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US to Timor Leste April 6-14, 2019 US to Timor Leste April 6-14, 2019 Exchange Guide This exchange is made possible through a grant from the Government of Timor Leste. Table of Contents Schedule ........................................................................................................................ 3 Schedule Notes ............................................................................................................. 9 Delegate Biographies ................................................................................................. 13 Program Contact Information ................................................................................... 18 Flight Confirmations and Itineraries ........................................................................... 19 Schedule Saturday, April 6 Depart from home airports Monday, April 8 Sydney, Australia/Darwin/Dili, Timor Leste 9:20am Qantas Airways #840 departs Sydney Airport 1:30pm Arrive at Darwin International Airport 2:10pm Qantas Airways #369 departs Darwin 4:20pm Arrive at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport **Jessica Woolley (574) 536-8863) will meet you at the airport** 5:00pm Depart for hotel 5:30pm Arrive at and check in to hotel: Novo Tourismo Avenue Bidau, Lecidere 6:15pm Meet in hotel lobby 6:30pm Dinner at hotel with Ms. Jessica Woolley Policy Advisor, DLA Piper Also in attendance will be: Ms. Fiona Macrae Senior Information and Communications Adviser, Maritime Boundary Office Tuesday, April 9 Dili Attire: Business casual Breakfast: At the hotel 7:15am Meet in hotel lobby 7:30am Depart for first activity 8:30am Courtesy Call with The Honorable Jose Maria Vasconcelos Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Topic: History of Timor Leste 8:50am Depart for first activity 3 9:00am Visit to the National Parliament Topic: Roles and responsibility of Parliament 10:00am Meeting with The Honorable Agio Pereira Minister of State, Presidency of the Council of Ministers Topic: Foreign policy 11:30am Depart for lunch 12:00pm Lunch with ACYPL Alumni Ms. Felismina Dos Reis Communications and Translations Officer, Maritime Boundary Office [Timor Leste to US 2018] Mr. Domingos “Savio” Lopes Guterres Media and Communications Officer, Maritime Boundary Office [Timor Leste to US 2018] Ms. Francisca Maia Writer and Director, DocTV Community of Portuguese Language Countries [Timor Leste to US 2018] Mr. Manuel “Perry” Mesquita Pereira Communication and Media Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Education Youth and Sports [Timor Leste to US 2018] Ms. Clarisse “Nina” Soares Trindade Junior Environmental Technical Advisor [Timor Leste to US 2018] Ms. Iriana Ximenes National Technical Advisor, Office of the Minister for Economic Affairs [Timor Leste to US 2018] 1:30pm Depart for next activity 2:00pm Visit the Resistance Museum 2:45pm Depart for next meeting 3:00pm Attend speaking engagement with YSEALI alumni and Uma Amerika students Topic: Role of young people in the world 3:45pm Depart for next meeting 4 4:00pm Meeting with The Honorable Jose Ramos Horta Former President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Topic: Peacebuilding 5:00pm Depart for next activity 5:30pm Visit Santa Cruz Cemetery 5:40pm Depart for Dinner 6:30pm Dinner hosted by the Maritime Boundary Office 8:30pm Return to hotel Wednesday, April 10 Dili Attire: Business Casual Breakfast: At the hotel Additional: Wear comfortable walking shoes 6:30am Meet in hotel lobby and depart for first activity 7:00am Walk up Cristo Rei 7:30am Depart for first meeting 9:00am Meeting with Portuguese Department at United Nations Timor Leste Topic: Portugal’s colonial influence on Timor Leste 9:45am Depart for next meeting 10:00am Meeting at the Ministry of Economic Affairs Topic: Current economic issues 11:15am Depart for next activity 11:30am Tour of Cooperative Café Timor Topic: Coffee Industry 12:30pm Lunch meeting with Timorese Women Leaders Topic: Leadership and work training programs for women Also in attendance: Ms. Ines Almeida Liaison Officer for Veterans Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister of Timor Leste 5 Ms. Berta Tilman Founder, Grupy Feminista Iha 1:15pm Travel to next activity 1:45pm Tour of Heineken Factory 3:30pm Travel back to Dili 4:00pm Meeting with Her Excellency Kathleen Fitzpatrick Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary of the US to Timor Leste Topic: US-Timorese bilateral relations 5:00pm Reception at US Embassy 8:00pm Return to hotel Thursday, April 11 Dili/Atauro Attire: Casual Breakfast: At the hotel Additional: Pack small overnight bag, the hotel will store your luggage. 7:00am Meet in hotel lobby 8:00am Depart by boat for Atauro Island 9:30am Community Welcome 10:00am Visit Beloi School 11:00am Meeting with Xefe Suco 12:00pm Lunch at Barry’s 1:30pm Meeting with Conservation international 2:30pm Snorkeling at the Conservation Area 4:00pm Visit Empreza Diak 5:00pm Visit Boneka Atauro 6:30pm Visit Biojoia 7:30pm Dinner at Beloi Hotel 9:30pm Return to hotel 6 Friday, April 12 Dili Attire: Casual Breakfast: At the hotel Additional: Please pay for any incidentals and check out of hotel. 7:00aam Snorkeling (optional) 9:00am Breakfast and check out of hotel 11:00am Depart by boat Dili 1:00pm Arrive in Dili 2:20pm Meet in hotel lobby and depart for next activity 2:30pm Visit Alola Esparansa and ALOLA Foundation 4:00pm Meeting with The Honorable Alfredo Pires Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Timor Leste Topic: Oil and gas management 6:30pm Dinner hosted by The Honorable Xanana Gusma Chief Negotiator, and former President, Timor Leste Saturday, April 13 Dili/Darwin, Australia/Sydney Attire: Casual Breakfast: At the hotel Additional: Please pay for any incidentals and check out of hotel. Please have your passport readily accessible 6:00am Depart for airport 8:05am Qantas Airways #QF 0374 departs Dili 9:55am Arrive at Darwin International Airport 2:10pm Qantas Airways #QF0843 departs Darwin 6:55pm Arrive at Sydney Airport 8:00pm Depart for hotel Hyatt Regency Sydney 161 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia 7 Sunday, April 14 Sydney Attire: Casual Breakfast: At the hotel Additional: Please pay for any incidentals and check out of hotel. Please have your passport readily accessible 7:00am Meet in hotel lobby and check out of hotel 7:15am Depart for airport, please use your transportation per diem for taxi 7:35am Arrive at Sydney Airport *Please refer to your personal flight itinerary for individual times* **End of Program** 8 Schedule Notes Tuesday, April 10 Jose Maria Vasconcelos also known as Taur Matan Ruak “Two Sharp Eye” is the current Prime Minister of Timor Leste. The Prime Minister is appointed by the president of Timor after parliamentary elections. Prior to his role as Prime Minister Jose was the President of Timor Leste. Jose assisted in the formation of the Timor Leste after the country gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002. During this time he was appointed the Commander-in-chief of FALINTIL by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and shortly after became the Chief of the Armed Forces after the restoration of Timor Leste. The National Parliament is a unicameral legislature which is responsible for legislation in Timor- Leste. It was founded in 2001 under the supervision of the UN during the island’s struggle for national independence. The National Parliament consists of the president, prime minister and sixty five representatives. The Parliament is multi-partisan and elections are held every five years yding a party-list proportional representation system. The most recent election was in May, 2018. The current sitting Prime Minister is Taur Matan Ruak of the People's Liberation Party and the President is Arão Noé da Costa Amaral. Agio Pereira is the Minister of State and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. He assumed this position in July, 2018. In this role, he is immediately below the Prime Minister and above all other members or ministers of the Government. He is responsible for organizing, coordinating, and preparing governmental work, in addition to evaluating the implementation of Council decisions. Previously, Agio was the Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister for the Delimitation of Boundaries of Timor-Leste and was influential in the signing of the Boundaries Treaty between Timor-Leste and Australia. He also served as Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for a former leader and the Chief-of-Staff for the first President of Timor-Leste. Felismina Dos Reis serves as a Resource Developer with the EMBLI Program, a program based on mother-tongue based multilingual education. The EMBLI was implemented by the Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO. In this role, she works with local language speakers to develop resources for others to learn the native language, such as books and audio books. She also serves as a copy editor for this program. She is a Fulbright Scholar and Australia Awards Scholarship alumni. Felismina graduated from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne with a Bachelor of Computing in 2009. She traveled with ACYPL and was a part of the Professional Fellows Congress in 2018. Domingos Lopes Guterres “Savio” currently serves as the Media and Communication Officer at the Maritime Boundary Office. He is responsible for carrying out the daily monitoring of local and international news sources as well as managing event procedures. Prior to Domingos time at the Maritime Boundary Office, he worked as a Communication Officer at Palladium International Pty Ltd. Palladium manages the Workforce Development Program for Timor-Leste on behalf of the Australian Government. He traveled with ACYPL in 2018. Francisca Maia is the Writer and Director of DocTV CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries). Previously, Francisca served as the Media Advisor for Timor-Leste Government where she is was responsible for facilitating interviews, writing briefs and press releases, networking and organizing media coverage for the Government. Previously, she served as the Media Adviser to Ministry of Finance. She is also a well-known East Timorese Filmmaker. She has worked in the Television and Film Industry for the last ten years. Francisca began her career as a Reported and 9 News Anchor.
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