Philippines Update 2012: Keynote address by the Hon. Corazon "Dinky" Juliano Soliman

The 2012 Philippines Update seminar, the very first to be held at the ANU because 2005, combined leading professionals in Philippine national politics, business economics, dispute resolution, and also advancement around a thematic concentrate on “Tranquility Potential Customer and also Advancement Obstacles in Mindanao.”

Beginning with this keynote speech on the mid-day of Thursday, 11 October, the seminar continued to 4 panels on Friday 12 October: nationwide political advancements, nationwide financial advancements, tranquility leads in Mindanao, and also advancement difficulties in Mindanao.

This Philippines Update, and also the quantity that emerges from it, functions as an essential chance to construct closer scholastic, research study and also plan affiliations in between Australia and also the Philippines. Regardless of a significant growth in the degree of Australian participation in the Philippines, a significant element of which is AusAID’s extremely considerable program there, there is much range for cultivating higher recognition within Australia of Philippine concerns and also advancement difficulties, and also vice-versa.