[TimorLesteStudies] Seminar (Canberra): "Timor-Leste: politics, policies and prospects 20 years after the independence vote" Tuesday 30 April @ ANU

[Michael Leach]

ANU Southeast Asia Institute

ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

March 2019

Dear colleagues,

Please be reminded of this upcoming event:

Timor-Leste: politics, policies and prospects 20 years after the independence vote

Tuesday 30 April 2019, 9am - 12.15pm
Barton Theatre, Level 1, JG Crawford Building 132, ANU
Registration is free and essential on Eventbrite

<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/timor-leste-politics-policies-and-prospects-20-years-after-the-independence-vote-tickets-59414122239>On 30 August 1999 the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia and, after a period of quasi-trusteeship under the United Nations, Timor-Leste was internationally recognised as an independent nation on 20 May 2002. The same small group of leaders who dominated the independence struggle and the transition to independence continue to shape national politics today. The July 2017 parliamentary elections saw the end of several years of 'politics of national consensus' with the installation of a minority government, fresh elections ten months later and an uncomfortable cohabitation between a politically opposed Presidency and Government thereafter. Fiscal security in the medium term is under threat as the sovereign wealth fund is depleted, and the country’s massive youth bulge is both a potential strength and a threat, contingent on their social, economic and political inclusion and prospects.

Our expert panel of speakers will unpack these issues and consider the outlook.

Event program

9-10.30am: Reflections on political and social developments

> António Sampaio: Bureau Chief, Lusa News Agency, Dili
The political impasse, current political trends and future scenarios after two tough years of political tension

> Carmeneza dos Santos Monteiro: Director for Policy and Institutional Strengthening, The Asia Foundation
Timor-Leste Major policy challenges and policy making in Timor-Leste

> Michael Leach: Professor of Politics and International Relations, Swinburne University
Changing attitudes to national identity amongst Timor-Leste tertiary students: 2002-2017

10.30-11am: Coffee break

11am-12.15pm: Panel discussion on politics, protagonists and prospects

A discussion moderated by Gordon Peake from ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance with António Sampaio, Carmeneza dos Santos Monteiro and Adérito Soares from ANU

This forum has been convened by Lia Kent and Sue Ingram from ANU and is supported by grants from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the ANU Southeast Asia Institute.

More information: asiapacific.anu.edu.au/cap-events/2019-04-30/timor-leste-politics-policies-and-prospects-20-years-after-independence-vote<http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/cap-events/2019-04-30/timor-leste-politics-policies-and-prospects-20-years-after-independence-vote>

Please assist the Southeast Asia Institute and spread word of this event among your networks.


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