Sustainable Development: Labour Market Policy and Social Aspects for ‘Sustainable Development’ in the Pacific Region

- 4 p.m.: Arrival & Registration
- 5 p.m.: Welcoming Address and Introduction

Prof. Dr. U.A. Michelsen, Pro-Decan, Faculty of Philosophy

Prof. Dr. Werner Kreisel, President of the APSA

Dr. Christel Fensterseifer, Secretary of the APSA

- 5.45 p.m.: Migration Processes and Labour Markets – Necessity of a Sustainable Development Policy

Min. Dir. a. D. Winfried Böll, Bonn

- 6.15 p.m.: Discussion
- 6.45 p.m.: Generating Sustainable Sources of Income through Forest Management by Church Organisations

Jaap Schep, Advisor, Integrated Resources Development Programme (IRDP) of the United Church in the Solomon Islands, Brumen, Netherlands

7.15 p.m.: Discussion
8 p.m.: Dinner, Taverna Limburger Hof, Templergraben Informal Meeting and Exchange of Ideas

Prof. Dr. Richard D. Bedford, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand

9.50 a.m.: Grassroots Participation and Sustainable Development in Papua New Guinea: the European Union Experience

Francesco Affinito, Pacific Division, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

- 11.00 a.m.: Migration versus Sustainable Development in the Context of an Island Economy – the Case of Western Samoa

Hon. Afamasaga Toleafoa, Ambassador of Western Samoa, Brussels, Belgium

- 12.00 a.m.: Does migration help the development of the Islands – the case of West Papua (Irian Jaya)

Victor Kaisiepo, “West Papua People´s Front”, Delft, Netherlands

- 12.30 a.m.: Discussion
- 12.45 a.m.: Lunch
- 2 p.m.: Reception at the Cityhall of Aachen, by Mayor Dr. Ulrich Daldrup
- 3.00 – 5.00 p.m.: Workshops
  - - Workshop I: Opportunities for Socially Acceptable Sources of Income in Rural Areas – the Role of the Churches

Workshop-Leader:

- - - - Bernhard Küpper, MISEREOR, Aachen, Germany
      - Jaap Schep, (IRDP), Brumen, Netherlands
    - Workshop II: Establishment of Light Industry versus Stimulation of Small-Scale Business Promotion

Workshop-Leader:

- - - - Prof. Dr. Hanns Jürgen Buchholz, Department of Geography, University of Hannover, Germany
      - Min. Dir. Winfried Böll
  - - Workshop III: Economic, Social and Political Consequences of Migration Processes

Workshop-Leader:

- - - - Prof. Dr. Richard D. Bedford
      - Victor Kaisiepo, Delft, Netherlands