM!1,!11:00AM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!Mark+Webster+(ADRA),+Prof+Matthew+Clarke+(Deakin+University),+Heather+Brown+(International+Women’s+ Development+ Agency),+ Prof+ Alistair+ Sim+ (Compassion+ International);+ and+ Jean+ Duff+(Joint+Learning+Initiative+on+Faith+and+Local+Communities)*Despite!successes!associated!with!several!Millennium!Development!Goals,!humanity!is!faced!with!
increasing! socioOeconomic! inequality,! scarcity! of! natural! resources! and! conflict! between! ethnic!
and!religious!groups.!While!religious!discourse!within!development!theory!and!practice!remains!
marginalized,! this! workshop! will! consider! the! nexus! between! religion! and! development.! It! is!
noted! that! at! times! of! uncertainty,! fundamentalism! (religious! or! otherwise)! tends! to! thrive! as!
people! seek! certainty! in! an! uncertain!world.*! Countering! this! trend! is! a! growing!movement! to!
engage! local! faith!communities! in! the!processes!of!development.!This! interactive!workshop!will!
involve!presenters!and!participants! in!exploration!and!discussion!of! the!ways! that! collaborative!
partnerships!between!faithObased!communities!and!faithObased!organisations!(FBOs)!can!harness!
the! strengths! of! religious! civil! society! for! development.! The!workshop!will! examine! how! these!
collaborations! are! effective! in! addressing! issues! around! environment,! gender,! collaboration,!
conflict! and! poverty! in! ways! that! represent! new! pathways! through! complex! development!
challenges.!!As!such!it!will!provide!an!opportunity!to!rethink!the!roles!that!local!faith!communities!
and!FBOs!have!in!both!supporting!and!leading!development!processes.!
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NEW$ACTORS,$MOVEMENT!AND$DISCOURSES+
THOMAS!ROOM,!1:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!!CHAIR:!DR!JOEL!NEGIN,!UNIVERSITY!OF!SYDNEY!Responding!to!Global!Crises:!from!'Development'!to!Global!Justice!A+Prof+James+Goodman+(UTS)*In!the!context!of!crises!that!have!global!reach,!the!question!of!development!becomes!increasingly!
globalised.! Crises! challenge! established! assumptions! about! development! as! a! problem! for! 'the!
South',!forcing!shared!issues!of!global!justice!onto!the!agenda.!How!are!these!global!justice!issues!
being! pursued?!What! are! the! policy! agendas! and! strategies! of! the! now!wellOestablished! global!
justice! movement?! And! what! are! the! implications! for! 'Overseas! Development! Assistance'!
programs?!This!paper!reports!on!a!major!study!into!these!issues,!published!in!March!'13,!'Justice!
Globalism:!Ideology,!Crises,!Policy'!(Sage).!
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Occupy!Development!!Social!Movements!and!Future!Directions!of!Development!Tim+Budge+(Tribal+Strategies)*Although! some! of! the! energy! in! the! Occupy! Movement! has! dissipated,! the! movement!
demonstrates!the!power!of!protest,!the!ability!for!an!issue!to!spread!quickly!across!borders!and!
the!discontent!that!exists!related!to!social!and!economic! inequality.!Primarily,! the!phenomenon!
of!the!Occupy!Movement!shows!the!power!and!potential!of!social!movements.!This!presentation!
examines! the! relevance! of! social! movements! for! Australian! and! other! international! NGOs.! It!
draws!on!the!work!of!Brazilian!educator!Paulo!Freire!and!civilOrights!leader!Saul!Alinsky,!as!well!as!
personal!reflections!based!on!development!experience!in!Africa,!Asia!and!Australia.!It!will!provide!
an! opportunity! to! reOexamine! the! legacy! of! these! writers,! in! order! to! critically! reflect! on! the!
Occupy!Movement,! and!on! the! place! of! social!movements! in! contributing! to! development! and!
civil! society.! Although! social! movements! are! sometimes! subsumed! into! broader! terms! of!
citizenship,! governance! or! social! accountability,! or! only! posited! as! part! of! a! public! sphere! that!
merely! offsets! government! and! the! market,! their! true! role! has! much! greater! potential.!
Nevertheless,!as!the!Occupy!Movement!shows,!social!movements!require!international!NGOs!to!
think! differently! about! relationships! and! how! to! do! development,! a! dimension! which! will! be!
explored!in!the!presentation.!
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More! than!Remittances:!Resisting! the!Dominant!Discourse!and!Policy!Prescriptions!of!the!Current!MigrationXDevelopment!Nexus!Debate!!A+Prof+Nicola+Piper+(University+of+Sydney)*The! past! decade! has!witnessed! the! ascendancy! of! international!migration! on! the! global! policy!
agenda.!One!of!the!discursive!frameworks!under!which!much!migration!policy!is!discussed!is!the!
migrationOdevelopment!nexus.!The!dominant! form!of!migration! that! is! to! lead! to! the! triple!win!
situation!that!is,!benefiting!countries!of!origin,!destination!and!the!migrants!themselves!is!circular!
or! temporary! migration.! Parallel! to! these! stateOled! efforts! has! been! the! formation! of! migrant!
rights!activists!networks!to!voice!the!increasing!resistance!against!the!dominant!migration!policy!
paradigm!which!is!based!on!very!little!concern!for!the!rights!of!migrant!workers!and!their!families.!
The! migrant! rights! networks,! spearheaded! by! Asian! activists,! focus! their! resistance! on! the!
discursive! level! by! challenging! the! dominant! paradigms! of! migration! and! development,! the!
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securitization!of!migration!and!the!coupling!of!civil!rights!with!citizenship,!and!by!promoting!more!
inclusive!concepts!of!human!development!and!migrants!rights!as!human!rights.!In!strategic!terms,!
they!use!multiple!networks!of!labour!to!make!their!voice!heard.!!This!paper!is!based!on!extensive!
fieldwork! in! the! form!of! participant! observation! at! all! relevant! global! fora! discussed! here! (ILO,!
GFMD,!WSFM).!!
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Does!the!G20!offer!a!pathway!to!end!poverty?!!Susan+Harris+Rimmer+(Australian+National+University)*At!the!St!Petersburg!summit,! leaders!noted!that!narrowing!the!development!gap!was!critical! to!
the! overall! objective! of! jobs! and! growth.! In! the! St! Petersburg! Development! Outlook,! leaders!
committed!to!improve!working!practices!on!development!by:!concentrating!on!fewer!key!areas;!
enhancing! policy! coordination! across! different! work! streams;! implementing! a! forward!
accountability! process;! continuing! to! expanded! engagement! with! stakeholders,! especially! lowO
income!countries;!and!being!flexible!to!respond!to!new!priorities.!!
This! is! not! enough.!! I! argue! that! inclusive! development! needs! to! be! at! the! heart! of! the! G20!
agenda! and! part! of! the! ‘growth’! message! for! the! G20! if! it! wants! to! survive! and! thrive! as! the!
‘premier! forum!of! international!economic! cooperation’.!!Development!as! it! is! considered! in! the!
Framework!for!Strong,!Sustainable!and!Balanced!Growth!should!be!reconceptualised!as!freedom,!
including!opportunities!for!the!poorest!–!not!just!macroOeconomic!growth,!which!emphasises!the!
G20’s! comparative! advantage! as! a! forum! for! political! leadership! coping! with! the! human!
consequences!of!globalisation.!!The!G20!also!needs!to!have!a!‘gender!moment’!if!it!is!to!be!seen!
as!a!credible!global!actor.!!
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DIRECTIONS*IN*ACCOUNTABILITY!
WATTLE!ROOM,!1:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!CHRIS!ADAMS,!ACFID!A!positive!notion!of!power!for!citizen!voice!and!state!accountability!Dr+Keren+Winterford+(Institute+for+Sustainable+Futures,+UTS)*The!purpose!of!this!presentation!is!to!explore!the!opportunity!and!need!to!redefine!the!notion!of!
power! within! the! citizenOstate! relationship.! ! This! relationship! is! central! to! the! agenda! of! good!
governance! which! as! stated! by! Kofi! Annan! is! perhaps! the! single! most! important! factor! in!
eradicating! poverty! and! promoting! development.! ! The! presentation! draws! on! completed! PhD!
research!of!a!social!accountability!approach! implemented!by!World!Vision!that!aims!to! increase!
dialogue!and!accountability!between!service!users!and!government!for!the!improved!delivery!of!
basic! services.! ! The! research! drew!on! literature!within! the! fields! of! dialogue,! power! and! social!
justice! to! explore! and!define! a! strengths!perspective! and!positive! view!of! power! in! contrast! to!
dominant! notions! of! power! presented! within! international! development! discourse.! Instead! of!
defining! power! as! a! finite! resource! which! is! transferred! from! state! to! citizen! in! a! process! of!
changing! the! balance! of! power,! a! positive! notion! of! power! is! concerned! with!maximising! and!
connecting!citizens!power!and!affirming!state!power,! for!synergistic!change.! !A!positive!view!of!
power!necessitates!a!new!discourse!and!practice! for!development!practitioners,!which!seeks! to!
strengthen!relational!dialogue!and!promote!joint!citizen!and!state!action!to!improve!development!
outcomes.!
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People!with!disabilities!as!citizens,!rights!and!accountability!!Prof+Gwynnyth+Llewellyn,+Alexandra+Gargett+and+Rebecca+Barton+(The+University+of+Sydney)*Poverty! and! disability! are! interOlinked.! The! UN! Convention! on! the! Rights! of! Persons! with!
Disabilities!(CRPD)!has!accountability!mechanisms,!an!Optional!Protocol!and,!in!Article!32,!speaks!
to!international!cooperation!and!the!development!sector.!In!the!Asia!Pacific!region,!the!Incheon!
Strategy!(2012)!Make!the!Right!Real!provides!disability! inclusive!goals,!targets!and!indicators.! In!
early!2013,!AusAID!funded!22!ALA!Fellows!including!government!(social!welfare!departments!and!
national! statistics! offices),! DPOs! and! NGOs! from! 8! Southeast! Asian! countries! on! a! program! to!
increase!their!capacity!in!developing!rights!based!disability!policy.!A!primary!focus!was!applying!a!
rights! based! approach! to! interOsectoral! legislation! and! policy! in! the! context! of! CRPD! and! the!
Incheon! Strategy! through! inOcountry! case! studies.! Positive! outcomes! included! enhanced! crossO
sectoral!collaboration,!the!development!of!regional!relationships!and!Fellows!implementation!of!
case!study!initiatives!on!their!return!home.!In!2014!we!will!build!on!learnings!from!this!program!
and!broaden!the!range!of!development!actors!to!promote!further!achievements!for!citizens!with!
disabilities,! their! rights! and! accountability.!We!will! focus! on! Cambodia!which! presents! an! ideal!
opportunity,!given!reporting!timelines!against!CRPD,!crossOsectoral!disability!rights!commitment,!
and!significant!UN!agency!collaborative!initiatives!in!disability!and!development.!
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Giving!voice!to!development!beneficiaries:!the!role!of!downward!accountability!!Susan+O’Leary+(Monash+University)*In! recent! years,! the! concept! of! participatory! development! has! gained! significant! traction! in!
development! discourse.! Prior! research! has! focused! on! the! participatory! mechanisms!
development! actors! (for! example,! NGOs! and! governments)! use! to! create! the! space! and!
opportunity! for! the! poor! and! marginalised! to! engage! and! participate! in! processes! of!
development.!Other! research,! however,! has!highlighted! the! inadequate! attention! these! studies!
give! to! the!predisposition!of! the!poor! towards!participation,!particularly! in! the! context!of! their!
extreme!dependency!on!development!actors!and!their!unequal!standing!in!relation!to!them.!This!
study,! therefore,! moves! beyond! investigations! of! participatory! development! mechanisms!
themselves,!to!examine!their!reciprocal!nature,!notably!the!heightened!(yet!potentially!rewarding!
and! empowering)! obligations! they! place! upon! the! poor.! It! considers! in! detail! the! desire,!
inclination!and!capability!of!the!poor!to!fully!embrace!these!obligations.!The!study!draws!on!two!
case!studies!of!NGO!development!projects! in! India,!and!highlights!the!need!for!such!projects!to!
not! only! incorporate! opportunities! for! participation,! but! also! to! consider! mechanisms! that!
actively! encourage! and! capacitate! the! poor! to! engage! in! them.! It! demonstrates! how! these!
mechanisms!can!be!designed!and!implemented!and!ultimately!suggests!a!focus!and!structure!for!
future!participatory!development!projects.!
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Citizen,!Rights!and!Accountability:!a!case!for!children!(Pakistan)!Tahira+Jabeen!(University+of+the+Punjab)*While!recognizing!Marshall’s!contribution!to!the!current!understanding!of!citizenship,!child!rights!
activists! have! contested! his! notion! of! citizenship! as! excluding! children.! The! United! Nations!
Convention! on! the! Rights! of! the! Child! (UNCRC),! encompassing! social,! civil! and! political! rights,!
provides! a! vision! of! citizenship! for! children.! However,! while! the! UNCRC! serves! as! a! policy!
guideline!for!member!states,!the!notion!of!children!as!citizens!is!still!rhetoric.!Based!on!data!from!
interviews! with! Pakistani! policymakers,! this! presentation! demonstrates! that! Pakistani!
policymakers! view! children! as! not! fully! rational,! being! incompetent,! thus,! nonOcitizens.!
Policymakers! hold! this! view! despite! recognizing! that! many! Pakistani! children! take! on! serious!
responsibilities,! for! example,! as! reflected! in! the! national! child! labour! statistics.! That! children’s!
citizenship! is! not! a! policy! consideration,! is! evident! from!not! only! policymakers! views,! but,! also!
from! children’s! low! visibility! in! national! and! international! development! agendas! such! as! the!
Poverty! Reduction! Strategy! Papers.! To! make! these! agendas! more! inclusive! and! sustainable,!
decisionOmakers! need! to! see! children!not! as! potential! citizens,! but! as! (differently)! equal,! rights!
bearer!citizens!and!to!mainstream!their!issues,!voices!and!rights!into!the!development!processes!
such!as!the!postO2015!Millennium!Development!Goals.!
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EFFECTIVE'DEVELOPMENT"RESEARCH"AND"ITS"USE!
BROADWAY!ROOM,!1:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!MEGHAN!COOPER,!ACFID!Research!Use!in!Australian!Aid!Program!Dr+Thomas+Davis+(Office+of+Development+Effectiveness,+DFAT)*This!paper!draws!on!an!evaluation!the!Office!of!Development!Effectiveness!(ODE),!in!conjunction!
with! the!Overseas! Development! Institute,! is! currently! undertaking! of! the! nature! and! extent! of!
Australian! Aid’s! use! of! research! in! its! decisionOmaking.! The! evaluation! seeks! answers! to! the!
following!questions:!What! sorts!of! research!does!Australian!Aid! fund?!How!and! to!what!extent!
are!Australian!Aid!managers!using!this!and!other! research! in! their!policy!and!program!decisionO
making?! What! sort! of! value! do! Australian! Aid! managers! ascribe! to! research?! What! are! the!
strengths! and! weaknesses! of! Australian! Aid’s! approach! to! research! funding! and! use! and! how!
might!this!approach!be!improved?!!
This!paper!will!discuss!the!evaluation!process!and!the!preliminary!findings!of!the!ODE!evaluation!
against!the!context!of!similar!evaluations!undertaken!by!the!World!Bank!and!DFID.!It!will!indicate!
what! these! findings! have! to! say! about! how! the! Australian,! and! international,! development!
research! community! might! improve! its! impact! on! Australian! Aid! decisionOmaking.! It! will! also!
suggest!some!ways!in!which!Australian!Aid!decisionOmakers!can!better!engage!with!the!research!
community!so!as!to!improve!the!outcomes!of!official!development!assistance.!
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Research!paradigms! for!poverty!alleviation!and! sustainable!development:!a!balancing!act!of!different!knowledges,!ethics,!rigour!and!relevance!!A+Prof+Juliet+Willetts+(Institute+for+Sustainable+Futures,+UTS)*Will! the!problems!of!our! time!be!solved!by!economics,!anthropology!or!engineering?!Or!do!we!
need!new!thinking!about!research!approach?!Transdisciplinary!research!is!one!research!approach!
that!may!offer!a!way!to!balance!competing!demands!across!different!knowledges,!ethics,!rigour!
and!relevance!in!addressing!development!challenges.!‘Transdisciplinary!research’!defines!research!
that! crosses! disciplinary! boundaries! and! seeks! to! tackle! real! world! complex! issues! in! a! holistic!
manner.! It! is!a!newly!evolving!research!paradigm!suited!to!multiOfaceted! issues!such!as!poverty!
and!development.!Experience!applying!this!approach!across!applied!research!projects!undertaken!
over! the! last! seven! years! demonstrates! its! strengths,! limitations! and! risks,! as! well! as! ethical!
dilemmas!that!arise.!!
This!presentation!provides!examples!drawn!from!research!on!basic!service!delivery!for!the!poor,!
gender!equality,!and!climate!change!and!disasters.!All!were!undertaken!in!partnership!with!those!
whom! the! research! sought! to! influence,! and!all! drew!on!a!breadth!of!disciplinary!perspectives.!
Through! exploration! of! this! research! approach’s! strengths! and! weaknesses,! this! presentation!
offers! input! to! the! debate! on! what! constitutes! effective! development! research! that! can! best!
enhance!poverty!alleviation!efforts!into!the!future.!
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Doing!Action!Research:!!perspectives!on!rationale,!rhetoric,!reality!and!results!Dr+ Cathy+ Vaughan+ (University+ of+ Melbourne),+ Dr+ Ma.+ Jesusa+Marco+ (De+ La+ Salle+ University),+Tanya+Edmonds,+University+of+Melbourne),+Dr+Manjula+(University+of+Melbourne),+Marella;+and+Jerome+Zayas+(De+La+Salle+University)*Increasingly! academics! and! practitioners! working! in! development! contexts! use! participatory!
research!methods! and! action! research! designs! to! ensure! that! the! results! of! their! research! are!
relevant! to! the! communities!with!whom! they!work.! ! Participatory! approaches! are! also! seen! as!
fostering!inclusion!enabling!the!perspectives!of,!for!example,!women!and!persons!with!disability,!
to!inform!the!research!process!and!findings.!!However,!critical!reflection!about!what!it!takes!to!do!
action! research! in! complex! development! environments! is! limited.! ! How! is! it! possible! to! bring!
academics! from! different! countries,! civil! society! actors,! government! representatives,! funding!
agencies! and! community! members! together! to! implement! a! participatory! action! research!
project?!!At!what!cost!(in!terms!of!time,!money!and!lost!opportunities!to!use!these!resources!in!
other!ways)?!!And!with!what!benefit!(when!compared!to!traditional!research!approaches)?!!!
This! presentation!will! examine! the! process! of! establishing! a! threeOyear! action! research! project!
aiming! to! improve! access! to! sexual! and! reproductive! health! for! women! with! disability! in! the!
Philippines.!Project!partners!will!reflect!on!our!experience;!on!how!we!might!go!about!measuring!
the!extent!and!quality!of!the!action,!participation!and!inclusion!that!we!have!committed!to;!and!
the!implications!of!this!for!future!development!research.!
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Complexity,!chaos,!compassion!partnerships!making!justice!work!for!women!!Casey+McCowan+(ActionAid+Australia)+and+Carol+Angir+(ActionAid+Australia)*Women!survivors!of!violence!face!psychological!trauma,!social!ostracism,!economic!disadvantage!
and! lasting! health! problems,! including! HIV/AIDS.! Violence! against! women! in! conflict! is! of!
increasing! international! concern.! Evidence! suggests! existing! formal! justice! measures! are! not!
adequately! engaging! with! women! to! address! these! issues.! A! partnership! between! ActionAid!
Australia!and!crossOfaculty!academics!from!Sydney!University!will!explore!how!transitional!justice!
processes! do! and! can! work! better! for! women.! This! partnership! aims! to! draw! on! the! research!
credibility! of! academics! and! combine! this! with! ActionAid’s! on! the! ground! presence! in,! and!
knowledge!of,! conflictOaffected! communities.! This! partnership! aims! to! ensure! voices! of!women!
are! articulated! and! transformed! into! ethically! collected! robust! evidence! that! can! be! used! to!
inform! policy!makers! and! the!wider! public! alike! through! dissemination! of! findings! in! academic!
journals!and!community!level!forums.!Taking!time!and!allowing!budget!for!the!development!and!
growth!of!the!partnershipOincluding!principles!and!behaviour!that!are!tracked!within!monitoring!
and! evaluation! frameworksO! is! an! important! part! of! the! projects! anticipated! success.! It! also!
helped! to! create! a! joint! vision! and! passion! about! how! violence! against! women! could! be!
conceptualised!and!addressed!across!disciplines!and!domains.!
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REXCONFIGURING)ECONOMIC!DEVELOPMENT$APPROACHES:*HOW*MYANMAR$CAN/WILL!RESHAPE'DEVELOPMENT!(WORKSHOP)!
SHORTXCOURSE!ROOM,!1:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!Pete+Silvester+(Morris+&+Silvester,+Yangon)*Currently,! the! dominant! narrative! for! Myanmar’s! development! future! is! the! Asian! economic!
model:! increasing! capital! investment! and! labour! participation! by! attracting! foreign! capital,! and!
creating! lowOwage! jobs.! While! the! Davos! crowd! speaks! bullishly! in! such! terms! referencing!
Myanmar’s!geostrategic!advantages,!ample!natural!resources,!and!positive!governance!trends,!all!
the!while!dependency,!inflation,!inequality,!and!environmental!degradation!are!becoming!all!too!
predictable!problems.!Setting!aside!its!wellOknown!pros!and!cons,!it!is!selfOevident!that!the!Asian!
Model!was!developed!for!a!different!global/regional!economic!time.!Meanwhile,!Asian!Tigers!are!
falling!into!MiddleOincome!traps!at!the!end!of!this!same!economic!pathway.!So,!if!all!we!can!offer!
Myanmar’s!development!future!is!this!60Oyear!old!blueprint,!we!will!have!failed!to!innovate.!The!
learning!objectives!of!this!workshop!is!to:!i)!Brainstorm!specifics!of!how!the!Asian!Model!is!(or!is!
not)! outdated! in! relation! to! Myanmar;! ii)! Outline! the! ways! that! the! economic! development!
environment! has! changed! compared! with! other! Asian! development! cases;! iii)! Develop! specific!
new! programs! that! could! be! emphasized! in! development! policy,! practice,! and! research! to!
challenge!the!preOexisting!narrative!of!Asian!economic!development,!particularly!for!Myanmar.!
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A"NEW"APPROACH"TO"ACHIEVING'SHARED'AND'RELEVANT(DEVELOPMENTAL#CHANGE!(WORKSHOP)!
JONES!ROOM,!1:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!Deborah+Rhodes+(Leadership+Strategies)*This!workshop! introduces! a! new! approach! to! underpin! all! collaborative! development!work! –! a!
crossOcultural! approach.! ! Aid! programs! are! always! undertaken! crossOculturally,! but! rarely! does!
crossOcultural! understanding! inform! the! ways! they! are! designed,! implemented! and! evaluated.!!
Most! capacity! development! work! uses! a! functional�! approach,! in! which! capacity! is! seen! as!comprising!building!blocks!(e.g.!strategic!plan,!skills,!systems)!and!when!these!are!strengthened,!
desired!development!outcomes!will!flow.!!Political!economy!approaches!assume!external!donors!
can! understand! the! nature! of! power! and! relationships! that! shape! or! drive! developmental!
decisions.! Neither! approach! takes! sufficient! account! of! the! role! of! cultural! values! on! the!
nature/extent!of!capacity,!change!and!performance,!let!alone!different!or!shared!perceptions!of!a!
better�! future.! ! To! achieve! shared! visions! in! all! sectors,! the! cultural! values! which! shape!perspectives! about! the! future,! need! to! be! understood.! This! workshop! applies! dimensions! of!
cultural!difference!from!the!GLOBE!Study!(2004)!to!aid!and!development!processes.!!This!analysis!
and!group!discussions!will!demonstrate! the! importance!of!understanding!cultural!differences! in!
development.!!This!could!transform!work!in!all!sectors!and!partnerships!so!that!shared,!culturally!
relevant! and! sustainable! development! objectives! are! achieved,! and! at! minimum,! improve! the!
quality!of!aid!partnerships.!
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RECONNECTING)FOOD)AND"NUTRITION"SECURITY:"RESHAPING*AGRICULTURE,)HEALTH,)AND"NUTRITION!(WORKSHOP)!
HARRIS!ROOM,!1:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!Michael+Dibley+(University+of+Sydney),+Joel+Negin+(University+of+Sydney),+Ruth+Phillips+(University+of+Sydney),+Brian+Hilton+(World+Vision+Australia)*About! 852! million! people! in! lowO! and! middleOincome! countries! (LMIC)! were! estimated! to! be!
undernourished!(in!terms!of!dietary!energy)!in!the!period!2010–12.!This!figure!represents!14.9%!
of!the!population!in!LMICs,!a!decrease!from!23.2%!in!1990.!The!prevalence!of!stunting!in!children!
younger!than!5!years!in!LMICs!in!2011!was!26%,!a!decrease!from!40%!in!1990.!At!current!trends,!
the!hunger!and!nutrition!targets!for!MDG1!are!unlikely!to!be!met!by!2015.!Despite!agriculture’s!
potential!to!affect!nutrition,!current!knowledge!about!linkages!between!the!two!is!extraordinarily!
weak.! This! workshop! will! explore! practical! pathways! to! reconnect! agriculture! and! nutrition.! A!
special! focus!will! be!on! South!Asia!where!oneOhalf! of! the!world’s!undernourished! children! live.!
Michael!Dibley!is!well!qualified!to!speak!on!this!soOcalled!“Asian!Enigma”.!Joel!Negin!will!speak!on!
how! the! Millennium! Villages! Project! is! using! a! holistic,! scienceObased! approach! through! a!
community!platform!to!provide!food!and!nutrition!security!to!more!than!500,000!people!across!
subOSaharan! Africa.! ! Brian! Hilton!will! describe! a! practical! example! from! Burundi! of! developing!
biofortified!beans!that!may!reduce!iron!deficiency!and!increase!family!incomes.!Ruth!Phillips!will!
speak!to!the!need!to!address!women’s!disadvantage!in!food!security,!their!inequitable!access!to!
food!within!the!household,!and!the!effects!on!child!undernutrition.!!!!
PARTNERSHIPS*FOR*EDUCATION'(WORKSHOP)!
FOURTH!FLOOR!ROOM!1,!1:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!ACFID+Education+Sector+Working+Group++ACFID!Education!Sector!Working!Group!(ESWG)!is!a!network!of!Australian!NGOs!(ANGOs)!working!
on! some! 300! projects! in! over! 50! countries! worldwide.! ESWG! members! are! exploring! new!
partnerships! between! ANGOs! and! government! in! developing! countries! (particularly! at! subO
national!and!local!levels)!as!well!as!with!local!NGOs,!CSOs!and!AusAID.!!Education!is!the!flagship!of!
Australias!aid!program,!but!the!ANGO!role!is!not!prominent.!ANGOs!believe!there!are!many!areas!
in!which!they!could!make!a!greater!contribution,!including!addressing!the!needs!of!disadvantaged!
and! remote! populations! and! improving! education! quality.! A! particular! strength! of! NGOs! is! a!
capacity! to! carry! out! practical! demonstrations! of! innovations! that! can! then! be! leveraged! to!
reform!education!systems.!ESWG!members!compiled!a!set!of!case!studies!during!2013!about!such!
interventions.! The! workshop! draws! on! these! case! studies,! highlighting! how! new! partnerships!
have! leveraged! change,! or! have! begun! to! do! so.! Over! 90! minutes,! the! workshop! will! include!
presentations!by!ESWG!members!on!their!case!studies,!followed!by!small!group!discussion!about!
new! partnerships! being! created! (especially! with! local! government! and! civil! society)! and!
participation!of!ANGOs!in!AusAID’s!education!program.!The!workshop!will!contribute!to!thinking!
on!partnerships!for!education.!
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EXPLORING*MEASUREMENTS#IN#POVERTY,#INEQUALITY*AND*CITIZENSHIP!
WATTLE!ROOM,!3:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!A!PROF!JULIET!WILLETTS,!INSTITUTE!OF!SUSTAINABLE!FUTURES,!UTS!!Past!remarkable:!storytelling!as!qualitative!method!in!changing!the!future!Dr+Jane+Palmer+(UTS)*There!is!an!identified!need!for!more!socialOhistorical!understanding!of!communities!engaged!with!
futureOfocused! interventions,! whether! in! poverty! eradication,! disaster! recovery,! or! climate!
adaptation.! Cumulative! Effects! Assessment! for! example! has! been! criticised! for! focusing!
insufficiently! on! the! past! and! as! needing! more! diverse! research! methods! and! epistemological!
approaches:! more! historical,! descriptive,! and! democratic! accounts! (Mitchell! et! al.! 2011).! Such!
accounts!can!reveal!hidden! limits! to! future!change!(Adger!et!al.!2009).!Life!stories!are!a!unique!
form!of!qualitative!data!which!help!us!to!measure!the!cumulative!but!invisible!losses!of!the!past!
(Turner!et!al.!2008)!and!understand!the!potentially!precarious!ground!on!which!the!future!will!be!
built.! Moreover! these! histor[ies]! of! singularity! (Grosz! 1999,! 2000),! show! us! how! the! alwaysO
unfolding!future!was!negotiated!in!difficult!circumstances!of!the!past.!In!this!first!step!in!futures!
thinking,! we! learn! about! both! loss! and! resilience,! and! hence! to! see! the! past! as! remarkable!
(Inayatullah!2008).!Using!examples!of!life!stories!based!on!fieldwork!in!Aceh,!Indonesia,!this!paper!
proposes!that!placing!a!life!at!the!centre!of!inquiry!enables!us!to!discover!at!a!deeper!level!what!
might!be!involved!in!the!shared!work!of!making!a!povertyOfree!future.!
Measuring!Active!Citizenship!Noor+Farida+Fleming+(RMIT)*NGO!poverty!strategies!have!shifted!from!approaches!based!on!needs,!to!participation,!and!now!
to! rights.! Each! shift! requires! intense! learning! by! NGOs! as! they! navigate! shifts! in! objectives,!
implementation,!and!measurement.!The!author!is!studying,!by!observation!of!learning!processes,!
the!experience!of!two!NGOs!as!they!navigate!major!changes.!!Findings!so!far!highlight!challenges!
in! developing! measurement! frameworks! for! the! rightsObased! approach! known! as! active!
citizenship.!Key!challenges!posed!by!this!approach!include:!!
• Diversity:! active! citizenship! spans! a! diversity! of! activities,! and! requires! a! complex!
measurement!framework!capable!of!encompassing!them!all;!
• Partnership:! the! complexity!of! citizenship! requires!NGOs! to!work!with! a!wide! range!of!
partners,!making!it!difficult!to!track!NGO!contribution!to!outcomes;!
• Risk:!active!citizenship! involves!confronting!authority,!which!can! involve!risks!of!serious!
retaliation.!!
These! complexities! make! static! approaches! to! measurement! inadequate.! NGOs! must! adopt!
dynamic! approaches! capable! of! responding! to! variations! in! diversity,! partnership! and! risk.! The!
presentation! will! outline! strategies! for! this! dynamic! approach.! The! international! development!
arena! is! becoming! increasingly! turbulent.! The! capacity! of!NGOs! to! learn! and! adapt! quickly!will!
take!precedence!over!stable!measurements!methods.!This!study!will!assist!NGOs!to!become!more!
nimble.!
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Theatre! in! Conversations:! Iterative! and! reflective! approach! to! development! in! Rural!Papua!New!Guinea!!Jacqueline+Kauli+(QUT)*Theatre! in!Conversations! is!a!community!development!approach!that!draws!on!two!established!
development!practices:!contemporary!Theatre!for!Development!applications!and!the!Community!
Conversations! methodology.! Program! outputs! privilege! quantifiable! goals! confining! the!
improvement!of!programs!and!overlooking! issues! that!emerge! from! implementation.!Dominant!
development! discourse! attends! to! tangible! deliverable! outputs! and! ensures! that! practitioners!
collect! and! collate! relevant! data! that! shows! this.! ! Some! leading! proponents! in! development!
practice! have! argued! against! this.!While! tangible,! measurable! outputs! indicate! the! delivery! of!
projects,! attaining! the! transformation! and! social! change! within! some! programs! is! often! not!
reached! as! deliverables! fail! to! capture! the! complexity! of! the! place! and! social! influences! that!
mediate! the! lives! of! the! people.! Theatre! in! Conversations! has! addressed! these! constraints! by!
forming! collaborative! partnerships! with! civil! society! and! government! organization! particularly!
rural! District! administration! in! developing! reflective! and! iterative! processes! of! enquiry! that!
deepen! practitioners! understandings! for! their! community.! ! The! process! works! with! whole!
communities! based! on! valueObased! principles,! fostering! and! nurturing! relationships! that! create!
social! transformation! through! collective! learning.! Community! Conversations! are! triggered! by!
issues!specific!theatre!performances.!
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Reimagining!Urban!Development!Nayana+Godamunne+(Centre+for+Poverty+Analysis)+Reshaping! the! urban! landscape! is! not! a! new! phenomenon.! In! 1853,! Napoleon! Bonaparte!
commissioned!Haussemann!to!modernise!Paris,!to!create!a!city!with!safe!streets,!better!housing,!
traffic! flow! and! shopping! experiences.! Across! South! Asia,! development! is! re! shaping! urban!
landscapes!as!governments!seek!to!attract!new!capital! for!economic!growth.!!Planning!of!urban!
environments! is!underpinned!by! idealized! images!of!a!sanitized,!safe!and!orderly!city.!! It! is! thus!
cleansed!of!the!old!undesirable!settlements!and!informal!trading!displaced!to!make!way!for!new!
capital! in! redeveloping! and! upgrading! to! a! worldOclass! city,! where!land! and! housing! becomes!
increasingly!unaffordable!for!the!majority.!
This! presentation! will! draw! on! the! deliberations! at! a! session! on! Reimagining! the! City!at! a!
Symposium! in!Colombo! in!December.!The!discussion! focused!on! increasing!disparities!of!wealth!
and!opportunity!and!the!recognition!that!spatial!equity!in!access!to!land!and!housing!are!essential!
for! poorer! citizens! to! ensure! inclusive! urban! development.!! Developing! the! city! is! indeed! a!
potential!engine!of!economic!growth!and!a!lever!of!social!transformation.!However,!the!challenge!
of!reOimagining!the!city!is!to!construct!processes!that!generate!as!well!as!distribute!the!wealth!of!
cities.!
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INCLUSIVE)APPROACHES!IN#GENDER#AND#DISABILITY!
THOMAS!ROOM,!3:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!MICHELLE!LETTIE,!CARE!AUSTRALIA!!
The! voices! of! Pacific! children! with! disabilities:! Participatory! research! in! PNG! and!Vanuatu!!Elena+ Jenkin+ (Deakin+University),+ Lanie+ Stockman+ (Save+ the+Children+Australia),+ Prof+Matthew+Clarke+(Deakin+University),+Dr+Erin+Wilson+and+Dr+Kevin+Murfitt+(Deakin+University)*The!voice!of!children!with!disabilities!in!the!Pacific!is!largely!missing!in!the!development!agenda.!
To!date,!no!research!has!captured!Pacific!children!with!disabilities!priorities!and! linked! them!to!
human! rights!priorities.! The! call! for! ‘Nothing! about!us!without!us’! also! applies! to! children!with!
disabilities! yet,! to! date,! development! agencies! and! disability! inclusive! development! have!made!
assumptions!about!how!and!where! to!work!with!children!with!disabilities! in! the!Pacific.!Deakin!
University! in! partnership! with! Disabled! Peoples! organisations! and! Save! the! Children! forms! a!
unique! tripartite! of! specialities! in! disability,! children! and! research! to! develop! rights! based!
inclusive!participatory!methodology,! enabling! the!voices!of! children!with!disability! to!be!heard.!!
Understanding! more! about! the! priorities,! concerns! and! dreams! of! children! with! disabilities,!
service! providers! and! governments! are! more! able! to! design,! deliver! or! modify! services! to!
effectively! meet! these.! This! information! can! direct! how! donors! can! target! funding! to! support!
children!with!disabilities!to!be!included!in!development!activities.!Deakin!University!and!Save!the!
Children!will!present!their!progress!to!date!in!relation!to!the!approach!and!specific!considerations!
in!the!development!of!inclusive!methodology.!
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Community!Based!Rehabilitation:!A!Growing!Approach! to!Answer!Disability! Issues!on!Poverty!and!Social!Exclusion!!Suharto+Suharto+(Griffith+University)*The! WHO! Community! Based! Rehabilitation! (CBR)! matrix! and! guidelines! (2010)! significantly!
expanded! the! conceptualisation! of! CBR! into! health,! education,! livelihood,! social! and!
empowerment!dimensions!by!shifting!the!focus!from!physical!and!practical!aspects!of! individual!
impairment,! to! strategies! to! achieve! inclusion! of! the! impaired.! However,! 'communityObased'! is!
often! misinterpreted! as! 'release! state! responsibilities! to! the! community',! while! 'rehabilitation'!
may!be!misinterpreted! as!�curing�! rather! than! empowerment.! !Most! CBR!organisations! in! low!
and!medium!income!countries!are!NGOs!or!health!ministries.!To!complement!implementation!at!
the! local! level,! CBRDTC! Solo,! Central! Java,! Indonesia! creatively! calls! on! local! governments!
accountability!through!a!reconceptualization!of!the!concept!of!disability.!!It!is!advocating!the!term!
diffability! (replacing! disability)! and! is! establishing! Diffability! Advocacy! Team! (DATs).! CBRDTC!
empowers!Self!Help!Groups!(SHGs)!to!enhance!the!capacity!of!diffabled!people!in!selfO!and!policy!
advocacy.!DATS!and!SHGs!have!been!assisted!by!CBRDTC!to!explore!and!analyse!issues!related!to!
diffability,! and! voice! their! aspirations! to! local! governments.! This! paper! argues! that! the! CBR!
approach! will! be! a! more! effective! model! for! responding! to! key! disability! issues! if! it! is!
complemented! by! diffability! conceptualisation! and! terminology,! and! the! localised! structure! of!
DATs!and!SHGs.!
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Triple!Jeopardy:!Practice!Implications!for!addressing!genderXbased!violence!for!women!with!disabilities!!Jo+Crawford+and+Briana+Wilson!(International+Women’s+Development+Agency)+The! Triple! Jeopardy! participatory! action! research! project! found! that!women!with! disabilities! in!
Cambodia!experience!much!higher! levels!of!violence!perpetrated!by!family!members,!compared!
to!women!without! disabilities.! They! also! reported! higher! levels! of! psychological! distress,! lower!
financial! autonomy,! and! spoke! of! significant! isolation! and! discrimination! from! communities.!
While! there! are! various! services! for! women! experiencing! genderObased! violence! in! Cambodia,!
these! largely! focus! on! violence! perpetrated! by! intimate! partners.! This! can! deny! women! with!
disabilities!access!to!muchOneeded!services,!as!they!are!more! likely!to!experience!violence!from!
family! members.! Equally,! initiatives! to! raise! awareness! about! and! challenge! genderObased!
violence! may! not! speak! to! the! experiences! of! women! with! disabilities.! This! presentation! will!
discuss!key! recommendations! for!organisations! to!ensure! their!work! challenges!and! transforms!
intersecting!sources!of!discrimination!and!abuse.!The!presentation!will!also! introduce! follow!on!
work!undertaken!by!some!of!the!organisations!that!were!part!of!the!initial!research!to!specifically!
address! violence! against! women! with! disabilities,! and! strengthen! local! capacity! to! recognise!
violence!against!women!with!disabilities!and!plan!and!advocate!for!inclusive!development.!
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Collective!livelihood!initiatives!for!rural!poor!women!Dr+Bina+Fernandez+(University+of+Melbourne)*Drawing!on!a!literature!review,!this!presentation!will!discuss!collective!approaches!to!livelihoods!
(with! a! focus! on! India),! to! analyse! the! potential! opportunity! they! offer! rural! poor! women! for!
greater! control! over! productive! assets.! In! contrast! to! the! dominant! focus! on! small! and!microO
enterprises! conducted! by! individual! women,! the! significance! of! the! emphasis! on! collective!
approaches!is!that!this!will!allow!an!investigation!of!the!potential!of!such!approaches!to!improve!
women’s!capacity!to!reOnegotiate!what!Kandiyoti!(1998)!has!described!as!the!patriarchal!bargain!
within!the!household.!The!types!of!collective! livelihood!activities! include!group!farming!through!
land! leased!or!purchased,!grain!banks,! livelihoods!based!on!collective!management!of! forest!or!
water! resources! and! collectively!managed! enterprises! (which!may! operate! either! informally! or!
formally!as!coOoperatives,!or!registered!companies).!The!key!questions!for!investigation!here!are!
whether!collectively!owned!and!managed!livelihoods!initiatives!offer!women!better!opportunities!
to! improve! their! ability! to! control! productive! assets! and! to! reOnegotiate! inequalities! and!
oppressive!social!norms.!Further,!what! is!the!financial!sustainability!of!collective! livelihoods!and!
what!supportive!interventions!are!required!for!this?!A!contingent!question!is!the!extent!to!which!
collective!livelihoods!improve!the!well!being!of!rural!poor!women.!
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PARTNERSHIPS*FOR*SUSTAINABLE(DEVELOPMENT!IN#SOUTH&ASIA!(WORKSHOP)!
JONES!ROOM,!3:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!Paul+Nichols+(DFAT)+and+Kate+Hayes+(Octo+Consulting)*Australian!AID!has!adopted!an! innovative!model! for!aid!delivery! in! the! regional! climate! change!
program! for! South! Asia.! ! The! 'portfolio'! approach! recognises! complexity,! builds! coalitions! and!
networks,! monitors! contribution! to! broader! change! and! unexpected! consequences,! and!
anticipates!development!return!for!development!risk.!This!workshop!will!explore!the!challenges!
facing!institutions!in!adopting!new!models!for!aid!delivery!based!on!true!partnership!approaches,!
including! the! necessary! culture! change,! skills! in! relationship!management,! new! forms! of!M&E,!
and!managing!legal!and!financial!agreements.!
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HARRIS!ROOM,!3:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!Mark+McPeak+(ChildFund+Australia)!
Like!characters!in!Kurosawa’s!classic!movie,!Rashomon,!many!of!us!look!at!the!world!as!it!is!today,!
and!see!very!different!trends!and!draw!quite!different!conclusions!for!the!future.!If!75%!of!people!
living! in! poverty! today! are! in!middleOincome! countries,! do!we! need! to! learn! very! different! our!
ways!of!working?!!Or!does!it!mean!that!we!simply!focus!on!the!25%!living!in!the!remaining!lowO
income,! or! unstable,! contexts?!Does! the! collapse! in! confidence! in! the! systems! and! governance!
structures!that!emerged!in!the!20th!century!undermine!the!credibility!of!our!agencies?!!Or!does!it!
deepen!our!understanding!of!what!does,!and!does!not!work?!With!southern!civil!society!thriving,!
remittances! and! privateOsector! investments! dwarfing! aid! budgets,! and! social! media! and!
information! technology! creating! dramatic! disintermediation!! effects,! has! the! space! for!
international!aid!agencies!closed?!Or!do!we!refocus!on!exclusion!and!vulnerability?!The!privileged!
role!that!international!NGOs!once!held!in!the!international!development!sector!has!been!eroded,!
with!new!actors!and!partner!government!becoming! increasingly!prominent.! ! Is! this! increasingly!
diverse!ecosystem!a!good!thing?!!Teasing!out!conclusions!could!be!done!either!as!a!presentation!
or!as!a!participatory!workshop.!
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SPEAKERS!
UMA!KOTHARI!Uma!Kothari! is!Professor!of!Migration!and!Postcolonial!Studies! in!the!School!of!Environment!and!Development!and!Associate!Director!of!the!Brooks!World!Poverty!Institute,!University!of!Manchester.!Her!research!interests! include! development! history! and! theory,! colonial! and!postcolonial!analyses!and,!migration,!culture!and!identity.!Her!research!has! involved!a!number!of!externally! funded!projects!and!has!resulted!in!the!publication!of!numerous!articles.!She!has!acted!as!a!guest!editor!for!Progress* in*Development*Studies,!Geographical* Journal,! Journal*of*Development* Studies! and! Journal* of* International* Development.! Her!edited! books! include! Participation:* the* new* tyranny?,! Development*Theory* and* Practice:* critical* perspectives,! and! A* Radical* History* of*
Development*Studies.!Her!current!research!includes!work!on!networks!of!antiOcolonial!resistance,!the! military! and! volunteers! as! development! actors,! popular! and! public! representations! of!development!and!perceptions!of!climate!change!and!migration.!
ENRIQUE!MENDIZABAL!!Enrique! Mendizabal! is! the! founder! of! onthinktanks.org,! one! of! the!leading!sources!of! information,!analysis,!and!opinion!relating!to!think!tanks.! Recently! Enrique! has! been! working! with! researchers,! policy!entrepreneurs! and! philanthropists! to! set! up! new! think! tanks.! For!instance! he! is! collaborating! with! the! Peruvian! Ministry! of! Foreign!Affairs! in! the! setting! up! of! a! think! tank! focused! on! democracy! in! in!South! America;! with! reforestation! entrepreneurs! on! a! forestry! think!tank! in! Peru! and! with! researchers! and! practitioners! from! Ecuador,!Argentina! and! Egypt! on! the! relationship! between! politics! and! ideas.!Onthinktanks.org!has!also!become!an!incubator!of!ideas.!This!includes!
initiatives!such!as!a!digital! think!tank!hub!to!support! think!tank!startOups!which! is!being! further!developed!by!AusAid!in!Indonesia;!a!think!tanks!award!to!be!implemented!by!a!Peruvian!political!magazine;!and!a!school!for!future!think!tank!leaders.!!
SOHAIL!INAYATULLAH!Professor!Sohail!Inayatullah!is!a!political!scientist/futurist!at!Tamkang!University,! Taiwan! and! at! Macquarie! University,! Sydney! and! an!associate!with!Mt!Eliza!Executive!Education.!He!is!one!of!2010!Laurel!award! winners! for! allOtime! best! futurists! as! voted! by! the! Shaping!Tomorrow! foresight! network.! He! received! his! doctorate! from! the!University!of!Hawaii!in!1990.!In!the!past!few!years,!he!has!addressed!or! conducted! foresight! workshops! for! UNESCO/Rockefeller!Foundation!and!Oxfam,!Bangkok,!among!others.!Professor!Inayatullah!has! authored/edited! 30! books! and! journals! and! over! 350! journal!articles!and!book!chapters.!!
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DAVE!GRIGGS!Professor! Dave! Griggs! is! Director! of! the! Monash! Sustainability!Institute! (MSI)! which! aims! to! deliver! solutions! to! key! sustainability!challenges.! In! November! 2008! he! also! created! and! became! CEO! of!ClimateWorks!Australia! (CWA),!an! independent,! researchObased!nonOprofit!organisation!committed!to!catalysing!greenhouse!gas!emissions!reductions.! He! is! currently! leading! a! 3Oyear! project! to! promote! a!national! and! regional! dialogue! on! Sustainable! Development! Goals!(SDGs)!and!has!recently!published!a!paper!in!Nature!proposing!a!set!of!SDGs!that!generated!wide!interest!globally.!Previous!positions!he!has!held! include! UK! Met! Office! Deputy! Chief! Scientist,! Director! of! the!Hadley!Centre!for!Climate!Change,!and!Head!of!the!Intergovernmental!
Panel!on!Climate!Change!(IPCC)!scientific!assessment!unit.!!Dave!is!a!past!viceOchair!of!the!World!Climate!Research!Programme.!He!is!a!Fellow!of!the!Australian!Academy!of!Technological!Sciences!and!Engineering!and!was!awarded!the!Vilho!Vaisala!award!(World!Meteorological!Organization)!in!1992.!
JIM!WOODHILL!Jim!Woodhill! is!Principal!Sector!Specialist!for!Food!Security!and!Rural!Development! at! DFAT.! He! combines! a! deep! understanding! of! global!agriOfood! systems! and! international! development! with! much!experience! in! the!processes!of!multiOstakeholder!collaboration,! social!change! and!programme!planning!monitoring! and!evaluation.!!He!has!worked!across!Asia,!Africa!and!Europe,!in!Australia,!and!on!issues!from!a! global! perspective.! Before! joining! DFAT,! Jim! was! Director! of! the!Centre! for! Development! Innovation! (CDI)! at! Wageningen! University!and! Research! Centre! in! the! Netherlands.! He! has! undertaken!assignments! for!a!wide! range!of! international!organisations! including!the! World! Bank,! IFAD,! IFC,! IUCN! and! FAO.! His! work! has! included!
engaging! with! the! private! sector! around! inclusive! agriOfood! markets.! Jim! studied! agricultural!science!at! the!University!of!Sydney!and!gained!a!PhD! in!Political!Economics! from!the!Australian!National!University.!!
SARAH!COOK!Sarah! Cook! is! Director! of! the! United! Nations! Institute! for! Social!Development,! an! autonomous! research! institute! within! the! UN!system!with!a!research!agenda!that! focuses!on!the!widely!neglected!social! dimensions! of! development.! The! Institute! has! consistently!produced!research!that!challenges!dominant!development!thinking!to!design!policies!that!can!better!deliver!on!goals!of!equity!and!justice!–!in! areas! such! as! poverty! and! inequality,! social! policy,! gender,!corporate! social! responsibility,! politics! and! participation.! Prior! to!UNRISD,!she!had!been!a!research!fellow!since!1996!with!the!Institute!of! Development! Studies,! UK.! Her! own! research! has! focused! on! the!social!and!economic! transformation!of!China,! in!particular!on! labour!
markets,!inequality!and!social!welfare!reforms,!and!on!social!protection!in!Asia.!
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ANDREW!ROGERSON!Andrew! Rogerson! is! an! ODI! Senior! Research! Associate! who! was!formerly! a! Senior! Research! Fellow! in! Centre! for! Aid! and! Public!Expenditure!(2003O06).!He!has!also!worked!as!a!Special!Counsellor!(Aid!Architecture/Financing)!at!the!OECD,!Head!of!the!Human!Development!Group!at!DFID,!and!as!a!Regional!Director!at!the!World!Bank.!Andrew!is!a!senior!adviser!to!the!‘Development!Progress’!project!and!was!one!of! the! authors! of! Horizon! 2025,! a! paper! exploring! the! future! of!international!development.!!
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AMANDA!LENHARDT!Amanda! Lenhardt! is! working! with! ODI’s! Development! Progress,! a!project! that! aims! to! better! understand! what! works! in! development!and! why.! Amanda’s! interests! include! rightsObased! approaches! to!development,! rural! livelihoods,! and! the! measurement! of!multidimensional!poverty!and!inequality.!Prior!to!joining!Development!Progress,!Amanda!worked!with!the!Chronic!Poverty!Advisory!Network!at! ODI,! researching! policies! that! have! been! effective! in! addressing!severe! and! chronic! poverty,! with! a! particular! focus! on! agricultural!policies! and! progress! in! reducing! chronic! poverty! in! middle! income!countries.! Amanda! has! a! background! in! integrated! approaches! to!social! and! economic! development! through! her! PhD! research! on!agricultural!marketing! through! social! networks! in! Indonesia.! She! has!also! worked! on! projects! related! to! urban! refugees’! livelihoods!
strategies,!health!service!delivery!in!remote!areas,!and!sustainability!education.!
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THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!
Time! Session! Presentations!
9:00! Plenary!Session!
Broadway**Dr!Susan!Harris!Rimmer,!ANU!
Prof!Vicki!Sara,!UTS!Chancellor!!
Sam!Mostyn,!ACFID*President*
James!Batley,!DFAT*Deputy*Secretary!
Prof!Uma!Kothari,!University*of*Manchester*Imagining!Development!Futures!
Enrique!Mendizabal,!On*Think*Tanks+Let's!call!it!policy,!not!'development!policy'!*
Prof!Sohail!Inayatullah,!Tamkang*and*Macquarie*University*Futures!thinking!and!Strategy!transformation!
10:30! Morning!tea!
11:00! Business!and!development!!
Wattle**
Margaret!Callan,!ANU!
Dr!Jonathan!Makuqira,!RMIT*University!Humanising!Business:!Rethinking!the!Role!of!Private!Sector!in!Poverty!Reduction!!
Anna!Gero,!Institute*for*Sustainable*Futures,*UTS!!Incompatible!philosophies!or!complementary!roles?!Civil!society!+!business!engagement!in!the!WASH!sector!!
Dr!Kerri!Elgar,*ANU!Making!business!inclusive:!are!enterprise!challenge!funds!useful!tools?!!
Dr!Maria!Nindita!Radyati,*Center*for*Entrepreneurship,*Change*and*Third*Sector*Social!mapping!and!stakeholder!diffusion!as!an!integral!basis!for!business!development!in!the!oil!and!gas!industry!in!Indonesia!*
Development!and!Resilience!in!a!finite!planet!!
Thomas**
Prof!Stuart!White,!ISF,!UTS!
Dr!Helen!M!Hill,!Victoria*University!!Putting!Food!at!the!Centre!of!the!Development!Problematique:!A!case!study!from!TimorOLeste!
Dr!Kate!Barclay,!University*of*Technology,*Sydney!!Integrating!knowledge!in!development:!socialObiologicalOeconomic,!and!localOnationalOglobal!
Dr!Amanda!Cahill,!Centre*for*Social*Change!!Embracing!the!Informal!Economy:!A!New!Approach!to!Sustaining!Livelihoods!in!TimorOLeste!!
Dr!Dana!Cordell,!Institute*of*Sustainable*Futures*!Phosphorus!scarcity:!future!pathways!to!reduce!food!system!vulnerability!to!a!new!global!threat!
Rethinking!roles!of!international!agencies!!
Broadway**
Mike!Toole,!Burnet!Institute!
Patrick!Kilby,!ANU*!Looking!back!looking!forward:!The!Challenges!for!ACFID!in!its!second!fifty!years!
Rebecca!Barber,!Save*the*Children*Australia!!Learning!from!Humanitarian!Response!in!SE!Asia:!Shifting!Roles!of!National!and!International!Actors!
A!Prof!Chris!Roche,*La*Trobe*University*Is!the!Golden!Age!of!International!NGOs!over?!
Paul!Nichols,!DFAT*Development!Risk!and!Development!Return*
PostO2015!
Jones*Helen!Cheney,!ODE!
Andrew!Rogerson,*ODI*Development*Progress!Delivering!the!postO2015!Development!Agenda!
Workshop!Harris*!
Joanne!Crawford!Introducing!Individual!Deprivation!Measure:!improving!multidimensional!poverty!measurement!to!support!gender!equity!and!social!justice!
international!agricultural!research!collaboration!Short*Course*!David!Shearer,!ACIAR!
Prof!Catherine!Wangari!Muthuri,!World*Agroforestry*Centre!!Enhancing!food!security!and!livelihoods!through!agroforestry!practices!!
Dr!Abdou!Tenkouano,!AVRDC*World*Vegetable*Center!!Bridging!Vegetable!Research!and!Practice!to!Overcome!Malnutrition!and!Poverty!in!subOSaharan!Africa!!
Dr!Bill!Bellotti,!University*of*Western*Sydney!!An!undisciplined!approach!to!research!for!rural!development!!
Workshop!Fourth*Floor**
Mark!Webster,!ADRA!!Pathways!to!Development!through!Local!Faith!Communities!
12:30! Lunch!
13:30! Workshop!Harris*!
Dr!Mike!Toole,!Burnet*Institute!!Reconnecting!food!and!nutrition!security!!
Workshop!Fourth*Floor!
ACFID!Education!Sector!Working!Group!Partnerships!for!Education!
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13:30! New!actors,!movements!and!discourses!
Thomas**
Dr!Joel!Negin,!
Uni!of!Sydney!
Dr!James!Goodman,!UTS!Responding!to!Global!Crises:!from!'Development'!to!Global!Justice!
Tim!Budge,!Tribal*Strategies!Occupy!Development!!Social!Movements!and!Future!Directions!of!Development!
A!Prof!Nicola!Piper,*University*of*Sydney!!More!than!Remittances:!Resisting!the!Dominant!Discourse!and!Policy!Prescriptions!of!the!Current!!
MigrationODevelopment!Nexus!Debate!
Dr!Susan!Harris!Rimmer!ANU!Does!the!G20!offer!a!pathway!to!end!poverty?!
Directions!in!accountability!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wattle*+Chris!Adams,!
ACFID!
Keren!Winterford,!Institute*for*Sustainable*Futures**A!positive!notion!of!power!for!citizen!voice!and!state!accountability!
Prof!Gwynnyth!Llewellyn,!Centre*for*Disability*Research*and*Policy**People!with!disabilities!as!citizens,!rights!and!accountability!
Susan!O'Leary,!Monash*University*Giving!voice!to!development!beneficiaries:!the!role!of!downward!accountability*
Tahira!Jabeen,!University*of*the*Punjab*Citizen,!Rights!and!Accountability:!a!case!for!children!(Pakistan)!
Effective!development!research!!Broadway**
Meghan!
Cooper,!ACFID!
Dr!Thomas!Davis,!Office*of*Development*Effectiveness,*DFAT*Research!Use!in!Australian!Aid!Program!
A!Prof!Juliet!Willetts,!Institute*for*Sustainable*Futures,*UTS!Research!paradigms!for!poverty!alleviation!and!!
sustainable!development:!a!balancing!act!of!different!knowledges,!ethics,!rigour!and!relevance!!
Dr!Cathy!Vaughan,!University*of*Melbourne**
Doing!Action!Research:!perspectives!on!rationale,!rhetoric,!reality!+!results!
Casey!McCowan,!ActionAID*Complexity,!chaos,!compassion!partnerships!making!justice!work!for!women!
Workshop!Jones*Room!
Deborah!Rhodes,!Leadership*Strategies!!A!new!approach!to!achieving!shared!+!relevant!developmental!change!!
Workshop!Short*Course!
Pete!Silvester,!Morris*&*Silvester*Yangon!!
ReOconfiguring!economic!development!approaches:!How!Myanmar!can/will!reshape!development!futures!
15:00! Afternoon!tea!
15:30! Exploring!measurements!in!poverty,!inequality!+!citizenship!!Wattle**
Juliet!Willetts,!
ISF!
Dr!Jane!Palmer,!UTS**Past!remarkable:!storytelling!as!qualitative!method!in!changing!the!future!*
Noor!Farida!Fleming,!RMIT!!
Measuring!Active!Citizenship!!
Jacqueline!Kauli,*QUT!!Theatre!in!Conversations:!Iterative!+!reflective!approach!to!development!in!Rural!PNG!!
Nayana!Godamunne,*Centre*for*Poverty*Analysis!Reimagining!Urban!Development!
Inclusive!approaches!in!gender!and!disability!!!!Thomas**
Michelle!
Lettie,!CARE!
Australia!
Lanie!Stockman,!Save*the*Children*Australia*!The!voices!of!Pacific!children!with!disabilities:!Participatory!research!in!PNG!and!Vanuatu!!
Suharto!Suharto,!Griffith*University!!CommunityOBased!Rehabilitation:!A!Growing!Approach!to!Disability!Issues!on!Poverty!+!Social!Exclusion!!
Joanne!Crawford,!International*Women's*Development*Agency!!
Triple!Jeopardy:!Practice!Implications!for!addressing!genderObased!violence!for!women!with!disabilities!
Dr!Bina!Fernandez,!University*of*Melbourne!Collective!livelihood!initiatives!for!rural!poor!women!!
Rethinking!roles!of!academia!and!universities!!Broadway**
Chris!Roche!
Dr!Keith!Horton,!University*of*Wollongong!Academics!Stand!Against!Poverty:!Present!and!Future!
Anna!Trahair,!Australian*Volunteers*International!!Higher!Ed!Futures!for!the!Globalising!+!Developing!World!!
Anna!Noonan,!University*of*Sydney*Between!scholarly!and!political!complexity:!the!dilemmas!of!effective!academic!engagement!in!the!real!world!
Workshop!Jones**
Paul!Nichols,!DFAT!!Partnerships!for!Sustainable!Development!in!South!Asia!!
Workshop!Harris**
Mark!McPeak,!ChildFund*Australia!!Rashomon!2013:!Different!Realities,!Different!Futures!for!our!sector!!
Workshop!Short*Course**
Zoe!Roberts,!Union*Aid*AbroadZ*APHEDA!Building!a!Future!with!Decent!Work:!A!Participatory!Workshop!on!!
Global!Rights!at!Work,!Climate!Change!and!the!Just!Transition!!
Workshop!Fourth*Floor**
Dr!Usha!Harris,*Macquarie*University!!
Participatory!Media!Workshop!!
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FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!
Time! Session!/!Room! Presentations!
9:00! Plenary!Session!
Broadway**
Dr!Susan!Harris!Rimmer,!ANU!
Prof!Dave!Griggs,!Monash*University!!
Dr!Jim!Woodhill,!DFAT**Partnering!with!the!Private!Sector:!The!Opportunities!and!Challenges!of!Scaling!Inclusive!Business!
Dr!Sarah!Cook,!UNRISD+Rethinking!social!development!for!the!21st!century:!From!selectivity!to!inclusion?!
10:15! Morning!tea!
10:45! The!Future!of!Equity!in!Education!
Wattle**Elizabeth!Cassity,!ACER!
Eveline!Gebhardt,!Australian*Council*for*Educational*Research*Learning!for!All:!A!New!Global!Agenda!
Dr!Elizabeth!Cassity,!Australian*Council*for*Educational*Research**Spatial!Challenges!!
Dr!Rachel!Outhred,!Australian*Council*for*Educational*Research!!Methodological!Challenges!!
Addressing!Exclusion!Thomas*!Chrisanta!Muli,!Oxfam!
Lisa!Hannigan,!DFAT!Rethinking!graduation!and!social!protection!O!a!realistic!aspiration?!!
Ta!Van!Tuan,!AFAP**Socialisation!Policy!and!Access!of!the!Rural!poor!to!Education!in!Vietnam!
Nguyen!Tran!Lam,!ChildFund*in*Vietnam**Social!Exclusion!and!Development:!The!Case!of!Ethnic!Minority!Children!in!Vietnam!
Sarina!Kilham,!Institute*of*Sustainable*Futures,*UTS!!Biofuels:!some!lessons!from!Brazil!and!TimorOLeste!!
Partnerships!and!CrossXsectoral!collaboration!
Broadway**
Mark!Webster,!ADRA!
Alison!Macintyre,!WaterAID!!A!comprehensive!approach!to!addressing!undernutrition:!Operationalising!the!integration!of!water,!sanitation!and!hygiene!interventions!into!nutrition!programming!!
Nguyen!Anh!Thinh,!ADRA!!Building!Partnerships!for!Peer!Health!Education!in!Vietnam!!
Jackie!Robertson,!Child*Fund!Child!and!youth!participation!and!its!link!to!development!effectiveness!!
Katherine!West!DFAT!!Ideas!emerging!from!a!metaOevaluation!of!Australian!GovernmentOfunded!NGOs!working!in!Cambodia!!
Workshop!Jones*!
Dr!Jim!Woodhill,!DFAT!!Incentives!for!Private!Sector!Engagement!!
Workshop!Harris!
Prof!Mark!Moran,!Institute*for*Social*Science!!Adapting!Development!Practice!to!Indigenous!Contexts!!
Workshop!Short*Course!
Sohail!Inayatullah!Macquarie*University!!Development!Futures!workshop!!
Panel!
Fourth*Floor**Marc!Purcell,!ACFID!(chair)!A!new!era!for!Australian!aid?!Lessons!from!overseas!and!looking!to!the!future!
12:00! Lunch!
13:00! Harnessing!tech!for!development!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wattle**Anna!Gero!
Nick!Byrne,!Impact*by*Design!!Technology!for!Social!Change:!how!intentional!online!platforms!can!create!tangible!offline!change!!
Irene!Guijt!ANU*!Stories,!Statistics!and!Systemic!Change:!Lessons!from!using!SenseMaker!in!Africa,!Asia!and!the!Pacific!!
Edward!Langham,!Institute*for*Sustainable*Futures,*UTS!Decentralised!Energy:!Reshaping!the!Delivery!of!Development!Assistance?!!
Workshop!
Jones!Amanda!Lenhardt,!ODI*Development*Progress!!The!measurement!debate!!
Workshop!
Short*Course!Jackie!Robertson,!ChildFund*Australia!!ReOframing!partnerships!to!reOframe!the!future!
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FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!
Time! Session!/!Room! Presentations!
13:00!Contd!
"Research"!and!"research!and!development"!in!global!health!
Fourth*Floor*!
David!Anderson,!Burnet*Institute!!“Grand!Challenges”?!Translating!Australia’s!R&D!capacity!into!sustainable!solutions!for!global!health!!
Nick!Chapman,!Policy*Cures!!Getting!to!impact!–!funding!product!development!in!an!Australian!global!health!R&D!strategy!!
Working!with!women!+!girls:!new!pathways!+!opportunities!!!Thomas**
Jackie!
Robertson,!
ChildFund!
Nicole!Rodger,*Plan*International*Australia!!Gender!in!Early!Childhood!Care!and!Development!–!Challenges!and!Opportunities!for!Gender!Responsive!
and!Gender!Transformative!ECCD!programming!
Nang!Phyu!Phyu!Lin,!CARE*International*in*Myanmar!!Women!and!Leadership!in!Myanmar!!
Dr!Joel!Negin,!University*of*Sydney!!The!motherOinOlaw!in!global!development:!obstacle!or!opportunity!
Partnerships! in!Community!Development!!!
Broadway**Michele!
Rumsey,!UTS*
Dr!Janet!Hunt,!ANU!Indigenous!Futures!on!Country!in!Rural!NSW!
Sophia!Close,!ANU*How!can!development!transform!conflict!in!Indigenous!communities?!!
Katie!Greenwood,*Oxfam*Australia!!Partnership!as!a!New!Way!of!Working!in!the!Solomon!Islands:!SINPA!Case!Study!
Ashok!Kumar,!Professional*Assistance*for*Development*Action!!Facilitating!women!farmers!for!lasting!development!outcomes!on!the!East!India!Plateau!!
Workshop!Harris*Room*
ACFID!and!UTS!!Futures!ideas!for!fast!paced!media!in!a!complex!world!!
14:15! Break!
14:30! Partnerships!in!practiceX!what!does!it!mean!to!partner?!Wattle**Anthony!Zwi,!
UNSW!
WASH!Reference!Group!The!sum!is!more!than!the!parts:!impacts!of!the!Australian!Water,!Sanitation!and!
Hygiene!(WASH)!Reference!Group!!
Stephen!Wearing,!Volunteers*in*Community*Engagement*(VOICE)!Creative!Partnerships!O!Investment!in!
volunteering!as!a!strategic!platform!to!enhance!learning!and!improve!development!practice!!
Jan!Noorlander,!CARE*International*in*Cambodia*Influencing!policy!through!partnership:!Scaling!up!bilingual!education!in!Cambodia!
Chrisanthi!Giotis,!UTS!Not!just!a!victim!of!war:!Broadcasting!the!voice!of!refugees!
Preparing!the!next!generation!!
Thomas*
Lindsay!Rae,!
World!Vision!
Australia!
Brendan!James!Rigby,!University*of*Melbourne!!Preparing!and!supporting!the!next!generation!of!development!practitioners!through!peer!coaching!!
Jess!Boyden,!Oxfam*Australia!Wide!awake:!How!conscious!creatives!can!build!a!better!future!!
Suzanne!Arnold,!University*of*Sydney*Is!Training!Adequate!to!Provide!the!Capacity!to!Implement!the!Human!
Rights!Based!Approach!now!and!in!the!future?!!
Anna!Donaldson,*OxfamZMonash*Partnership**A!new!take!on!'youth!empowerment':!The!OxfamOMonash!Innovators!approach!!
Workshop!Broadway!
Gaia!Grant,!Tirian*International!!Shaping!development!futures:!exploring!directions!for!the!ACFID!University!Network!!
Workshop!Jones*!
Gerard!McCarthy!!Digital!tools!for!evaluation!and!citizen!engagement!!
Workshop!Harris*!
Arthi!Patel,*DFAT!Community!Driven!Development:!does!it!deliver!on!poverty,!on!inclusion,!on!
accountability?!!
Workshop!Short!Course!!
Anna!Gero,!Institute*for*Sustainable*Futures!!How!do!we!know!what!good!climate!change!adaptation!looks!like?!
15:45! Afternoon!tea!
16:15! Closing!Plenary! Marc!Purcell,!Executive*Director,*ACFID!
Prof!Stuart!White,!Director,!Institute*for*Sustainable*Futures,*UTS!
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DEVELOPMENT
FUTURES:
ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS
TO END POVERTY
FINDING THE FOURTH FLOOR AND SHORT COURSE ROOMSThe short course room is located in the foyer space outside the elevators on Level 7. You’ll find these opposite the elevators before you enter Aerial Function Centre.
Some of the sessions will be located on the Fourth Floor. To get to these sessions, please take the elevators to the Fourth Floor. Turn left as you exit the elevators. Cross the bridge to the other side of the atrium, and turn left. Continue past the stairs until you reach room 470.
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BUILDING%A%FUTURE%WITH%DECENT%WORK%(WORKSHOP)!
SHORTXCOURSE!ROOM,!3:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!A! Participatory! Workshop! on! Global! Rights! at! Work,! Climate! Change! and! the! Just!Transition!!Zoe+Roberts+and+Aletia+Dundas+(Union+Aid+Abroad+–+APHEDA)+
Decent! Work! is! about! ensuring! that! people! have! jobs! where! their! basic! rights! as! workers,!
including!the!right!to!organise!and!join!unions,!to!be!safe!at!work!and!to!be!free!from!forced!or!
child! labour,! are! respected.! The! international! community! recognised! the! importance! of!Decent!
Work! by! placing! it! at! the! heart! of! the! Millennium! Development! Goals.! But! the! aid! sector! in!
Australia! has! not! taken! up! the! concept! of! Decent! Work;! only! two! Australian! aid! agencies!
mentioned! Decent! Work! in! their! submissions! to! the! recent! ACFID! call! on! the! postO2015!
development!agenda.!This!workshop!will!explore!through!a!variety!of!participatory!activities!the!
concept!of!Decent!Work!and!how!it!affects!the!aid!and!development!sector.!Participants!will!work!
with!tools!developed!by!the!ILO,!the!International!Trade!Union!Confederation!(ITUC)!and!others,!
to! build! their! understanding! of! Decent! Work,! and! explore! the! international! trade! union!
movements!concept!of!a!just!transition!as!a!framework!for!transforming!economies!and!societies!
to!meet!the!challenges!posed!by!climate!change.!
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PARTICIPATORY)MEDIA)WORKSHOP!!
FOURTH!FLOOR!ROOM!1,!3:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!Dr+Usha+Harris,+Martha+Mollison+and+Valentina+Bau!(Macquarie+University),*The! workshop! aims! to! engage! participants! in! collaborative! exercises! that! highlight! how!
development! workers! may! integrate! participatory! media! strategies! in! their! work! to! enable!
communities!to!gain!ownership!of!projects!by!voicing!their!own!ideas!and!concerns.!Participants!
will! gain! familiarity!with! communication! for! development! and! participatory!media! principles! in!
message!creation!through!hands!on!training!in!participatory!video!and!photography.!The!trainers!
have! complementary! sets! of! skills! and! knowledge.!Usha!works! from!a! theoretical! and! research!
base! in! participatory! media! production,! Valentina! uses! participatory! photography! with! special!
interest! in! communication! for! development! while! Martha! is! a! handsOon! video! producer.! The!
session! will! consider! how! communication! technologies! can! help! us! to! improve,! facilitate,! and!
optimise!the!interconnections!between!civil!society!organisations!and!local!communities.!
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RETHINKING)ROLES)OF)ACADEMIA'AND'UNIVERSITIES!
BROADWAY!ROOM,!3:30PM!THURSDAY!21!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!A!PROF!CHRIS!ROCHE!(LA!TROBE!UNIVERSITY)!!
Academics!Stand!Against!Poverty:!Present!and!Future!Dr+Keith+Horton+(University+of+Wollongong)*Academics!Stand!Against!Poverty!(ASAP)! is!an! international!network!founded!in!2010!that!helps!
scholars,!teachers!and!students!increase!their!impact!on!global!poverty.!It!does!so!by!promoting!
collaboration! amongst! povertyOfocused! academics,! by! helping! them! reach! out! to! broader!
audiences! on! issues! of! poverty,! and! by! helping! them! turn! their! expertise! into! impact! through!
specific! intervention! projects.! As! well! as! an! organisation! at! the! international! level,! ASAP! has!
national!and!regional!chapters!in!various!stages!of!development!in!Canada,!Germany,!India,!Spain,!
the!UK,!the!US,!and!now!Oceania! (which!we!take!to! include!Australia,!New!Zealand,!Melanesia,!
Micronesia,!and!Polynesia).!This!presentation!will! say!a! little!about!ASAPs!current!activities,!but!
the!main!focus!will!be!on!stimulating!some!discussion!about!what!activities!might!best!fulfil!ASAPs!
mission!in!the!future,!especially!in!the!Oceanic!context.!
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Higher!Education!Futures!for!the!Globalising!and!Developing!World!Anna+ Trahair+ (Australian+ Volunteers+ International)+ and+ Emma+ Hess+ (Australian+ Volunteers+International)*Internationalisation! of! higher! education! is! not! new! with! a! documented! history! from! at! least!
medieval!times,!and!is!prompted!a!range!of!motives.!!Is!there!a!scenario!where!universities!can!be!
prompted!to!take!a!greater!role!in!international!development?!Through!appropriate!engagement!
in! development,! universities,! their! students! and! staff! stand! to! gain! many! of! the! benefits!
traditionally!sought!from!internationalisation,!such!as!crossOcultural!understanding,!joint!research!
initiatives,! practical! experience! working! in! a! global! context,! and! opportunities! to! generate!
knowledge!and!learning!on!key!international!issues.!However,!the!power!imbalance!between!an!
Australian!university!and!institutions!or!communities!in!developing!countries!may!lead!to!poorly!
conceived! partnerships! or! activities! that! lack! genuine! mutual! benefit.! Australian! Volunteers!
International! plays! a! key! role! as! a! partnership! broker! for! Macquarie! University! for! a! jointly!
managed! international! community! engagement! program,! matching! university! needs! with! the!
needs! identified!by!partners! in!developing!countries.!This!discussion!explores! the! lessons! learnt!
from! the! partnership! processes! of! that! program,! and! explores! their! application! to! a! scenario!
where! universities! are! encouraged! and! supported! to! engage! in! appropriate! development! and!
contribute!to!a!just!and!peaceful!world.!
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Between! scholarly! and! political! complexity:! the! dilemmas! of! effective! academic!engagement!in!the!real!world!A+Prof+Danielle+Celermajer+(University+of+Sydney)+and+Anna+Noonan+(University+of+Sydney)*Academics! committed! to! making! a! direct! contribution! to! development! face! a! number! of!
challenges! that!emerge! from!differences! in! the! two! fields.!First,!academic!structures! incentivise!
scholarly!outputs!rather!than!policy!and!project!development,!a!structure!exacerbated!by!the!fact!
that!the!timeframes!whereby!evaluation!of!academic!works!take!place!poorly!accommodate!the!
investment!in!relationship!building!required!for!effective!real!world!impact.!Second,!scholarly!and!
policy! spheres! privilege! different! frameworks,! with! academics! focusing! on! the! intellectual!
complexity,! whereas! project! work! speaks! the! language! of! project! plans,! deliverables! and!
logframes.!Third,!project! funding! requires!a! clear! intervention!plan,!whereas!academic! integrity!
may! require! a! more! inductive! and! organic! development,! with! project! plans! emerging! from!
research! results.! Fourth,! the! politics! of! engagement! require! skills! sets! academics! rarely! have.!
Drawing! on! our! work! on! torture! prevention! in! Nepal! and! Sri! Lanka! in! cooperation! with! local!
academic!partners!and!security!forces,!this!paper!reflects!on!what!happens!when!academics!are!
brought!into!the!orbit!of!politics!and!practice.!In!particular,!we!consider!public!health!as!a!model!
for!operationalizing!multiOsystemic! analyses! and!how!academics! can!build! interOdisciplinary! and!
crossOsectorial! partnerships! that! maximise! their! distinct! expertise! while! supporting! them! to!
navigate!inevitable!tensions.!
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!THE$FUTURE$OF$EQUITY!IN#EDUCATION#!
WATTLE!ROOM,!10:45AM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!DR!ELIZABETH!CASSITY!(ACER)!Learning!for!All:!!A!New!Global!Agenda!Eveline+ Gebhardt,+ Jeaniene+ Spink,+ Dr+ Rachel+ Outhred+ and+ Dr+ Elizabeth+ Cassity+ (Australian+Council+for+Educational+Research)*This!article!aims! to!outline! the!developments! in! international!development!discourse! related! to!
education!programming!post!the!2015!MDG!targets.!The!EFA!GMR!presents!a!direct!link!between!
education!and!development!outcomes.!!It!states!that!the!majority!of!out!of!school!children!are!in!
fragile!and!conflict!affected!states,!and!if!development!partners!are!to!make!a!significant!impact!
in!global!education!outcomes!that!a!greater!focus!needs!to!given!to!these!countries.!!The!World!
Bank!and!the!GPE,!now!focus!considerable!resources!to!these!countries!however,!this!investment!
cannot!be!measured!against!number!of!children!in!school!alone!and!as!such!questions!of!equity!
and!education!quality!are!explored!in!relation!to!the!impact!this!has!on!educational!outcomes!and!
development! objectives.! This! article! will! explore! the! different! methodologies! in! place,! their!
strengths! and! limitations! and! in! turn! present! a! framework! for! a! more! comprehensive! and!
inclusive! approach! for! measuring! educational! outcomes! and! its! impact! on! development!
objectives!one! that!builds!on!existing! systems!and! structures,!whilst!meeting! international!best!
practice!and!standards.!!!
Spatial!Challenges!Dr+Elizabeth+Cassity+(Australian+Council+for+Educational+Research)*This!paper!examines!the!spatial!challenges!of!youth,!skills!and!postObasic!education!in!the!Pacific!
region.! It! specifically!explores! the!methodologies!used! in! research!on!the! financing!of!Technical!
and! Vocational! Education! (TVET)! in! the! Pacific,! using! the! Solomon! Islands! as! a! case! study.! The!
geographical! and! spatial! diversity! of! the! Solomon! Islands! presents! specific! challenges! for! the!
funding!of!TVET.!80%!of!the!country’s!population! is! rural!or!remote.!While!students!are!able!to!
access! postObasic! education! through! rural! training! centres,! the! quality! of! outcomes! leaves!
students!with! few! or! no! future! pathways! in! terms! of! future! employment! or! further! education!
options.! Funding! of! TVET! is! at! a! crossroads!with! government!making! reluctant! policy! decisions!
and!financing!priorities!at!a!state!of! indecision!for!both!government!and!development!partners.!
The!education!budget!for!TVET!is!less!than!2.3%!of!the!overall!government!funding!for!education,!
and! policy! and! government! support! will! need! to! address! the! education! and! livelihoods! of!
Solomon!Islands’!young,!rural!population.!!
Methodological!Challenges!Dr+Rachel+Outhred+(Australian+Council+for+Educational+Research)*This! paper! uses! the! Evaluation! of! the! Education! Transition! Fund! Programme! in! Zimbabwe! to!
explore! the! methodological! challenges! of! measuring! equity! and! quality! in! developing! country!
contexts! and! engaging! key! stakeholders! in! a! nuanced! policy! dialogue.! The! article! will! explore!
current! trends! in! the! international! development! sector! and! describe! the! methodological!
challenges! of!measuring! educational! quality,! as! an! equity! imperative.! The! article! will! conclude!
that! recent! methods! seeking! to! measure! educational! quality! in! developing! countries! have!
contributed!much!to!an!international!equity!dialogue!that!was!previously!bound!by!an!access!as!
equity! paradigm! (in! crude! terms,! ‘bums! on! seats’! Gale! 2010).! However,! in! order! to!move! the!
quality!and!equity!imperative!forward,!we!need!to!build!a!more!robust!methodology!to!measure!
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quality,! and! a! more! nuanced! policy! dialogue! through! stronger! national! and! international!
partnerships.!
INCENTIVES!FOR$PRIVATE$SECTOR$ENGAGEMENT!(WORKSHOP)!
JONES!ROOM,!10:45AM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Jim+Woodhill+(DFAT)+As!donor!agencies!and!NGOs!focus!more!and!more!on!‘engaging’!and!‘partnering’!with!the!private!
sector!it! is!helpful!to!step!back!and!question!the!incentives!for!business.!What!is!the!motivation!
for! companies! to! embed! socially! or! environmentally! responsible! practices! in! their! business!
processes?!!Why!would!a!company!invest!in!an!inclusive!business!model?!Using!a!‘ritual!dissent’!
technique! of! interactive! dialogue! the! workshop! will! engage! participants! in! taking! a! business!
viewpoint! and! then! in! exploring! the! scope! for! government,! donors! and!NGOs! change! incentive!
structures.! The!workshop!will! flow!on! from! the! plenary! presentation! given! by! Jim!Woodhill! on!
“Partnering!with!the!Private!Sector”.!
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ADAPTING(DEVELOPMENT!PRACTICE(TO(INDIGENOUS)CONTEXTS!(WORKSHOP)!
HARRIS!ROOM,!10:45AM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Prof+Mark+Moran+(Institute+for+Social+Science+Research)*The! passing! into! international! law! of! the! United! Nations! Declaration! of! Rights! of! Indigenous!
People! has! accelerated! a! global! panOindigenous!movement.! ! Indigenous! groups! are!marked! by!
their!cultural!differentiation!from,!and!political!contest!with,!a!more!dominant!mainstream.! !An!
estimated!95%!of! the!World's! Indigenous!people! live! in!developing!countries,!but!development!
agencies! typically! do! not! differentiate! them! from! the! poor! more! broadly.! ! Their! relative!
disadvantage! is! typically! entrenched! and! resistant! to! attempts! to! provide! development!
assistance.!The!literature!on!indigenous!development!is!preoccupied!with!rights!frameworks,!but!
with!little!consideration!of!how!to!design,!implement!and!improve!the!effectiveness!of!programs.!!
So! how! are! Indigenous! contexts! different! to! other! development! contexts,! and! how! should!
development!practice!be!adapted!accordingly?!
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ADDRESSING)EXCLUSION!
THOMAS!ROOM,!10:45AM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!CHRISANTA!MULI,!OXFAM!AUSTRALIA!Rethinking!graduation!and!social!protection!X!a!realistic!aspiration?!
Lisa+Hannigan+(DFAT)+and+Paba+Siriwardana+(DFAT)*The!past!ten!years!have!seen!developing!countries!around!the!world!rapidly!adopting!a!range!of!
social! protection! programs.! Along! with! its! rising! popularity,! many! policy! makers! and! program!
implementers!have! searched! for! a!path! to!what!has!been! termed!graduation!a! remedy! for! the!
syndrome! of! dependency! that! some! fear.! Graduation! means! different! things! to! various!
stakeholders! –! for! some,! it! means! exit! from! programs! that! create! a! fiscal! burden! for! the!
government,!while!for!others,!graduation!represents!an!opportunity!to!broaden!social!protections!
developmental! impacts.! But! how! do! people! fare! once! they! have! graduated! from,! or! have! left,!
social!protection!programs?!Do!they!continue!to!lift!themselves!up,!by!harnessing!the!training!and!
assets!they!receive!to!leave!extreme!poverty?!Or!do!they!fall!back,!once!a!series!of!shocks!have!
stripped!them!of!their!income?!While!this!presentation!may!not!answer!all!of!these!questions,!it!
will!delve!in!to!the!research!and!examine!what!is!working,!what!isn’t!and!what!we!need!to!being!
doing!more!of!to!ensure!our!investments!are!sustainable!and!achieving!impact.!
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Socialisation!Policy!and!Access!of!the!Rural!poor!to!Education!in!Vietnam!Ta+Van+Tuan+(AFAP)+and+Cassandra+Mok+(AFAP)*In! recent! years,! the! government! of! Vietnam!has! been! trying! to! improve! the! general! quality! of!
public!services,!particularly!their!education!services.!A!socialisation!policy!is!being!implemented!as!
a!way! to! increase! responsibility! and!mobilise! resources! from! the! entire! society! to! increase! the!
number!of!quality!services!and!overall!supply.!Socialisation!means!that!all!sectors!of!society!would!
be!expected!to!contribute!to!financing!and!delivery!of!social!services,!and!responsibility!for!paying!
for! social! services! is! shifted! on! to! households.! This! presentation!will! assess! the! impacts! of! the!
socialisation! process! on! the! rural! poor’s! ability! to! access! education! service! in! Vietnam.!
Households!bear!a!disproportionate!proportion!of! the!cost!of!education! services,!with!negative!
impacts!on!poor!and!disadvantaged!households!that!cannot!afford!these!costs.!Education!cost!is!
rising!and!represent!a!significant!proportion!of!household!expenditure.!While!intended!to!ensure!
sustainability!of!social!service!funding,!the!socialisation!policy!has!potentially!led!to!the!increasing!
commercialisation!of!public!social!services.!The!poor!are!facing!greater!difficulties!with!education!
services!during!the!implementation!of!socialisation.!
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Social!Exclusion!and!Development:!The!Case!of!Ethnic!Minority!Children!in!Vietnam!Nguyen+Tran+Lam+(ChildFund+in+Vietnam)*Social!exclusion!is!a!complex!and!multiOdimensional!process,!mainly!concerned!with!the!inability!
to!participate!equally!and!effectively! in!a! society.!While!exclusion! is!an! important!parameter!of!
development,!few!researches!have!been!found!in!Asia.!Using!ethnographic!methods!we!analyse!
the!contexts!of!exclusion!among!ethnic!minority!children!(EMC)!in!Vietnam.!The!study!shows!that!
exclusion! is! a! dynamic! process! that! is! embedded! in! social! and! political! relations! and! access! to!
services!and!institutional!sites!of!power.!For!many!EMC,!exclusion!begins!prenatally!and!extends!
during! childhood!and!with! cumulative! exposure! to! adversities,! exclusion!become!more! serious.!
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Other! children! suffer! from!multiple!exclusions:!exclusion! in!education,!health!and!participation.!
Children!with!multiOexclusions! have! fewer! resources! and! less! capability! to! cope!with! adversity!
that!may!perpetuate!the!cycle!of!poverty.!Key!factors!of!exclusion! include:!policy!shortcomings,!
system!accountability!and!governance,!child! labour,! language!difference,!geographic!conditions,!
household! dynamics,! ethnic! stigma,! and! parents! education.!We! conclude! that!multiOexclusions!
over! long! periods! of! time! in! childhood! threaten! children’s! capability! to! achieve! in! the! future.!
Timely! interventions! need! to! target! the! children! who! have! tried! to! overcome! their! excluded!
conditions.!Child!exclusion!is!crucial!for!development!agenda.!
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Biofuels:!some!lessons!from!Brazil!and!TimorXLeste!Sarina+Kilham+(Institute+of+Sustainable+Futures,+UTS)*Biofuels! projects! have! been! promoted! as! way! to! increase! social! inclusion! of! family! farmers! in!
developing!countries.!Yet,!environmental!lifeOcycle!assessments!show!widely!diverging!results!and!
the! environmental! risks,! food! insecurity,! direct! and! indirect! land! use! changes! and! associated!
deforestation!have!polarised!opinions!on!biofuels.!The!aim!of!this!study!was!to!explore!farmers’!
perspectives! on! the! sustainability! of! biodiesel! production,! specifically! within! the! National!
Biodiesel!Production!and!Use!Program! (PNPB)! in!Brazil! and! the!Biodiesel!Pilot!Project! in!TimorO
Leste.!The!research!hypothesis!is!that!farmers!perspectives!offer!significant!insight!to!underlying!
reasons! for! the! current! policy! success! and! failure.! This! research! provides! an! important!
contribution! to! reconceptualising! social! inclusion! in! biofuel! projects! and! argues! for! greater!
importance!placed!on!the!value!of!farmers!voice!with!biodiesel!policy!development.!
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SHORTXCOURSE!ROOM,!10:45AM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Sohail+Inayatullah+(USC)+This! interactive!workshop! is! designed! to! challenge! our! current! understandings! of! development!
and! related! areas! of! equity,! business! and! development,! and! resources! in! a! finite! planet.! By!
challenging! our! core! assumptions! we! will! develop! alternative! and! preferred! futures! and!
supporting! narratives! and! metaphors.! Based! on! the! "six! pillars"! futures! model!
(www.metafuture.org! and! www.metaOfuture.org),! the! workshop! will! focus! on! the! following!
questions:!
1.!!!!!!What!is!the!history!of!the!issue?!
2.!!!!!!What!are!your!forecasts!for!the!issue?!
3.!!!!!!What!are!the!critical!assumptions!you!have!made?!
4.!!!!!!Challenge!these!assumptions!to!create!alternative!futures?!
5.!!!!!!What!is!your!preferred!future?!
6.!!!!!!What!steps!did!you!take!to!realize!this!preferred!future?!
7.!!!!!!What!is!a!supporting!narrative,!a!guiding!metaphor?!
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PARTNERSHIPS*AND*CROSSXSECTORAL)COLLABORATION+
BROADWAY!ROOM,!10:45AM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!MARK!WEBSTER,!ADRA!A! comprehensive! approach! to! addressing! undernutrition:! Operationalising! the!integration!of!water,!sanitation!and!hygiene!interventions!into!nutrition!programming!Alison+Macintyre+(WaterAid+Australia)+and+Samantha+Chiver+(RESULTS+Australia)*Undernutrition!is!estimated!to!contribute!to!3.1!million!child!deaths!per!year!(Bhutta!et!al,!2013).!
Several! factors! can! contribute! to! undernutrition! including! food! security,! feeding! practices,!
infectious!disease!and!micronutrient!deficiencies.!Furthermore,!there!is!growing!evidence!of!the!
critical!role!that!sanitation!plays!in!stunting!in!children!under!5!(Chambers!and!Medeazza,!2013).!
Governments,!donors!and!civil! society!organisations!are!recognising!that! in!order! to!adequately!
address! undernutrition,! comprehensive,! crossOsectorial! collaboration! and! programming! are!
essential.! However,! how! these! integrated! approaches! are! designed! and! implemented! requires!
further! research! and! exploration.! This! presentation! aims! to! explore! examples! of! integrated!
approaches! to! undernutrition! that! are! currently! being! implemented! in! practice.! Consolidating!
existing!examples!of!comprehensive!approaches!to!addressing!nutrition!can!help!inform!ways!in!
which!to!operationalise!and!fund!such!approaches!across!different!settings.!The!focus!will!be!on!
how! water,! sanitation! and! hygiene! (WASH)! have! been! integrated! into! programming! alongside!
other!more!traditional!approaches!to!addressing!undernutrition.!Using!the!collaboration!of!WASH!
and!Health!sectors!can!provide!important!lessons!for!developing!policy!for!integrated!approaches!
to!addressing!complex!problems!such!as!child!nutrition.!
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Building!Partnerships!for!Peer!Health!Education!in!Vietnam!Mr.+Nguyen+Anh+Thinh+(ADRA+in+Vietnam)*This! presentation! describes! the! partnership! approach! used! in! a! highly! effective! and! replicable!
peer! education! project! that! has! been! implemented! in! 53! schools! with! 40,000! students! and!
parents! in!Cao!Bang!Province,!Vietnam.!As!with!other!peer!education!projects!a! life!skillsObased!
approach!lead!by!adult!mentors!(teachers)!and!peer!educators!(students)!was!employed.!The!key!
to!success,!however,!was!the!highly!integrated!partnership!approach!taken!by!ADRA!Vietnam.!A!
range! of! stakeholders! including! government! officials! from! health! and! education! departments,!
school!teachers!and!administrators,!students!and!parents,!and!Women’s!and!Youths!Unions!were!
involved! throughout! the! lifetime! of! the! project! and! brought! their! unique! perspectives! and!
strengths.! The!presentation! focuses!on!how! the!partnership! approach! led! to! integration!of! the!
project!model! for! peer! education! into! the! local! education! system!with! ongoing! operation! fully!
supported!by!departmental!funding!within!the! life!of!the!project.! It! is!argued!that!the!approach!
taken!by!this!project!can!serve!as!a!model!for!similar!initiatives!aiming!to!establish!schoolObased!
peer!education!programs!that!enable!students!to!make!healthy!and! informed!choices!regarding!
their!sexual!and!reproductive!health,!and!reduce!the!consumption!of!tobacco,!alcohol!and! illicit!
drugs.!
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Child!and!youth!participation!and!its!link!to!development!effectiveness!Jackie+ Robertson+ (ChildFund+ Australia),+ Natalie+ Able+ (Transform+ Aid+ International)+ and+ Sally+Asker*As!the!global!populations!youth!bulge!grows,!we!need!to!think!innovatively!about!how!youth!can!
best!participate!with!sector!stakeholders!in!shaping!the!future!they!want.!The!global!community!
of! development! practitioners! already! know! a! lot! about! different! models! of! child! and! youth!
participation!but!there! is!much! less! literature!available!that!explores!the! link!between!child!and!
youth!participation!and!development!effectiveness.!Seeking!to!understand!and!learn!more!about!
this!link!is!at!the!heart!of!a!new!joint!agency!research!collaboration!between!ChildFund,!Plan!and!
Baptist!World!Aid!scheduled!for!2013O2016.!The!project! is! facilitated!by!five!country!offices!and!
technically! supported! by! the! Institute! for! Sustainable! Futures.! This! collaboration! builds! upon!
desktop! research! from!2012! (presented! at! the! 2012!ACFID!Conference).!Our! Soap!Box! offers! a!
sound! bite! into! our! research! and! learning! plans! which! hope! to! advance! sector! learning! and!
organizational!practice!on!this!topic.!
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Capturing! and! sharing! learning! for! innovative! partnerships:! ! Ideas! emerging! from! a!metaXevaluation!of!Australian!Government!funded!NGOs!working!in!Cambodia!Katherine+West+(DFAT)+and+Deborah+Hartley+(DFAT+Consultant)+Development!today!makes!extensive!demands!on!the!quality!and!capacity!of!NGOs.!Increasingly,!
organisations!are!acknowledging!that!they!cannot!be!all!things!to!all!stakeholders.!Evidence!from!
NGO!practice!in!Cambodia!shows!a!nuanced!understanding!of!this!on!the!ground.!Responses!are!
varied!but!include!an!apparent!trend!toward!targeted!and!genuine!partnering!between!NGOs!in!
country,! particularly! for! niche! technical! areas! (e.g.! microfinance).! Other! strategies! include!
ensuring! policy! coherence! and! synergy! with! indigenous! institutions,! both! formal! and! informal.!
The! resulting! relationships! have! undoubtedly! led! to! greater! efficiencies! and! program!
effectiveness.! These! and! other! findings! are! indicative! of! evidence! emerging! from! a! metaO
evaluation!of!ANCP!evaluations!undertaken! in!mid!2013.!MetaOevaluations!can!provide!a!robust!
methodology! for! reviewing! the!quality!of! evaluations.! They!are!also!useful! for!detecting! trends!
and! innovations! in! practice.! Additional! processes! will! however! be! required! to! more!
comprehensively! capture,! verify! and! subject! these! ideas! to! robust! dialogue! and! ensure!
dissemination!and!adoption!amongst!networks.!!
This! session! will! briefly! review! the! key! purpose! and! findings! of! the! ANCP! metaOevaluation.!
Subsequently,! one! of! the! participating! NGOs! will! describe! nascent! processes! within! their!
organisation!aimed!at!building!a!more!composite!picture!of!their!partnership!programs.!!
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A"NEW"ERA"FOR"AUSTRALIA$AID?$LESSONS$FROM"OVERSEAS'AND'LOOKING$TO$THE$FUTURE!
FOURTHXFLOOR!ROOM!1,!10:45AM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!!CHAIR:!MARC!PURCELL!(ACFID)!Joanne+Spratt+(ANU),+Dr.+Irene+Guijt+(ANU),+Robin+Davies+(Development+Policy+Centre,+ANU)+and+Benjamin+Day+(ANU)!Drawing!on!the!experiences!of!other!donor!countries,!this!session!invites!participants!to!hear!and!
discuss!current!changes!to!the!Australian!aid!program!and!what!this!means!for!policy,!advocacy!
and!practice.!As!of!1!November,! the!Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!and!AusAID!were!
integrated.!This!move!is:!“to!better!align!Australia’s!foreign,!development!and!trade!objectives”.!
Similar! shifts!and! rationales!have! recently!been!applied! in!other!donor!countries! including!New!
Zealand,!Canada!and!The!Netherlands.!More!than!just!a!structural!change,!these!shifts!have!led!to!
new!approaches! in!the!way!these!donors!engage!with!NGOs,!research!and!the!private!sector! in!
addition!to!a!narrowing!of!geographic!focus!and!discussion!around!leveraging!‘national!expertise’.!
This!session!is!an!opportunity!to!learn!from,!and!reflect!on,!the!experiences!of!other!countries!to!
inform!our!engagement!with!changes!to!the!Australian!aid!program.!In!these!contexts,!what!has!
this!shift!meant!for!new!opportunities!and!pathways!to!end!poverty?!How!should!we!continue!to!
engage!and!shape!the!outcomes!of!this!transition?!!!
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WATTLE!ROOM,!1:00PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!ANNA!GERO!(INSTITUTE!FOR!SUSTAINABLE!FUTURES)!Technology! for! Social! Change:! how! intentional! online! platforms! can! create! tangible!offline!change!Kaj+Lofgren+and+Nick+Byrne+(Impact+by+Design)*The!rise!of!social!media!and!its!inevitable!involvement!in!social!movements!has!led!some!to!overO
credit! technology!with! leading! social! change.!However,! there! is! no!doubt! that! technology!does!
inadvertently!play!a! role.!The!big!question! is,!what!would!happen! if!we!were! intentional! in! the!
design! of! technology! to! positively! progress! social! and! environmental! change?! Using! examples!
from!disaster!relief,!international!development!and!social!campaigns,!we!will!ask!the!most!critical!
question! in!a!world! increasingly!obsessed!with!technology:!how!can!we!mainstream!technology!
for! social! change?!With! the! rise! of! big! data! currently! being! used! to! aid! rampant! consumerism!
(Facebook)!and!wholesale!spying!(Prism),!how!can!we!harness!this!key!field!to!positively!progress!
society!and!attack!seemingly!impossible!humanitarian!problems?!
Stories,!Statistics!and!Systemic!Change:!Lessons!from!using!SenseMaker®!!Dr+Irene+Guijt+(Australian+National+University)*How!is!ICT,! is!the!new!kid!on!the!development!block,!measuring!up!in!terms!of!improving!social!
justice,! strengthening! democracy! and! reducing! poverty?! One! set! of! lessons! is! offered! from! a!
dozen! cases! of! using! SenseMaker.! SenseMaker! revolves! around! collecting! large! numbers! of!
microOnarratives,!detecting!patterns! in!these!fragments!and!engaging!people! in!making!sense!of!
the!patterns!in!order!to!act.!Its!power!lies!in!reducing!interpretation!biases!by!having!people!tag!
their!own!experiences!and!bringing! thousands!of! voices! into! the! rooms!of!decisionOmakers!and!
implementers.!We!can!hear!what!girls! in!East!Africa! feel!and!need,!or!how!Vietnamese!farmers!
want!retailers!to!share!risks,!making!visible!the!hard!to!measure.!Users!can!flip!instantly!between!
individual! stories! and! related! statistics! to! show! patterns! that! elevate! personal! experiences!
beyond! the! anecdotal.! It! has! been! used! for! diagnosis,! realOtime!monitoring,! and! evaluation! to!
challenge! assumptions,! assess! outcomes! and! identify! strategic! gaps.! But! to! work! well,! certain!
conditions!must!be!met.!Organisational!expectations!and!culture,!technological!clarity,!analytical!
framing!and!capacity,!and!the!ability!to!facilitate!critical!reflection!interact!to!shape!the!effective!
use!of!SenseMaker.!!
Decentralised!Energy:!Reshaping!the!Delivery!of!Development!Assistance?!Edward+Langham+(Institute+for+Sustainable+Futures,+UTS)*The! developed! world! is! seeing! a! trend! towards! decentralization! of! the! energy! sector,! with!
plunging! costs! of! solar! power,! rising! costs! of! centralised! grid! supply,! and! a! suite! of! available!
options! that! change! the! role! of! the! customer! from! passive! to! active.! The! environmental! and!
economic! benefits! of! this! flexible,! modular! approach! to! meeting! electricity! supply! needs! is!
increasingly! clear,! but! holds! dramatic! implications! for! energy! infrastructure! and! the! associated!
business!models.!Yet!this!new!model!challenges!tried!and!true!development!assistance!principles!
of!supplying!well!established!technology,!within!available!human!skill!sets!and!institutions.! !This!
presentation!floats!some!rising!questions!surrounding!how!different!actors!may!need!to!rethink!
their!approach!to!delivering!development!assistance!in!the!energy!sector!to!account!for!this!brave!
new!user!driven!world.!
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WORKING(WITH(WOMEN(AND#GIRLS:#NEW#PATHWAYS(AND(OPPORTUNITIES!
THOMAS!ROOM,!1:00PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!JACKIE!ROBERTSON!(CHILDFUND!AUSTRALIA)!!
Gender! in! Early! Childhood! Care! and! Development:! Challenges! and! Opportunities! for!Gender!Responsive!and!Gender!Transformative!ECCD!programming!Nicole+ Rodger+ (Plan+ International+ Australia),+ Di+ Kilsby+ (Independent+ Consultant);! and+ Anna+Trembath++(Independent+Consultant)!
In!2012/2013,!consultants!Di!Kilsby!and!Anna!Trembath!were!contracted!by!Plan!International!to!
undertake!a! study!on!gender! in!Plans!Early!Childhood!Care!and!Development! (ECCD)!project! in!
Uganda.! ! The! research! focused! on! investigating! gender! perceptions,! norms! and! socialisation!
practices! in!Plan!Uganda’s!ECCD!program!in!recognition!that!the!foundations!of!gender!equality!
or! inequality! are! laid! in! early! childhood! and! that! home,! preschool! and! primary! school!
environments!are!key!sites!for!exploring,!challenging!and!ultimately!transforming!gender!norms.!!
The! research! approach!was! qualitative! and! designed! to! stimulate! dialogue,! explore! beliefs! and!
understandings!around!gender,!as!well!as!provide!opportunities! for!women!and!men,!boys!and!
girls!to!see!their!own!lives!and!experiences!in!another!light!and!that!different!outcomes!might!be!
possible.!!The!research!findings!highlighted!that!without!concentrated,!evidenceObased!strategies!
to! systematically! address! gender! inequality,! ECCD! programs! will! inevitably! reinforce! and!
reproduce! harmful! gender! norms! and! gender! inequality.! ! These! findings! have! implications! for!
future! development! practice! because! they! highlight! that! ECCD! programs! require! a! consciously!
genderOtransformative! approach,! and! that! wellOintentioned! but! genderOblind! or! genderOneutral!
programs!are! likely! to! reinforce!prevailing!gender!norms!and!power! relations,! and! therefore! to!
reproduce!poverty!and!disadvantage.!
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Women!and!Leadership!in!Myanmar!Nang+Phyu+Phyu+Lin+(CARE+International+in+Myanmar)*In!2012/2013!Oxfam,!CARE,!Trocaire,!and!ActionAid!undertook!a!study!on!Women!and!Leadership!
in!Myanmar.!!!The!aim!of!which!was!to!explore!factors!that!have!brought!women!to!positions!of!
leadership!at!community!and!national!level!in!various!fields;!women’s!experiences!of!holding!such!
positions;!different!approaches!to!leadership;!as!well!as!the!impact!of!different!leadership!styles!
as!perceived!by!community!members.!Myanmar!is!undergoing!vast!and!rapid!change,!but!there!is!
a! risk! that!women!will! be! sideOlined! in! the! scramble! for! reform.! ! The! research! undertaken! has!
revealed!that!women!in!Myanmar!face!multiple!barriers!to!leadership!including!restrictive!social!
norms;! economic! inequality;! the! double! or! triple! burden! of! their! domestic! roles! and! incomeO
generation!or!leadership!activities;!violence!against!women;!and!a!tendency!to!deOvalue!their!role!
as!potential!leaders.!!Previously!in!Myanmar!there!have!been!few!opportunities!to!openly!critique!
gender! inequality! in! leadership,!but!with! increased!possibilities! for!open!discussion!and!debate,!
efforts!to!advance!women’s!human!rights!are!growing!and!civil!society!networks!are!providing!a!
platform!to!link!disparate!efforts!on!gender!equality.!
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The!motherXinXlaw!in!global!development:!obstacle!or!opportunity!(Soap!Box)!Dr+Joel+Negin+(University+of+Sydney)*The!motherOinOlaw!does!not!have!a!great!reputation.!!They!are!the!butt!of!jokes!and!thinlyOveiled!
contempt! the! world! over.! ! The! derision,! however,! is! borne! out! of! their! perceived! pervasive!
influence!over!their!children.!!This!influence!is!thought!to!extend!to!deeply!personal!matters!that!
are! relevant! to!public!health!and!development! such!as!breastfeeding,! family!planning!and!child!
rearing.!Despite!this!influence,!the!motherOinOlaw!has!not!been!a!specific!area!of!study!in!the!field!
of!global!development.!!Most!programs!attempt!to!target!the!actors!most!directly!involved!in!the!
behaviour!sought!without!a!commensurate!understanding!of!who!influences!those!decisions.!We!
ignore!mothersOinOlaw!because!of!a!pervasive!ageist!stigma!and!the!emphasis!on!the!centrality!of!
primary!actors!in!our!development!thinking.!!But!understanding!who!influences!whom!and!how!is!
critical! to! improving!development!practice!and!also! improving! the! lives!of! the!older! generation!
themselves.!
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REXFRAMING(PARTNERSHIPS!TO#REXFRAME&THE&FUTURE!(WORKSHOP)!
SHORTXCOURSE!ROOM,!1:00PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Amalia+Fawcett+(Plan+International+Australia)+and+Jackie+Robertson+(ChildFund+Australia)*The!context!of!development!work!is!rapidly!changing!with!emerging!challenges!and!opportunities!
for! the! postO2015! reality.! The! rise! of! emerging! economies!with! their! own! aid! programs,! social!
media! connecting! communities! directly! across! borders! and! the! largest! number! of! youth! in! the!
world! than! ever! before! necessitates! a! different! approach! to! development.! As! the! number! of!
young!people!in!developing!countries!continues!to!grow,!youth!will!become!an!important!focus!in!
this! postO2015! reality.! ! ! Their! perceptions! of! development! issues,! their! relationships! with!
development!actors!and!their!role!in!development!may!be!significantly!different!to!our!own.!!It!is!
therefore!essential!to!have!tools!that!challenge!perceptions!of!youth!and!reOconceptualize!power!
dynamics! in! order! to! approach! them! as! partners! for! future! development! within! this! changing!
context.!One! of! the! biggest! hurdles! to! engaging!with! communities! as! true! partners! is! our! own!
perceptions! about! traditional! development! mechanisms,! our! role! and! the! communities!
themselves.!This!workshop!will!explore!(through!a!short!presentation!and!group!activities)!ways!
to! challenge! perceptions! of! partnerships! and! formulate! new! methods! to! engage! with!
communities! as! partners.! This! workshop! will! use! youth! as! the! focus! of! exercises! however! the!
content!and!activities!can!be!applied!more!broadly.!
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PARTNERSHIPS*IN*COMMUNITY&DEVELOPMENT!
BROADWAY!ROOM,!1:00PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!!CHAIR:!DR!MICHELE!RUMSEY!(UTS)!Indigenous!Futures!on!Country!in!Rural!NSW!Dr+Janet+Hunt+(ANU)*This!presentation!will!examine!the!governance,!funding!and!partnership!arrangements!for!three!
Aboriginal!organisations!in!NSW!aiming!to!create!opportunities!for!Aboriginal!development!based!
on! accessing! country! and! undertaking! natural! resource! management! activities.! The! study!
illustrates!some!of!the!challenges!of!these!initiatives!along!with!the!key!factors!that!are!required!
for! development!of! this! sort! to! succeed.! It! suggests! that! future!Aboriginal! development!of! this!
sort,! particularly! in! rural! southOeastern! Australia,! requires! new! types! of! partnership! with! nonO
Indigenous!environmental!agencies!if!it!is!to!attain!the!most!effective!outcomes.!The!presentation!
will!draw!on!two!strands!of!research!undertaken!by!the!presenter:!fieldwork!over!the!last!three!
years! with! Aboriginal! organisations! in! Guyra,! Nambucca! and! Eden! in! NSW,! and! research! on!
engagement!between!governments!and!Indigenous!peoples!nationally!and!in!other!settler!states!
conducted!for!the!Closing!the!Gaps!Clearinghouse.!
How!can!development!transform!conflict!in!Indigenous!communities?!Sophia+Close+(ANU)*Many!Indigenous!peoples!experience!high!levels!of!community!conflict!and!human!insecurity,!and!
are!governed!by!weak!or!unsustainable!nonOIndigenous!systems!and!institutions.!They!are!often!
unable!to!access!service!delivery!and!are!dislocated!from!customary!structures!of!law,!leadership!
and! decisionOmaking.! There! is! much! conflict,! violent! and! structural,! taking! place! in! Indigenous!
communities!some!of!which!is!exacerbated!or!triggered!by!development.!In!line!with!the!2007!UN!
Declaration!for!the!Rights!of!Indigenous!Peoples,!indigenous!communities!worldwide!are!seeking!
to!engaging!with!development!actors!to!assist!them!to!attain!these!rights.!I!argue!that!the!current!
development!system!may!create!further!conflict!in!these!communities!because!it!often!overlooks!
or!does!not!value!or!empower!Indigenous!worldviews!or!governance!processes.!This!fundamental!
flaw! in! the! current! development! system! indicates! that! using! development! as! a! tool! to! achieve!
change! in! Indigenous! communities! is! risky.! My! research! specifically! examines! developmentO
related! conflict! in! TimorOLeste! and! investigates! how,! in! the! future,! the! current! development!
system,! both! through! the! integration! of! IndigenousOled! development! policies! and! reconfigured!
practices,!can!build!a!different!relationship!between!Indigenous!peoples!and!development!actors!
to!create!conflict!transformation!and!selfOdetermination!in!Indigenous!communities.!
Partnership!as!a!New!Way!of!Working!in!the!Solomon!Islands:!SINPA!Case!Study!Katie+Greenwood+(Oxfam+Australia)+Solomon! Islands! NGO! Partnership! Agreement! (SINPA)! has! spent! four! years! implementing! its!
innovative,! flexible! and! adaptable! partnership! program! using! StrengthsOBased! Approaches! to!
community!and!organisational!development.!Partners!are!just!now!climbing!to!the!tipping!point!
for!true,!Solomon!IslanderOled!development.!??SINPA!uses!multiO!level!partnership!approaches!to!
explore! and! reflect! upon! models! of! practice! consistent! with! Solomon! Islanders'! way! of! doing!
things.!It!represents!a!shift!away!from!the!bilateral!way!of!Donor!programming!to!a!collaborative!
effort!engaging!donors,!Australian!NGOs,!local!NGOs!and!communities!in!an!iterative!exploration!
of!how!to!better!DO!development.!SINPA!aims!to!explore!how!these!partnership!approaches!have!
worked!and!how!the!reOimagining!of!the!role!of!AusAID!as!a!donor!partner!and!the!role!of!each!
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vital! stakeholder! group! has! shifted! thinking! and! assumptions! about! appropriate! ways! of!
programming! in! the! Solomons.! Partners! have! an! open! space! for! improving! communityOled!
development! and! some! success! has! already! been! documented! that! can! be! traced! back! to! the!
partnership!approach.!SINPA!seeks!to!explain!the!value!of!these!approaches,!the!challenges!faced!
in! working! through! the! stages! of! trust! and! change! and! the! lessons! that! can! influence! future!
design!of!development!programming.!
Facilitating!women!farmers!for!lasting!development!outcomes!on!the!East!India!Plateau!Ashok+Kumar+and+Avijit+Choudhury+(Professional+Assistance+for+Development+Action),+Prof+WD+Bellotti,+Dr+Adam+Komarek,+and+Prof+Peter+Stewart+Cornish+(UWS)+A! recent! report! by! the!Oxford! Poverty! and!Human!Development! Initiative! (OPHI)! states! that! 8!
east! and! central! Indian! states! have!more! poor! than! the! 26! poorest! African! nations! combined,!
together! India’s! officially! classified!poor!would!be! the!3rd! largest! country! in! the!world.! ! India’s!
poor! and! food! insecure! are! concentrated! in! the! central! and! eastern! states.! Incidentally! these!
states! have! a! higher! percentage! of! Tribal! and! Dalit! communities! than! the! rest! of! India.! The!
University! of! Western! Sydney! (UWS)! and! the! Indian! NGO,! Professional! Assistance! for!
Development!Action!(PRADAN),!have!developed!a!community!engagement!process!that!combines!
PRADAN’s! focus! on! improving! livelihoods,! with! an! emphasis! on! women;! UWS’s! focus! on!
participatory!onOfarm!research.!!The!outcomes!of!this!process!include;!
• More! intensive! and! diverse! cropping! systems! that! better! utilise! available! waterO!
resources,!
• Household!income!from!onOfarm!production!has!increased,!sometimes!dramatically,!
• Food!security!has! increased!from!an!average!of!6!months!to!12!months,! lessening!the!
need!for!forced!migration,!
• SelfOperception!and!esteem!of!women!improved.!
These! and! other! benefits! (nutrition,! health,! local! economy! opportunities)! have! their! basis! in! a!
deep!engagement!process!that!prioritizes!the!aspirations!and!develops!the!agency!of!local!village!
women.!
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RESEARCH'AND'GLOBAL'HEALTH!
What!do!we!mean!by!‘research’!and!‘research!and!development’! in!global!health,!and!how!should!we!go!about!it?!
FOURTHXFLOOR!ROOM!1,!1:00PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!‘Grand!Challenges’?!Translating!Australia’s!R&D!capacity! into!sustainable!solutions!for!global!health!David+ Anderson+ Brendan+ Crabb,+ Mike+ Toole+ (Burnet+ Institute)+ and+ Graham+ Brown+ (Nossal+Institute)*The!Independent!Aid!Effectiveness!Review!identified!increased!funding!for!medical!research!as!a!
potential!“flagship”!of!Australia’s!aid!program.!In!response,!the!AusAID!Medical!Research!Strategy!
(2012)! focused! on! conditions! that! cause! a! high! burden! of! disease! in! the! Asia! Pacific! Region,!
including!maternal! and! child! health,! nutrition,!malaria! and! tuberculosis;! but! so! far! this! has! not!
been!followed!up!with!a!clearly!defined!approach!to!support!relevant!research,!and!research!and!
development! (R&D).! Additionally,! the! recently! released!McKeon! Review! into! Australian! health!
and!medical! research! lists! global! health! research! as! a! key! priority! area! that! requires! a! special!
focus! by! Australia! over! the! next! decade.! Australia’s! research! community! is! well! positioned! to!
deliver!exceptional! returns!on!a! coordinated!and! increased!aid! investment! in! translational!R&D!
and! programmatic! research.! We! already! outperform! almost! every! other! geographic! region! in!
terms! of! projects! from! the! Bill! and! Melinda! Gates! Foundation’s! Grand! Challenges! in! Global!
Health,! and!make!meaningful! contributions! to! a! host! of! other! international! programs.! It’s! time!
that!Australia’s!greatest!research!strengths!are!built!into!our!aid!program!through!a!coordinated!
mechanism! that! leverages! the! impact! of! Australian! aid! efforts! and! investment! in! global! health!
with!international!efforts.!
Getting! to! impact!–! funding!product!development! in!an!Australian!global!health!R&D!strategy!Mary+Moran+and+Nick+Chapman+(Policy+Cures)*
Australia! currently! spends! more! than! $50m! per! year! on! global! health! R&D.! But! the!
absence!of!an!overarching!global!health!R&D!strategy!means!that!much!of!this!is!wasted!
through!misallocation,!inefficiency!and!duplication,!and!there!is!an!extremely!poor!return!
on! investment! in! terms! of! health! impact! in! the! developing! world.! Chief! amongst! the!
problems! is! that! the! funding! cycle! has! major! gaps,! the! funding! streams! of! the! main!
Australian! global! health! R&D! agencies! are! confused! and! duplicative,! and! science! and!
innovation! agencies! have! no! strategic! driver! to! deliver! global! health! products! as! the!
output.! The! funding! that! does! exist! is! also! is! badly! imbalanced.! Despite! the! fact! that!
product!development!is!the!step!that!converts!basic!research!and!discovery!investments!
into!new!medicines!that!can!transform!the!lives!of!the!poor!and!cut!back!on!wasteful!aid!
spending,!Australia!now!has!the!lowest!ratio!of!appliedOtoObasic!research!funding!in!global!
health!of!any!OECD!country.!This!is!reducing!impact;!and!wasting!aid!dollars,!lives!and!our!
investments!into!basic!research.!So!how!should!Australia!structure!its!approach!to!global!
health!R&D!so!that!we!achieve!the!greatest!return!on!our!health!investment?!!
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THE$MEASUREMENT$DEBATE!
JONES!ROOM,!1:00PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Amanda+Lenhardt+and+Andrew+Rogerson+(ODI)+There!is!a!great!deal!of!debate!surrounding!what!should!be!included!in!the!successor!framework!
to!the!Millennium!Development!Goals,!which!groups!among!the!vulnerable!should!be!identified,!
and!what! instruments!will!be!used! to!hold!governments! to!account.! Surrounding!each!of! these!
discussions! are! more! questions! than! answers! about! how! all! of! these! components! will! be!
measured!in!a!comprehensive!yet!easyOtoOunderstand!way.!Quantitative!experts!may!have!a!great!
deal!of!instruments!and!formulas!to!capture!the!‘comprehensive’!question,!but!do!they!have!the!
answers!to!who,!how!and!what?!Can!they!convey!their!instruments!in!a!meaningful!and!broadly!
applicable!way?!!
This! workshop! aims! to! bring! together! conference! participants! from! a! broad! range! of! sectoral!
backgrounds!and!development!perspectives!to!debate!the!who,!how!and!what!of!measurement!in!
development! progress! looking! forwards.! We’ll! provide! you! with! an! overview! of! the! current!
debates!on!measurement! in! the!postO2015!agenda,! focused!on!deOtechnifying! the! formulas!and!
broadening! the! discussion.!We’ll! move! on! to! debate! which! groups! among! the! poor! should! be!
prioritised!and!discuss! groupObased! inequalities,! gender! inequality! and! intersecting! inequalities.!
We’ll! debate! how!goals! are! set! to!make! them!attainable! across! different! country! contexts! and!
starting!points,!and!we’ll!ask,!what!constitutes!progress?!!
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FUTURES'IDEAS'FOR'FASTXPACED&MEDIA&IN&A&COMPLEX(WORLD!
HARRIS!ROOM,!1:00PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Facilitator:+Peter+Fray*Media!and!communications!about! the!Australian!aid!program! in!policy!and!practice! remains!an!
area!of!difficulty!for!practitioners,!researchers!and!communications!personnel!alike.!The!need!to!
simplify!a!story! for!media!outlets!matched!with!a!development!sector! that!work! in!and!seek! to!
broaden! public! support! for! complex! processes! of! social! change,! beg! the! question:! how!do! you!
drive!social!justice!advocacy!in!the!media?!Organised!by!ACFID!and!UTS,!the!aim!of!this!session!is!
to!examine!and!reflect!on!real!examples!of!how!development!challenges!have!been!represented!
in!the!media!and!to!explore!how!the!aid!and!development!sector!better!engage!the!media! into!
the!future.!The!session!will!entail!a!‘Q&A’!style!interactive!panel!of!case!study!presentations,!with!
a! facilitated! discussion! by! a! Peter! Fray! to! provoke! commentary,! questions! and! dialogue!within!
and!between!a!panel!and!the!audience.!!
Panellists!include:!Erdem!Koc!(La!Trobe),!Nicole!Clements!(Caritas),!Sean!Dorney!(ABC)!and!Matt!
Wade!(Fairfax,!SMH)!
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SHAPING(DEVELOPMENT(FUTURES:(EXPLORING(DIRECTIONS*FOR*THE*ACFID%UNIVERSITY%NETWORK!
BROADWAY!ROOM,!2:30PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Facilitator:+Gaia+Grant+(Tirian+International)+and+Meghan+Cooper+(ACFID)+The!ACFID!University!Network!has!grown!significantly! since! the!partnership!began! in!2008!with!
the! aim! of! expanding! linkages! between! practitioners,! researchers! and! academics,! particularly!
those!concerned!with!development!effectiveness!and!involved!in!development!research.!!Now,!at!
the!end!of!the!Fourth!Network!Conference,!this!session!aims!to:!
Offer!a!space!for!participants!to! focus!on! identifying!&!developing!key! ideas!and!proposals! that!
have!emerged!from!conference!discussions!and;!To!consider!how!these!ideas!might!influence!the!
role!and!ways!of!working!with!the!ACFID!University!Network.!!
How! can! the! Network! continue! to! inform,! support! and! enable! shared,! strategic! and! ethical!
development!futures?!!How!would!you!like!to!contribute!to!this!future?!Gaia!Grant,!a!specialist!in!
creative!thinking!and!strategizing,!will!use!the!Strategy!for!Innovative!Development!(SID)!model!to!
facilitate! reflection!on! the!successes!and!challenges! for! the!Network! to!date,!and! the!emerging!
opportunities!and!needs!that!will!help!explore!future!directions.!!The!workshop!will!provide!space!
for!practitioners,!researchers!and!academics!to:!explore!options;! identify!possible!solutions;!and!
consider! the! practical! implications! and! actions! required! to! give! these! effect.!Whether! you! are!
currently! involved! or! interested! in! engaging,! this! session! is! targeted! at! researchers,! academics!
and!NGO!practitioners!to!share!ideas!and!experiences!to!help!shape!the!Network’s!future.!
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HOW$DO$WE$KNOW$WHAT$GOOD!CLIMATE(CHANGE(ADAPTATION(LOOKS(LIKE?!(WORKSHOP)!
SHORTXCOURSE!ROOM,!2:30PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Anna+ Gero+ and+ Joanne+ Chong+ (Institute+ for+ Sustainable+ Futures,+ UTS),+ and+ Pia+ Treichel+ (Plan+International+Australia)*Globally,! funding!for!climate!change!adaptation!(CCA)! initiatives! is!growing! in!recognition!of!the!
crossOsectoral!impacts!of!climate!change!on!livelihoods.!This!growth!has!led!to!an!increasing!need!
for! monitoring! and! evaluation! (M&E)! approaches! to! measure! the! effectiveness,! equity! and!
sustainability! of! CCA! projects.! Challenges! have! emerged! for! M&E! approaches! to! measure! the!
impact! and! effectiveness! of! CCA! interventions! to! ensure! ongoing! program! responsiveness! and!
appropriate! resource! allocation! to! uncertain! future! scenarios.! To! explore! these! challenges,! this!
workshop! will! focus! on! a! childOcentred,! communityObased! climate! change! adaptation! project!
implemented! in! the! Philippines! by! Plan! International! Australia! and! Save! the! Children! with!
research! partners! the! Institute! for! Sustainable! Futures! (ISF)! and! funding! from! AusAID.! This!
partnership!is!collaborating!on!the!development!of!a!communityOlevel!childOcentred!CCA!indicator!
framework!that!is!informed!by!M&E!findings!and!aligned!with!the!CCA!priorities!of!the!Philippines!
government.! The! workshop! will! present! the! partnership! and! process! model! for! drawing! on!
evidence!from!communityObased!and!childOfocused!projects!to!develop!localOlevel!CCA!indicators.!
By! inviting! all! participants! to! reflect! on! and! share! their! own! approaches! to!M&E! of! CCA,! this!
workshop! presents! a! unique! opportunity! to! collectively! contribute! to! the! emerging! field! of!
research!and!practice.!
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PARTNERSHIPS*IN*PRACTICE%–!WHAT%DOES%IT%MEAN%TO#PARTNER?!
WATTLE!ROOM,!2:30PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!!CHAIR:!PROF!ANTHONY!ZWI,!UNSW!The! sum! is! more! than! the! parts:! impacts! of! the! Australian! Water,! Sanitation! and!Hygiene!(WASH)!Reference!Group!!Lee+ Leong+ (Plan+ International+ Australia),+ Bronwyn+ Powell+ (International+ WaterCentre),+ Luke+Lovell+ and+ James+ Wicken+ (WaterAid+ Australia),+ and+ A+ Prof+ Juliet+ Willetts+ (Institute+ for+Sustainable+Futures,+UTS)*Partnerships! offer! benefits,! leverage! and! influence! that! single! organisations! are! not! able! to!
achieve!on!their!own.!Established!in!2007,!the!WASH!Reference!Group!(WRG)!is!a!partnership!of!
diverse!organisations!working!on!water,!sanitation!and!hygiene!(WASH)!in!developing!countries.!
Comprised! of! NGOs,! academic! institutions! and! industry! representatives,! this! informal! network!
continues!to!demonstrate!strength!and!impact!drawing!upon!the!diverse!points!of! leverage!and!
skill!sets!of!its!members.!This!presentation!will!draw!on!two!recent!internal!reviews!of!the!WRG!
exploring!the!dynamics!of!the!group,!reviewing!the!WRGs!wins!and!how!the!collaborative!nature!
of!the!group!has!contributed!to!these!successes.!Over!six!years!the!groups!coordinated,!evidenceO
based! advocacy! efforts! have! resulted! in! the!Australian! government! increasing! their! funding! for!
WASH! from!around!$50m!to!$300m!per!year,!along!with!significant! improvements! in!quality!of!
aid!and!the!work!of!Government!and!members!of!the!group.!he!successes!and!challenges!of!the!
WRG!is!an!interesting!case!study!and!innovative!model!for!how!NGOs,!academic!institutions!and!
industry!can!work! through!partnerships! to!accelerate!progress!on!the!current!MDGs!and! future!
goals!postO2015,!in!this!sector!and!beyond,!both!within!Australia!and!elsewhere.!
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Creative!Partnerships! X! Investment! in!volunteering!as!a! strategic!platform! to!enhance!learning!and! improve!development!practice! in!students,!universities!and!the!sector!at!large!!Stephen+Wearing+(UTS)+and+Julia+Williams+(Volunteers+in+Community+Engagement)!*For!many,!volunteering!provides!an!accessible!way!to!make!a!difference!to!people’s!lives.!Indeed!
for! many! it! is! the! volunteer! experience! that! is! the! catalyst! for! a! career! dedicated! to! ending!
poverty.!But!with!the!commercialisation!of!volunteering!and!the! increase!of! for!profit!providers!
entering! the! market,! the! integrity! and! impact! of! volunteering! has! become! compromised.! The!
future!of!ending!poverty!will!rest!in!the!hands!of!the!future!generations!and!if!volunteering!is!the!
first! connection! to! the! developing! world,! then! it! is! important! that! the! fundamentals! of! good!
development!practice!are!understood.!Universities!play!a!critical!role!in!educating!themselves!on!
and!endorsing!organisations! that!offer!volunteer!programs!that!have!a!positive! impact! for!both!
volunteers! and! the! communities! in! which! they! work.! Volunteers! In! Community! Engagement!
(VOICE)! is! a! not! for! profit,! secular,! Australian! based! organisation! that! has! been! sending!
Australians!on!community!identified,!grass!roots!development!projects!for!over!20!years.!
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Influencing!policy!through!partnership:!Scaling!up!bilingual!education!in!Cambodia!Jan+Noorlander,+CARE+Cambodia+
Ethnic!minority!communities!are!the!most!marginalised!in!Cambodia.!In!2003!CARE!began!piloting!
a!bilingual!education!model!in!six!schools!in!the!remote!northOeast!of!Cambodia,!working!closely!
with! the! Cambodian! Government! and! ethnic! minority! communities.! The!model,! adapted! from!
Australian!indigenous!bilingual!education!model,!covered!training!and!support!to!locally!recruited!
teachers,! curriculum! development! in! four! languages! and! community! management! of! schools.!
After! demonstrating! that! indigenous! children! can!be! educated! the!Cambodian! government!has!
committed! to! expanding! the! model! in! more! indigenous! languages! and! provinces.! Bilingual!
education!is!a!stated!priority!of!the!Ministry!of!Education!in!the!national!education!strategic!plan.!
The! Cambodian! Government! has! recently! adopted! a! prakas,! or! high! level! policy! decree! on!
bilingual! education,! firmly! anchoring! bilingual! education! in! the! Ministry! of! Educations! policy!
framework.!In!this!paper!CARE!aims!to!share!its!experience!in!building!critical!partnerships,!with!
the! government,! UN! development! partners,! local! partners,! funders,! and! research! institutes,! to!
effectively!influence!policy!and!enable!scale!up!of!a!successful!model.!Elements!include!building!a!
solid! evidence! base,! leveraging! support! and! building! local! government! ownership! to! establish!
Cambodia!as!a!model!for!the!region!in!bilingual!education.!
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Not!just!a!victim!of!war:!Broadcasting!the!voice!of!refugees!!Chrisanthi+Giotis+(UTS)+My!big!idea:!Reconfigure!the!journalistONGO!relationship!to!prioritise!refugee!voices.!Why:!Future!
development! policy! needs! active! participants! from! the! developing!world,! not! voiceless! victims.!
How:! A! best! practice! framework,! rethinking! the! journalists! role! in! development! away! from!
awareness/money! raising! towards! client! advocacy,! created! and! tested! through! an! academia,!
NGO,!media!partnership! in!several!African!refugee!camps.!The!design!works!within!the!existing,!
and!likely!future,!economic!reality!of!NGOs!sponsoring!journalist!visits,!but!changes!field!practice,!
e.g.!the!provision!of!independent!interpreters!with!trauma!training,!cultural!awareness!eOtraining!
as! part! of! the! standard! press! pack,! and!more.! I! came! to!my! idea! through! criticism! of!western!
reporting!practice!as! foregrounding!NGO!voices!at!the!expense!of!developing!world!voices.!This!
dehumanises,! with! political! implications,! and! hampers! increased! client! accountability! in!
development! work! as! existing! westernOoriented! power! structures! are! reinforced! by! client!
invisibility.!
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PREPARING(THE(NEXT(GENERATION!
THOMAS!ROOM,!2:30PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!CHAIR:!LINDSAY!RAE!(WORLD!VISION!AUSTRALIA)!Preparing! and! supporting! the! next! generation! of! development! practitioners! through!peer!coaching!!Brendan+James+Rigby+(University+of+Melbourne),+Weh+Yoeh+and+Allison+Jane+Smith*Contemporary!development!practitioners!increasingly!operate!in!complex!environments,!in!which!
the!challenges!are!multifaceted,!prolonged!and!arduous.!Limited!epidemiological,!and!much!more!
anecdotal,!evidence! indicates! that!aid!and!development!personnel!are!at! risk!and!suffer! from!a!
range!of!physical!and!mental!health!issues.!However,!traditional!HR!systems!in!sending!agencies!
are! not! designed! to! support! personnel! in! isolated! environments.! In!many! cases,! these! systems!
simply!do!not!exist.!In!November!2012,!WhyDev!launched!a!pilot!program!to!match!and!support!
aid!workers!around!the!world!in!a!peer!coaching!partnership.!Over!300!development!practitioners!
participated! in! the! program.! This! program! was! designed! to! utilise! various! communication!
technologies!and!a!proprietary!matching!algorithm!to!fill!the!gap!in!supporting!the!peer!learning!
and! well! being! of! development! practitioners.! A! survey! at! the! end! of! the! pilot! was! sent! to! all!
participants,!with!a! return! rate!of!23.4%! (n=73).!The! results!of! the!pilot! suggest!a! rethinking!of!
how!we!can!not!only!prepare!the!next!generation!of!practitioners,!but!also!provide!ongoing!and!
open!opportunities!for!peer!learning!and!support,!and!the!creation!of!new!partnerships!that!will!
improve!the!professional!competence!of!development!practitioners.!
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Wide!awake:!How!conscious!creatives!can!build!a!better!future!Jess+Boyden+and+James+Dunlop+(Oxfam+Australia)*Oxfam!envisions!a! future! free! from!poverty.!Part!of! realising!this!vision! is! transforming!the!way!
people,! businesses,! governments,! and! institutions! think! and! act! with! a! global! perspective.!!
Designers,! marketers! and! communicators! can! play! a! key! role! in! creating! new! and! innovative!
approaches.!Through!effective!communications,!these!industries!can!shape!public!understanding!
and!build!a!sense!of!global!responsibility!and!solidarity!with!people!impacted!by!social!injustices.!
Our!Design!for!Change!program!has!been!rethinking!how!the!sector!can!collaborate!with!tertiary!
institutions,! creative! industry! leaders! and! young! people! and! create! opportunities! to! use! their!
skills,! experience! and! networks! for! positive! change.! Since! 2007,!we’ve!worked!with! over! 5,000!
young! Australian! designers,! communicators! and! marketers! to! create! and! implement!
communications!and!public!engagement!strategies!to!engage!the!Australia!public!on!topics!such!
as! fair! trade,! climate! change! and! equity! in! the! global! food! system.! In! 2013! we! launched!
www.designforchange.org.au,!an!online!collaborative!platform!that!enables!the!broader!public!to!
respond! to! creative! challenges,! sharing! their! time! and! skills! to! support! Oxfam! while! getting!
exposure! for! their! ideas.!Given! the! scale! of! global! problems! such! collaborations! are! key! to! coO
creating!a!future!free!from!poverty.!
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Is! Training! Adequate! to! Provide! the! Capacity! to! Implement! the! Human! Rights! Based!Approach!now!and!in!the!future?!Suzanne+Arnold+(University+of+Sydney)*Australian! nonOgovernment! organisations! (NGOs)! working! in! the! international! aid! and!
development! sector! are! altering! the! delivery! of! aid! and! development! from! a! needs! based!
approach!to!a!human!rights!based!approach!(HRBA).!!Anecdotal!evidence!suggests!many!of!these!
NGOs! are! finding! the! transition! challenging,! particularly! in! operationalising! the! HRBA.! ! At! the!
same!time,!the!international!community!is!promoting!HRBA!education!and!training!to!transform!
organisations,! enabling! them! to! achieve! equality! and! sustainable! development.! ! To!understand!
whether!HRBA!training!is!achieving!its!objectives!a!pilot!study!was!undertaken!on!the!quality!and!
impact! of! training! on! the! ability! of! NGO! personnel! to! work! within! the! HRBA.! ! The! findings!
indicated! that! training! is! not! comprehensive! or! varied! enough! to! ensure! a! commonly! held!
understanding!of!the!HRBA!and!fully! implement!the!HRBA!in! international!aid!and!development!
programs.!!!Participants!reported!a!lack!of!appropriate!training!to!allow!the!change!to!the!HRBA.!
The!findings!identified!that!appropriate!training!is!required!to!build!the!capacity!of!those!working!
in!the!sector!now!and!in!the!future!to!realise!the!full!potential!of!the!HRBA!to!facilitate!gains!in!
achieving!rights!and!overcome!the!multidimensional!challenges!of!poverty!and!disadvantage.!
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A!new!take!on!'youth!empowerment':!The!OxfamXMonash!Innovators!approach!!Anna+Donaldson+(OxfamY+Monash+Partnership)*The!fresh!perspectives!and!original!ideas!of!young!people!can!be!extremely!important!catalysts!of!
change! in! the! development! sector.! In! particular,! the! ability! to! see! issues! and! their! potential!
solutions! through! new! eyes! can! lead! to! highly! exciting! outcomes.! For! this! reason,! the! OxfamO
Monash!Partnership!and!Monash!Employment!and!Careers!Development! recently! launched! the!
OxfamOMonash!Innovators!program,!designed!to!support!students!to!design!and!implement!their!
own! creative! solutions! to! local! or! global! issues.! The! idea! for! this! program! arose! from! the!
recognition! that! there! are! few! avenues! through! which! students! can! pursue! their! own! unique!
approaches!to!tackling! issues!that!they!feel!passionate!about.!The!results!of!the!OxfamOMonash!
Innovators! program! suggest! that! the! development! sector! should! go! beyond! promoting! the!
involvement! of! young! people! in! existing! programs,! and! actively! create! spaces! through! which!
young!people!can!devise!and!implement!their!own!innovative!responses!to!global!challenges.!
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DIGITAL'TOOLS'FOR'EVALUATION(AND(CITIZEN!ENGAGEMENT!(WORKSHOP)!
JONES!ROOM,!2:30PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Gerard+McCarthy+(TechChange)+and+Sarah+Logan+(ANU)*Mobile! phones! are! the! most! important! communication! tool! in! the! lives! of! millions! of! people!
across!the!AsiaOPacific,!providing!new!accountability!mechanisms!for!citizens!and!offering!unique!
tools! for!NGOs!and!donors! to!deliver!projects!more!effectively.! This! interactive!workshop,!with!
Gerard!McCarthy!of!TechChange!and!Sarah!Logan!of!Australian!National!University,!will:! survey!
the!global!shift!from!oneOway!to!twoOway!communication!flows!with!regional!examples!from!the!
recent! Papua! New! Guinea! Innovation! Lab;! outline! the! key! tools! in! crowdsourcing! and! data!
collection! such!as!Ushahidi,! Frontline!SMS!and!GeoPoll;! and!explore! the! implications! for!NGOs,!
donors! and! diplomats! across! the! region.! Learning! objectives:! Grasp! key! analytical! questions!
regarding! twoOway!communication!and! feedback! loops! in! technology! for!development!projects;!
Understand! the! key! technology! tools! used! for! crowdsourcing,! data!management! and! campaign!
building,! with! global! and! regionally! specific! examples;! and! Develop! specific! strategies! for!
integrating!citizen!engagement!tools!and!methods!into!their!dayOtoOday!work!and!organisational!
strategy.!
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COMMUNITY)DRIVEN)DEVELOPMENT:)DOES)IT)DELIVER'ON'POVERTY,'ON#INCLUSION,#ON#ACCOUNTABILITY?!(WORKSHOP)!
HARRIS!ROOM,!2:45PM!FRIDAY!22!NOVEMBER!Arthi+Patel+(DFAT)*The!aim!of!this!workshop!is!to!expose!participants!to!largeOscale!community!driven!development!
programs! and! stimulate! debate! about! whether! and! how! these! programs! address! poverty! and!
inequality.!A!number!of!developing!countries!in!East!Asia!and!the!Pacific!are!using!largeOscale!CDD!
programs!to!deliver!national!and!donor!resources!directly!to!village!and!subdistrict! levels.!These!
direct!transfers!are! intended!to!support!community!decision!making!and!delivery!of!community!
identified! priorities! for! development.! In! practice! the! focus! is! often! on! economic! resources,! in!
particular!infrastructure!delivered!through!local!job!creation.!!The!CDD!mechanism!also!offers!the!
tantalising! possibility! of! strengthening! the! relationship! between! communities! and! the! state! in!
fragile!and!conflictOaffected!environments.!This!workshop!will!explore!Australian!AID’s!experience!
of!supporting!CDD!in!East!Asia!and!Melanesia,!and!ask!whether!and!how!CDD!delivers!on:!
• Reducing!income!poverty!
• Addressing!social!exclusion!
• Strengthening! the! accountability! relationship! between! communities,! individuals! and!
states.!!
The! workshop! will! take! a! future! focus! by! encouraging! participants! to! identify! which! CDD!
approaches!are!effective,!and!how!these!can!be!taken!to!national!scale!by!governments,!as!part!
of!national!social!policy!frameworks.!
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LIST%OF%DELEGATES!
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Please!note!that!this!list!was!correct!at!the!time!of!printing,!however!may!be!subject!to!change.!
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Chris!Adams! ! ! ACFID!
Bree!Alexander! ! ! RMIT!
Francesca!Alice! ! ! Oxfam!Australia!
David!Anderson!! ! Burnet!Institute!
Ileama!Anea! ! ! Live!&!Learn!!
Carol!Angir! ! ! ActionAid!Australia!
Suzanne!Arnold!! ! University!of!Sydney!!
Maria!Attard! ! ! ChildFund!Australia!
Kirsten! Bailey! ! ! Fred!Hollows!Foundation!
Christina!Ballew!! ! Murdoch!University!
Dilhani! Bandaranayake!!! Consultant!
Kate!Bandler! ! ! Quaker!Service!Australia!
Rebecca!Barber!! ! Save!the!Children!Australia!
Kate!Barclay! ! ! UTS!
Rebecca!Barton!! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
Valentina!Bau! ! ! Macquarie!University!
Laura!Bayndrian! ! AFAP!
Bill!Bellotti! ! ! University!of!Western!Sydney!
Sharon!Bessell! ! ! ANU!
April!Biccum! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Ian!Bignall! ! ! Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!
Puakena!Boreham! ! DFAT!sponsored!
Shannon!Bowes!!
Jess!Boyden! ! ! Oxfam!Australia!
Angus!Braithwaite! ! Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!
Pat!Brodie! ! ! UTS!
LesleyOAnn!Brown! ! ADRA!Australia!
Tim!Budge! !
Sarah!Burrows! ! ! Australian!Council!for!International!Development!
Shian!Buultjens!! ! The!Australian!National!University!
Amanda!Cahill! ! ! Centre!for!Social!Change!
Margaret!Callan!! ! ANU!Development!Policy!Centre,!Crawford!School!
Rosemary!Cassidy! ! Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!
Elizabeth!Cassity! ! Australian!Council!for!Educational!Research!
Danielle!Celermajer! ! University!of!Sydney!
Jasmine!Cernovs! ! DFAT!within!NGO!Policy!
Nick!Chapman! ! ! Policy!Cures!Limited!
Helen!Cheney! ! ! DFAT!
Samantha!Chivers! ! RESULTS!International!Australia!
Joanne! Chong! ! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures,!UTS!
Anastasia!Chung! ! University!of!Melbourne!
Elizabeth!Clarke!! ! Australian!National!University!
Nicole! Clements! ! Caritas!Australia!
!Sophia!Close! ! ! Australian!National!University!
!Daphnee!Cook! ! ! Australian!Council!for!International!Development!
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!Meghan!Cooper! ! ACFID!
!Dana!Cordell! ! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures,!UTS!
!Gemina!Corpus!! ! The!Fred!Hollows!Foundation!
!David!Cram! ! ! ADRA!Australia!
!Joanne!Crawford! ! International!Women's!Development!Agency!
!Paul!Crawford! ! ! AidOIT!Solutions!Pty!Ltd!
!Jamieson!Davies! ! Caritas!Australia!
!Leila!Davies! ! ! Oxfam!Australia!
!Robin!Davies! ! ! ANU!Development!Policy!Centre,!Crawford!School!
!Tom!Davis! ! ! Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!
!Rebecca!Devitt!! ! Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!
!Michael!Dibley! ! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
!Anna!Donaldson! ! OxfamOMonash!Partnership!
!Jean!Duff! ! ! Full!Circle!Partners!
!Aletia!Dundas! ! ! Union!Aid!AbroadOAPHEDA!
!Kelly!Durrant! ! ! Burnet!Institute!
!Kerri!Elgar! ! ! ANU!Development!Policy!Centre,!Crawford!School!
!Deb!Elkington! ! ! Plan!International!Australia!
!Elizabeth!Elsworthy! ! St!John!of!God!Health!Care!
!Michelle!Emmett! ! The!University!of!Western!Australia!
!Amalia!Fawcett!! ! Plan!International!Australia!
!Erica!Ferguson! ! ! Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!
!Bina!Fernandez!! ! University!of!Melbourne!
!Ellen!Field! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
!Noor!Fleming! ! ! Assai!Consult!
!Sally!Foreman! ! ! Centre!for!Social!Change!
!Tomas! Freitas! !
!Alexandra!Gargett! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
!Eveline!Gebhardt! ! Australian!Council!for!Educational!Research!
!RichardGeeves!! ! ChildFund!
!Alana!George! ! ! WaterAid!
!Anna!Gero! ! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures!
!Chrisanthi!Giotis! ! UTS!
!Nayana!Godamunne! ! Centre!for!Poverty!Analysis!
!James! Goodman! ! UTS!
!Gaia!Grant! ! ! Tirian!
!Melita! Grant! ! ! Oxfam!Australia!
!Anna!Green! ! ! Faculty!of!Health,!UTS!
!Katie!Greenwood! ! Oxfam!
!Christine!Gregory! ! Plan!International!Australia!
!Irene!Guijt! ! ! Learning!by!Design!
!Lisa!Hannigan! ! ! Department!of!Foreign!Affairs!and!Trade!
!Susan!HarrisORimmer! ! ANU!
!Usha!Harris! ! ! Macquarie!University!
!Kate!Hayes! ! ! OctoOConsutling!
!Joanna!Hayter! ! ! International!women's!Development!Agency!
!Emma! Hess! ! ! Australian!Volunteers!International!
!Andrew!Hewett! ! LaTrobe!University!
!Helen!Hill! ! ! Australia!
!Brian!Hilton! ! ! World!Vision!Australia!
!Lucy!HobgoodOBrown! ! Clay!International!Partners!
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Keith!Horton! ! ! ! University!of!Wollongong!
Brayden!Howie! ! ! ! ADRA!Australia!
Janet!Hunt! ! ! ! CAEPR!ANU!
Beatrice!Iezzi! ! ! ! The!Fred!Hollows!Foundation!
Tahira! Jabeen! ! ! ! The!University!of!the!Punjab!
Victoria!Jack! ! ! ! University!of!Newcastle!
Marianne!JagoOBassingthwaighte! Centre!for!Disaster!Studies,!James!Cook!University!
Chris!Jensen! !! ! ! ADRA!Australia!
Jacqueline!Kauli!! ! ! QUT!
Patrick!Kilby! ! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Sarina!Kilham! ! ! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures!
Robert!Kilpatrick! ! ! Traidmission!
Di!Kilsby! ! ! ! Di!Kilsby!Consulting!
Donna! Kingelty!! ! ! DFAT!within!NGO!Policy!
Erdem!Koch! ! ! ! La!Trobe!University!
Uma!Komalan! ! ! ! Oxfam!Australia!
Ashok!Kumar! ! ! ! PRADAN!
Joy!Kyriacou! ! ! ! ACFID!
Nguyen!Lam! ! ! ! Melbourne!University!
Hazel!Lang! ! ! ! DFAT!
Edward!Langham! ! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures,!UTS!
Kate!Lee! ! ! ! APHEDA!
Peta!Leemen! ! ! ! ABM!Australia!
Lee!Leong! ! ! ! Plan!International!Australia!
Michelle!Lettie! ! ! ! CARE!Australia!
Nang!Phyu!Phyu!Lin! ! ! CARE!International!in!Myanmar!
Joanna! Lindner!! ! ! ACFID!
Gwynnyth!Llewellyn! ! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
Harwood!Lockton! ! ! ADRA!Australia!
Kaj!Lofgren! ! ! ! Impact!by!Design!
Luke!Lovell! ! ! ! WaterAid!
Alison!Macintyre! ! ! WaterAid!
Kate!MacMaster! ! ! Australian!Council!for!International!Development!
Paul!Maguire! ! ! ! St!John!of!God!Health!Care!
Jonathan!Makuwira! ! ! RMIT!University!
Nadimul!Haque!!Mandal! ! !Australian!National!University!
Rita!Maruha! ! ! ! ADRA!PNG!
Siobhan!McCann! ! ! Plan!International!Australia!
Gerard! McCarthy! ! ! TechChange!
Casey!McCowan! ! ! ActionAid!
Mark!McPeak! ! ! ! ChildFund!Australia!
Ann!Mehaffey! ! ! ! ATRIO!Consultants!
Erika!Mieser! ! ! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures,!UTS!
Luke!Millar! ! ! ! Habitat!for!Humanity!Australia!
Cynthia!Mitchell! ! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures,!UTS!
Will!Moore! ! ! ! OxfamOMonash!Partnership!
John!Moores! ! ! ! St!John!Of!God!Health!Care!
Mark!Moran! ! ! ! University!of!Queensland!
Sally!Moyle! ! ! ! DFAT!
Chrisanta!Muli! ! ! ! Oxfam!Australia!
Janina!Murta! ! ! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures,!UTS!
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!Catherine!Muthuri! ! ICRAF!
!Sambath!My! ! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
!Joel!Negin! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
!Lam!Nguyen!Tran! ! ChildFund!Vietnam!
!Huyen! Nguyen!! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
!Thi!Thanh!An!Nguyen! ! University!of!Queensland!
!Paul!Nichols! ! ! DFAT!
!Anna!Noonan! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
!Jan!Noorlander!! ! CARE!Cambodia!
!Sokhai! Nop! ! ! Adelaide!University!
!Maree!Nutt! ! ! RESULTS!International!Australia!
!Peta!O'Flynn! ! ! The!Fred!Hollows!Foundation!
!Susan! O'Leary!! ! Monash!University!
!Rachael!O'Mara! ! CARE!Australia!
!Suzanne!O'Neill! ! ANU!
Katrin!O'Sullivan! ! The!Fred!Hollows!Foundation!!
Dennis!Otieno! ! ! Happy!Villages!
!Rachel!Outhred! ! ACER!
!Jane!Palmer! !! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures,!UTS!
!Arthi!Patel! ! ! DFAT!
!Ronald!Frans!Pattipawaey! The!University!of!Adelaide!
!Jackie!Perkins! ! ! Quaker!Service!Australia!
!Ruth!Phillips! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
!Nicola!Piper! ! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
!Bronwyn!Powell! ! International!WaterCentre!
!Marc!Purcell! ! ! Australian!Council!for!International!Development!
!Maria!Nindita!Radyati! ! Trisakti!University,!Indonesia!!
!Lindsay!!Rae! ! ! World!Vision!Australia!
!Anthea!Ramos! ! ! St!John!of!God,!Social!Outreach!and!Advocacy!Services!
!Arikan! Remete!! ! TOMS!Australia!
!Deborah!Rhodes! ! Leadership!Strategies!
!Brendan!Rigby! ! ! University!of!Melbourne!
!Zoe!Roberts! ! ! Union!Aid!AbroadOAPHEDA!
!Jackie!Robertson! ! ChildFund!Australia!
!Katie!Robinson!! ! CARE!Australia!
!Chris!Roche! ! ! La!Trobe!University!
!Nicole!Rodger! ! ! Plan!International!Australia!
!Andrew!Rowe! ! ! Sustineo!Pty!Limited!
!Michelle!Rumsey! ! UTS!
!Camilla!Ryberg! ! ! Results!International!(Australia)!
!Beth!Sargent! ! ! ACFID!
!Georgia!Savage!! ! Fred!Hollows!Foundation!
!Charlotte!Scarf!! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
!Jessica!Sexton!!! ! ABM!
!Louise! Shaxson!! ! ODI!
!David!Shearer! ! ! ACIAR!
!David!Shires! ! ! Capacity!International!
!Pete!Silvester!! ! ! Morris!&!Silvester!
!Alistair!Sim! ! ! Compassion!International!
!Paba!Siriwardana! ! DFAT!
!Thomas!Soem! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
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!Saran!Soeung! ! ! ANU!
!Suzanne!Spence! !
!Elizabeth!spencer! ! Bond!University!
!Joanna!Spratt! ! ! Australian!National!University!
!Jill!Stajduhar! ! ! Energy!and!Minerals!Institute!
!Lanie!Stockman! ! Save!the!Children!
!David!R!Syme! ! ! Creative!Development!Solutions!
!Tuan!Ta!Van! ! ! AFAP!
!Jenny!TaitORobertson! ! St!John!of!God!Health!Care!
!Steve!Taylor! ! ! DFAT!
!Robert!Tedge! ! ! Oxfam!Australia!
!Abdou! Tenkouano! ! AVRDC!O!The!World!Vegetable!Center!
!Anh!Nguyen!Thinh! ! Adventist!Development!and!Relief!Agency!(ADRA)!Vietnam!
!Michael!Toole! ! ! Burnet!Institute!
!Anna!Trahair! ! ! Australian!Volunteers!International!
!Pia!Treichal! ! ! Plan!International!Australia!
!Cathy!Unga! ! ! Live!and!Learn!Environmental!Education!
!Manon!van!Zuijlen! ! International!Women's!Development!Agency!
!Cathy!Vaughan!! ! University!of!Melbourne!
!Adam!Vink! ! ! Plan!International!Australia!
!Stephen!Wearing! ! UTS!
!Mark!Webster! ! ! ADRA!Australia!
!David! Week! ! ! Assai!Consult!
!Katherine!West!! ! DFAT!within!NGO!Policy!
!Juliet!Willetts! ! ! ISF,!UTS!
!Megan!Williams! ! ACFID!
!Donna!Wilson! ! ! The!Fred!Hollows!Foundation!
!Keren!Winterford! ! Institute!for!Sustainable!Futures,!UTS!
!Stephanie!Wrightman! ! Catholic!Mission!
!Christoph!Ziegenhardt! ! CBM!Australia!
!Anthony!Zwi! ! ! The!University!of!New!South!Wales!
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ATTENDING(AUSTRALIA!AWARD%SCHOLARHIP%RECIPIENTS:*LEADERSHIP%!
Viet!Dung!Nguyen! ! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
Steve!Siro! ! ! ! The!University!of!Adelaide!
Evaline!Lang'at! ! ! ! Flinders!University!
Huyen!Thi!Minh!Nguyen!! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
Adrian!Robles! ! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
Romana!Mbinya! ! ! University!Of!Queensland!
Lynette!Isaac! ! ! ! University!of!Melbourne!
Aminath!Shashee! ! ! Flinders!University!
Naus!Kamal! ! ! ! University!of!Southern!Queensland!!
Kay!Khaing!Oo! ! ! ! Victoria!University!
Maria!Christina!Ramos! !
Ellen!Kulumbu! ! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Thi!Thu!Huyen! Pham! ! ! The!University!of!Queensland!
Ashra!Anver! ! ! ! The!Australian!National!University!
Siddier! Chambers! ! ! Curtin!University,!Bentley,!WA!
Jose!Guerrero!Vela! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Anthony!Namukolo!Aongola! !
Hang!Vu! ! ! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
Tamica!Martin! ! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
Janeel!Drayton! !
Malka!Wickramasinghe! ! ! La!Trobe!University,!Melbourne!Campus!
A.!H.!M.!Jamery!Hasan! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Alanso! Elbon! ! !
Boitumelo!Suping! ! ! The!Australian!National!University!
Sylvain! Kalsakau! ! ! The!Australian!National!University!!
Adi!Tiriseyani!Naulivou! ! ! University!of!Melbourne!
Rubayat!Chowdhury! ! ! The!Australian!National!University!
Suharto!Suharto!! ! ! Griffith!University!
Sandra! Galvis! ! ! ! Flinders!University!
Cassian!Lushinge! ! ! Charles!Darwin!University!(CDU)!
Hamdhoon!Mohamed! ! ! Macquarie!University!
Duc!Toan!Luong!! ! ! Flinders!University!
Chungku!Chungku! ! ! Murdoch!University!
Saidi!Achari! ! ! ! University!of!Queensland!
Boniphace!Benedicto!Kyaruzi! ! University!of!South!Australia!
Hafiz!!Majid! ! ! ! University!of!Melbourne!!
Ma!Carmela!Sue!Otarra! ! ! Monash!University!
Clare!Browne! ! ! ! The!University!of!Newcastle!
Phuong!Tran! ! ! ! University!of!Melbourne!
Isabel!Jimenez! ! ! ! Melbourne!University!
Nadia!A.!Degregori!Retamozo! ! The!University!of!Queensland!
Carol!Pitisopa! !
Caroline!Laore! ! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Ilimotama!Cawi!! ! ! University!of!Wollongong!
Shair!Didar! !
Siti!Nine!Rakhmah! ! ! Griffith!University!
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Fuata!!Faktaufon! !
Wasit!Didar! !
Minh!Tri!Le! ! ! ! Monash!
Lou!Sabrina!Ongkiko! ! ! University!of!Melbourne!
Ahmad!Almaududy!Amri! ! University!of!Wollongong!!
Anna!Lespoir! ! ! ! University!of!Western!Australia!
Nasima!Akhter! ! ! ! Flinders!University!of!South!Australia!
Novia!Liza! ! ! ! Murdoch!University!
Sanzida!Akhter! ! ! ! Flinders!University!
Manel!ChandrakanthiKularathne!! Monash!University!
Tsolmon!Bold! ! ! ! The!University!of!Queensland!
Ha!Doan! ! ! ! Queensland!University!of!Technology!
Vilia!Darma!Paramita! ! ! RMIT!University!
Linh!Nguyen!Sy! ! ! ! RMIT!University!
John!Fasi! ! ! ! University!of!Queensland!
Agus!Fredy!Maradona! ! ! Macquarie!University!
Fortunato!III!Tacuboy! ! ! Monash!University!
Catherine!Sakala! ! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
Naomi!Rono! ! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Si!Thura! !
Jawahir!Habib! ! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
Sovaia!!Coalala! ! ! ! University!Of!Wollongong!!
Liza!Victor! ! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Tashi!Namgay! ! ! ! Southern!Cross!University,!Gold!Coast,!Qld!
Sangay! Dema! ! ! ! Murdoch!University!
Naeem!!Hassan!! ! ! Melbourne!Law!School,!University!of!Melbourne!
Anthony!Myers! ! ! ! University!of!Western!Australia!
Shazra!Abbas! ! ! ! University!of!Melbourne!!
Heni!Muflihah! ! ! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
Hussain!Rafeeu! ! ! ! Griffith!University!
Cleon!Ottley! ! ! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
Ronald! Holmes!! ! ! Australian!National!University!
John!Chingawale! ! ! University!of!Queensland!
Giang!Nguyen! ! ! ! University!of!Western!Australia!
Robin!Achari! ! ! ! University!of!New!England!
Vu!Tung! !
Ismael!Salvador!Da!Costa!Barreto! !
Maduka!Perera! ! ! ! La!Trobe!University!
Chamnan!Som! ! ! ! Melbourne!Law!School!
Babu!Raja!Maharjan! ! ! Sydney!University!
KS!Vincent!Sivas!! ! ! The!Australian!National!University!
Myat!Pan!Hmone! ! ! The!University!of!Sydney!!
Cornelia!Rillera! ! ! ! University!of!Newcastle!
Zandile!Mnisi! ! ! ! University!of!Adelaide!
Richard!SIMBIL! ! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Akm!Emdadul!Haque! ! ! University!of!Western!Sydney!
Sergio!Guillen!Grillo! ! ! Australian!National!University!
Miriam!Supuma! ! ! James!Cook!University!
Edi!Dwi!Riyanto!! ! ! Monash!University!
Andi!Suhandi! ! ! ! UNSW!
Shashini!Kurupanawa!Gamage! ! La!Trobe!University!
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Giang!Hoang! ! ! ! La!Trobe!University!
Armida!Elaine!Umali!! ! ! Melbourne!Graduate!School!of!Education!
Hieu!Tran! ! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
Mikzon!Lakidang! ! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
Randell!Bailey! ! ! ! The!University!of!Sydney!
Ahmed!!Shahid! ! ! ! University!of!Sydney!
Juan!David!Gonzalez!Calderon! ! The!University!of!Sydeny!
Idul!Male! ! ! ! University!of!Tasmania!!
Ian!Miculob! ! ! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
Taufik! Sutanto!! ! ! Queensland!University!of!Technology!
Mehnaz!Siddiqui! ! ! The!University!of!Melbourne!
Fazla!Waheed! ! ! ! Flinders!University!
Praon!! Udomprasert! ! ! University!of!Melbourne!
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Savitri!Gurung! !
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Mayen! Payendee! ! ! Australian!National!University!
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Joshua! Ryan! ! ! ! Australian!National!University!
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