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DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE / EFFECTIVENESS

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Q&A Session: PIFS Secretary General, Tuiloma Neroni Slade: week of 9 August 2010

Thank you for posting your question to this popular Q&A session with Secretary General Slade. We have done our best to facilitate responses to as many of your questions as possible in the time we've had and during such a busy time with the Forum Leaders Meeting! If we couldn't field your question this time, we'd like to hear from you next time - please contact us to let us know what you would like to see covered in future Q&As.

From 3-6 August 2010, the 41st Pacific Islands Forum was held in Port Vila, Vanuatu, during which Forum Leaders reviewed the progress of the Cairns Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination. Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), Tuiloma Neroni Slade, has kindly answered questions on the Cairns Compact.

Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade of Samoa leads the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum, a political grouping of 16 independent and self-governing states. The Forum Secretariat has primary responsibility for implementing the Cairns Compact, which is a response to Forum Leaders' concerns that the Pacific region remains off-track to achieve the MDGs by 2015. Tuiloma Neroni Slade was elected to the position of Secretary General for three years. Prior to this, he was elected to the International Criminal Court and held an extensive diplomatic career, including as Samoan Ambassador to the United Nations.

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11/08/2010 11:17:42
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Q&A Session: Development Practice/Effectiveness Specialist – Mr Tim Costello AO: week of 15 February 2010

Mr. Tim Costello AO, CEO of World Vision Australia, answered your questions on aid effectiveness and social justice issues from 15 - 19 February 2010.

He is one of Australia’s leading voices on these issues and is instrumental in keeping issues surrounding global poverty on the national agenda since he joined World Vision Australia in 2004. Learn from his experience including as a leading figure of the Make Poverty History campaign, as Chair of an Australian Government 2020 Summit committee on Strengthening Communities, and in playing a key role in bringing together The Business for Millennium Development (B4MD) alliance in 2006 to consider the question “How can corporate Australia do more to address global poverty?”

This Discussion Forum is very timely. With the upcoming 5 year anniversary of the Paris Declaration (2 March 2010), and World Day of Social Justice (20 February 2010), it is a unique chance to ask questions about what has worked to date and what we can – or should – aspire to going forward. Also hear Tim Costello speak as a panellist of the upcoming One Just World event in Melbourne on 16 February 2010, on the topic of “What responsibilities do Australians owe the global poor?”

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17/02/2010 09:16:54
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EDUCATION

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Q&A Session: '1GOAL - Education for All' Campaign Director, Jon Edwards: week of 19 July 2010

From 19 - 23 July 2010, Jon will answer your questions on the '1GOAL campaign - Education for All' ahead of the UN MDG summit in September.

Jon Edwards is the Campaign Director for '1GOAL - Education For All' - the FIFA World Cup-supported legacy campaign calling on world leaders to ensure that the 72 million children who currently can't go to school can complete a primary education. He has recent experience working in Latin America with public school teachers delivering English classes to remote populations.

The 1GOAL campaign is working to mobilise millions of signatures around the world to create a united voice in encouraging world leaders to place education at the top of the agenda at the top of the UN MDG summit in New York in September. He has been in South Africa for 1GOAL and through the 2010 FIFA World Cup - the world's biggest single sporting event - has been focusing international attention on the need for education in developing nations and across the globe.

Please take this opportunity to ask questions about this international 1GOAL Campaign, how education can beat poverty and of course, to sign up at: http://www.join1GOAL.org.au/.

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22/07/2010 16:42:37
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ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT / MICROFINANCE

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Q&A Session: Microfinance Specialist - Robert Dunn: week of 21 June 2010

From 21 - 25 June 2010, Robert Dunn, Chief Executive Officer of Opportunity International Australia, answered your questions on enterprise development and microfinance.

Robert Dunn joined Opportunity International Australia in November 2006 as Chief Financial Officer and is currently CEO. Opportunity International Australia is an NGO focusing on micro-finance loans as a means to provide opportunities for people living in poverty to transform their lives. Prior to joining Opportunity Australia, Robert was the Finance Director with Patrick Corporation for 14 years. He has dealt extensively with private sector and banking institutions through to community levels across Asia, in particular Indonesia, the Philippines and India (where he is now Chair of Das Vikas Capital - lending to Indian micro-finance institutions).

Please take this opportunity to have your questions answered by a Microfinance Specialist. Ask Robert about recent developments in microenterprises and what 'social business' means, the role of microfinance and microcredit, empowering women through small loans programs, and any other questions you may have.

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12/07/2010 19:06:18
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CONFLICT AND FRAGILITY

Q&A Session: Conflict & Fragility Specialist – Associate Professor Jake Lynch: week of 24 May 2010

Jake Lynch, Associate Professor, The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

From 24 - 28 May 2010, Associate Professor Jake Lynch from The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney answered your questions on development conflict and fragility.

Jake has spent the past decade developing and campaigning for Peace Journalism – and practising it, as an experienced international reporter. He was a presenter (anchor) for BBC World News; the Sydney Correspondent for the London Independent newspaper, and a Political Correspondent for Sky News. He has led professional peace journalism training workshops in countries including Indonesia and The Philippines, for clients including the British Council, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Council of Europe.

Jake was Director of the London-based journalism think-tank, Reporting the World. He is the Chair of the Organising Committee for this year’s conference of the International Peace Research Association, being held at the University of Sydney from July 6-10.

It is a unique opportunity to have your questions answered by a Conflict & Fragility Specialist. Ask Jake about recent developments in the conflict and fragility sector, and other questions about working in conflict and fragile states.

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25/05/2010 12:28:02
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HEALTH

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Q&A Session: Health and Development Specialist – Professor Alan Lopez: week of 19 April 2010

From 19 - 23 April 2010, Professor Alan Lopez answered your questions on health and development. Professor Lopez is Professor of Medical Statistics and Population Health, and the Head of the School of Population Health, University of Queensland.

Professor Lopez worked for over 20 years at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva in technical and senior managerial posts. He also co-authored the seminal Global Burden of Disease Study which has greatly influenced debates about priority setting and resource allocation in health. Professor Lopez holds an honours degree in mathematics, a Masters of Science in Statistics and a PhD in medical demography from ANU. Professor Lopez's principal research interests lie in the analysis of mortality data, burden of disease methods and applications, and the quantification of the health effects of tobacco, particularly in developing countries.

This Q&A is aligned with World Health Day on 7 April and World Malaria Day on 25 April 2010. It is a unique opportunity to have your questions answered by a Health and Development Specialist. Ask Professor Lopez about recent developments in the health sector, and how we are progressing in reaching MDG #4 - reducing child mortality, MDG #5 - improving maternal health and MDG #6 - combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.

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23/04/2010 09:57:06
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GENDER EQUALITY

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Q&A Session: Gender Equality Specialist – Dr Julia Newton-Howes: week of 15 March 2010

From 15 - 19 March 2010 Dr Julia Newton-Howes, CEO of CARE Australia answered your questions on gender equality and development.

Dr Julia Newton-Howes became CEO of CARE Australia in October 2007. CARE Australia has a focus on women, because supporting women and girls is one of the most effective ways to create sustainable outcomes in poor communities. She has significant experience with policies, approaches and practical examples of gender equality through her work with CARE Australia, AusAID, World Bank and other agencies.

Prior to her role with CARE, she was an Assistant Director General of AusAID, responsible for multilateral aid to Africa and negotiating Australia's contributions to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. For two years, Dr Newton-Howes was an adviser to Australia's Executive Director to the World Bank, based in Washinton DC. She has also managed Australia's aid relations with the United Nations, the Commonwealth, the OECD Development Assistance Committee and non-government organisations.

This Discussion Forum is very timely, with International Women's Day on 8 March 2010. Find out if there are any new policies and/or approaches to gender development, what the key principles for promoting gender equality are, and what has worked well and what hasn't. Learn from Dr Julia Newton-Howes’ experience working with large donor agencies, NGOs and the private sector.

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17/03/2010 16:01:21
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ENVIRONMENT

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Q&A Session: Climate Change Specialist, Prof. Stephen Howes: week of 18 January 2010

From 18 - 22 January 2010, Prof. Stephen Howes from the Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, answered your questions on climate change and address the outcomes of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (held 7 - 18 December 2009). Learn from his insights and experience he had in developing The Garnaut Climate Change Review, 2008.

Ask questions about how Australia is responding to climate change, what else should be done within the aid sphere, or discuss the outcomes of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.

Prof. Stephen Howes, Crawford School of Economics and Government, ANU has about 20 years experience in economics, international aid and development, and more recently climate change policy. Dr Howes was the Chief Economist at AusAID to 2008, has also worked as a Lead Economist at the World Bank and spent most of 2008 working on the Garnaut Climate Change Review.

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20/01/2010 09:14:14
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AGRICULTURE

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