Held
4-7 July 2001, at Murdoch University, the Community Technology Conference
brought together community leaders and representatives, planners, administrators,
engineers, technologists, designers, health workers, educators and land
managers. The conference provided an opportunity to share ideas and
experiences on successful sustainable strategies and technical interventions
that lead to improved cultural maintenance, quality of life, environmental
health, local economic development in developing and remote indigenous
communities.
This
conference examined the critical role of technology in a number of streams
of technical activity which have common themes running through them.
Objectives
of the conference were to:
Stream
1
Rights and Responsibilities
How
does a community balance its right to access resources with its responsibility
to manage them to achieve sustainable service delivery outcomes?
On
a broader level, communities and agencies need to acknowledge each other’s
rights and responsibilities. How can that happen?
Kerrie
Tim (Australia) "Community Engagement: Extending the Existing Consultative
Processes"
M.
Begay, Jr. (USA) "American Indian Nation Building: Issue of Sovereignty,
Institutions and Culture"
Renita
Glencross (AUSTRALIA) "The Malparara Way"
Duncan
Beggs (AUSTRALIA), "Community Governance - Developing Its Role
In The Proper Way"
D.
Elliot Rodger (Canada), "Good Public Works Governance In Canada’s
Aboriginal Communities"
August
Schlapfer & Dora Marinova (AUSTRALIA), "Renewable Energy Power
System At Swan Valley Nyungah Community: Industry Or Community Innovation?"
Alice
Lakati (KENYA) "Community Based Water And Sanitation Project, Kajiado
District, Kenya"
Stream
2
Women and Technology
It
is vital that women are involved in policy, decision-making, design,
management, education and training for the achievement of sustainable
technology. Is the issue one of gender or greater role definition? How
do we ensure women are at the core of these processes?
Jenny
Kroker & Robyn Ellis (AUSTRALIA), "Women And Technology Development:
A Case Study Of Women Involved In Technical Education And Training"
Lilia
Casanova (JAPAN) "Women, Environment And Technology"
Christine
Williams (AUSTRALIA), "Untitled"
Carolina
and Savitri Dyah (INDONESIA), "Sensible Technology Transfer For
Rural Women"
Tri
Lisiani Prihatinah (INDONESIA) and Dora Marinova (AUSTRALIA), "Empowering
Women Through Income Generating Projects: Evidence From Indonesia"
Lutfor
Rahman (BANGLADESH), and Judy Johnson (AUSTRALIA), "Promoting The
Use Of Information Technology By Bangladeshi Women Scientists And Doctors"
Olive
Veverbrants (AUSTRALIA) "Indigenous Women And Technology: A Case
Study From Central Australia"
Stream
3
Standards and Regulation
How
can communities and external agencies develop a set of standards and
regulations that meets the needs of both parties and is culturally,
economically and environmentally appropriate for the community? Whose
standards for whose outcomes?
D.
Elliot Rodger (CANADA), "Towards A National Aboriginal Water/Wastewater
Strategy For Canada’s First Nation Communities"
Kepa
Kip Brian Morgan (NEW ZEALAND), "Value Of A Hapu Perspective To
Environmental Engineering. Wastewater Treatment And Disposal In New
Zealand"
Paul
Pholeros, Geoff Barker, Sue Thomas, Su Groome, Tim Short and Bill Mansell
(AUSTRALIA), "Fixing Houses For Better Health"
Md.
Nasiruzzaman and Md. Salequzzaman (BANGLADESH), "Environmental
Legislation And It’s Sustainability In Bangladesh"
Emma
Yuen (AUSTRALIA), "Integrated Water Management In Remote Aboriginal
Communities"
Carlos
Conceicao, Brigida Suzana Esteves da Silva, Leonisa Antonia Maria dos
Santos Lobato (EAST TIMOR), "Pollution And Waste Management In
East Timor"
Geoff
Barker (AUSTRALIA), "Planning for Sustainable Development"
Lilian
Henschke (AUSTRALIA), "Indigenous Community Needs and Utility Capabilities"
Md.
Salequzzaman (BANGLADESH), "Management Sustainability Of Groundwater
Arsenic Pollution In Bangladesh"
Stream
4
Planning and Service Delivery
Participatory
planning by local communities and regions can improve the sustainability
of planning outcomes and the appropriateness of services. How can we
ensure participation by community members is integral to planning work
and the design and delivery of services?
Kingsley
Palmer (AUSTRALIA), "Governance, Administration And Appropriate
Technology: Indigenous Community Technology In Australia"
Ananthan
Suppiah and Joella Hogan (CANADA), "An Evolving Model For Governance
And Solid Waste Management In Aboriginal Communities In British Columbia"
David
Lowe (AUSTRALIA), "Showcase Solar Site Highlights Need For Improved
Delivery Of Energy Services"
Thomas
Loetscher and Jürg Keller (AUSTRALIA), "Community Consultation
In Water Reuse – The Role Of A Decision Support System"
Sonny
Levers (AUSTRALIA), "What Is Good Planning For Indigenous Communities?"
Masuo
Ozaki, Mitchell Jones, Adrian Williams, John Law, Tsuyoshi Umetsu and
Tsuneo Tanaka (AUSTRALIA), "Domestic Wastewater Treatment And Reuse
In Arid And Semi-Arid Lands"
Patricia
Cuttell, Audrey Ward, Phoebe Keeping, Sara Swinamer (CANADA), "First
Nations Community Planning Model, Cities & Environment Unit"
Jalal
Ud din Qureshi (PAKISTAN), "The Depletion Of Groundwater Resources
In Balochistan And Possibilities For Recharge"
M.
M. Khairuzzaman and Md. Salequzzaman (BANGLADESH), "Sustainability
Of Community-Based Solid Waste Management In Bangladesh"
Güler
Koca (TURKEY), "Administrative Problems In The Process Of City
Planning In Turkey"
Grant
Revell, Rod Garlett, Martin Anda (AUSTRALIA), "Fullness of Response
– A (re)Reading of an Old Noongar Landscape in Northam"
Stream
5
Regional Autonomy, Authorities and Agreements
Does
regional autonomy present an opportunity for sustainable local control
of political processes, resources and services? Can agreements between
local communities or groups of communities and government support this
greater autonomy?
Jason
Batise (CANADA), "Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation"
Anare
Matakiviti (FIJI ISLANDS) "Regional Energy Program for Pacific
Islands"
Christopher
Dureau (AUSTRALIA), "Community Empowerment And Local Governance
In East Timor"
Loretta
Elliott, Mary Louise Bernard and Barbara Paul (CANADA), "Facilitating
change: a look at Wagmatcook First Nation"
Bessy
Daylight, Chocolate Thomas, Sunil Samaraweera, Barry Muir, Fred Murray,
Robert Piper, Katrina Carter (AUSTRALIA), "Community participation
in developing sustainable ecosystems in Argyle Diamond Mine’s alluvial
rehabilitation areas"
D.
Elliot Rodger (CANADA), "Accommodating the Government of Nunavut
– a partnership Between the Inuit of Nunavut and the Government
of Canada"
Fred
Spring, Chairperson, Remote Area Developments Group Advisory Committee
Natalie
McGrath, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch
University
Stream
6
Enterprise, Economic Development and Self-Reliance
What
are the local and regional forms of enterprise and activities that can
contribute to increased economic development? How can sustainable technology
support this economic development?
Ian
Trust (AUSTRALIA) "Regional Economic Development Strategy –
East Kimberley"
Md.
Amzad Hossain (AUSTRALIA), "Renewable Energy Systems For Self-Reliant
Living - The Case Of Bangladesh"
D.
Elliot Rodger (CANADA), "Oujé-Bougoumou - Re-Building A
Cree Community From The Inside Out"
Joy
Clancy (NETHERLANDS) "Women in Small Enterprises"
Ebbie
Dengu (SOUTH AFRICA), "Sustainable Approaches To Community Technologies
And Governance Systems For Sustainable Livelihoods Of Small Producers
In Zimbabwe"
David
Henley (CANADA), "The Role Of Local And Regional Forms Of Enterprise
And Activities That Can Contribute To Increased Economic Development"
Harvey
Murray and Bruce Smith, (AUSTRALIA) "Ngaanyatjarra Council (Aboriginal
Corporation) And Associated Entities"
Wahidul
Biswas, Paul Bryce and Mark Diesendorf (AUSTRALIA), "Photovoltaic
Technologies For Poverty Alleviation In Bangladesh: A Specific Strategy"
Arie
Sudaryanto and Carolina (INDONESIA), "Striving To Find Appropriate
Agriculture Technology For The Dani Community Of Irian Jaya"
Tim
Frodsham (GHANA), "Kopeyia Bicycle Project"
Keith
Williams (AUSTRALIA), "Aboriginal Education Initiatives"
Fatiha
Lemmini (MOROCCO), "Renewable Energy in Morocco"
Stream
7
Social and Cultural Appropriateness
The
process of addressing social and cultural factors in service delivery
needs to involve community members and agencies in a partnership. Each
process will be unique. What has made some models successful?
Savitri
Dyah and Carolina (INDONESIA), "Technology Choice For Community
Development: Cases Of Appropriate Technology Implementation In Three
Communities In Indonesia"
Dillon
Kombumerri (AUSTRALIA), "Sustainable Technology"
Shaneen
Fantin (AUSTRALIA), "Yolngu Avoidance Behaviour And Implications
For The Design Of Living Environments"
Matthew
Parnell (AUSTRALIA), "Hidden Synergies: The Way To Sustainable
Community Is Not Clear - It Is Hidden Among Things We Already Know"
Philip
Kirke (AUSTRALIA), "Martu Housing Project - Western Desert, Western
Australia"
Hendarwin
Astro and Akmadi Abbas (INDONESIA), "Traditional Planting Strategy:
Management Of Dryland Rice Production In Jamu Village Of Sumbawa Island"
Margaret
Raven (AUSTRALIA), "Contested Landscapes: A Discourse Analysis
Of The Nexus Between Western Theoretical And Indigenous Conceptions
Of Sustainable Development"
Stream
8
Asset Management, Maintenance, Monitoring & Evaluation
An
essential feature of sustainable asset management is that the community
has had control of the process of acquiring assets. What are the key
components that are needed to increase a community’s capacity to
manage and maintain these assets?
As
well as providing accountability for agencies, participatory monitoring
and evaluation can be utilised by communities as an integral component
of their activities to improve the sustainability of their development.
How can participatory monitoring and evaluation improve the sustainability
of technologies?
Leonard
Burton, Frank Young, Brian Hanson & David Bajjali (AUSTRALIA), "Watarru
Community: A Renewable Energy Success Story"
E.
Crispin Kinney and Jon Anderson (USA), "Providing Water And Waste
Facilities To American Indian And Alaska Natives, While Developing Tribal
Capacity"
Elmer
Lickers (CANADA), "Asset Management: Challenges And Opportunities
From A Government Perspective"
Bob
Lloyd, Laurence Wilson & Allison Adams (AUSTRALIA), "The Elements
Of A Sustainable Technology: Hot Water Systems In Remote Indigenous
Communities"
Ian
Redmond (AUSTRALIA), "Providing Effective Underground Service Records
For Remote Indigenous Communities Of The Northern Territory"
D.
Elliot Rodger (CANADA), "Towards A National Aboriginal And Northern
Community Energy Strategy"
Glenn
Marshall (AUSTRALIA), "Sanitation Systems For Arnhem Land Aboriginal
Outstations - Evolving To Suit Lifestyles And Maintenance Capabilities"
Bob
Coote and Peter Randerson (AUSTRALIA), "Remote Area Essential Service
Program In WA"
Lenia
Ribeiro de Souza Vieira (BRAZIL), "The ‘CONTAGEM’ Thermal
Solar Energy Pilot Project"
Stream
9
Affordability
Affordability
can be evaluated from either the perspective of a developing community
or the perspective of agencies providing services to developing communities.
Given that the demand for resources is greater than the availability
of resources, how do we ensure the debate on affordability and the process
of allocation of resources is inclusive and considers the views of those
most affected?
Bruce
Walker (AUSTRALIA) "Can We Afford The Future?"
Hancox
Jaoko (KENYA), "Biogas Technology For Rural Communities In Kenya"
John
Todd (AUSTRALIA), "Firewood: A Multi-Purpose Fuel For Remote Communities"
Suriptono
(INDONESIA), and Peter Newman (AUSTRALIA), "The Scale Of Sanitation
Technology"
Kepa
Kip Brian Morgan (NEW ZEALAND), "Sustainable Earth-Fibre Housing
– UKU"
Bernie
Brix (AUSTRALIA), "Village Scale Potable Water Supply System"
Mamunul
Hoque Khan and Kamrun Nahar Sultana (BANGLADESH), "Sustainable
Low Cost And Low Tech Mitigating Options For Arsenic Catastrophe In
Bangladesh"
Andrea
Schäfer (AUSTRALIA), "Small Community Membranes"
John
Todd (AUSTRALIA), "Composting Toilets: Design And Performance"
Firoze
Siddiqui (AUSTRALIA) "Renewable Energy Technology: A Sustainable
Energy Option For Rural Development In Bangladesh"
Stream
10
Capacity - Building and Training
How
can community members increase their capacity to access and manage resources,
and influence processes and policies that impact their lives?
Stuart
Downs, Geoff Richardson, Tony Kelly (AUSTRALIA), "Community Development
And Indigenous Communities"
Marjolein
Zweekhorst, J. Maas, J.E.W. Broerse, Shah Alam and J.F.G Bunders (THE
NETHERLANDS), "Capacity Building For Community Development: The
Experience Of A Bangladeshi NGO"
Peter
de Groot (UK), Judy Johnson (AUSTRALIA), "Technology Transfer Project
Design For Sustainability"
Maureen
Kelly (AUSTRALIA), "Capacity Building Mugarinya Community, Western
Australia"
Michael
Martin, David Lowe and Laurence Wilson (AUSTRALIA), "Technology
Transfer For Sustainable Technology: CAT's Experience With The Old Doomadgee
Energy Services Project"
Trinh
Quang Dung (VIETNAM), "High Effective Technologies Applying In
Renewable Energy Technologies PV Project In Vietnam"
Bob
Coote and Peter Randerson (AUSTRALIA), "Essential Service Operator
Training In WA"
Matthew
Parnell and Robin Green (AUSTRALIA), "Community And The Student
Vernacular: A Review Of 6 Years Experience Of Building With Community
Groups In Tasmania"
Otti
Bajsa and Karen McKenzie (AUSTRALIA), "Swan Valley Community Permaculture
Project"
Richard
Segu-Cobbold, (GHANA), "Youth Empowerment and Development"
Michelle
Winmar (AUSTRALIA), "Community Action Groups"
Clem
Riley (AUSTRALIA), "Transfer of Aboriginal Lands Titles"
