An inter-agency working group meeting was held at the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence on 23 March 2009 to progress the formulation of a Conceptual Framework for Australia’s civil-military collaboration in conflict and disaster management overseas. The working group comprises representatives from a number of Australian Government agencies. Development of the framework is one of [...]
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Tupouto’a-Lavaka of Tonga was a guest at the opening of the Centre on 27 November 2008 and, on 16 February 2009, paid a special visit to the Centre’s Lowe Street premises together with Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Nanasipau’u Tuku’aho, to engage first hand with the Centre’s staff [...]
On 10 February 2009, the Centre’s Executive Director, Michael G. Smith, welcomed MAJGEN Supiadin, Assistant for Operations in the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) and his delegation to the Centre during their official visit to Australia. The Indonesian delegation and the Centre’s team discussed current and emerging international security issues and opportunities for Australia and Indonesia [...]
A delegation from the Swedish Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies led by the Director, Mr Lars Nicander, and the Director General of the Folke Bernadotte Academy, Mr Henrik Landerholm, visited the Centre on 9 February 2009. Discussions explored areas of mutual interest and important future partnership opportunities between the Centre and the Folke Bernadotte Academy. [...]
MAJGEN Heridadi, Surgeon-General of the Indonesian National Defence Force (TNI), visited the Centre on 2 February. MAJGEN Heridadi , accompanied by COL Petrus Boli, LTCOL Heri Priatna, and officials of the Indonesian Embassy and the Australian Defence Force, is in Australia to discuss health cooperation between the ADF and TNI. TNI’s health services are a [...]
The Centre welcomed the Papua New Guinea Minister for Defence, Hon Bob Dadae MP on 2 February 2009, the first day of his official visit to Australia as Defence Minister. The Minister was accompanied by a delegation including the PNG Secretary of Defence, Mr Frederick Punangi and Chief of Staff for the PNG Defence Force, [...]
The Centre hosted a round-table meeting on 21 January 2009 with officials from a range of Australian Government agencies to discuss the development of a conceptual framework for civil-military collaboration. This followed an earlier presentation by Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support. The meeting was the first in a series of inter-agency [...]
Executive Director Mike Smith hosted a visit to the Centre by His Excellency Sven-Olof Petersson, Sweden’s Ambassador to Australia, on 20 January 2009. Mr Smith and Mr Petersson discussed the establishment of the Centre and its planned activities. They identified shared areas of interest to Australia and Sweden in the area of civil-military collaboration. The [...]
Superintendent Dave Trappitt, New Zealand Police Liaison, Canberra, visited the Centre on 6 January 2009. Superintendent Trappitt met with Executive Director Mike Smith, Chief of Staff Alison Chartres, Superintendent Nigel Phair and Executive Officers Moreen Dee and Randy Knispel to explain New Zealand’s international police engagement activities in the Asia-Pacific, and to explore potential collaborative [...]
As part of its work in conflict prevention, the Centre’s Executive Director, Michael Smith, led a United Nations needs assessment mission to Nepal in December 2008. Reporting to Ian Martin, the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), the four-person assessment team had extensive consultations on the next [...]
