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FEBRUARY 2017

Dear <<First Name>>,

We hope to see you at our launch of the Pacific Research Community and Pacific Student Association on 16 March at 3pm.

We've been working on Making Change Happen - a professional development program for leaders and senior managers from development NGOs, presented at the Australasian Aid conference, and had chapters published in Transformations of Gender in Melanesia published by ANU Press.

This month we welcome Dr Andrea Babon to the team as our new Senior Research Fellow - PNG Knowledge Management Platform Manager.

Please stay in touch with us on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates.

Sincerely,

Chris Roche & Team
Director, Institute for Human Security & Social Change

NEWS

Pacific Research Community and Pacific Student Association Launch

The Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University, Professor John Dewar, invites you to attend the launch of La Trobe's Pacific Research Community and Pacific Student Association on Thursday 16 March, 3pm to 5pm at the Borchardt Library at La Trobe University in Bundoora.

The launch celebrates a vibrant community of La Trobe staff and students engaged in Pacific-focused research, partnerships, study and teaching. The event will showcase La Trobe's Pacific research, introduce the Pacific Student Association, and provide an opportunity for you to meet informally with a wide range of Pacific focused organisations and individuals.

Making Change Happen Professional Development Program

ACFID and the Institute for Human Security and Social Change are currently delivering Making Change Happen - a professional development program for leaders and senior managers from development NGOs.

The program focuses on the challenges that NGOs will need to address if they are to remain relevant and effective in 10-15 years’ time. NGOs operate in complex and dynamic environments where disruptive changes are the norm. Yet conventional approaches to development and ways of working are not always well-aligned with the need to innovate, reflect and adapt.

The program is made possible with the generous support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Unit 1 on Foundational Issues in Making Change Happen was delivered from September to November last year, followed by Unit 2 on Program Management in a Complex World which is currently being delivered. Unit 3 on Organisational Development in a Complex World will be delivered in April and May.

Welcoming Andrea Babon, Senior Research Fellow – PNG Knowledge Management Platform Manager

Dr Andrea Babon joined the Institute of Human Security and Social Change this month, to work on our forthcoming PNG Knowledge Management Platform. Dr Babon is an environmental policy and governance specialist with an interest in the equity implications of markets for environmental services. She has over 15 years’ experience working in research, policy analysis and advocacy for sustainable natural resource management in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region including Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia.

We also say farewell this month to Tali Caspi, and welcome Susanne Newton as our new International Development Storyteller.

Bringing ‘Thinking and Working Politically’ and gender together at the Australasian Aid Conference

Last week our directors Chris Roche and Dr Linda Kelly, research fellows Dr Andrea Babon and Tait Brimacombe and Programs and Partnership Manager Yeshe Smith attended the 2017 Australasian Aid Conference in Canberra.

Dr Linda Kelly presented on Partnering for effective change: the case of the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme.

Institute staff were also involved in two panels on ‘Bringing ‘Thinking and Working Politically’ and Gender Together. These panels included presentations from research fellow Tait Brimacombe, Honorary Research Associate Romitesh Kant, and masters student Rebecca McLaren, alongside others. The panels looked at how gender analysis and political economy approaches can be better integrated to not only contribute to gender equality outcomes, but to improving inclusive development more broadly.

Chris Roche’s 3MAP – three minute aid pitch – is available to view on youtube.

Our Research Fellows Dr John Cox and Tait Brimacombe both have chapters in Transformations of Gender in Melanesia published by ANU.

John Cox has written the chapter on Kindy and grassroots gender transformations in Solomon Islands and Tait Brimacombe wrote the chapter on Pacific policy pathways: Young women online and offline.

The entire book is available online.

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