2003 Sydney projects
| Neroli Butt | Review of Microfinance Projects in Indonesia. |
| Aaron Levine & Haidi Scarlet Willmot | Doing Business in East Timor Re-engaging with the issues: Australia-Asia Young Lawyers Forum. |
| Bridget O'Donovan |
Not Available. |
| Craig Wilson |
Not Available. |
| Eija Roti |
Child Protection: An Information Guide. |
| Fiona MacGillivray |
The Art of Networking in Asia. |
| James Thomas | Today In China. |
| Lee Kinsella | Changing the focus – Australian War Memorial art acquisitions. |
| Syed Maher Magrabi | Understanding Islam: A religious/cultural awareness training program. |
| Michael Johnson | Transition to Democracy: The Cambodian Experience. |
| Michael Lawrence | Taking Banking to the Asia That is Australia. |
| Peter Edwards | Improving links: NSW Police Local Area Commands (LACS) and Asian communities |
| Nari Clarke | The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (APCSC) Web Resource. |
| Paul de Carvalho | Australia / China Film Industry Relations: A Co-Production feasibility study and strategy. |
| Sally McGeoch | The Busuanga Botanical Bank. |
| Sophie Ford | Campus connections: Are Australian students maximising the opportunity to interact with international students? |
| Stephen Clark | Internship Program for Students from Asian Universities. |
| Vincent Pang | Not Available. |
Neroli Butt
Project: Review of Microfinance Projects in Indonesia.
More than 27% of Indonesia's population of 213.6 million live below the national poverty line and more than 55% live on less than US$2 a day.
Microfinance – the provision of very small loans (microcredit) to very poor families (particularly in rural areas) – is a development tool which has great potential to improve living standards.
This project will audit and evaluate current micro-finance projects in Indonesia under the following headings:
- Providers
- Donors
- Size of outreach
- Interest rates
- Affordability
- Rural and urban projects
- Training component is
- Savings enhancement
- Insurance
- Leadership available to this sector
- A report will be presented to project audience.
For more information regarding this project please contact:
Neroli Butt
Minter Ellison Lawyers.
Aaron Levine
Project: Re-engaging with the issues: Australia-Asia Young Lawyers Forum.
The project will establish a society of young professionals with an interest in Australia-Asia and inter-Asia relations. The forum would be the central point for these people to develop personal and professional contacts, to keep updated on burning issues in the participating jurisdictions, to learn more about the legal systems and the law of the various jurisdictions, to hear about employment and study opportunities in the various jurisdictions and to participate in events with other like-minded professionals.
The Forum would be associated with the NSW Young Lawyers (a branch of the NSW Law Society) and also with Asialaw (a multi-jurisdictional law society).
The first major event for the Forum will be a seminar involving 3-4 speakers to discuss legal stability in the region and how that impacts overall regional stability.
For more information regarding this project please contact:
Aaron Levine
PWC Legal.
Bridget O'Donovan
Project: Not Available
Craig Wilson
Project: Not Available
Eija Roti
Project: Child Protection: An Information Guide.
NSW has a long history of legislative child protection and is a signatory to key UN and Hague instruments in the area.
Contact has been made with lawyers in Mumbai who have expressed interest in the NSW model of child protection.
Supported by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India, this project will produce and distribute an information guide on the NSW approach to child protection for interested organisations and individuals in India.
The focus will be on child sexual assault and the role of joint investigative Police/Community Services and Health Teams in NSW. The guide can be made available through an interested network of organisations in Mumbai and New Delhi in the first instance and later to relevant delegations from the region to NSW.
For more information regarding this project please contact:
Eija Roti
NSW Department of Community Services.
Fiona MacGillvray
Project: The Art of Networking in Asia.
This project will put together a toolkit that would assist AAR lawyers to sharpen their business development skills in a foreign environment.
More specifically it will assist AAR lawyers moving into the region to network more successfully.
In the short term it will be located on the company’s intranet.
Longer term, the toolkit would form part of a training program for the offshore offices.
Fiona MacGillvray
Allens Arthur Robinson.
James Thomas
Project: Today in China.
This project will research, produce and present 5 x 5min television stories on China. The stories will highlight efforts towards reform, preparation for Olympics, cultural diversity with a special focus on Australians living and working in China involvement in China.
Possible story ideas include:
- Australian success stories in China. . . a look at leading expats.
- Enviro friendly China: the Heping precinct going green for the Olympics.
- The Jewish community in Shanghai.
- A look at the Asia New Leaders Program Fellows and their projects in China.
For more information about this project please contact:
James Thomas
The Today Show, The Nine Network.
Lee Kinsella
Project: Changing the focus – Australian War Memorial art acquisitions.
The Australian War Memorial art collection is a growing, changing entity; all acquisitions, donations or commissions are assessed against the Memorials Collection Policy. The main criterion being that the works of art relate to conflicts in which Australia has been involved. Mostly these works have been made by Australian artists.
Reflecting our more outward-looking stance of late, there is now a recognised need to find work by artists from Asian nations that comment upon conflicts that have, in some way, involved Australia and Australians. Rather than simply representing these conflicts through the work of Australian artists, this project will actively seek information on work by Asian artists with a mind to possible acquisitions, commissions or future collaborations.
For more information about this project please contact:
Lee Kinsella
Australian War Memorial.
Syed Maher Magrabi
Project: Understanding Islam: A religious/cultural awareness training program.
The current political climate and ensuing events have created an atmosphere where implicitly or explicitly Muslim communities globally are being painted in the light of a fanatical terrorist brush.
This project will design, run and evaluate a sensitivity training course aimed at providing an awareness of the issues involved for contemporary Muslims. The course will provide access to tools for further inquiry and research into contemporary Islam.
For more information about this project please contact:
Syed Maher Magrabi
Awareness Education Australia.
Michael Johnson
Project: Transition to Democracy: The Cambodian Experience.
This project will involve the monitoring of the Cambodian national election in July 2003, as an official Australian representative.
It will involve the supervision of all stages of the electoral process and will include:
- Advising on the conduct of the election
- Interviewing electoral officials and all relevant stakeholders in the election including andidates pre and post poll
- Acting as a scrutineer for the poll
- Writing a report, describing and evaluating the process for the Australian parliament
For more information about this project please contact:
Michael Johnson
Commonwealth of Australia.
Michael Lawrence
Project: Taking Banking to the Asia That is Australia.
The project will develop a model to build on existing work in multi-cultural banking of NAB. It will develop a more targeted approach to building market share through:
- Researching current banking practices and needs of Asian communities within NSW.
- Building relationships.
Developing appropriate cultural activities to build relationships which may include:
- Creation of culture-specific banking Centres, such as Arabic, Korean and Chinese.
- Sponsorship activities.
- Involvement in community events/functions.
For more information about this project please contact:
Michael Lawrence
The National.
Peter Edwards
Project: Improving links: NSW Police Local Area Commands (LACS) and Asian communities.
This project will audit six (LACs) that have high density Asian communities.
The audit will identify and evaluate existing programming and initiatives aimed at building relationships between the police and the communities.
Best practice will be published on the police intranet and poor performing programs will re-engineered to better reflect the needs of both groups.
Recommendations will be made on future training, partnerships to be developed and resources required to develop increasingly successful interactions between NSW police and Asian communities within NSW.
For more information about this project please contact:
Peter Edwards
NSW Police.
Nari Clarke
Project: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (APCSC) Web Resource.
This is a web-based strategy to communicate research findings of the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration to a wider audience.
It is proposed at a later date to have the site translated into Chinese, one of our main Collaborator languages. The site will have it’s own web address: http://www.apcsc.info
For more information about this project please contact:
Nari Clarke
Institute for international Health.
Paul de Carvalho
Project: Australia / China Film Industry Relations: A Co-Production feasibility study and strategy.
This project will undertake a feasibility study, incorporating a risk assessment analysis to identify the potential of a co-production treaty between Australia and China.
If feasible, a framework will be developed to outline a recommended way forward for future co-productions and the signing of an MOU in this field between China and Australia
For more information about this project please contact:
Paul de Carvalho
Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival.
Sally McGeoch
Project: The Busuanga Botanical Bank.
The Busuanga Botanical Bank is a community enterprise initiative proposed for the village communities in the Busuanga municipality, north of the main island of Palawan, south west of Manila.
The project involves training the local community to assist in the collection, identification and marketing of local seeds from plants endemic to the area.
A key motivator for the project is to showcase a means for local communities to generate income in harmony with their environment rather than through exploitation as is the case with illegal fishing in the area.
For more information about this project please contact:
Sally McGeoch
Wollemi Pine International / Oxfam Community Aid Abroad.
Sophie Ford
Project: Campus connections: Are Australian students maximising the opportunity to interact with international students?
This project expands on the ideas of the AANLP Alumni to further examine the current level and barriers to interaction between local and international students at UNSW.
Focus groups and discussion to be conducted with local students to examine their expectations and perceptions of the impact of international students on their university experience and overall development.
Recommendations will be made to guide future programming and initiatives in the area.
For more information about this project please contact:
Sophie Ford
University of New South Wales Union.
Stephen Clark
Project: Internship Program for Students from Asian Universities.
The APF is a regional Asia Pacific organisation comprised of national human rights institutions.
The APF undertakes technical cooperation projects to (i) help strengthen the operation of its member institutions to improve domestic human rights observance (ii) promote the establishment of new national human rights institutions and (iii) promote regional cooperation on human rights issues.
This project will provide an opportunity for the APF to develop an internship program for students from universities in APF member countries in Asia. The program will complement the APF’s current arrangements, which include interns from the Australian National University (Law Faculty), the University of New South Wales (School of International Relations) and the Columbia University Law School.
For more information about this project please contact:
Stephen Clark