The World-Wide Web Virtual Library [Alphabetical || Category Subtree || WWW VL database]

Edited by: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: Jul-Dec 2003
Vol. 4, No. 4(25)

21 Dec 2003

Pacific Cultural Heritage Materials
UNESCO, New Delhi, India
Self-description: "The needs of libraries and archives to preserve their collections related to the Pacific and to make them accessible through digitisation are discussed in a study entitled 'Pacific Cultural Heritage Materials: A Desk Survey of Print & Documentary Collections' by Sin Joan Yee of the Library of the University of the South Pacific in in Suva, Fiji, that is now online available. The desk study was initiated by UNESCO as a follow-up to the Expert Meeting 'Pacific Pathways: Digital Libraries and Archives in the Pacific' that was held at the National Library of New Zealand, 12-15 November 2002.
This desk study/survey [File PacCultreport1&bib.pdf, PDF format, 491Kb file - ed.] aims to identify collections that have been digitised and those that are available online within and outside the Pacific region, and recommend how these could be best made available to educational and cultural institutes in the Pacific and to the public at large. It also intends to identify collections that have not yet been digitised, and provide advice on the viability and cost of digitising these collections
Collections of print and documentary collections of Pacific cultural heritage materials are scattered throughout the world including the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, USA and within the Pacific Islands themselves. Collections identified include photographs, archival materials such as correspondence, newspapers, out-of-print rare books, postcards, etc.
The study explores the pros and cons of digitisation in the Pacific context."
URL http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=13319&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [due to technical problems at www.archive.org details of the archival versions of the Pacific Cultural Heritage Materials site were not available at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

15 Dec 2003

Micronesian Source Water Protection Coalition
www.philippinefamily.net, USA?
Site contents: * Map of Location of Federated States of Micronesia [FSM]; * Map of Chuuk State in Detail; * May/June 2001 research in Hawaii, Guam, Chuuk, and Pohnpei FSM; * June 6-22, 2002 Trip; * October and November 2002 Trips; * February 2003 Trip; * Doctoral Dissertation (based upon theoretical and FSM research) July 2003 [Title: 'The Human Right to Water: Low cost, low tech and participatory alternative practice in Chuuk state, Federated States of Micronesia,' 2003, U. of Delaware, PDF format - ed.]; * News from the Pacific Region -- including Micronesia (Pacific Islands Report; Guam Pacific Daily News; Google Internet Search Engine; Pacific Science Org. Links; Pacific bookmarks from my personal collection).
URL http://www.philippinefamily.net/fsmswpp.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [due to technical problems at www.archive.org details of the archival versions of the Micronesian Source Water Protection Coalition site were not available at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: William J. Smith, Jr. (billsmith@philippinefamily.net)
[The above link was kindly sent to this e-journal in a response to the Monitor's recent invitation to readers to send details of useful Pacific-related online resources - ed.]
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

09 Dec 2003

Proyecto Estatuaria Isla de Pascua [Easter Island Statues Project]
Instituto de Estudios Isla de Pascua, Facultad de Arquitecture y Urbanismo (FAU), Universidad de Chile, Santiago-Chile, Chile
Site contents: Programa Prospeccion Arqueologica - Proyecto Estatuaria Isla de Pascua: Resena Historica (Investigacion, Conservacion, Restauracion); Congresos y Seminarios; Publicaciones (Publicaciones y Documentos de Trabajo, Papers: Congresos, Seminarios y Encuentros Cientificos, Seminarios/ Tesis/ Memorias/ Proyectos de Titulo, Publicaciones Electronicas); Cursos; Investigadores Asociados; Contactos; Informacion General; Sitios de Interes, Galeria de Imagenes;
URL http://www.isladepascua.uchile.cl/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.isladepascua.uchile.cl
Link reported by: Claudio Cristino (cristino@uchile.cl)
[The above link was kindly sent to this e-journal in a response to the Monitor's recent invitation to readers to send details of useful Pacific-related online resources - ed.]
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./ Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

09 Dec 2003

South Pacific Literatures and Cultures
University of New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia
Supplied note: "I've got a page about the Pacific region [i.e about the South Pacific Literatures and Cultures - Littératures et Cultures du Pacifique Sud - ed.]. It's mostly in French (for my students) but with some English too. I intend to develop the bilingual aspect of my page shortly - sl."
Site contents: Latest Articles [on the South Pacific Literature]; Books [about the South Pacific]; Useful Links; To contact Sonia Lacabanne; Recent and Forthcoming Events; Lectures and Conferences.
URL http://pages.univ-nc.nc/~lacabann/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Sonia Lacabanne (lacabanne@canl.nc)
[The above link was kindly sent to this e-journal in a response to the Monitor's recent invitation to readers to send details of useful Pacific-related online resources - ed.]
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

05 Dec 2003

Varisi (or "Waresi") Language Word List
St Dominic's Priory, Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Supplied note: "I have recently put on-line a Word List of the Varisi (or "Waresi") language, spoken on part of Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands. [A 1998 estimate: 7,200 speakers (src: www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=VRS) - ed.]
The word list was compiled by a Catholic missionary, Fr Stephen Tarrant, with local help, when on the island in the 1960s. I have posted it on-line with his permission. You can find it at: [the URL below]. These days Fr Tarrant lives in North Adelaide, South Australia. - mw."
Site contents: English - Varisi Dictionary; Varisi - English Dictionary.
URL http://www.australia.op.org/vicariate/ew_a.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Fr Martin Wallace O.P. (martin.wallace@op.org)
[The above link was kindly sent to this e-journal in a response to the Monitor's recent invitation to readers to send details of useful Pacific-related online resources - ed.]
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

03 Dec 2003

The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia/Nouvelle-Caledonie.
Self-description: "'Serving the Pacific Islands.' One of the oldest regional organisations in the world, SPC celebrated its 50th anniversary on 6 February 1997. It is a non-political, technical assistance and research body, fills a consultative and advisory role. [...] The South Pacific Commission, as it was formerly known, was founded in 1947 under the Canberra Agreement by the six 'Participating Governments' that administered territories in the Pacific: Australia, France, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Now all 22 Island countries and territories are full members, along with the five remaining founding powers."
Site contents: * Search the site; * Search publications; * SPC in a nutshell; * Mailing Lists; * Press Releases; * Information Circulars; * Meeting Announcements; * Employment; * News@SPC; * Staff E-mail Directories; *Web Forum; * Land Resources (Regional Forestry Programme - PIFS, GTZ Forestry Programme, Crop Improvement - including Tarogen and DSAP, Plant Protection - including Pacific Fruit Fly, Animal Health & Production); * Marine Resources (Coastal Fisheries - including WorldFish/SPC Projects, Oceanic Fisheries, Maritime); * Social Resources/Health (Public Health Surveillance, Distance education in Health, Information Education Communication/Health Promotion, HIV/AIDS and STDs, Vector-Borne Diseases, Pacific Action for Health, Lifestyle Health, Tuberculosis Control, Health Management Development, Population Advocacy & Adolescent Reproductive Health); * Socio-Economics (Population and Demography, Statistics - including PRISM, Women's Bureau - PWB, Youth Bureau - PYB, Culture, Renewable Energy, Community Education, Regional Media Centre); * Information & Communication (Library, Publications, Interpretation & Translation, Information Technology);
* Mapping Pacific Island Populations (Development of national population GIS systems, SPC's Population / Demography Programme, PopGIS Online Demo, DFID - United Kingdom, DFID - Pacific).
URL http://www.spc.int/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.spc.int/
Link reported by: Frank Siciliano (sicilian@ozemail.com.au)
[The above link was kindly sent to this e-journal in a response to the Monitor's recent invitation to readers to send details of useful Pacific-related online resources - ed.]
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

03 Dec 2003

Pacific Regional Information SysteM (PRISM)
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia/Nouvelle-Caledonie.
Self-description: "Statistical Information about Pacific Island Countries and Territories."
Site contents: * Economic Indicators; * Social Indicators; * Environment Indicators; * Tourism Indicators; * Other Indicators; * MDG Indicators; * Country Statistics; * Glossary; * Resources; * About PRISM; * PacPRISM;
* Links - SPC National Statistics Offices (American Samoa, CNMI, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Niue, Pitcairn, PNG, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna); Metropolitan member countries (Australia, France, New Zealand, United States of America); International organisations (Asian Development Bank (ADB), Australian Agency for International Development, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), EUROSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO), Forum Secretariat, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Consumer Price Index information, International Monetary Fund (IMF), New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), Tourism Council of the South Pacific (TCSP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNIFEM, United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), World Bank, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Trade Organisation (WTO), World Tourism Organisation); 'Other' useful sites (Virus protection software, Virus encyclopedia, Assume web site, xISTAT shareware, MODSTAT, SIMSTAT, Data Desk, Arcus QuickStat, SPSS, SAS).
URL http://www.spc.int/PRISM/index.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Frank Siciliano (sicilian@ozemail.com.au)
[The above link was kindly sent to this e-journal in a response to the Monitor's recent invitation to readers to send details of useful Pacific-related online resources - ed.]
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Corporate Info./Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Dec 2003

The Pacific Theological College (PTC)
The Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji
Self-description: "The inter-denominational, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, graduate theological school for Oceania [...] The present capacity of the College is some fifty-one full-time residential students and families with more than 20 spouses enrolled in the women's program. PTC has had students from at least eighteen different churches within the region and abroad (representing 18 different nations and territories). Graduates now number more than 500; most have served or are serving their respective churches within the region. Some also serve ecumenical bodies, their national governments, or as missionaries within the Pacific and elsewhere."
Site contents: About PTC; Residential Programs; Extension Programs; Information Services; Staff; Partners; Contact PTC; Education by Extension Program; George Knight Library; God's Pacific People Program; Women's Studies Program; News [updates on projects, information about new courses, and notices of staff vacancies - ed.].
"'History and the island churches of the Pacific in the 20th century' - a conference at the Pacific Theological College 20-22 October 2004. [... W]hile the conference is a sharing of reasons and forces that influenced the images or perception of island churches and the way their particular and collective history had been written by both participants (members) as well as by observers, it is also an opportunity to review the life and work of island churches in the last one hundred years. The character or portrayal of Pacific island churches before and after the Second World War could be one of the important paradigms for papers for discussion at the conference. Of course, there is no restriction to the papers, as long as it is on island churches in the Pacific in the 20th century. Those intending to present papers at the conference, titles and abstracts (200-400 words) are due by 31 March 2004, and please indicate any presentation aids you might require.
For further enquiries and expressions of interest in the conference, contact Reverend Dr. Kambati Uriam at kuriam@ptc.ac.fj, Pacific Theological College, PMB, Suva, Fiji; telephone 3311100; fax 3301728; or one of the members of the organising committee.
Src: pacific-islands-l@coombs.anu.edu.au, Mon, 01 Dec 2003."
[Note: The site crashes Netscape 4.08 browser (Mac). However, it works with the Explorer (Mac) OK. - ed.]
URL http://ptc.ac.fj/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

27 Nov 2003

Papua New Guinea Update 2003
Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Goverment, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "Papua New Guinea Update 2003, Friday 5 December [2003], 10.00am - 4.30pm, Hayden Allen Lecture Theatre, The Australian National University.
The multitude of issues facing the Papua New Guinea economy and electoral system will be closely scrutinised at the Papua New Guinea Update 2003.
All welcome - please feel free to extend this invitation to any interested colleagues. There is no charge for attending. A program is available from the following website [see the URL below] - mj."
URL http://apseg.anu.edu.au/events/programs/canberra_2003.php
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Martina Jaskolski (martina.jaskolski@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

24 Oct 2003

Pacific Economic Bulletin (Vol 18 No 2), 2003
Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Goverment, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The latest issue of the Pacific Economic Bulletin (Volume 18 Number 2) is now available. Policy dialogue papers are available to download free of charge from [see the URL below]
From 2004, three issues of the PEB will be produced per year, commencing in March with a special issue on Papua New Guinea. - dg."
Site contents: Pacific Economic Bulletin Volume 18 Number 2
* Economic surveys: The Samoa economy - Amaramo Sialaoa An economic survey of Tuvalu - Colin Mellor
* Articles: Resuscitating the Solomon Islands economy - Satish Chand; An overview of public sector management reform in Samoa - Desmond Uelese Amosa; Food demand in urban and rural Samoa - Kandiah Jegasothy and Yann Duval; The importance of social factors in the digital divide in the Pacific - William Tibben; The sustainability of Fiji's budget deficit: an econometric analysis - Paresh Kumar Narayan and Seema Narayan; Fiji National Budget 2003: building a resilient economy? - Paresh Kumar Narayan and Biman Chand Prasad;
* Policy dialogue: South-South policy transfer: the case of the Vanuatu Ombudsman's Office - Manuhuia Barcham; An assessment of the proposal for a Pacific Economic and Political Community - Satish Chand; China's WTO accession: trade and policy implications for Pacific island countries - Malcolm Bosworth.
URL http://peb.anu.edu.au/current-issue.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Debra Grogan (debra.grogan@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

10 Oct 2003

European Society for Oceanists (ESfO)
ESfO, University of Joensuu, Finland.
Self-description: "The European Society for Oceanists c/o CREDO (Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie) MAP (Maison Asie-Pacifique), Campus Saint-Charles, Université de Provence 3 place V. Hugo, 13003 Marseille, France phone: +33-(0)4-9110 6119 fax:+33-(0)4-9110 6121 email: esfo.credo@wanadoo.fr Contact the Chair of the ESfO Board: Professor Francoise Douaire-Marsaudon: douaire@up.univ-mrs.fr tel.: +33-(0)4-9110 6212 or +33-(0)4- 9056 0265.
The ESfO Website: This website is constructed and maintained by Jari Kupiainen at the University of Joensuu, Finland. email: jari.kupiainen@joensuu.fi [...] The European Society for Oceanists was established in 1992 at the First European Colloquium on Pacific Studies. It is a professional association which addresses itself to researchers with a regional interest in Oceania. Oceania includes the Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Australia and New Zealand.
The Society is an interdisciplinary organization; membership is open to anthropologists, linguists, historians, psychologists, geographers, human ecologists and other researchers in the social sciences and humanities. The Society welcomes researchers from within and outside Europe.
The Society is intended to enhance intellectual exchange and cooperation between individual Oceanic scholars and between institutions (universities, museums, etc.). This goal is to be achieved by establishing an information network and by organizing biannual conferences. So far four such conferences have been held: the first in Nijmegen 1992, the second in Basel 1994, the third in Copenhagen 1996, the fourth in Leiden 1999, and the fifth in Vienna 2002.
This membership directory is meant to facilitate establishing and maintaining contacts with colleagues all over the world. The directory contains data on all individuals that were members in September 2003."
Site contents: * Organization; * Conferences; * Members; * Discussion [ESFO-L@SEGATE.SUNET.SE]; * Links (Pacific Countries, Pacific Journals, Pacific New, Pacific Sites, Pacific Studies, Pacific Travel, Organizations, Journals, Museums, Arts, Anthropology, Visual Anthropology, Gender Studies, Bookshops and publishers, Internet search and services); * Latest news from the ESfO board (Sixth Conference in Marseilles, France 2.6.2003, Minutes of the ESfO-Board Meeting from October 2002, Report of the Leiden Conference in 1999, The New ESfO Board 7.7.1999, New Books 13.11.1998, Farewell Note of the old ESfO Board by Jonathan Friedman 19.12.1997, Welcome Note of the new ESfO Board by Jelle Miedema and Paul van der Grijp 19.12.1997, Copenhagen Conference Report 3.11.1997)
URL http://www.joensuu.fi/esfo/index.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract. access to http://cc.joensuu.fi/esfo/index.html has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

29 Sep 2003

Map South Pacific
Mapsouthpacific.com, Vancouver Island, Canada
Supplied note: "This site provides maps and introductions to 16 Pacific countries and territories, plus links to additional information. The De Rienzi Gallery [also] displays 60 antique engravings of Australia, Indonesia, Papua, Timor, and the Pacific. - medv."
Self-description: "The map pages on Mapsouthpacific.com cover American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Easter Island, Fiji, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Niue, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti and French Polynesia, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna. Alongside the maps are country introductions by David Stanley, with links to selected airlines, governments, tourist offices, and online travel guides."
URL http://www.mapsouthpacific.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.mapsouthpacific.com
Link reported by: ME de Vos (info@mapsouthpacific.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

22 Aug 2003

Fijian Studies - A Journal of Contemporary Fiji
University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
Self-description: "The Volume 1 No 1 of Fijian Studies [was] launched on Wednesday, 20 August 2003. The download of the first issue is for free. You will need the free Acrobat Reader on your computer to read the articles, dialogues and book reviews."
Site contents: "Fijian Studies, Vol 1 No 1 - Cover page; Editorial Board; Table of Contents; Editorial; Article 1 Fiji's Sugar, Tourism and Garment Industries; Advertisement D&C; Article 2 Cyberspace Democracy; Advertisement PJR; Article 3 New Public Management and Public Enterprise Restructuring in Fiji; Article 4 Why is Interest Rate Spread High in Fiji; Article 5 Militarism and Moral Decay in Fiji; Article 6 The Urban Informal Sector in Fiji; Dialogue 1 Debating Fiji's Democratic Future; Dialogue 2 Coups in Fiji: A Personal Perspective; Dialogue 3 Finding a Model of Reconciliation in Fiji; Dialogue 4 New Zealand and the Pacific Region: Challenges and Opportunities; Dialogue 5 Wages Councils and Just Wages; Book Review 1 Dauka Puraan (Subramani) by Som Prakash; Book Review 2 Dauka Puraan (Subramani) by Rameshwar Prasad; Book Review 3 Requiem for a Rainbow (Satendra Nandan) by Subhash Verma; Advertisement USP - CDS/CSSP; Advertisement USP - Fiji Centre Western.
URL http://www.fijianstudies.org
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Pacific Media Watch, forwarded by Allison Ley (allison.ley@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

20 Aug 2003

Solomon Islands Update - Crisis and Intervention
Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Goverment, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "Solomon Islands Update - Crisis and Intervention, Monday 25 August 2003, 1pm - 5pm, Venue: Coombs Lecture Theatre, Fellows Road, The Australian National University."
Site contents: * Intervention: The case for intervention, Australia's policy, strategy, mandate; * Conflict And Crisis: Politics in Solomon Islands - from coup to intervention, Economic problems; * Ways Forward - Rebuilding.
URL http://peb.anu.edu.au/SolomonIslands2003.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Debra Grogan, forwarded by asia_news-request@anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Aug 2003

A Pacific engaged: Inquiry into Australia's relations with PNG and the island states of the south-west Pacific
Parliament of Australia - Senate, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "Inquiry into Australia's relations with Papua New Guinea and the island states of the south-west Pacific - [in PDF and Word formats - ed.] - Tabled 12 August 2003 - Submissions."
Site contents: CONTENTS * Members of the Committee; * Recommendations; * Chapter One: Introduction and conduct of the inquiry; SECTION ONE: ECONOMIC ISSUES - * Chapter Two: Economic and social overview; * Chapter Three: Australia's economic relations with PNG and the Pacific; * Chapter Four: Australia's development assistance to PNG and the Pacific; * Chapter Five: Sustainable development, environment management and disaster managements; SECTION TWO: POLITICAL AND SECURITY ISSUES - * Chapter Six: Australia's political relations with PNG and the Pacific; * Chapter Seven: Strategic issues: regional security and transnational organised crime; * Chapter Eight: Australians' knowledge of the region; * Chapter Nine: New Zealand's relations with Australia and the region; SECTION THREE: COUNTRY SPECIFIC ISSUES * Chapter Ten (The Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, The Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu); * Appendix 1: Submissions received by the Committee; * Appendix 2: Witnesses who appeared before the Committee; * Appendix 3, part 1: Committee itinerary for Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea 22­31 May 2003; * Appendix 3, part 2: Photographs from the Committee's trip to Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea 22­31 May 2003; * Appendix 4: Regional map of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean.
URL http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/fadt_ctte/png/report/index.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: John Ballard, forwarded by pacific-islands-l@coombs.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

15 Jul 2003

AKWa: AusAID's Knowledge Warehouse
AusAID - The Australian Government Overseas Aid Program, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "AKWa is a database of documents [in PDF format - ed.] aimed at improving the quality of the Australian overseas aid program. It contains information drawn from AusAID's Knowledge Warehouse. AKWa includes lessons learned in delivering Australia's aid program, examples of good practice through the activity cycle, and a range of AusAID publications related to quality assurance and the evaluation of Australian aid projects and programs. You can browse AKWa by choosing from the 'View All Docs' options on the sidebar, or use the simple or advanced search options available within AKWa."
Site contents: * Search; * View all docs:
By Country (Burma; Cambodia; China; Ethiopia; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Jordan; Kenya; Laos; Maldives; Mozambique; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Regional - North of Sahara; Regional - Other Africa & M.E.; Regional - South Asia; Regional - South East Asia; Regional - South of Sahara; Regional - South Pacific; Regional - Southern Africa; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Tonga; Tuvalu; Unallocated/Unspecified; Vanuatu; Vietnam); By DAC Sector; By Doc Type; By Form of Aid; By Topic (Activity Manager; Agricultural and Rural Development; Appraisal; Asset Maintenance; Baseline Data; Capacity Building; Commercial/Business; Contracting; Country Strategy; Design; Donor Coordination; Education; Effective Partnerships; Environment; Environmental Impact Assessment; Evaluation; Extension; Feasibility/Design Study; Gender Equity; Governance; Health; Humanitarian and Emergency Services; Impact; Implementation; Infrastructure; Law and Justice; Logical Framework Matrix; Memorandum of Understanding; Monitoring; Multilateral Organisations; NGO Package of Information; NGO Projects; Participatory Approaches/Methods; Partner Government Systems; Performance Information; Population Policies; Poverty; Program Approach; Project Cycle; Project Design Document; Project Management; Quality Assurance; Recurrent Cost Financing; Research; Review; Risk Management; Social Impact Assessment; Staffing; Stakeholder Consultation; Sustainability; Technical Advisory Group; Technical Monitoring Group; Terms of Reference; Training; Whole of Government Approach);
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URL http://akwa.ausaid.gov.au/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: John Ballard, forwarded by pacific-islands-l@coombs.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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