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This is a closed workshop but sounds like some interesting discussions to be had. Wish they could do these workshops in PNG.
The organisers are Dr Jason Potts, Dr Susan Cochrane, Mr Deveni Temu, Ms Carol Cooper.
The one-day workshop will investigate the unrealised potential in the cultural capital created by Papua New Guinea (PNG) artists and how greater and more sustainable benefits may be achieved by a concentration of investments and projects in the arts sector of the economy. The workshop will bring together arts practitioners and policy makers with cultural and development economists to discuss models to promote arts and culture in PNG’s economic development.
The workshop is funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Asia–Pacific Futures Research Network and hosted by the National Museum of Australia.
You can download the program here.
(IRB.COM) Tuesday 17 November 2009
Just three weeks before the start of the new IRB Sevens World Series, Samoa have won a confidence-boosting victory at the Oceania Sevens Championship in Tahiti.
Last month the Samoans beat great rivals Fiji to gold at the Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga, and this time they defended their Oceania Sevens crown with a 31-14 victory over Tonga in the Final.
With several of their leading players on tour in Europe with the senior national side, notably captain Ofisa Treviranus and play-makers Uale Mai and Lolo Lui, the tournament was also an opportunity to blood some fresh talent.
“That was a good win and a great preparation for the start of the IRB World Series,” said new Samoa head coach Stephen Betham.
“The standard was higher than that of the Mini Games and the competition was tough. Many teams have improved – Papua New Guinea in particular – and they are going to be a team to watch when they compete in the IRB Sevens World Series events next year,” he added.
In addition to the region’s ‘core’ World Series sides who play in every event – New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Samoa – the competition also confirmed that Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Niue will compete at the NZI Sevens in Wellington, the third event on the World Series.
“It was our goal to qualify for the Wellington and Adelaide legs of the IRB Sevens World Series but we did not expect to come second,” said Tonga’s team manager Richard Mafi.
“We brought a relatively inexperienced squad, all of whom were local players. There were six players who earned their debut caps for Tonga at this event and we’re delighted with what they achieved for their country.”
However, the tournament’s surprise package was certainly Papua New Guinea, now under the stewardship of Fijian Sevens great Waisale Serevi.
Serevi was recently appointed coach of the country’s National Sevens Programme and PNG stunned their more fancied rivals Niue with a 24-12 victory to claim third place.
It caps off an impressive year for PNG Rugby – in September their Under 19 team qualified for the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy next year in Russia, while in June the national 15-a-side team won the Oceania Cup and progressed to the final round of qualification for Rugby World Cup 2011, eventually losing to Samoa in the home-and-away series.
2009 Oceania Sevens – Final standings
1. Samoa
2. Tonga
3. Papua New Guinea
4. Niue
5. Cook Islands
6. Vanuatu
7. Tahiti
By I’ve had mixed feelings about BSP over this year and I still do, but I have to admit todays stunt warmed me up to them even if it was just for 2 minutes. So they’ve got this ‘Hug Your Banker’ promo going on where the manager between the times of 11am and 12pm goes around hugging everyone in the branch. The manager is followed by a photographer to record each hug and another bank officer to hand out goodies like chocolates, lollies, lanyards and stickers. For each hug the bank will be giving K1 to a charity.
Okay okay well it distracted me as I stood in line waiting and I do actually like my branch manager who I’ve had some beers with at Lamana, so I gave him a hug. But I still think they need to look at how to decrease their queues and to end bank charges based on percentages. Can they put in seats and have us use a Q-Matic system like ANZ?
I scored these new kicks from Mondo second hand in Kone. By the Way I think that Port Moresby or PNG rather is the second-hand capital of the world. But yeah the shoes are like all leather and heavily stitched and all and they fit perfectly. But for the life of me I can’t seem to find a website for the maker of these shoes.
The brand name is ‘Jackal’ so if there are any fashion freaks out there who know the name can you direct me to a website cos I’ve never seen and worn such well made shoes.
They’re almost like a cross between a baseball glove and rugby shoes but in the form of casual sneakers.
Charley visited Marcel Pool, a VSO volunteer physiotherapist working in Goroka in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, as part of his journey from Sydney to Tokyo for the second series of By Any Means, broadcast on BBC2.
Charley accompanied Marcel on a field trip to the Mount Sion community based rehabilitation unit to see his work training and supporting Papua New Guinean community volunteers. Marcel is helping these volunteers understand the issues of disability and training them in basic rehabilitation skills.
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