Events - Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific
There are currently no events planned.
Event
2. Australia-Germany 1.5 Track Cybersecurity Dialogue, Berlin and Brussels
Cybersecurity has become a priority for political leaders and discussion around these issues is important amongst value-partners and allies to ensure economic and national security for their populations. After the success of our inaugural Cybersecurity Dialogue 2018 in Canberra, this year we are bringing a delegation of Australian cybersecurity experts to Berlin and Brussels.
Discussion
SDG16 in the Pacific, Fiji
The Institute for Economics & Peace in cooperation with the KAS Australia & the Pacific office presented its most recent report on SDG16 in the Pacific, 'Strenghtening and legitimising institutions to achieve sustainable development'.
Event
Roundtable discussions with Mark Hauptmann, Member of the German Bundestag (MP) in Wellington
He will be visiting New Zealand from 15 until 18 April 2019.
Mark Hauptmann, Member of the German Bundestag (MP), was awarded a PM Fellowship by the New Zealand Government. PM Fellowships provide an opportunity for rising political leaders to visit New Zealand and to learn more about, and to intensify, the bilateral relationship between New Zealand and their home country.
Event
Political Dialogue Programme Australia and New Zealand: Tackling the New Challenges for Political Parties and Liberal Democracies in Changing Times
Dr Klaus Schueler, Federal Managing Director of the CDU Germany, and Frank Priess, Deputy Head, Department for European and International Cooperation at KAS Germany, to visit Canberra, Sydney, Wellington and Christchurch. February 2019
These are turbulent times for liberal democracies like Australia and Germany as they face similar political challenges- both internally and externally. Likewise, New Zealand is still adjusting to political changes following the change of power from the National Party to a Labour-New Zealand First-Green coalition.
Event
ASPI-KAS Cybersecurity Fellowship: Exchanging Knowledge and Enhancing Cooperation
KAS Australia and the Pacific and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute are engaging in a new joint initiative intended to enhance cooperation on analysis of current cyber security challenges (February/ March 2019)
In the wake of ongoing hacking attacks from a variety of actors, including documented state-sponsored hacking programs, cyber interference, espionage and targeted data/intellectual property theft, many nations have taken unprecedented steps to protect their countries' critical infrastructure and push back against malicious cyber activities.
Lecture
KONRAD ADENAUER LECTURE
with Professor Sir Christopher Clark
Professor Sir Christopher Clark, Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, will be the keynote speaker of the second Konrad Adenauer Lecture.
Forum
4th ASPI-KAS Australia-Europe Counter-Terrorism Dialogue
“Shifting Frontiers: Addressing Post-Caliphate Terrorism Dynamics”
In cooperation with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) KAS' Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific will organize its 4th ASPI-KAS Australia-Europe Counter-Terrorism Dialogue in Canberra and Sydney from October 22-26 this year.
Workshop
Pacific Political Party Workshop
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Political Parties
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office in Fiji in cooperation with the KAS Regional Programme - Australia and the Pacific is organizing a workshop on political parties in the Pacific which will take place in Port Vila, Vanuatu
Expert talk
Political Dialogue Programme Australian-German Relations
with German MP Volkmar Klein
MP Volkmar Klein to visit Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne as part of a political dialogue programme between Australia and Germany
Expert talk
Expert and Think Tank discussions in New Zealand
Several meetings and discussions on Asia and the current challenges in the Asia-Pacific region will take place with experts and Think Tanks in New Zealand from the 5th to the 7th of September.