GOVERNMENT OF TIMOR-LESTE ANNOUNCES 2011 TIMOR-LESTE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING

DILI, Timor-Leste -May 11, 2011 – The Government of Timor-Leste has the honor and pleasure to announce that the next Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting (TLDPM) will take place from 11-13 July 2011 at the Dili Convention Center (DCC).

The TLDPM is an annual series of meetings that brings together Government, development partners, civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders to engage in policy dialogue with an aim toward achieving a brighter and more prosperous future for all the people of Timor-Leste. Immediate

Day 1 (11 July 2011) will consist of bilateral meetings between the Government and development partners. The day will end with a dinner for Heads of Delegation hosted by H.E. President José Ramos-Horta and a recital by the world renowned Monaco Boys Choir under the patronage of H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco.

Days 2 and 3 (12-13 July) will consist of the official release of Timor-Leste Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030 (SDP) and related discussions on topics such as managing Timor-Leste’s natural resource wealth and further developing the countries agricultural and tourism sectors.

The first Development Partners Meeting took place in 2002 and since then has been instrumental in helping the country implement development programs that strive to create partnerships between all development actors. Furthermore, in the spirit of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and Accra Agenda for Action, the meeting has served as an opportunity for all parties to reflect on aid programming aimed at reducing poverty and how they can be improved in the future.

Throughout the past few years, Timor-Leste has experienced unprecedented growth that has benefited large portions of the population. As the country continues to move away from conflict towards development, the need for all development stakeholders (including civil society and the private sector) to coordinate effectively has become all the more important.

By bringing the Government and development partners together in an effort to achieve development results, Timor-Leste continue to move forward towards a brighter future for all.

For further enquiries please contact the TLDPM Secretariat (tldpm@mof.gov.tl) housed within the National Directorate for Aid Effectiveness (NDAE), Ministry of Finance. For media enquiries please contact Ms. Francisca Maia (fmaia@mof.gov.tl).

Iha Outubru 2008, BELUN estabelese ona sistema Atensaun no Responde Sedu (AtReS) hodi halo monitorizasaun ba insidente violensia no situasaun hodi hatan ba konflitu no tensaun iha Timor-Leste. Agora, BELUN distribui relatoriu trimestral segundu, bazeia ba monitorisasaun iha sub-distritu 13.

Dadus ne’ebe halibur husi rede AtReS nian hatudu katak insidente violentu sai menus durante periodu relatoriu ida ne’e. Numeru insidente hatún husi insidente 187 iha periodu fulan Fevereiru ba fulan Maiu ba insidente 139 iha periodu fulan Juñu ba fulan Setembru.

Sub-distritu Ainaro Vila iha insidente barak liu, ho insidente 34. Violensia entre joven mak hanesan problema hela iha ne’e, no observador sira hare’e ida ne’e nomos hare’e atividade grupu arte marsiais aumenta iha Bobonaro, Liquica, Aileu, Covalima no Baucau. Iha mos abuzu drogas no tua iha fatin sira ne’e, no mos jogos ilegal osan (berjudi) aumenta.

Dadus ekonomiku durante periodu ida ne’e sujere katak folin produtu oioin lokal mak stavel no atividade komersial sai menus uitoan de’it. Aksaun buka servisu no sai ba sidade hodi hetan servisu kontinua. Observador sira hare’e numeru projeitu infrastrutura aumenta iha Timor-Leste tomak, no numeru negosiu foun, mane no feto nian mos aumenta, maibe iha tempu hanesan, benefisiu liu husi asistensia dezenvolvimientu (nao-governu) sai menus.

Durante periodu ida ne’e, tensaun politiku aumenta iha antisipasaun eleisaun suku, no tensaun ho ligasaun ba eleisaun mosu iha Liquica, Ermera no Covalima. Maski nune’e, nivel persepsaun katak oportunidade hetan so deit liu husi dalan familia ka partidu nian hamenus makas, no ida ne’e sujere karik katak atensaun ne’ebe prosesu eleitoral lori mai hasa’e nivel akontabilidade entre lideransa local.

Relatoriu hatudu katak relasaun entre komunidade no polisia no militar mak sai di’ak hela. Isu resolusaun disputa iha komunidade laran se hamosu pergunta iha fatin barak. Abuzu uma laran, liuliu violensia kontra feto nomos labarik, mak observa iha fatin-fatin hotu iha area ne’ebe monitorizasaun halao. Entaun, presiza estrategia kooperativu hodi prevene no responde ba isu ida ne’e.

BELUN espera katak Governu, parseiru dezenvolvimentu, no komunidade sira rasik bele utiliza analisa sistematiku ba kondisaun lokal ida ne’e hodi hatan ba desafio sira no reforsa rekursu lokal ne’ebe bele promove dame.

Atu hatene liu tan informasaun ba sistema AtReS, favor kontaktu:

Marilia (Bylah) da Costa
Program Manager, AtReS
BELUN, #5 Rua de Farol, Dili
Telefone Kantor: 331 0353

KOMUNIKASAUN BA INPRENSA

Ajensia Dezenvolvimentu Timor-Leste selebra nia aniversáriu dasanulu iha Dezembru 2009. Husi ami nia formasaun nu’udar rezultadu husi konferensia iha Melbourne iha 1999, ETDA iha nia misaun atu “Harii ita nia Povu, Harii ita nia Nasaun”. ETDA hanesan ONG lokal ne’ebe Timoroan sira mak jere.

Atu rekoñese marku ida ne’e, ETDA hala’o eventu espesial rua iha 15 Dezembru.

? Serimónia Graduasaun ba ami nia Estajionáriu Ospitalidade husi injestaun dahuluk ida ne’e.
? Abertura ofisial ba Sentru Arte Sanggar Matan

Iha 2009, ETDA organiza programa Aprendizajen/Estajionáriu hamutuk ho USAID. Programa ida ne’e hanesan ba dahuluk ba Timor-Leste ne’ebe estajionáriu sira hetan pagamentu saláriu fulan-fulan durante fulan 6 hala’o servisu iha setor Turismu no Óspitalidade privadu, no sira nia programa formasaun profisional. Objetivu husi programa ida ne’e mak Dezenvolvimentu Abilidade no Kriasaun Servisu. Ne’e hanesan susesu boot ida. Ami nia alvu ba estajionáriu 90 alkansa iha injestaun rua; iha termu jeral, ETDA treina ona ema 1811 iha 2009 atravezde matéria lubun ida iha ami ia Gia ba Kursu. Ami koloka ona joven 395 iha servisu full time.

Iha 2009, ETDA hahú organiza projetu foun, ho Sanggar Matan. Sanggar Matan hanesan ONG lokal ne’ebe ho baze iha Manatuto ne’ebe hahú servisu ho joven sira iha 2004. Ninia objetivu atu fo oportunidade ba dezenvolve abilidade iha pintura no kombina ho edukasaun iha dezenvolvimentu abilidade negósiu. Ami fokus ba joven sira, dezempregadu iha prazu naruk ne’ebe dezenvolve dadaun sira nia abilidade iha pintura ho sana-rai tradisional husi distritu Manatuto no hasees sira husi konflitu ba estadu auto-dezenvolvimentu. Joven artista 10 mak oras ne’e dadaun iha projetu ida ne’e. Sira nia pintura ho liman, iha produtu serámika ho dezeñu orijinal haruka ba mundu tomak. Projetu ida ne’e fornese rendimentu konstante ba artista sira enkuantu sira aprende kona-ba negósiu no abilidade empreza nian.

Ba konvidadu sira, eventu rua ne’e sei hala’o iha Sentru Formasaun ETDA Bairro Pite.

Pesoal mídia ofisial hotu-hotu hetan konvite ba atende. Favor RSVP ba Aurelia Guterres Babo iha 753 674

PRESS RELEASE
Asosiasaun Jornalista sira no Sindikatu Jornalista, deside ona atu organiza Premiu Anual ba Jornalista 2009 (Annual Journalism Excellence awards 2009) iha, loron Sabadu, 21 Novembru 2009.

Desizaun ne’e foti, hafoin enkontru entre asossiasaun jornalista sira no sindikatu jornalista, Kuarta feira (14/10) iha Dili. Partisipa iha enkontru ne’e, Virgilio Guterres, Presidente Asosiasaun Jurnalista Timor Leste (AJTL), Otelio Ote, Presidente (SJTL) Sindikatu Jurnalista Timor Leste, Suzana Cardoso, Koordenador Geral Timor Leste Photographer Asosiasaun (TiLPA), Prezado Ximenes, Presidente Asosiasaun Radio Komunidade Timor Leste (ARKTL), Julio Gil Guteres, Koordenador Geral Centru Jurnalista Investigasi Timor Leste (CJTL), Jose Ximenes, Direktur Timor Post, Jose Gabriel, Direktur Diario Nasional, Luis Evaristo, Direktur Centru Radio Comunidade (CRC).

Objetivu husi premiu ne’e atu rekuinese no fo valor ba servisu jurnalista Timor-Leste liu husi média oin-oin no sira nia kontribuisaun ba dezemvolvementu nasaun, atu fo korajen ba jurnalista sira hodi bele atinji estandar jurnalismo nebe diak liu, atu buka fundus hodi bele sustenta inisiativa ba dezemvolvementu media iha Timor-Leste.

Kategoria Premiu Jornalista 2009, se fó ba jornalista printing diak liu, elektrónika diak liu, jurnalista feto diak liu, jurnalismu photographer diak liu, Jurnalista husi Radio komunidade diak liu.
Komisaun organizadora sei anunsiu kona-ba kriteria ba notisia no numéru premiu sira, hahú segunda-feira, 19 Outubru 2009.
Premiu ba jornalista tinan ida-ne’e, hala’o badalarua. Tinan 2008, halo ona Primeiru Jornalista badalauluk.
Premiu ba jornalista ne’e nakloke ba jurnalista hotu-hotu iha teritoria tomak. Tamba ne’e jornalista sira ne’ebe mak iha interese atu hola parte iha kompetisaun ne’e data ikus nian atu hatama ita boot sira nia materia mak loron 14 fulan Novembru 2009. Fatin atu hatama ita boot sira nia material iha ICFJ ou edifisiu Timor Post.

Husu ba jornalista sira iha Timor-leste, atu partisipa ativu iha kompetisaun Premiu Jornalista 2009.
Ba informasaun barak liutan, kontaktu nomeru HP +670 724 2944,
+670 7257160, ou ba E-mail azanatl@gmail.com no a.i1108@yahoo.com

Coordenador-2009 Media Awards

Suzana Cardoso

Suzana Cardoso
Koordenadora

B. Matéria kompetisaun
1. Notisia
a) Notisia investigativu no feature Tenki iha lia-fuan 2,500 lia fuan (imprensa); Durasaun maksimum 15 minutus (eletronika)
b) Notisia Straight news; Tenki iha lia-fuan 500 (Imprensa); Durasaun minutu 3 (elektronika)
2. Fotografia
a) Foto notisia (Foto ne’ebé ho nia notisia)
b) Foto ne’ebé la ho notisia (Foto lepas-Indo)
3. Matéria sira publika tiha ona iha media komunikasaun social sira hahu Julhu 2008 to’o loron 14 Novembru 2009.
4. Notisia uza lian Tetum, Portugues, Inglesh no Indonesia
5. Kada partisipante hatama notisia maksimu 2 ho forma notisia diferente.

C. Submisaun
1. Submete notisia no fotografia ba Kompetisaun Premiu Jurnalizmu 2009 hahu loron 20 Outobru to’o loron 14 Novembru 2009.
2. Prenxe formulariu kompitisaun premiu ba jornalizmu annual 2009
3. Submete material sira ba komisaun organizadora liu husi:
a) Sekretaria komisaun organizadora premiu annual jornalizmu 2009 iha Edifisiu Diariu Timor Post Rua Bebora Dili Timor Leste No kontak +670 724-2944
b) Sekretaria International Center For Journalist (ICFJ) Rua Bairro Jacinto Candido Bairro Formosa No Kontaktu +670 725-7160

D. Kategoria Premiu
1. Premiu Roger East ba kualifikasaun jornalista Imprensa (inklui online) di’akliu.
2. Premiu Greg Shackleton ba kualifikasaun jornalista Radio/TV di’akliu
3. Premiu Bernadino Guterres ba kualifikasuan jornalista Radio Komunidade di’akliu
4. Premiu Gill Jollief ba kualifikasaun notisia feto no labarik di’akliu
5. Premiu Agus Mulyawan ba kualifikasuan fotografú di’akliu
6. Premiu Balibo Five ba kualifikasaun jornaista di’akliu tinan 2009

E. Premiu ba manan na’in sira
1. Manan na’in ba kategoria ida-idak, se simu trofi ida no osan US $ 500
2. Ba manan na’in Premiu Balibo Five ka jornalista 2009 di’akliu, simu trofi no osan US $ 1,000.
3. Premiu sei intrega iha loron, 21 Novembru 2009

Atu hetan informasaun klaru, kontatu Suzana Cardoso (7242944, email:azanatl@gmail.com), Antonio Soares (email:antonio@icfj.tl) no Otelio Ote (7524593, email:maunotelio@gmail.com).
Ba imi-nia partisipasaun, obrigadu barak
Dili, 19 Outubru 2009

Suzana Cardoso
Komisaun Organizadora

David Dyer
Director Projecto
USAID-DAI/Dezenvolve Setór Privadu

1. DATA: 18 – 29 Outobru 2009

2. FATIN VIZITASAUN: Dili, Oe-cusse, Baucau, Lospalos

3. PARTISIPANTES: Lia-Na’in, Xefe-suku no Xefe-Aldeia sira
[ total ema nain 21 ]
4. ISTORIA RELASIONAL ESTUDU KOMPARATIVU:

Caritas Australia ( Ajensia Katolika ) ne’e ONG internasional ida husi Australia ne’ebe harí iha fee katóliku. Caritas Australia nia vizaun mak atu fó kontribuisaun hodi dezenvolve komunidade lokal ida ne’ebe sustentavel, laos deit atu hetan auto-sufisiensia no sai ativu maibe fó valor ba Justisa, sadía no dignidade umana. Atu hetan objetivu ida ne’e, Caritas Australia fó importansia servisu hamutuk ho parseiru ONG sira ne’ebe hala’o servisu iha Timor-Leste.

Caritas Australia iha area imporante tollu iha Timor-Leste, ida mak Programa Harí Dame – Prevene Violensia iha Familia no Komunidade. Husi programa Harí Dame iha unidade ida mak hala’o servisu kona-ba Asesu ba Justisa Tradisonal. Unidade ida ne’e fokus liu servisu ho lia-naín tradisional no lider komunitariu sira kona-ba prosesu sistema justisa tradisional ne’ebe uza hadi tesi lia iha komunidade ba kazu ruma ne’ebe akontese.

Timor-Leste hanesan Estadu de Direitu ida, presiza tebes atu fo respeitu no haforsa ba instituisaun judisiáriu, no mos Lei formal ne’ebé vigora iha Timor-Leste, nune’e tradisaun hanesan parte ida mos atu haforsa Estadu Direitu liu husi hakbi’it prosesu tradisionál ne’ebé sei valoriza nafatin norma legál atu nune’e labele viola ema sidadaun hotu nia direitu bainhira buka solusaun ba sira nia problema.

Oportunidade ida ne’e, Caritas Australia servisu hamutuk ho parseiru ONGs Fundasaun Fatu Sinai Oe-cusse (FFSO) no Oanukani Nita Eceremu (ONE) hodi lori lia-nain tradisional sira husi distritu Oe-cusse no Lautem atu halo Estudu Komparativu ba instituisaun no organizasaun legal iha Timor-Leste.

5. OBJECTIVE:

5.1. Objetivu Jeral:

1. Lidera no partisipa Lia-na’in Tradisional, Xefe-sukus, Xefe-Aldeias ( Suku-Nipane/Oecusse no Suku-Mehara/Lautem ) hodi hetan informasaun kona-ba prosesu no mekanismu sistema formal iha instituisaun legal ba atende Justisa iha Timor-Leste.

2. Sei visita NGO feto iha Timor Leste hodi hare sistema servisu hodi atende vitimas sira iha Uma Mahon, no Fatin Hakmatek, ba vitima violensia seksual no violensia domestika hodi define diak liu tan Sistema Justisa Tradisional iha komunidade Timor Leste.

3. Sei vizita NGO ne’ebe halo servisu ba Direitus Umanus, Lei no Justisa no hare sira nia servisu ba atende vitima violasaun no defende ba ema sira ne’ebe kontra/hasoru lei no justisa iha Timor Leste.

4. Sei visita mos instituisaun husi parte governu Timor Leste, hodi hare servisu instituisaun governu ne’ebe servisu iha area justisa, lei no orden no promosaun igualdade ba jeneru.

5. Sei visita mos ba parte instituisaun Judisiariu iha Timor-Leste ne’ebe servisu ba hala’o lei no justisa iha Timor Leste.

6. Lia-nain tradisional sira depois de estudu komparativu bele servisu hamutuk ho organizasaun / instituisaun legal iha sira nia area no dezenvolve mekanismu hodi uza informasaun ba rezolve justu liu problemas/kazus ho Justisa Tradisional.
7. Atu haklean no hametin relasaun entre autores formal no lokal ne’ebe servisu iha setor justisa iha Timor Leste no halo aprosimasaun hamutuk hodi hatan justisa ne’ebe justu iha komunidade ba moris hakmatek no dame.

6. Instituisaun/Fatin ne’ebe Vizita:

1. Distritu Dili: Sekertariu Estadu Promosaun Igualdade/SEPI, Kabinete Presidensial, Akademia Polisia TL, Asosiasaun Hak Asasi dan Keadilan/HAK, Judisiariu Sistim Monitorin Programa/JSMP, Defensor Publiku, Forum Komunikasi Perempuan Timor Lorosae/Fokupers, Rede Feto, Pradet Timor Leste, Provedor Direitus Umanus no Justisa/PDHJ, Parlamentu Nasional Tribunal Rekursu, no Prizaun Becora, Prokurador Jeral, Ministeriu Justisa.

2. Distritu Oe-cusse: Polisia Nasional Timor Leste distritu oe-cusse, Tribunal Rejional Oe-cusse, Forum Peduli Wanita Oe-cusse/FPWO, Centru Feto Enklave Oe-cusse/CFEO no Fundasaun Fatu Sina Oe-cusse/FFSO.

3. Distritu Lautem no Baucau : (Polisia Nasional Timor Leste distritu Lautem, Tribunal Distritu Baucau, Prokurador Distritu Baucau, Baucau Buka Hatene/BBH no ECM Baucau.
Ema ne’ebe Kontaktu

_________________________ _________________________
Gil Pinto Ermenegildo da Silva
Project Officer Acting Team Leader
Mobile: 726 1584 Mobile: 737 2718
Email:gilp@caritas.minihub.org Email:hermenegildos@caritas.minihub.org

_____________
Fernando Pires
Koordenador Programa
Mobile: 724 7103
E-mail: fernandop@caritas.minihub.org

Relasiona ho Konferensia UNFCCC nee, ami hanoin importante atu governu Timor-Leste fahe hanoin ho sosiedade sivil no ba publiku, kona ba Timor-Leste nia pozisaun nebe sei lori ba Konferensia nee no mos rona ideas husi ema hotu nebe interese ba asuntu nee.

Nudar membru sosiedade sivil nian nebe halibur-an iha Grupu Servisu ba Mudansa Klimatika, ami preokupa tebes ho mudansa iklima nebe fo impaktu ba povu Timor Leste no povu iha nasaun seluk sira nia moris. Tan ne’e Grupu Servisu ba Mudansa Klimatika nian foti inisiativa hodi organiza Enkontru Publiku ho topiku Timor-Leste nia Partisipasaun iha Aksaun Global hasoru Mudansa Klimatika.

Narador sira mak hanesan:
Senhor João Gonçalves Ministru ba Ekonomia no Desenvolvimentu;
Senhor Expedito Belo Programme Officer ba Unidade Redusaun Pobreza no Meio Ambiente husi UNDP Timor Leste
Maximus Tahu husi Lao Hamutuk.

In December 2009, the UNFCCC (United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change) Conference will be held in Copenhagen with participation from every nation. This conference will decide a new mechanism to replace the Kyoto Protocal which so far has regulated global actions to deal with climate change.

In regard to this UNFCCC conference, we think it is important for the Government of Timor-Leste to exchange views with civil society and the public about the positoin Timor-Leste will bring to the conference, and to hear ideas from everyone interested in this issue.

Members of civil society have formed the Working Group on Climate Change (Grupu Servisu ba Mudansa Klimatika), we are very worried that changes in the climate will impact on the people of Timor Leste and other countries’ lives. Therefore, the Working Group on Climate Change has taken the initiative to organize a public meeting on the topic:

Timor-Leste’s Participation in Global Actions to Address Climate Change

Komunikadu ba Imprensa

21 Setembru 2009
Vizita ba Asembleia Jeral Nasoens Unidas nian

Ministru Negosius Estranjeirus Timor-Leste Dr. Zacarias Albano da Costa oras ne’e iha Nova Yorque atu tuir sorumutuk ba da-64 Asembleia Jeral Nasoens Unidas nian

Dr Zacarias da Costa sei koalia iha Asembleia Jeral iha loron 28 Setembru 2009.

Dr da Costa dehan katak : “Asembleia tinan ida ne’e nian sei konsentra-an ba dezafiu hirak Importante ne’ebé mak mundu oras ne’e enfrenta hanesan : mudansa klimátika, krize ekonomika global, naun proliferasaun nuklear no dezarmamentu no Objektivu Dezenvolvimentu Millennium nian sira. Importante mak atu hola parte aktiva iha ne’e hodi bele partisipa iha prosesu atu estabelese padraun hirak konabá kestaun hirak ne’e.”

Iha loron 16 Setembru 2009, Timor-Leste sai Governu ida ikus liu mak ofisialmente hatur meiu hirak atu hetan asesu ba iha tratadu konabá proteksaun kamada Ozónika, hodi halo Konvensaun Viena nian konabá Proteksaun Zona Ozonika no Protokolu Montereal konabá substansia hirak hamihis Kamada Ozonika nu’udar akordu ida ne’ebé mak halibur ema barak liu iha historia Nasoens Unidas nian ne’ebé mak hamutuk hetan Estadu partisipante nain 196.” Ita mós hakarak hola parte ida aktiva liu iha debate hirak konaba mudansa klimatika no kontribui iha prosesu atu hadia fali kestaun ida dezafiante tebes ne’e” Dr Zacarias da Costa dehan

Konabá naun-proliferasaun no dezarmamentu Dr Da Costa apoia tarefa hirak iha area ida ne’e no “maski Timor-Leste ne’e País ida ki’ik, maibé ita mós hakarak atu hola parte aktiva iha diskusaun no buka atu servisu hamutuk ho komunidade internasional hodi hametin naun-proliferasaun global no halo sai efektivu liu tan dezarmamentu”.

Ministru Negosius Estanjeirus mós sei hola parte Iha Meja Kabuar entre Ministru sira, hamutuk ho Ministru Negosius Estranjeirus Australia, Holanda no Ruanda, atu diskute konabá aspektu Responsabilidade prinsipiu Proteksaun nian (R2P).

Durante ninia estadia iha Nova Yorque, Dr Zacarias Albano da Costa sei hetan oportunidade atu hasoru malun ho ministru negosiu estranjeirus hirak seluk no sei hala’o sorumutk bilateral.

Buat ida tan “Hau mós hakarak hala’o Enkontru Trilateral Ida ho Ministru Negosius Estranjeirus Australia nian Stephen Smith no Ministru Negosius Estranjeirus Indonesia nian Wirajuda atu diskuti konaba kestaun rejional ne’ebé ho Interese komun entre Australia, Timor Leste no Indonesia.”

Ba Informasaun seluk tan favor kontakta ho:
Maria-Gabriela Carrascalao H
Assessora Servisu Imprensa nian
Ministeriu Negosius Estranjeirus

Tel: +61- 417 050 754

Email: maria.heard@mne.gov.tl or
mgabrielacarrascalaoh@gmail.com

Komunikadu de Imprensa

11 Setembru 2009

Ministra Solidariedade Sosial Anunsia Uma Transitorio Quarantina no Tasi-Tolu atu taka

Iha loron 16 Setembru 2009, Ministra Solidariedade Sosial, Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves, halo konferensia de imprensa iha Uma Transitorio Tasi-Tolu no Quarantina atu anunsia katak Uma Transitorio ne’e atu taka iha Setembru 2009. Familia 52 husi Quarantina no 53 husi Tasi-Tolu sei simu pakote rekuperasaun ka reintegrasaun.

Ministra Solidariedade Sosial fo agradece ba Kamp Manajer sira, ba sira nia serbisu iha kampu durante tinan rua liu ba. Nia mos fo obrigada ba NRC ba sira nia assistensia umanitaria, no mos ba IOM ba sira nia apoiu atu ajuda familia sira atu muda ba sira nia uma.

Iha konferensia de imprensa Ministra mos hatete katak familia hotu sai tiha ona husi kampu IDP Metinaro, i kampu ne’e, kampu IDP ikus, taka tiha ona iha loron 22 Agustu 2009.

Sekretáriu-Estadu ba Asisténsia Sosiál no Dezastre Naturál, Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes, explika katak dezlokadu sira ne’ebe hela iha Uma Transitorio sei simu pakote rekuperasaun baze ba nivel estragos ba sira nia uma. Laos tamba sira hela deit iha Uma Transitorio. Ema ne’ebe muda ba Uma Transitorio sem permisaun ida la iha status IDPs i labele simu pakote ida.

Ministra Solidariedade Sosial hatete “Hau hakarak fo obrigada ba dezlokadu sira, ba komunidade ne’ebe simu sira, no mos ba ami nia parseiru hotu, autoridade lokal, PNTL no UNPol ba sira nia ajuda ba MSS atu implementa ho susesu Estratejia Rekuperasaun Nasional, no mos atu assegura kata dezlokadu sira hotu bele reintegra iha komunidade ho paz. Durante tinan ida ho balu, tamba ita hotu serbisu hamutuk, ita hetan susesu atu taka kampu IDP 65, no iha tempu badak bele mos taka Uma Transitorio. Hau espera katak, depois kampu hotu no Uma Transitorio hotu taka, situasaun iha komunidade sira ne’ebe atu simu dezlokadu sira bele kontinua ho estabilidade, no ita hotu bele kontribui ba dezenvolvimentu Timor-Leste.”

Agora dadaun, staff MSS serbisu nafatin atu resolve kazu IDPs integrados ba sira hotu bele simu sira nia pakote to’o 2009 ramata. MSS la simu ema rejistu foun. IDPs integrados tenke tuir prosesu hanesan dezlokado sira ne’ebe uluk hela iha kampu – MSS tenke verifika sira nia uma at haree nivel estragos ne’ebe uma hetan iha 2006/7, depois MSS sei socializa pakote rekuperasaun ba sira. MSS/UNDP nia Equipa Dialogue serbisu nafatin atu ajuda ema ne’ebe la bele fila ba uma tamba ema okupa sira nia uma, ka tamba iha assunto ruma ho komunidade ne’ebe atu simu sira, atu ajuda sira resolve problema ne’e liu husi dialogu.

Tamba krize 2006, ema 150,000 halai husi sira nia uma no hari’i kampu 65 iha Dili, Baucau no Ermera. Iha 2007, atu fo uma transitorio ba ema ne’ebe hela iha kampu, Norwegian Refugee Council hamutuk ho Ministerio Obras Publico, hari’i Uma Transitorio 6 iha distritu Dili. Dezlokado sira sei hela iha Uma Transitorio 4 – Quarantina, Tasi-Tolu, Mercado Becora, no UNITAL I &II. Governu hakarak ajuda ema hotu husi Uma Transitorio atu fila ba sira nia uma to’o loron 6 Outubro 2009. Ho familia ne’ebe atu fila ba uma hosi Uma Transitorio sira, total familia ne’ebe maka simu pakote rekuperasaun ka reintegrasaun tuir programa Hamutuk Hari’i Futuru maka uma kain 14,400 resin.

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY

Press Release

11 September 2009

Minister of Social Solidarity Announces Closure of Quarantina and Tasi Tolu Transitional Shelters

On 11 September 2009, the Minister of Social Solidarity, Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves, held a press conference at Tasi-Tolu and Quarantina Transitional Shelter sites to announce that the Transitional Shelters are closing in September 2009. 52 families from Quarantina and 53 from Tasi-Tolu Transitional Shelter sites will receive recovery or reintegration packages.

The Minister of Social Solidarity thanked the Camp Managers for their work in the Transitional Shelters over the past two years. She also thanked NRC for providing supporting the management of all the Transitional Shelters with humanitarian assistance, and IOM for assisting the families to return to their homes.

At the press conference the Minister also announced that all the families have now left Metinaro IDP camp, and this last tented IDP camp was officially closed on 22 August 2009.

The Secretary of State for Social Assistance and Natural Disasters, Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes, explained that IDPs living in the Transitional Shelters would receive recovery packages based on the amount of damage to their house. Occupancy of a unit in transitional housing does not automatically entitle residents to the maximum amount of recovery package. Those who had moved into units in the Transitional Shelters are not entitled to receive a recovery or reintegration package.

The Minister of Social Solidarity said “I would like to thank the IDPs, receiving communities, all our partners, the Chefe Sucos and Chefe Aldeias, PNTL and UNPol for helping MSS to successfully implement the National Recovery Strategy and ensuring that IDPs have been able to peacefully reintegrate into their communities. Within one year and a half, working together, we have managed to close all 65 tented IDP camps, and soon we will have closed all four Transitional Shelter sites. I sincerely hope that after the closure of all the camps and Transitional Shelters, the situation in all the receiving communities will continue to remain stable, and that all of you can help contribute to the development of Timor-Leste.”

MSS staff are currently working to resolve the cases of all the registered IDPs living with host families so that they can receive their recovery packages by the end of 2009. No new registrations can be accepted. Those IDPs living with host families must follow the same process as IDPs who lived in camps – that is, their house must be verified to assess the level of destruction sustained in 2006/7, following which the recovery package will be socialised to them. The MSS/UNDP Dialogue Teams continue to assist those who are unable to return because their house is occupied, or because there are ongoing issues with the receiving community, to try to resolve these problems through dialogue.

As a result of the 2006 crisis, more than 150,000 people fled their homes and 65 tented IDP camps in Dili, Baucau and Ermera were established. In late 2007, to provide transitional housing for people leaving the camps, the Norwegian Refugee Council, together with the Ministry of Public Works under the former Government, built six Transitional Shelters in Dili district. Four of the Transitional Shelter sites still house IDPs – Qarantina, Tasi-Tolu, Becora Market, and UNITAL I &II. The government aims to assist the people in these sites to return to their homes by 6 October 2009. With the return of the IDPs from the Transitional Shelters, more than 14,400 IDP families will have received a recovery or reintegration package under the Hamutuk Hari’i Futuru National Recovery Strategy
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•?thousands of internally displaced people have been resettled using Government-provided funds to reconstruct housing and rebuild livelihoods
•?Hundreds of schools have continued to be built, rehabilitated or expanded allowing for tens of thousands more children to attend school
•?Job creation programs are beginning to bring about much-needed local income generation, especially in poorer rural areas
•?A pension scheme for veterans has been put in place as well as pensions for the elderly and disabled
•?Non-oil GDP growth reached an impressive 12.8 percent in 2008
•?Budget execution accelerated from US$65 million in 2005 to US$551 million in 2008, reflecting stronger financial management and strategic planning systems in the Ministry of Finance and other agencies.

Contacts:
In Washington: Elisabeth Mealey – 202-4584475 Email: emealey@worldbank.org
In Sydney: Aleta Moriarty – 61-2-9235 6500 Email: amoriarty@worldbank.org

Gabriela Leite
Communications Assistant, EXT
Dili, Timor-Leste
The World Bank/Timor Leste
Avenida Dos Direitos Humanos
GPO Box 3545
Darwin NT 0801
Australia
P: +670 – 3324 649/8
F: +670 3321 178
Direct link: 5765-4323

News Release No. 2007/58/DEC Contacts:
Aleta Moriarty (02) 92356545 amoriarty@worldbank.org
Merrell Tuck, tel.(202) 473-9516 mtuckprimdahl@worldbank.org

Kavita Watsa, tel. (202) 458-8810 kwatsa@worldbank.org

EAST ASIA & PACIFIC countries vulnerable to climate change, BUT ‘CLIMATE-SMART’ WORLD IS STILL IN REACH
WASHINGTON, September 15, 2009 –The latest World Development Report finds that although many countries in the East Asia and Pacific region are vulnerable to climate change, developing countries can shift to lower-carbon paths while promoting development and reducing poverty if they receive financial and technical assistance from high-income countries.
World Development Report 2010: Development in a Changing Climate, released in advance of the December meetings on climate change in Copenhagen, says that advanced countries, which produced most of the greenhouse gas emissions of the past, must act to shape our climate future. If developed countries act now, a ‘climate-smart’ world is feasible, and the costs for getting there will be high but still manageable. Ramping up funding for mitigation in developing countries where most future growth in emissions will occur is vital.
“Countries must act now, act together and act differently on climate change,” said World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick. “Developing countries are disproportionately affected by climate change – a crisis that is not of their making and for which they are the least prepared. For that reason, an equitable deal in Copenhagen is vitally important.”
Countries need to act now because today’s decisions determine both the climate of tomorrow and the infrastructure and built-environment choices that shape the future. Countries need to act together because no one country can take on the interconnected challenges posed by climate change, and global cooperation is needed to improve energy efficiency and develop new technologies. Countries need to act differently, because business-as-usual could put the world onto a potentially catastrophic path with unacceptable costs to development.
Developing countries will bear most of the costs of the damage from climate change. Many people in developing countries live in physically exposed locations and economically precarious conditions, and their financial and institutional capacity to adapt is limited, says the report. Over half the countries in the East Asia and Pacific region are Pacific island nations, a number of which may not exist in 50 years on the current global climate path. Already, policymakers in some developing countries note that an increasing amount of their development budget is being diverted to cope with weather-related emergencies.
In the East Asia and Pacific region, the report finds three major drivers of climate vulnerability:
1) The large number of people living along the coast and on low-lying islands—for example over 130 million people in China, roughly 40 million in Vietnam and around 2 million Pacific Islanders, many of whom live on low lying islands and atolls.
2) The continued reliance, particularly among the poorer countries, on agriculture. As pressures on land, water, and forest resources increase—as a result of population growth, urbanization, and environmental degradation caused by rapid industrialization—greater variability and extremes will complicate their management. In the Mekong River basin, for example, the rainy season will see more intense precipitation, while the dry season lengthens by two months.
3) The regional economies’ high dependence on marine resources. The value of well-managed coral reefs is $13 billion in Southeast Asia alone—which are already stressed by industrial pollution, coastal development, overfishing, and runoff of agricultural pesticides and nutrients.
For developing countries to achieve the shift to a lower-carbon world depends on financial and technical assistance from high-income countries, the report says. High-income countries also need to act quickly to reduce their carbon footprints and boost development of alternative energy sources to help tackle the problem of climate change.
The report cites examples of strong action to combat climate change in the region. The Chinese government has taken the most aggressive energy efficiency campaign and has the largest renewable energy capacity in the world. Its target of a 20 percent reduction in energy intensity from 2005 to 2010 would reduce annual CO2 emissions by 1.5 billion tons by 2010, five times the 300-million-ton reduction of the European Union’s Kyoto commitment. In Rizhao, a city of 3 million people in northern China, skyscrapers are built to use solar power, and 99 percent of Rizhao’s households use solar-power heaters. In total, the city has over 500,000 square meters of solar water heating panels. As a result, energy use has fallen by nearly a third and CO2 emissions by half. Meanwhile, the Philippines and Indonesia have the world’s second and third largest geothermal capacities respectively.
The remarkable high economic growth in East Asia and Pacific, accompanied by rapid urbanization, deforestation and land use changes, comes at a heavy environmental price. Coal still dominates the energy mix in the region and most countries—whose average per capita emissions remain a fraction of those of high-income countries—need massive expansions in energy, transport, urban systems, and agricultural production. Sustaining growth using high-carbon technologies will produce more greenhouse gases, hence more climate change.
“Solving the climate problem requires a transformation of the energy systems towards higher energy efficiency and more low-carbon technologies,” Justin Lin, World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President, Development Economics. “It is in the interests of developing countries to act now to avoid locking into high-carbon infrastructure.”
The World Bank Group’s “Strategic Framework for Development and Climate Change” emphasizes mitigation and adaptation initiatives in its lending, while recognizing that developing countries need to encourage economic growth and reduce poverty. Investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate adaptation projects are growing.
The number of World Bank-financed studies that help client countries plan and implement low-carbon growth strategies are also growing, and the Bank Group’s energy financing is increasingly turning towards renewable energies and energy efficiency. In the East Asia & Pacific region, the Bank has completed several studies on the impacts of climate change and vulnerabilities to natural disasters and is increasing its support for climate change adaptation.

Embargoed access to the full report via the Online Media Briefing Center: http://media.worldbank.org/secure
Accredited journalists needing a password may request one via: http://media.worldbank.org/
The report will be available on the web after the embargo expires at: http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2010
The World Bank’s climate change blog is at: http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange

Kerry Brogan
Law Program Advisor
The Asia Foundation
Dili, Timor-Leste

Press Conference to launch the World Bank Group Report
Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times

WHEN: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at 12:00pm
Please arrive by 11:45am to register

WHERE: World Bank Group Timor-Leste Office
World Bank/IFC, Rua Dos Humanos, Dili
Lunch/ snacks will be available

WHAT:
The World Bank Group Office in Timor-Leste is pleased to invite the media to a press conference that will present the findings of the joint World Bank and IFC publication, Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times. Find out how economies in the region rank, where it is easiest to do business, and which economies reformed the most over the past year.

The annual Doing Business reports catalyze policy debates and support governments in creating conditions that encourage business and job creation as well as revenue generation. The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. Doing Business indicators, comparable across 183 economies, indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity, and growth. Doing Business compares regulatory performance in 10 areas, allowing policymakers to learn from global best practices and prioritize reforms.

This year’s report updates indicators developed in the six preceding reports. For more information, visit www.doingbusiness.org.

Advance copies of the report and press releases will be available at the briefing.

WHO:
• Dahlia Khalifa, Lead Author, Doing Business Project, World Bank Group

Please RSVP by September 7, 2009
Name: Alberto Nunes; Phone: + (670) 332 4649 ext. 4310/ (tie line) 5765-4310; Fax: + (670) 332 1178 E-mail: anunes@ifc.org

For questions about the Doing Business report series, please contact Nadine Ghannam +1 (202) 473-3011, nsghannam@ifc.org.

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For Immediate Release September 4, 2009

Oe-cusse, Timor-Leste – Distrito izoladu, Oe-kussi agora dadaun besik ba iha distritu sanulu resin rua seluk iha Timor-Leste, tanba uma media foun ne’ebe foin inaugura, kompleta ho rede internet ne’ebe lalais ba jornalista sira no komunidade jeral.

Uma media rejional foun ne’e inaugura ohin loron iha Oe-cusse – lori enklave ne’e hanesan ho uma media ne’ebe estabelese ona iha distritu hát sira seluk. Uma media primeiro mak loke iha Baucau iha Janeiru 2008.

Uma media sira fo benefisiu boot ba jornalista Timor oan sira, liu-liu ba jornalista sira iha distritu, ne’ebe barak husi sira iha pasado tenke ba Dili atu bele asesu rekursu ne’ebe agora disponivel iha sentru hirak ne’e.

Iha uma media hirak ne’e, jornalista asesu ba internet gratuita no bele empresta ekipamentu sira hanesan gravador no kamera dijital no bele asesu ba printer, scanners no sasan eskritoriu sira seluk.

Buat importante liu husi uma media ne’e mak jornalista sira bele asesu ba formasaun jornalizmu nian hanesan mos formasaun iha area jestaun, finansa no publisidade ne’ebe halao husi treinador ICFJ nian.

Uma media mos fornese servisu internet café ho kustu baratu ba komunidade.

Iha esperansa katak uma media foun iha Oe-cusse ne’e sei tulun reduz problema falta informasaun ne’ebe ejisti entre komunidade ne’ebe hela iha enklave ne’ebe izoladu ho hirak ne’ebe hela iha distritu sira seluk. Objetivu prinsipal ida seluk husi uma media mak atu hasa’e sasulik informasaun no notisia iha Timor Leste laran tomak.

Filomena Sila, koordenador uma media foun ne’e jornalista periodiku ida ne’ebe uluk servisu nu’udar jestór estasaun radio komunidade enklave Atoni Lifau.

Radio Comunidade Atoni Lifau, ohin loron ofisialmente loke fila fali hafoin rehabilitasaun estensivu liu husi fundus AusAID.

Uma media sira seluk ne’ebe mak halao operasaun ona mak iha Dili, Ermera, Baucau,no Suai. Uma media Suai ofisialmente sei loke iha rohan fulan Outubru. Uma media sira futuru inklui Maubisse (distritu Ainaro), no potensialmente iha Balibo (distritu Bobonaro).

Uma media iha enklave Oe-cusse ne’e mai husi inisiativa konjunta ida husi Asosiasaun Jornalista Timor Leste (AJTL), Sindikatu Jornalista Timor-Leste (SJTL), Centry Jornalista Investigativu Timor Leste (CJITL), the Timor-Leste Photographers Association (TILPA), Asosiasaun Radio Komunidade Timor-Leste (ARKTL), no the International Center For Journalists (ICFJ), no ida ne’e sai sentru segundu husi grupu ida ne’ebe kompostu husi lima ne’ebe estabelese ona iha Dili, Baucau, Ermera, Suai, no Oe-Cusse.

Estabelesimentu rede Uma Media Rejional iha nasaun laran ne’e projeitu ida ne’ebe halao husi “Programa Hametin Media Independente” ho fundus tokon US$ 5.6 ne’ebe hetan suporta konjunta husi USAID no AusAID.

Ba informasaun barak liu tan, bele kontaktu Chuck Rice, ICFJ-TL Country Director iha telemovel +670 742-0776.

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For Immediate Release September 4, 2009

Oe-cusse, Timor-Leste – Isolated Oe-cusse is now closer than ever to the rest of the other twelve districts of Timor-Leste, thanks to a newly inaugurated enclave media house, complete with high speed internet for journalists and the general community.

The newest regional media house was today inagurated in Oe-cusse bringing the enclave in-line with media houses already established in four other districts. The first to open was in Baucau in January 2008.

Media houses greatly benefit Timorese journalists, in particular district-based reporters, most of whom in the past had to travel to Dili to access resources now available through the centers.

At the media houses, journalists have free access to the internet, and are able to borrow equipment such as tape recorders and digital cameras and have access to printers, scanners and other office supplies.

Most importantly through the media house, journalists have access to ongoing journalism training as well as other training in management, finance, and advertising conducted by ICFJ trainers.

The houses also provide affordable internet cafe services to the community.

It is expected that the new media house in Oe-cusse will also help reduce the information gap that exists between communities living in the isolated enclave and those living in the other twelve districts. One other main objective of the media house is to increase the flow of information and news throughout Timor-Leste.

Filomena Sila, the new media house coordinator, is a seasoned journalist and was the former station manager of the enclave’s community radio station Atoni Lifau.

Radio Comunidade Atoni Lifau, today also officially re-opened after undergoing extensive rehabilitation through an AusAID grant.
Other media houses already in operation are located in Dili, Ermera, Baucau, and Suai. The Suai Media House officially opens in late October. Future media houses include Maubisse (Ainaro District), and potentially also in Balibo (Bobonaro District).

The media house in the enclave of Oe-cusse, is a joint initiative by the Timor-Leste Journalists Association (AJTL), the Syndicate for Journalists Timor-Leste (SJTL), the Centre for Investigative Journalists (CJITL), the Timor-Leste Photographers Association (TILPA), the Community Radio Association Timor-Leste (ARKTL), and the International Center For Journalists (ICFJ), and is the second center of a group of five being established in Dili, Baucau, Ermera, Suai, and Oe-Cusse.

The establishment of a network of Regional Media Houses in the country is one of the projects made possible by the five-year, US$ 5.6 million “Strengthening Independent Media Program” jointly supported by USAID and AusAID.

For further information please contact Chuck Rice, ICFJ-TL Country Director at 742-0776.

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The Timor-Leste Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MAF) Betano Research Station is gearing up to host more than 300 Tour de Timor participants next Wednesday August 26. A spectacular 80km ride along Timor-Leste’s southern coast on Day 3 of the race will take the cyclists from Viqueque to Betano. They will be looking forward to a good night’s sleep in Betano before Thursday’s gruelling 1900 metre climb to Maubisse.

The Betano Research Station is a centrepiece of Seeds of Life (SoL), a food security program funded jointly by MAF, AusAID and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Seeds of Life aims to reduce hunger by improving crop yield through the use of improved varieties of staple food crops.

In addition to hosting the Tour de Timor cyclists, the research station also hosts a range of agricultural research activities. Seeds of Life conducts replicated trials of new rice, maize, cassava, sweet potato, peanut and mungbean varieties. In the south of the country rainfall is spread over a longer period and there are two wet seasons, meaning it is possible to grow two crops a year in Betano. Since 2007 Seeds of Life has tested hundreds of new varieties at the research station.

Local farmers regularly attend field days at the research station, where they can see the yields from the replicated trials and taste test the new varieties. Seeds of Life uses the farmers’ feedback to select which varieties will be trialled on local farms.

Marcos Correia Vidal is one of 21 staff who work at the research station. His responsibilities as a Seeds of Life researcher include trialling new varieties of peanuts, mungbean, velvet bean and cassava. Originally from the Fatuberliu sub-district of Manufahi, Marcos is a graduate of the Universidade Nacional de Timor-Leste (UNTL) Faculty of Agriculture and has worked for Seeds of Life since 2005.

“I really enjoy working on the research station and building my research capacity, designing research, analysing data and publishing research results,” he says. Although he adds that the crocodiles in Betano are an added challenge to conducting research. “They get into the research station through the irrigation water from the river,” Marcos says. “I’ve lost count of how many crocodiles we’ve seen at Betano”.

The Betano Research Station is also used to produce foundation seed of high yielding varieties which have already been extensively tested and released by MAF. The seed storage warehouse currently holds more than 3 tons of rice seed, 13.5 tons of maize seed and 1.6 tons of peanut seed which were produced during the 2008-2009 wet season. This seed will be distributed to Timor-Leste farmers through government and NGO networks for planting in the next wet season. Seed production staff also produce elite seed at Betano, for on-farm trials of new varieties of maize, cassava and sweet potato.

Seeds of Life rehabilitated the 22 hectare Betano site in 2006-2007, and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, HE Mariano Assanami Sabino inaugurated the research station on 29 November 2007. Five new buildings were constructed and others refurbished, including an office and laboratory, housing for research station staff, and a storage warehouse. In addition the station was fenced and irrigation equipment installed. Laboratory equipment, a tractor and a seed cleaner machine were allocated to the research station. These improvements are part of the long term MAF plan to develop a strong, well-equipped agricultural research system in Timor-Leste. MAF also use the station for research into animal production, while agriculture students from UNTL regularly visit Betano to conduct their final year research projects.

The Betano Research Station was the first of three research sites to be rehabilitated by the Seeds of Life program. Betano was chosen as there was a supportive local community, ready to work with the rehabilitation activities.

Originally a centre of tractor maintenance and seed production during Indonesian times, the Betano site was completely destroyed in the mayhem that followed the popular consultation in August 1999. Now, 10 years later, the site is the source of new information and varieties assisting Timor-Leste farmers and the Betano community is looking forward to welcoming the Tour de Timor.

21 de Agostu 2009

Estasaun Peskiza Ministério da Agricultura e Pescas Betano núdar fatin ida ba ekipa Tour de Timor hamutuk 300 resin atu deskansa iha loron Kuarta feira 26 de Agostu. Kurida espetakulár ho distánsia kilometru 80 iha loron terseiru iha parte costa de sul sei halo husi Viqueque ba Betano. Ekipa ida ne’e sei deskansa kalan ida iha neba antes atu kontinua halo kurida bicicleta ne’ebe todan iha kinta feira husi Betano ba Maubisse ne’ebe nia aas metru 1900 husi tasi.

Estasaun Peskiza Betano núdar sentru ida ba atividade Seeds of Life (SoL) kona ba programa siguransa ai-han ne’ebe finansiádu liu husi kolaborasaun entre MAP, AusAID ho Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Seeds of Life iha alvo atu hamenus tempu rai hamlaha liu husi hadi’a rezultadu produsaun ai-han ho varidade foun kualidade diak husi ai-han prinsipál.

Estasaun Peskiza Betano aleinde sai hanesan fatin deskansa ba Tour de Timor, sai mos hanesan fatin ba atividade peskiza hotu-hotu. Seeds of Life hala’o testu replikadu ba varidade ai-han prinsipál hanesan hare, batar, ai-fariña, fehuk midar, fore-rai no foremungu. Iha parte de sul udan been kuaze monu rai iha periódu ne’ebe kleur no nia tempu udan akontese dalarua, ne’ebe signifika katak iha posibilidade atu kuda ai-han tinan ida dalarua iha Betano. Dezde tinan 2007 Seeds of Life halo ona testu ba varidade foun atus resin iha estasaun peskiza ne’ebe refere.

Agrikultór lokál sira regularmente ba atende loron to’os nain ne’ebe hala’o iha estasaun laran, ne’ebe sira diretamente haree rezultadu produsaun husi testu replikadu no koko han varidade foun ne’ebe iha. Seeds of Life uza feedback ne’ebe mai husi agrikultór sira hodi hili varidade ne’ebe atu koko iha agrikultór sira nian to’os.

Marcos Corréia Vidal núdar ida husi staff nain 21 ne’ebe serbisu iha Estasaun Peskiza Betano. Nia responsabilidade núdar peskizadór Seeds of Life ne’ebe halo testu ba varidade foun fore-rai, foremungu, lehe no ai-fariña. Marcos orijinalmente mai husi sub distritu Fatuberlihu, Manufahi, e nia remata estudu iha Universidade Nacional de Timor Leste, Fakuldade da agricultura no serbisu ho Seeds of Life dezde tinan 2005.

“Hau kontente tebes atu serbisu iha Estasaun Peskiza atu nune’e bele hasa’e hau nian kapasidade kona ba halo peskiza, dezeña peskiza, analiza dadus no halo publikasaun kona ba rezultadu ne’ebe hau hetan” katak Marcos. Nia haktuir katak wainhira halo peskiza iha estasaun peskiza Betano, obstaklu ida ne’ebe sira infrenta mak hanesan hasoru Lafaek ne’ebe tama liu husi bee dalan ba area peskiza mai husi mota.

Estasaun Peskiza Betano uza hodi produs fini fundasaun ba varidade produsaun aas, ne’ebe koko ona estensivumente no lansa husi MAP. Armazen haloot fini foin dadaun ne’e konsege karegadu ho fini hare liu tonelada 3, batar tonelada 13.5 no fore-rai tonelada 1.6 ne’ebe produs durante tempu kuda tinan 2008-2009. Fini hirak ne’e sei fahe ba agrikultór tomak iha Timor Leste liu husi rede governo no ONG sira atu nune’e bele kuda iha tempu udan tuir mai. Ofisiais habarak fini sira mos produs fini elite iha estasaun peskiza Betano husi varidade foun hanesan batar, ai-fariña ho fehuk midar atu nune’e bele koko iha agrikultór sira nian to’os.

Seeds of Life halo rehabilitasaun ba area ho luan 22 hektár iha Betano durante tinan 2006-2007, e depois Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas, Exmo Mariano ASSANAMI Sabino halo inagurasaun ba Estasaun Peskiza iha dia 29 de Novembru 2007. Iha neba Seeds of Life konstrui edifísiu foun lima no sira seluk halo rehabilitasaun deit. Edifísiu hirak ne’ebe konstrui ou rehabilita mak hanesan eskritóriu ho laboratóriu, rezidénsia ba staff sira iha Estasaun Peskiza no armazen haloot fini. Aleinde ne, halo mos lutu ba area estasaun inklui mos ho instalasaun ekipamentu irigasaun. Ekipamentu laboratóriu, tratór ida ho mákina hamoos fini aloka mos ona ba iha Estasaun Peskiza. Melhoramentu ida ne’e núdar parte ida husi planu tempu naruk MAP nian atu dezenvolve sistema peskiza agríkula ida ne’ebe forte, no ekipadu diak iha Timor Leste. MAP mos uza Estasaun Peskiza ida ne’e hodi halo peskiza kona ba produsaun animal, enkuantu estudante sira husi UNTL regularmente halo vizita ba Betano hodi halo sira nian projetu peskiza final (KKN).

Estasaun Peskiza Betano núdar fatin peskiza primeiru husi fatin tolu ne’ebe atu rehabilita husi programa Seeds of Life. Betano hili tanba nia komunidade lokál fó apóiu atu hala’o atividade, no prontu atu serbisu hamutuk ho atividade rehabilitasaun.

Betano orijinalmente núdar fatin ba manutensaun tratór ho produsaun fini durante tempu okupasaun Indonézia, ne’ebe kompletamente destrúidu iha tempu krizi antes tama ba konsulta popular iha fulan Agostu 1999. Agora, depois de tinan 10 fatin ida ne’e sai hanesan fonte ba informasaun no varidade, ne’ebe ajuda agrikultór Timor Leste, no komunidade Betano ne’ebe atu simu dadaun ekipa husi Tour de Timor.