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Alkatiri criticou e os familiares beneficiam com o pacote Referendo

Dili (JND,19/11,pag.14). O deputado Natalino dos Santos,do Conselho Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense (CNRT), o secretario geral do partido Fretilin, criticou ferozmente o pacote referendo, mas os familiares beneficiam o pacote referendo do Governo AMP (Aliança Maioria Parlamentar).

Legal porque previsto no OGE2009 que aprovado pelo PN:

         “Pacote referendo, foi uma medida tomada pelo Governo no dia em que comemoramos o 10º aniversário do dia da Referendo, o objectivo para distribuir para todos os empresarios nacionais. O pacote referendo, desbloquear através de Capital do Desenvolvimento do Orçamento Geral do Estado 2009 (OGE2009) aprovado pelo Parlamento Nacional (PN)”, disse o Deputado Natalino dos Santos aos jornalista, esta quarta-feira (18/11) no edificio PN.

Incrementar a capacidade Tecido empresarial nacional:

         Acrescentou ainda Deputado Natalino dos Santos, “com pacote referendo, o governo demonstrou o seu comitmento para ajudar incrementar a capacidade do tecido empresarial nacional. O sector privado como parceiro do desenvolvimento nacional. Com pacote referendo, governo realizará um teste perante os empressarios nacionais, demonstram as suas capacidades e seriedade para desenvolvimento deste nação”.

Governo AMP não descrimina na distribuição do Pacote Referendo

         “Por isso, sento normal, quando a oposição criticou o pacote referendo, mas objectivo é genuina  mas continuam considerar não presta. Por outro lado, este governo não descrimina na distribuição do pacote referendo com base de cor partidarias, mas distribuiram para todos timorenses que pertence a classe empresarial nacional tem todo o direito para obter projectos dada pelo qualquer Governo”, disse deputado Natalino dos Santos.

Alkatiri lançou duras criticas, mas os familiares foram beneficiados com Pacote Referendo

O ex-PM e actual Secretario Geral da Fretilin,lançou duras criticas contra essa medida do Governo,porque não prevista na Lei do Orçamento Geral do Estado de 2009 (OGE2009). Realçou o lidar da oposição, esta medida considerou como falhanço da governação AMP liderado pelo PM Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão.

Por outro lado, o Vice Ministro das Infra-estruturas, José Manuel Carrascalão, em declaração ao Jornal Nacional Diário (JND,19/11), “confirmou, no projecto de Pacote Referendo ,os famíliares do antigo Primeiro-Ministro e actual Secretario Geral da Fretilin foram beneficiados, como a construção do muro de ponte cais Dili ( a frente da Igreja Motael), a companhanhia Hidayat, propriadade do Amad Alkatiri, irmão do Mari Alkatiri”.  Continua Vice-Ministro das Infra-estrutruas, “o projecto da companhia Hidayat, tem a sua continuação para proximo ano, porque esta a fase da construção, porque a construção do murro para travar as ondas das aguas do mar, por isso a sua continuação para o ano”, disse o Vice Ministro,José Manuel Carrascalão.

Acrescentou ainda, o Vice Ministro das Infra-estruturas, “ aoutra companhia ligado aos familiares que beneficiam com pacote referendo, foi a companhia Raniati Humar, beneficiou com pacote referendo para construção das estradas na ilha de Atauro, com total orçamento por volta de trezente mil e tal USD. J-2

Fontes: Jornal Nacional Diário (JND,19/11,pag.14)!

Alkatiri Kritika, Familia Simu Pakote Referendum

 
Dili (JND,19/11,paj. 14). Observasaun representante povu iha Uma Fukun Parlamentu Nasional (PN) husi bankada CNRT, deputadu Natalino dos Santos hateten, pakote referendum ne´ebe Governu implementa, la deskrimina empresarius nasionais, tamba parte hotu-hotu hetan projektu ba pakote referendum.

Legal tamba hasae husi OGE2009 ne´ebe PN aprova:

 ”Pakote referendum ne´e dehan iha lian bahasa, kebijakan pemerintah iha loron ne´ebe ita komemora, loron referendum, atu bele fó ba empresarius hotu-hotu, pakote referendum ne´e mos foti husi kapital desenvolvimentu iha orsamentu ne´ebe Parlamento Nasional aprova tiha ona iha 2009 nian”, koalia deputadu Natalino ba journalista sira, quarta (18/11) iha PN.

Hasae Kbiit Empresarius Nasionais:

Haklaken deputadu Natalino, husi pakote referendum ne´e, komitmentu Governu nian atu hasa´e kapasidade sektor privado, tamba sektor privado hanesan partener ba Governu atu desenvolve rai ida ne´e, tamba ne´e mak, Governu halao pakote referendum atu halao teste nasional ida ba empresarius nasionais sira katak, sira iha kapacidade ka lae atu halao desenvolvimentu ba nasaun ida ne´e.

 
Governu AMP la deskriminasaun ba fahe pakote referendum:

“Tamba ne´e, hau senti normal, bainhira sira husi oposizaun kritika pakote referendum, maske buat ne´e halo diak mos sira nafatin dehan ne´e at, Maite iha parte seluk, Governu ida ne´e mos la halo deskriminasaun husi pakote referéndum, hodi hare ba partidu no kor, Maite ne´e ba Timor oan hotu ne´ebe nudar empresarius nasionais iha direitu atu hetan projektu husi Governu se deit”, katak deputadu Natalito.

Mari Alkatiri kritika, familia simu pakote referéndum:

Eis-Primeiru Ministru no Sekretariu Jeral Partidu Fretilin Mari Alkatiri kritika makas Pakote Referendum tamba deit la prevista iha Orsamentu Estado ba 2009 nian. Nudar lider oposisaun kritika makas ba medidas ida ne´e, tamba ne´e hanesan failansu husi Governu AMP ne´ebe lidera husi PM Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao.

Iha parte seluk, tuir Vice Ministru Infra-Estruktura Jose Manuel Carrascalão hateten ba Diario neé, Segunda (16/11) iha Palacio do Governu katak, iha pakote referendum neé, familia Alkatiri mos simu projetu pakote referendum, hanesan konstrusaun ba moru ponti kais, iha Igreja Motael nia oin,  kompanha Hidayat mak hetan nain husi Ahmad Alkatiri.

“Projektu neébe mak kompanha Hidayat kaer neé, iha nia kontinuasaun ba tinan oin, tamba konstrusaun ponti kais neé atu tahan tasi bem, neebe ida neé nudar fase pakote referendum nian mak ida neé, mas sei iha kontinuasaun ba tinan oin,”koalia Vice Ministru Infra-Estrutuktura Jose Manuel.

Sublinha membru Governu AMP Jose Manuel Carrasacalão, iha parte seluk, kompanha Raniati Humar mak hetan projetu pakote referendum hadia estrada iha Atauru, ba estrada balun neébe mak iha tiha ona, ida neé ho valor orsamentu hamutuk trejentus ital mil dolar. J-2

p.s.: quando as "comadres se chateiam" é sempre um problema...

ABP: publicado o relatório anual de 2008-09

05/11/2009 - 13h46

Timor Leste quer se firmar como destino turístico da pesca

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE
IV CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
MEDIA RELEASE Díli -October 29, 2009
Statement
By
The Spokesperson of the IV Constitutional Government,
The Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers

Gusmão Government social policies put people first in 2010 budget

The 2010 budget, mandated by the national priorities for the 2010 State budget
to empower the people of rural areas, will continue to support the strong social
policies started by the IV Constitutional Government in late 2007 which puts the
people of Timor-Leste and the reduction of poverty at the forefront of the
national agenda.

One of the major achievements of the Government was the development of the
Ministry of Social Solidarity Strategic Plan for 2009-2012 and Long Term Plan
2010-2030. The plan is a living document that will guide the Ministry of Social
Solidarity into the future in the next 20 years. The implementation of the plan
will begin with the annual plan for 2010.

The Government through the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) has pioneered
reforms and legislation which have contributed to the ongoing stability of the
nation and have contributed to better rights and conditions for the most
vulnerable in Timor-Leste.

The 2010 budget will continue to support a myriad of innovative programs like
Social Protection for mothers, the "Mother's Support Fund", an effort by the
Government to respond to households headed by women. The policy is part of the
overall Ministry of Social Solidarity strategy to increase the social conditions
of the groups in need of assistance, like single mothers.

The approval and implementation of the Children at Risk Protection Policy
defends the fundamental rights of every Timorese child. The policy protects from
sexual abuse, domestic violence and forced labor and guarantees a child's
inalienable rights to care and schooling.

The policy guides the state to intervene, advocate, assist and respond as
required for children in need.

As Healthcare infrastructure and human resources are limited in Timor-Leste, in
2008 the Government approved and implemented the Social Protection Policy for
Families in Special Circumstances, such as those needing overseas medical
treatment. This policy assists patients that cannot be treated in Timor-Leste to
be transferred overseas and targets most vulnerable citizens of Timor-Leste.

Since independence, the country hasn't had a legal framework to deal with
disasters even though Timor-Leste is highly prone to natural disasters. The
legal framework of the National Disaster Management Policy and Housing Recovery
Guidelines assists the Government through the Office of the Deputy Prime
Minister of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Social Solidarity to prevent,
mitigate, respond to and aid recovery from the impact of disasters that take
place in Timor-Leste every year The implementation of the policies was launched
in 2008. Based on these policies, the MSS has established disaster response
structures in all 13 districts and has given aid to thousands of victims.

The Decree Law No.19 June 2008 on Subsidies for the elderly and Invalid People
by the Council of Ministers and the Approval of Decree Law for National
Liberation
Combatant by the National Parliament has paved the way for the first social
pensions to be paid to targeted citizens of Timor-Leste. Since 2008, 141,000
payments have been made to elderly and some 4,173 former veterans and their
families have received pensions.

The Approval and Implementation of the National Recovery Strategy for Internally
Displaced People (IDP's) relocated and resettled some 150,000 internal refugees.
Those payments have now contributed to a reduction in the 2010 budget but The
National Policy Guidelines for Social Housing for Vulnerable Groups, the housing
policy which was established to increase the standard of living for vulnerable
groups, will continue in all 13 districts.

Social compassion has even extended to taking care of those in mourning by
providing assistance in terms of funeral cars and coffins. The National Policy
for Funeral Vehicles is also implemented in all 13 districts, giving dignity to
families most in need after a death.

A total of US$1,433,000 has been paid to mothers in grants. In 2008, 7,050
students were supported by the Government, in 2009 the number increased to
9,738.

In 2008, $1.59 million has been paid to send the sick for specialized overseas
treatment, this year $1.6 million covered a further 308 patients. $13.3 million
in pension payments have been made to the elderly.

This year $45,986.00 has been paid in scholarships to 78 children of veterans to
study overseas and by the end of 2009, $17 million will have been paid to
veterans and their families in pensions.

The Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers and the Official Spokesman
for the IV Constitutional Government Ágio Pereira said "We are not a Government
that is perfect and not a Government that has gotten everything perfect, and as
much as we would like to eradicate poverty in the immediate, we acknowledge it
is a long term proposition which will not be achieved in our short term in
Government; but I hope we are always remembered as the Government that
introduced the concept of honest, accessible and responsive leadership, focusing
on national development but also on the very crucial elements of social
responsibility and compassion." ENDS

For More Information Contact: Agio Pereira +670 723 0011; E-mail:
agiopereira@...

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE
IV CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
MEDIA RELEASE Díli- October 28, 2009
Statement
By
The Spokesperson of the IV Constitutional Government,
The Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers

Bano and Teixeira ; Public Finance Management

Aresenio Bano and José Teixeira need a course in public finance management;
which could have started this week if either had bothered to attend the
Commission C hearings in National Parliament where the Minister of Finance, Ms.
Emilia Pires, spent two exhaustive days on October 26 and October 27, reviewing
in depth the budget executions of 2008, 2009 and the details of the 2010 budget.

Despite not being present at the Commission C hearings, both Bano and Teixeira
made themselves readily available as experts for media interviews on public
finance management (names and numbers at the bottom of the Fretilin media
release dated October 27, 2009).

Neither Bano nor Teixeira seem to be aware that they quoted audit reports on
their own Government and that the public financial management system under the
Fretilin Government violated the laws of Timor-Leste, The Budget and Financial
Management UNTAET Regulation 2001/13 Section 39.1 (b) which requires that
`public accounts must be consistent with international accounting standards.'

The previous system, which led the country to double in poverty with negative
economic growth rates, did not comply.

In response to the assertions of Bano and Teixeira on October 27:

1. The auditors of the IV Constitutional Government, Deloitte Touche Tomahatsu,
had approached the previous auditors, namely Merit Partners, requesting the
working documents of the previous years' audit. Merit Partners denied the
request. The working papers are not retained by Government and the prerogative
to share such documents is solely the discretion of the company that conducted
the audit.

2. Deloitte Touche Tomahatsu had, during the course of their audit, asked for a
list of contracts of a number of employees. The Treasury was able to produce the
contracts of employees appointed during the last two years to audit for their
examination. However, contracts of employees who were appointed during the
period of the UN Transitional Administration and thereafter till 2006 were not
readily available as these documents were left in the Government warehouse
during the disturbances of 2006 without any proper archival system rendering the
documents irretrievable.

3. The comment by the auditors that they could not obtain evidence `to support
the validity of pension payments' is due to the fact such payments are made in
cash in the districts on a quarterly basis and the auditors were unable to
physically verify actual pension disbursements in the field due to the lack of
time.

4. The assertions by Bano and Teixeira that there were no audit qualifications
in the reports of the previous years were not factual. Merit Partners in their
audit report for the year 2006-07 mentioned among others the following:

• `That the National Administration of Customs was unable to provide supporting
documents for the financial transactions for the year ended 30 June 2007. We
were advised that all documents were destroyed during an arson attack during
civil disturbance'

• `The value of "unallocated stores" of US $1.176 million disclosed in the
financial statements does not reflect the actual value of the asset as at 30
June, 2007. We understand that during the period of civil disturbances a
substantial amount of stock was removed without authority from the Government
warehouse housing unallocated stores"

• "We are unable to comment on the valuation of the investment in the BPA as
disclosed in the Statement of Affairs as we have not been provided with audited
financial statements of the BPA or other supporting documentation"

• "Five of Treasury's bank accounts ( including the main operating account) have
not been reconciled to the bank statements as at 30 June 2007"

In regards to audit of payments made after 31 December, 2009, the auditors have
stated that they were unable to satisfy themselves of the completeness of these
receipts and payments as `….we have not audited all receipts and payments for
the period January 1 to 30 June 2009'. All documents were made available to the
auditors for audit purposes.

However, as the report had to be presented by end August 2009, the auditors did
not have time to audit all the documents made available to them. The practice of
keeping accounts open after year end, was a practice that began under the
Fretilin Government. A large number of such arrears had to be cleared at the end
of 2008, many relating to "carry-overs" from 2006-2007 and earlier years.

The auditors have not commented about `missing funds' anywhere in their report.

It should be noted that the Ministry of Finance has since adopted the
recommended international best practice modified cash accounting system,
decentralized budget execution to line ministries for more efficient service
delivery, eradicated carry-overs which had immobilized the system, and brought
in a specialized team of experts in operating the Free Balance system to ensure
the accounts and expenditure of Timor-Leste could be monitored on a daily basis.

Manipulating budget execution rates is the norm for Bano and Teixeira each year
during the budget period.

They failed to mention that the IV Constitutional Government have executed more
public funds into the economy than all previous Governments combined and the
`engine house' ministries have doubled, and in some instances, tripled their
output.

The budget rates for 2009 have only been reported up to October. The fourth
quarter of the year has only just begun, and is always the heaviest spending
quarter particularly for capital items.

The PFM law holds each line ministry responsible for budget execution, the
responsibility of the Ministry of Finance is to provide strong technical support
and assistance for whole of Government, and Ms. Pires is the first Finance
Minister to release a document with budget execution rates of each line ministry
available to the public through the National Parliament on a quarterly basis;
introducing a new level of accountability and transparency to the budget
process.

On September 17, 2009 Jim Adams, Vice President of the World Bank, praised the
financial management of the IV Constitutional Government. "Timor-Leste has
achieved solid economic growth over the last two years. This is no small
achievement in difficult times - nationally and globally.

Through the dedicated efforts of all sectors of Timorese society, social
stability has been restored and an environment of economic growth is being
fostered. Government spending has increased markedly and this is bringing
benefits to poor people across the country"

Mr. Adams also noted that "Timor-Leste had implemented its national recovery
strategy even in the face of assassination attempts on the President and Prime
Minister in 2008. As a result:

Thousands of internally displaced people being 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 and
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."

Despite the bids of Bano and Teixeira to tarnish the reputation of Ms. Pires
with cheap and manufactured allegations, which we can all be assured will
continue throughout the budget debate process, the desperate duo cannot
manipulate the facts. Ms. Pires' expertise has helped Timor-Leste become the
second fastest growing economy in the world last year, behind Qatar; an
impressive accomplishment, considering the state of the nation in late 2007 when
the IV Constitutional
Government took office.

Agio Pereira, the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers and the
Official Spokesman for the IV Constitutional Government noted, "These results
are certainly not a product of `woeful financial management', but should provide
resounding reassurance and confidence in the Prime Minister, His Excellency
Xanana Gusmão, who is executing a challenging national agenda of social and
economic reforms for the people of Timor-Leste'.

`I strongly recommend that any accurate information needed on budget information
from the media or the public be directed to The Ministry of Finance, where there
is Timor-Leste's foremost expertise in public finance management and the
Minister of Finance, Ms. Pires, who will be much more forth coming and
unquestionably more knowledgeable than either Mr. Arsenio Bano or Mr. Jose
Teixeira on the financial status of Timor-Leste."ENDS

For More Information Please Contact: Ágio Pereira +670 723 0011; E-mail:
agiopereira@...

in EPA:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5g-tMUlwfHSH382UT53nVeIaYo_lg

Incidentes com militares indonésios na fronteira de Oecussi, Timor-Leste

De João Miguel Souto (LUSA) – Há 1 hora

Díli 23Out (Lusa) - Militares indonésios destruíram o estaleiro de construção de
um posto fronteiriço de Timor-Leste e retiraram os materiais, no enclave de
Oecussi, disse hoje à Lusa o secretário daquela região autónoma.

De acordo com o secretário regional Jorge Teme, o incidente ocorreu no início da
semana, em Cruz Bijae Sunan, no sub-distrito de Paasabe, e está na origem de um
clima de tensão que se vive na zona, mas "já está resolvido", tendo as
autoridades indonésias devolvido os materiais que haviam retirado.

"A instalação do posto fronteiriço vai começar a ser construída em território
timorense que não é alvo de disputa", esclareceu à Lusa Jorge Teme.

in  MobileActive.org

10.21.09 Author | saritamoreira

Thousand of international aid workers move to the country every year but one must wonder how much they consume locally. It is not uncommon when visiting a foreigner’s house in Dili to find furniture made by big international chains, or a refrigerator full of food from Australia, Argentina and the US. Meanwhile, 49% of the Timorese citizens live on 80 cents a day.  It is possible to connect the markets – supply and demand – better?  Are there technologies, such as SMS, that can be used to connect local producers with this market?

That is the goal of Peace Dividend Trust (PDT), an organization founded in 2004 that works on making peace and humanitarian operations more efficient, effective and equitable through its innovative approaches.

Scott Gilmore, the founder of the Trust, used to work for the UN's Transitional Administration in East Timor  in 2001. There he experienced hands-on the challenges of re-development. He and his colleagues noticed, for instance, that international aid and peacekeepers were often extremely slow to get going, resulting in setbacks that were largely due to small and fixable management problems; or, that administrative delays procuring something as simple as license plates for UN jeeps hindered the deployment of peacekeepers into the conflict zone.

But one issue in particular caught Scott’s attention. A key issue in East Timor, as in most countries recovering from conflict, is the significant level of unemployment. And in this case, despite multiple assessment missions, almost no donor money had been disbursed to support job creation or economic recovery more broadly.

Recent reports note that even seven years after the first independent Government was elected, East Timor receives one of the highest amounts aid of aid per capita in the world. And yet, even though bilateral and multilateral agencies spent approximately $5,200 million U.S. dollars between 1999 and 2009 on programs related to East Timor, Timorese people are still poor. Individuals and organizations have begun to question the real impact of such donors’ injection of money in the development of local economy.

At the same time, Gillmore watched as his Timorese landlord used his monthly rent to refurbish minibuses burnt in the conflict. By the time the aid money had arrived, Scott’s landlord was the biggest employer in the neighbourhood, providing bus services across the country. This was striking, and led to an obvious question - what if international agencies procured more goods locally so that entrepreneurs like his landlord could quickly find the capital needed to rebuild their economy?

 Edward Rees, PDT’s Senior Advisor in East Timor, explains,

We can help the peace operation better communicate with "local" communities in their own language. We can target information to specific groups. It has economic, citizen participation, security, political, social, and development applications. The range is huge. A lot of these technologies are already used in developing countries, but very few - if any - are used in post conflict countries - that is where we come in. We are an organisation that works on these issues in the critical 5-10 period after conflict when most people are thinking emergency - we are thinking long term and new.

Word of mouth: BUY LOCAL

PDT promotes projects aimed at creating jobs and business opportunities through increased local procurement in countries experiencing or recovering from conflict.

This is particularly challenging in East Timor where the violence and destruction that followed the referendum in 1999 devastated 80% of social and communication infrastructures. When the country became the first new nation of the 21st century, it had almost no technological environment.  Believing that in order to build a national economy, international buyers must be addressed, PDT provides market information through its Building Markets database. 

The Procurement Database allows a user to search through thousands of different businesses categories organized by region to find information about each formal business, the type of activity, services and products available, contacts, references and other useful information.  Edward Rees notes:

We do what no one else in the world does. We conduct business verification. We ask local businesses 35 questions, and put the answers online, in an organized, transparent, accessible, and searchable manner. The survey forms are manually re-verified by phone and SMS, and then the information is uploaded. Businesses are manually re-verified every 6 to 12 months. This community of business people is the hope for the future in post-conflict states when it comes to solving the unemployment issue, and yet to the best of my knowledge no one but us asks the questions we do, and transmits it to the World Wide Web.

PDT also operates and supervises so-called Tender Distribution Points in its marketplace offices.  Tender Distribution Points, which are open to the public, offer access to current tenders from international organizations, private business, government line ministries and military organizations.

Mobile technology, mostly via SMS, plays an important role in the management and administration of staff and allows for broadcasting alerts to local businesses in even the most isolated areas.

In the first Marketplace project in Afghanistan where PDT also operates, the organization explored the use of SMS messaging using its procurement database. The extensive roster of local businesses were sent specific messages announcing new international tenders as they are received. 

A new platform is currently being tested in Afghanistan for sending bulk SMS for tender alerts. Anne Wilson, PDT's IT Manager, says:

PDT is using the Clickatell Bulk SMS Gateway combined with their PHP API. This API is connected to a customized Drupal installation which is the backbone to the Afghanistan Online Procurement Directory. Suppliers can to indicate to the verification team whether they wish to receive tender notifications via Email or SMS. As tenders come into the PDT office in Afghanistan we use a web interface to send out alerts about new tenders.

Tenders notifications are sent out based on different supplier sectors (for exacmple in construction where Civil Engineer Tenders only go to suppliers who have been identified as being able to provide engineering services).  The tenders can also be targeted based on the location of  the supplier and location in which the tender is to be carried out.

Mobile technology also plays an important role in the PDT work in Timor. PDT trains local agents for helping individual and institutional buyers’ source goods and services from local suppliers. These staff communicate their activities and results to the Head Office on a daily basis using coded SMS which then replies giving ideas, contacts and whatever the field need via SMS.

PDT uses Nokia PC Suite for managing staff SMS.  Rees explains how Nokia PC Suite was chosen:

I owned a Nokia and installed the PC Suite and discovered how to manage my phone better. So I thought - so should the staff. It allows people to cut and paste SMS messages for reporting purposes. I tried FrontlineSMS as well, but could not make it work.

Although the staff is equipped with mini computers and Open Office for their work, the use of SMS has proven to be more advantageous since it allows the organization to save both time and money in phone calls and field trips. The use of SMS also allows getting around the Internet gap in the districts while not depending on web based platforms. But because of Internet costs and bandwidth, the organization can not take full advantage of SMS – namely PDT cannot automatically integrate SMS and web based platforms in order to manage the exchanged information. There is still too much time being spent on manually uploading information to their databases. Says Rees, 

Currently our use of SMS [in East Timor] is limited seeing as we have a TT [Timor Telecom] obstacle, paying 1200USD/month for a 128kbps broadband connection shared by 15 terminals.

Despite the considerable challenges, PDT believes in the power of using mobile technologies for other purposes such as to populate databases with telephone numbers and associated demographic information that would allow for sending messages to specific segments of their constituencies. This would enable PDT to provide a multitude of new SMS services to both the peacekeeping and humanitarian communities, including announcements to specific groups, and security updates.  

Possibilities are huge and the projects are expected to expand. PDT even considers providing donated mobile phones to ensure the greatest possible membership. Rees expresses the enthusiasm,

By providing income and job opportunities, local procurement contributes to prosperity and therefore stability. Our verification team used to have to seek out businesses - now businesses seek us out.  The Government uses our services as well as international buyers.  We have become the go-to people for this kind of market information.  It is a big claim but it is true.  We own the territory.  We could do it a lot better, but given funding and technology constraints we are hamstrung.  But SMS done in a really good way gives this a huge boost.

in portal.unesco.org:
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46768&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.\
html

On 14 October 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura,
received Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmão at UNESCO Headquarters.

Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmão is the wife of the first President of Timor-Leste, Mr Kay
Rala Xanana Gusmão, and current Prime Minister of the country. She established
the Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO, which she also chairs.

The Director-General congratulated Ms Sword Gusmão for launching the National
Commission on 23 April 2009, welcoming the participation of the new body in both
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Culture. Mr Matsuura also
paid tribute to the support provided by Ms Margaret Austin, former Member of
Parliament of New Zealand, in terms of capacity building. He applauded the
progress made so far in the functioning of the new National Commission,
welcoming the commitment made to strengthen cooperation with other Commissions
in the region.

In his discussion with Ms Sword Gusmão, the Director-General presented the
Timor-Leste-UNESCO Country Programme Document, which had just been finalized and
printed. Elaborated with the support of the Jakarta Office, this document
defines UNESCO's strategic interventions in Timor-Leste for the next five years.

Among the urgent needs facing the country, the question of language policy was
highlighted, including the promotion of education in mother tongue. The
Director-General confirmed that literacy would continue to receive support in
the next biennium at UNESCO. In the field of heritage, the Director-General
encouraged Timor-Leste to start the procedure to ratify the 1972 World Heritage
Convention and the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage. After the ratification, Timor-Leste should prepare a
tentative list of cultural and natural properties, which is a preliminary step
to the nomination for inscription of properties on the World Heritage List.
UNESCO could also assist in the identification of intangible heritage using the
intangible Heritage Fund, once the 2003 Convention is ratified. The
Director-general also took note of the needs expressed in the field of science
education.

Finally, Mr Matsuura congratulated Ms Sword Gusmão for the joint project with
UNESCO to establish a National Museum. This project, entitled "Rebuilding Social
Cohesion of Communities through National Museum of Timor-Leste and Cultural
Heritage Education" had been developed with the Ministers of Education and
Culture and donors were currently being approached, including from the private
sector. Mr Matsuura expressed his hope that the project would soon be up and
running, saying that this would be an important step forward for building
stability and peace in the region.

in Correio do Minho via LUSA:
http://www.correiodominho.com/noticias.php?id=16453

2009-10-21

O Presidente da República de Timor-Leste, Ramos-Horta, disse hoje ter confiança
de que a definição da fronteira com a Indonésia e os obstáculos à circulação de
pessoas e bens entre os dois lados da ilha serão resolvidos com o novo mandato
do seu homólogo indonésio.


Em conferência de imprensa realizada ao chegar de Jacarta, onde foi assistir à
tomada de posse do seu homólogo indonésio, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Ramos-Horta
deu conta do compromisso do reconduzido presidente indonésio em aprofundar as
relações com Timor-Leste.

"Embora não tenha tido uma reunião bilateral com o presidente da Indonésia,
conversámos durante a cerimónia e ele reafirmou o compromisso de neste seu
segundo mandato procurar incentivar ainda mais as relações entre os dois
países", disse.

Segundo o Presidente timorense, há aspectos que os ministérios dos Negócios
Estrangeiros dos dois países têm de ver, para serem concretizados: um é a
demarcação da fronteira. Outros são os passes ou livre-trânsitos e os chamados
mercados de fronteira que "beneficiam dezenas de milhares de famílias dos dois
lados".

O que se pretende é permitir o atravessamento da fronteira sem restrições às
pessoas que estão identificadas como residentes tradicionalmente nos dois lados
fronteiriços.

Este é um processo que já se arrasta desde que eu era ministro dos Negócios
Estrangeiros, mas agora tenho confiança que o nosso ministro dos Negócios
Estrangeiros e o novo ministro indonésio vão poder concretizar", explicou.

Em relação à situação do ex-milícia Maternus Bere, entregue à Embaixada da
Indonésia em Díli e que está indiciado por crimes graves no massacre da Igreja
de Suai, em 1999, Ramos-Horta disse não ter falado com Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
sobre esse assunto e que "pertence ao passado".

"Não falámos da questão Bere. Do lado indonésio, apenas em conversa informal com
o ministro cessante dos Negócios Estrangeiros e noutros encontros informais,
fizeram de novo acentuar a necessidade dos dois países observarem com rigor a
letra e o espírito do acordo de Verdade e Amizade e a essência desse acordo é
dizer e aceitar a verdade (e o lado indonésio aceitou as conclusões) e, ao mesmo
tempo, pôr para trás o que pertence ao passado. É aí que se insere o caso Bere:
pertence ao passado", concluiu.

Segundo Ramos-Horta, durante a cerimónia de posse, em conversas com outros
chefes de Estado da região, foi destacada "a situação positiva em Timor-Leste,
de paz, de tranquilidade, e de excelente crescimento económico".

in A Página da Educação: http://www.apagina.pt/?aba=7&cat=100&doc=8336&mid=2


ONU "trava" educação em Timor

Os atrasos que continuam a verificar-se no sector da Educação em Timor-Leste
devem-se, em grande parte, à "pouca flexibilidade" e à excessiva burocracia da
Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), considera o responsável pelo sector, padre
Filomeno Jacob. "A burocracia é pesadíssima e sinto que há pouca flexibilidade
nos processos. Querem aplicar aqui os prazos dos processos que seriam normais
noutros países, mas num país em estado de emergência isso não vai funcionar",
considerou.

Em declarações aos jornalistas, o ministro dos Assuntos Sociais, que engloba a
pasta da Educação, explicou que apenas foram recuperadas cerca de 15 por cento
das salas de aula projectadas para beneficiar de obras desde a abertura do ano
escolar, em Outubro. Das 2.100 salas previstas, apenas 300 foram recuperadas no
âmbito do projectos implementados pela ONU e custeados pelo fundo administrado
pelo Banco Mundial.

Apesar de se considerar "mais optimista do que há três meses", Filomeno Jacob
refere que os atrasos ainda são significativos, especialmente dadas as
expectativas elevadas da população timorense. "Os materiais estão aqui e estamos
a avançar. Mas tudo isso demorou muito tempo devido à falta de flexibilidade e
de abertura para esta situação, que tem a ver com os prazos dos projectos e das
companhias", considerou. "Não há capacidade de se organizar as coisas nos prazos
necessários. Por isso, o povo diz que não se faz nada e continua à espera",
sublinhou.

A ONU confirmou, também, ter já distribuído os primeiros 300 jogos de mobiliário
escolar que foram encomendados a carpinteiros timorenses, no âmbito do projecto
de recuperação das salas de aula de Timor-Leste. O mobiliário foi entregue a
escolas em Aileu, Maliana e Manatuto, esperando-se que todas as 600 escolas
abrangidas pelo projecto possam ter o seu mobiliário pronto até Abril.
Aposta em parcerias

Para Filomeno Jacob, os atrasos são mais um sinal de que continua a ser
preferível, em alguns casos, optar por projectos bilaterais, como é o caso do
Liceu do Díli, que está a ser reconstruído pela Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, e da
Escola do Farol, que está a ser reconstruída pela Câmara da Amadora.

Apesar de defender que todos os projectos em curso devem ser coordenados pela
administração transitória, Filomeno Jacob prefere que sejam as próprias
estruturas envolvidas nas parcerias a administrar e implementar os projectos.
"Diria que a coordenação é necessária, mas a preparação e a realização deve
fazer-se pelos timorenses com quem pode ajudar, neste caso Portugal. O que me
interessa é que as coisas andem e funcionem, para que os projectos avancem".

O projecto de reconstrução da Escola do Farol pelo município da Amadora, que
será feito por uma firma timorense, foi louvado pelos responsáveis da escola, em
especial a directora, Filomena Cepeda, durante a visita do responsável
camarário. "A língua de Camões não vai acabar nesta nossa escola, que também
serviu filhos portugueses. Quem sabe alguns deles estejam já em lugares de
chefia em Portugal...", disse a directora da escola.

Falando aos jornalistas, o presidente da Câmara Municipal da Amadora, Joaquim
Raposo, disse ter ficado comovido com a recepção com que foi recebido na escola,
desafiando outros municípios a apoiar outras escolas em Timor-Leste: "Escolham
uma escola em Timor e façam um investimento na sua recuperação. Aqui é que é a
grande aposta. É preciso investir na educação".

De João Miguel Souto (LUSA) – há 1 minuto

Díli, 21Out (Lusa) - O Presidente da República de Timor-Leste, Ramos-Horta, disse hoje ser urgente diversificar as aplicações do Fundo Petrolífero, actualmente em títulos do tesouro norte-americano, devido à desvalorização do dólar.

Falando aos jornalistas após regressar de Jacarta, onde assistiu à tomada de posse do seu homólogo indonésio, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Ramos-Horta aproveitou para defender a necessidade de diversificar as aplicações do Fundo Petrolífero, acentuando que Timor-Leste arrisca-se a perder bastante dinheiro com a desvalorização do dólar.

"Se vamos continuar a esperar, o dólar vai-se depreciando e, apesar de ser um dos que acredito na economia americana, neste momento estamos numa situação extremamente perigosa. Se acontecer a debandada em relação ao dólar, o dólar cai, podendo suceder o mesmo que à rupia indonésia, e o que é que Timor vai fazer com os seus cinco biliões de dólares? Não vai conseguir fazer nada", alertou.

Díli, 20 Out (Lusa) - A República Popular da China vai conceder a Timor-Leste 30 milhões de yuan (cerca de três milhões de euros) para a recuperação de infra-estruturas, anunciou hoje o primeiro-ministro timorense, Xanana Gusmão.

O chefe do Governo timorense fez a revelação durante uma conferência de imprensa à chegada a Díli da sua visita oficial à China, durante a qual se reuniu com o primeiro-ministro chinês, Wen Jiabao.

Segundo Xanana Gusmão, Wen Jiabao reafirmou o compromisso da China em contribuir para o desenvolvimento social e económico de Timor-Leste.

"O primeiro-ministro Wen Jiabao concedeu uma verba de 30 milhões de yuan a Timor-Leste", disse Xanana Gusmão.

"Foi uma visita de trabalho bem sucedida que durou cinco dias e que teve como resultado principal o reforço da cooperação e amizade mútua entre as duas nações e os dois povos", afirmou.

A comitiva timorense participou na 10.ª Feira Internacional da Economia e Comércio do Oeste da China e no Segundo Fórum Internacional do Oeste da China sobre Cooperação Internacional, em que Xanana Gusmão foi um dos oradores convidados.

Xanana Gusmão aproveitou para efectuar conversações com diversas entidades chinesas, incluindo o presidente da Câmara interino da cidade de Dalian, Li Wancai, e o governador da província de Sichuan, Jiang Jufeng, e contactou empresários do sector privado, procurando inteirar-se dos modelos e métodos utilizados para acelerar o desenvolvimento chinês.

De acordo com o primeiro-ministro timorense, a sua delegação aproveitou a oportunidade para observar os principais aspectos do desenvolvimento económico nas cidades e periferias de Dalian, província de Liaonig, e de Chengdu, província de Sichuan.

Esta última foi devastada por um terramoto há pouco mais de um ano, estando em renovação e reconstrução.

"Observámos projectos de infra-estruturas recém-construídas e visitámos várias actividades comerciais e industriais dessas províncias", relatou aos jornalistas.

A comitiva timorense visitou igualmente o estaleiro onde se encontram em fase final de construção dois navios-patrulha encomendados pelo Governo timorense para proteger os recursos das suas águas territoriais.

"Os barcos deverão ser entregues a Timor-Leste, o mais tardar em Março de 2010", deu conta Xanana Gusmão.

O primeiro-ministro e a sua delegação visitaram também os 36 soldados timorenses da Componente Naval das Forças de Defesa (que estão a receber formação na China e que vão integrar as tripulações dos dois navios-patrulha.

MSO

Lusa/Fim"

in CJITL:
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Horta; Hau Lakohi Maternus Mate iha Embaxada Laran


Written by CJITL Editor
Monday, 19 October 2009

CJITL Flash, Jose Ramos Horta, Prezidente Republika, Segunda Feira semana ne'e
(19/10), Antes dezloka ba Jakarta, Indonezia hateten katak, Governu Timor Leste
sei fo fila fali Maternus Bere ba Indonezia tamba nia rasik lakohi Maternus Bere
Mate iha Embaxada Indonezia nia laran.


Ramos Horta hateten ida ne'e, relasiona ho kondisaun Maternus Bere ne'ebe tuir
rezultado mediku nian katak  nia iha kondisaun la diak tamba sofre moras ne'ebe
komplikado.
"Diak liu it a entrega lalais tiha nia ba Indonezia, tamba hau lakohi nia mate
iha Embaxada laran" Horta hateten.

Iha fatin hanesan Ministra Justica,Lucia lobato hateten katak molok atu hasai
Maternus nia sei hein rezultado mediko no mos advogado Maternus nian.

Maternus Bere rasik hetan libertasaun husi Primeiro Xanana Gusmao iha loron
aniversariu referendum iha loron 30 Augusto liu ba.

Maternus Bere nia kaju ne'e rasik hetan atensaun ne'ebe seriu tebes husi publiku
hasoru governu AMP tamba desizaun governu ne'ebe interfere papel orgaun justica
nian (gs/cjitl)

in CJITL:
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Eurico Guterres Hakarak Troka Maternus Bere nia Fatin iha Kadeia

Written by CJITL Editor
Monday, 19 October 2009



Kupang Flash, Eis Komandante Milisia Aitarak,  Eurico Guterres hateten prontu
atu tama kadeia iha Dili konaba kazu violasaun Direitus Humanus iha Timor-Leste
molok no depois refrendum 1999.


"Hau prontu simu konsekuensia saida deit" dehan Eurico. "maibe hau tenki esplika
lai ba povu iha distritu 13 para povu mak fo julga hau".

Tanba ne'e, mane husi distritu Viqueque ne'e husu ba Primeiru Ministru Xanana
Gusmão atu fo garantia ba nia siguransa hodi nune'e bele mai iha Timor Leste.

Membru Parlementu Nasional husi Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN) iha Kupang ne'e sei
koalia sai ba povu Timor Leste konaba se mak autor lolos ba violasaun direitus
huamnus iha tinan 1999.

"Hau sei koalia ho povu 13 Distritu konaba saida mak ami halo iha 1999,  para
hatene lolos se mak sala no semak los no semak haruka ami halo asaun hodi kontra
Direitu Humanu iha Timor Leste" esplika Eurico iha  konsuladu TL,
Kupang,Sesta,(16/10).

Nia mos eziji Prezidenti Ramos Horta no Primeiru Ministru Xanana Guamao, atu
transfere lalais Martenus Bere ba Indonesia hodi nune'e labele afeita
rekonsiliasaun no relasaun amizade entre TL ho Indonesia.

" Martenus Bere tenke fo fila ba Indonesia", dehan eis prizoneiru Cipinang ne'e.
"Ita hotu tenke menghormati kebijakan politik   Horta Ho   Xanana nian ne'ebe
aplika  politika estanista (Negarawan)".

Ema ne'ebe naran iha lista Seriuos Crime UNTAET nian ne'e la konkorda ho
politika Parlamentu Nasional Timor Leste ne'ebe kontra desizaun prezidenti no
premeiru ministru nian tanba fo liberdade ba Maternus Bere.

Tanba tuir Eurico katak desizaun ne'ebe Horta no Xanana foti ne'e hanesan salva
guarda ba nasaun rua nia futuru.

Eis lideransa pro integrasaun ne'e defende maka'as nia maluk Maternus Bere katak
eis segundu komandante Laksanakan Sapu Rata ne'e nudar inosente tanba Eurico
rasik responsabliza ona hahalok kontra umanidade iha tribunal Add Hoc Jakarta
iha tinan hirak liu ba.

"Martenus Bere laiha kulpa", dehan mane ne'ebe sai bos ba bola guling iha tempo
indonezia ne'e. "Hau mak responsabliza ona iha tribunal".

Atu hametin  paz no dame entre timor oan iha Indonesia no iha Dili persiza tu'ur
hamutuk no kria rekonsiliasaun atu nune'e bele rezolve problema husi 1974 to'o
1999.

Konaba Monsaun Sensura Eis komandante Milisia Aitarak ne'e hateten, politka
Monsaun Sensura husi Fretilin ne'e nudar kondenasaun no invaloriza luta
libertasaun Nasional. (edited news, STL, 19/10).

in CJITL:
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Written by CJITL Editor
Monday, 19 October 2009


Dili flash, Prezidenti Republika, Jose Ramos Horta ejiji governu hasai lalais
eis komandante milisia Laksaur ,Maternus Bere atu labele fo impaktu ba relasaun
Timor Leste ho Indonezia iha linha fronteira.


Ejijensia premeadu Nobel da paz  ne'e iha relasaun ho ameasa sidadaun Indonesia
orijinalida de Timor Leste atu halo swiping ka pasarevista ba kareta matrikula
TL nebe tama sai TL kupang.

Konsuladu TL iha kupang ,Caitano de Souza Geterres ,heteten kazu Maternus Bere
,fo presaun maka'as  ba konsuladu no estudantes Timor oan iha kupang.

"PR Horta aprezenta informasaun mai husi ita nia konsuladu iha Kupang ba
Ministru Estranjeiru atu rezolve lalais problema Maternus Bere tanba kazu ne'e
afeita ita nia interese nasional nune'e mos konsuladu no estudante TL iha kupang
komesa sente ameasadu tanba kazu Maternus nian.

Premeiru Ministru Interinu, Jose luis Geterres informa lia hirak ne'e ba STL iha
salao Delta Nova Comoro Dili,Sesta (16/10).

Maske nune'e governu seidauk bele foti desizaun ruma iha tempu besik, tanba
Primeiru Ministru  Xananan Gusmao oras ne'e dadauk halao hela  vizita ba
estranjeiru.

"Ita sei hare lalais kazu Maternus Bere  iha tempu besik ,mas PM Xanana maka sei
hare lolos atu rezolve oinsa,"Jose Luis hateten.

PM Xanana rasik responde ona kazu Maternus Bere,ho transferensia husi kadeia
Bekora ba Embaixada Indonezia iha palapasu Dili. politikamente PM Xanana mos
hatan ona kazu ne'e ba parlamentu nasional (PN) atraves mosaun sensura (mosi
tidak percaya).

Guvernu ne'e hetan salva guarda tanba maioria membru PN sei fo votus konfiansas
ba governu PM Xanana atu governu rai ne'e too 2010.

Sidadaun Indonesia iha Atambua ejiji governu Timor Leste liberta lalais Maternus
Bere, tuir sira bainhira governu TL la halo kauza ba ejijensia hirak ne'e sei
halo pasa revista ka swiping ba kareta matrikula kor mutin TL nian iha kupang.

"Ami sei halao swiping (pasarevista)ba kareta Timor nian nebe tama sai iha
Indonezia .

Asaun ne'e ami sei halao liu ba lider Fretelin nia oan sira inklui militante
Fretilin sira nebe hela besik fronteira ,"Francisco Soares Pereira informa lia
hirak ne'e ba STL via telefonika sexta liu ba.

Eis refujiadu sirane'e konsidera lider partidu Fretilin hanesan bareira ba
politika rekonsiliasaun nebe Estadu TL ho Indonesia halao hela durante ne'e.
(STL 19/10)