tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48657921645505503842024-03-06T07:34:31.795+09:00La'o HamutukFrom La'o Hamutuk, the Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis. For more, see http://www.laohamutuk.org.<br>
Husi La'o Hamutuk, Institutu ba Monitor no Analiza Dezenvolvimentu iha Timor-Leste. Bele hetan tan husi http://www.laohamutuk.org.Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.comBlogger425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-36478232657131200372024-03-01T10:11:00.002+09:002024-03-06T07:33:38.411+09:00Rejeita Adezaun ba WTO: Presiza Proteje no Promove Ekonomia Rai Laran<p><i style="font-family: verdana;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mtWEfaWfCclPC9tO5kSkXjI1SYVFLUpV23yhd2M4DrdQUOlPMj7vOHqLxoAEZfJ9AyCth3BxlaIeCM9k5BzmpkGuoI1PyjZJxbgIygQG-PcLmmiWhifHVmmsohyWnhtttAb99AFyAKn7_oNqU_RzgCVniaoFWCcF9kMkppSseSgzkK4ukSKis8OzBuM/s1440/240227LHPressConf.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mtWEfaWfCclPC9tO5kSkXjI1SYVFLUpV23yhd2M4DrdQUOlPMj7vOHqLxoAEZfJ9AyCth3BxlaIeCM9k5BzmpkGuoI1PyjZJxbgIygQG-PcLmmiWhifHVmmsohyWnhtttAb99AFyAKn7_oNqU_RzgCVniaoFWCcF9kMkppSseSgzkK4ukSKis8OzBuM/w320-h213/240227LHPressConf.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></div><i style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">Iha loron 27 Fevereiru 2024, La'o Hamutuk organiza konferénsia imprensa no fó sai esteitmentu tuir mai (mós <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/trade/240227LHKonferensia_Imprensa_WTOte.pdf">PDF</a>, also <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/trade/240227LHKonferensia_Imprensa_WTOen.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/trade/240227LHKonferensia_Imprensa_WTOpt.pdf">Portuguese </a>translations):</i><p></p><p>Loron 26 Fevereiru 2024 reprezentante husi IX Governu, Membru Parlamentu balun no Prezidente Repúblika iha Abu Dhabi, EAU, hodi partisipa simeira Organizasaun Mundial Komérsiu (WTO, sigla Inglés) ba dala-13 no asina protokolu adezaun nian. Ho nune’e La’o Hamutuk hakarak hato’o ami nia pozisaun liu husi konferénsia imprensa ida ne’e ba preokupasaun sira hanesan tuir mai. </p><p>Dezde 1995, estabelesimentu husi WTO hanesan konkordánsia global ida atu regula komérsiu iha nivel internasionál, hafoin krize mina-rai iha dékada 1970 no intensifikasaun kompetisaun entre nasaun Europeia sira, Japaun no Estadus Unidos da América (EUA). WTO sai hanesan organizasaun hodi habelar tan relasaun komérsiu livre iha nasaun hirak ne’ebé hola parte, no servisu hamutuk ho instituisaun finansiál internasionál sira hanesan IMF no Banku Mundiál atu asegura nasaun sira sei tuir akordu ne’e. Objetivu prinsipál mak atu regula no fasilita komérsiu internasionál entre nasaun membru sira liu husi atividade esportasaun no importasaun no define polítika hodi redús no halakon tarefa sira ne’ebé tendénsia impede komérsiu livre. </p><p>Dezde 2016, Governu Timor-Leste iha intensaun atu hola parte iha WTO. Maibé La’o Hamutuk la konkorda ho adezaun tanba WTO sei lori risku boot ba Timor-Leste nia soberania, no ita hatene Timor-Leste sei menus liu kontrolu atu regula rasik nia polítika ekonomia. Membru WTO hotu tenke konkorda ba regulamentu sira liga ba komérsiu no investimentu, no ita nia lei doméstiku sira mós tenke aliña ho regulamentu WTO nian. </p><p>Mezmu WTO dehan promove merkadu livre ne’ebé sei fó benefísiu ba nasaun membru hotu, realidade dominasaun ba iha komérsiu livre sei favoravel de’it ba ema riku sira, nasaun boot no kompañia boot sira ne’ebé durante ne’e regula no domina komérsiu no investimentu mundiál. Ida ne’e sei haterus interese ba ema hotu, negósiu sira no governasaun sira iha parte Sul Global liu-liu negósiu ki’ik sira sei susar liu atu kompete ho kompañia husi nasaun riku sira, no limita abilidade ba nasaun kiak sira atu haforsa sira nia ekonomia rai laran no setór produtivu sira hanesan agrikultura, manufatura no mós turizmu. </p><p>Maske governu Timor-Leste hatete nafatin katak sei fó prioridade no asegura komersiante ki’ik iha rai laran, realidade husi nasaun membru sira seluk hatudu katak wainhira Estadu tuir komérsiu livre no adere ba WTO ninia regulasaun, komunidade, liu-liu ba agrikultór sira, hetan prejuizu boot. Ezemplu ida mai husi nasaun India iha fulan Fevereiru 2024. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/13/india-farmers-march-what-are-their-demands-why-is-govt-blocking-roads" target="_blank">Agrikultór sira halo protestu</a> ba nia estadu tanba Governu India a favór liu ba regulamentu husi WTO hodi la konsidera dezafiu ne’ebé sira enfrenta no la aplika subsídiu ne’ebé relevante ho sira nia realidade. Aleinde India, organizasaun ne’ebé halibur an iha agrikultór sira husi mundu tomak, <a href="https://viacampesina.org/en/free-trade-agreements-are-failed-trade-agreements-an-alternative-is-now-urgent-and-necessary/" target="_blank">La Via Campesina, protesta kontra WTO</a> ninia polítika ne’ebé sei akontese durante loron 4 (26 to 29 Fevereiru) tanba dezde momentu hahú, akordu ne’e halo agrikultór sira hetan moris terus no pobreza sistemátiku.</p><p>Iha razaun barak tanba sá WTO la susesu atu obriga nasaun Estadus Unidus Amerika, Uniaun Europa, inklui nasaun riku sira, atu hapara protesaun ba sira. Tanba realidade hatudu katak maske WTO deklara ‘ultra-demokrátika’, tanba regulamentu sira deside liu-husi konsensu husi nasaun membru sira presiza iha aprovasaun hamutuk, maibé nasaun boot sira nafatin iha kapasidade no influensia boot liu hodi impoin sira nia interesse iha diskusaun WTO nian, tanba iha delegasaun sira ne’ebé ho esperiénsia negosiasaun boot mak tuir iha konferénsia, enkuantu nasaun ki’ik sira sei haruka de’it grupu ki’ik ne’ebé ho esperiénsia no koñesimentu uitoan mak partisipa. </p><p>Benefísiu husi WTO sei maioria ba nasaun esportadór sira ne’ebé ekonomikamente forsa ona no avansadu, no mós ba ema riku husi nasaun sira ne’e, tanba sira iha ona forsa no rekursu barak hodi garantia estabilidade merkadu no komérsiu internasionál. Nasaun ki’ik no kiak sira bele esporta ho kuantidade ba sasán sira ka matéria prima sira ne’ebé bele kompete iha nivel merkadu internasionál. Nune’e, nasaun hirak ne’ebé seidauk bele atu kompete sei la hetan benefísiu husi merkadu nakloke ida ne’e, sira sofre liu fali husi implikasaun sira iha merkadu livre ida ne’e, tanba kompetisaun iha folin baratu no kualidade aas ne’ebé sei destroi produsaun lokál no tendénsia la a favór ba agrikultór ho eskalaun ki’ik sira hodi kompete. </p><p>Liu husi relasaun públiku internasionál ne’ebé Governu Timor-Leste trasa ona hodi fiar an katak ida ne’e sei reforsa ba ekonomia reziliente, kompetitivu no sustentável. Ami hanoin katak presiza realistíku uitoan bainhira foti desizaun boot ne’ebé bele sakrifika nasaun no povu ida ne’e. Realidade maioria husi kreximentu GDP la’ós-mina dezde independénsia aas tanba gastu Estadu nian ne’ebé boot iha konstrusaun no administrasaun públiku sira. Setór seluk, hanesan telekomunikasaun, retallu, ospitalidade, propriedade no transporte sira tun sa’e de’it, maibé setór produtivu sira, liu-liu agrikultura ne’ebé kontinua la hatudu mudansa signifikante dezde 2002. Hanesan rezultadu mak menus produtividade doméstika nian, Timor-Leste kontinua dependénsia maka’as ba importasaun ai-han no sasán sira ho kuaze tokon $900, kompara ho ita nia esportasaun sasán naun-petróleu tokon $30 de’it kada tinan. Kondisaun ida ne’e, hatudu defisiénsia boot tebes atu Timor-Leste bele sai nasaun kompetitivu iha nivel merkadu livre. </p><p>Tanba ne’e, duke adezaun ba WTO ho esperansa atu esporta produtu ne’ebé realidade sei mínimu tebes, Timor-Leste presiza dezenvolve mak oinsá atu hakbiit kapasidade produtivu sira liu husi redús dependénsia sira ba importasaun no hanoin ona oinsá investe ba produsaun lokál ne’ebé responde ba nesesidade povu nian. Liu-liu iha agrikultura ne’ebé esensiál tebes ba moris loron-loron ba komunidade sira iha area rural, aleinde resolve seguransa ai-han, rendimentu uma-kain no hadi’ak mós nutrisaun uma-kain ida-idak. Seluk mak bele aproveita investimentu estratéjiku sira, hanesan uza teknolojia importadu sira ne’ebé amigu ambiente no estadu rasik fó asisténsia insentiva oinsá dezenvolve indústria ki’ik sira, proteje no haforsa indústria ki’ik sira. Ho nune’e, neineik ita bele hakbiit ona abilidade iha ita nia joven sira, fornese oportunidade servisu, redús dependénsia sira no asegura duni povu Timor-Leste ba futuru ida ne’ebé sustentável liu. </p><p>Ami rekomenda ba IX Governu no Parlamentu Nasional atu: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fó prioridade no apoia rekursu finanseiru hodi reforsa setór edukasaun, atu prodús rekursu umanu ne’ebé di’ak no preparadu atu tama iha kampu de servisu, iha rai laran; </li><li>Fó prioridade no rekursu finanseiru hodi reforsa sistema saúde iha rai laran no hadi’ak problema malnutrisaun (stunting) ne’ebé sei as iha rai laran; </li><li>Fó prioridade ba hadi’ak rekursu bee mós, saneamentu ho infrastrutura báziku ne’ebé di’ak no sustentável ba povu; </li><li>Fó prioridade ba hadi’ak merkadu sira iha Dili no Munisipiu hotu ho standar ne’ebé di’ak no ajuda vendedór ki’ik sira atu iha fatin seguru no dignu hodi hala’o ekonomia loron-loron;</li><li>Kontinua investe ba setór produtivu sira, atu iha produsaun ai-han di’ak no sustentável ba konsumu no mós ba merkadu; </li><li>Realiza diskusaun kle’an no nakloke ho entidade hotu, Sosiedade Sivil no públiku antes foti asaun ida ne’ebé ikus liu sei hatodan mós ba povu ki’ik sira, atu la sakrifika ba futuru nasaun Timor-Leste.</li></ul>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-34430934697896758602023-12-08T11:49:00.002+09:002023-12-13T02:35:01.361+09:00Government should be realistic and invest in sustainable sectors, not continue to fantasize<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href=" https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/12/governu-tenke-realistiku-ba-investe-iha.html" target="_blank"><i> Liga ba blog ida ne’e iha lian Tetum </i></a></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6uk6xT5KnLmaGNMGbQxygk0UsL71WGyNDK36aokl2pnExGl3sbCvmlFKVw6iCaN7TmK1COmyVuhaLmFMNDisvl8e6iMjLtaGhO6T45MEnOpy8tIEB_GwF75thyphenhyphenCvaiQOoaKNYPUK-9QVIv7cXI0GuBQllK00JOP-7lMCdV3tIo5Pe-Xi0uqv0AGr-FQ/s747/2312RevPiePropOJE24en.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="747" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6uk6xT5KnLmaGNMGbQxygk0UsL71WGyNDK36aokl2pnExGl3sbCvmlFKVw6iCaN7TmK1COmyVuhaLmFMNDisvl8e6iMjLtaGhO6T45MEnOpy8tIEB_GwF75thyphenhyphenCvaiQOoaKNYPUK-9QVIv7cXI0GuBQllK00JOP-7lMCdV3tIo5Pe-Xi0uqv0AGr-FQ/w320-h266/2312RevPiePropOJE24en.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>The Government proposed its <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/Proposed/PropostaLeiOJE2024en.pdf">2024 State Budget Law</a> to the National Parliament on 23 November. The overall objective of the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/23OGE24.htm" target="_blank">budget proposal </a>is to describe the Government’s priority to empower the country’s future by investing in the most productive sectors, but none of them are in the proposed appropriations, so how is the Government seriously investing in sustainable sectors?</p><p>The proposed 2024 fiscal envelope is larger than the highest <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/Finansiamentu.png">scenario </a>the Government presented at the Budget Day meeting in September. Financing for the 2024 State Budget continues to be highly dependent on the<a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetFund/05PFIndex.htm" target="_blank"> Petroleum Fund (PF)</a>, which covers about 84% of expenditures (including most of the money carried over from balances, which were transferred from the PF in previous years).</p><p>Government officials often speak of the need to seek sustainable and diverse alternative investments. However, notwithstanding the stated intention of the 2024 State Budget, they allocate still more money to the Tasi Mane Project and Greater Sunrise, whose total costs have never been made clear. We still do not know how much these projects will benefit our people and our nation, or what their environmental, land and human rights costs and risks will be.</p><p>Up to now, our economy depends on state expenditure, mainly from the PF, and we will struggle when Timor-Leste no longer has the Petroleum Fund. Its upcoming emptiness will severely impact the whole economy, including public- and private-sector employment as well as GDP, and we are very worried.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Tasi Mane wins, essential sectors lose</h4><p>Timor-Leste has already spent $650 million (plus $130 million in interest to date) from the PF to <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Sunrise/18SunriseBuyout.htm" target="_blank">purchase participation in the Greater Sunrise joint venture</a>, and has spent $1.3 billion more on components of the Tasi Mane Project, which the Government says is needed to develop Greater Sunrise. According to the proposed budget, the Government will spend $13 million on the Tasi Mane Project and another $13 million on Greater Sunrise in 2024.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_Xcyi9AYzal2D29z5tdqn9P2uepUxQisKRt7vxx6ojaDAWsSzOWbiLPulc0eIzWvbs1RhLeCAaw0Hcnxe9U8icTcd1ey_YRZNugrgjPxbXVvN0iNrinYuSCi6P6xKediQK2bet_ryVcZa8AJcLtKMb6AevQDIXfpvcsSUDf4HTb-j0cY3rvAVJLBs-k/s799/231211OJE2024sectorPrelimEn.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="799" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_Xcyi9AYzal2D29z5tdqn9P2uepUxQisKRt7vxx6ojaDAWsSzOWbiLPulc0eIzWvbs1RhLeCAaw0Hcnxe9U8icTcd1ey_YRZNugrgjPxbXVvN0iNrinYuSCi6P6xKediQK2bet_ryVcZa8AJcLtKMb6AevQDIXfpvcsSUDf4HTb-j0cY3rvAVJLBs-k/w320-h259/231211OJE2024sectorPrelimEn.png" width="320" /></a></div>In view of the allocations in the proposed 2024 State Budget, the Government still does not prioritize essential areas, and we are concerned that the Government’s promises to improve peoples’ living conditions, which remain a major concern, will not be kept. Allocations to the critically important functions of health, education, clean water and sanitation comprise only about 17% of the total budget.<p></p>The Government has created a Unit to Combat Stunting, which will get $300,000 to provide food for pregnant mothers and small children. We think that a stronger way to combat malnutrition would be through strategic and long-term programs to promote and uplift local food, reducing domestic consumption dominated by imported food.<p>Human resources are important pillars for the country’s development, ensuring the sustainability of the state and helping people escape from poverty and hardship. Although the Government says it prioritizes human capital investment, there is little allocation to sectors which would improve human quality. How can the state respond to this situation when the state itself does not prioritize and value its people?</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Agriculture or ASEAN?</h4><p>The proposed 2024 State Budget still has no concrete policy to identify pathways for diversification to create a resilient and sustainable economy. As in past years, the agricultural sector continues to be neglected, receiving only 2.2% of the total 2024 budget. It is important to prioritize productive sectors such as agriculture and fisheries because, according to the <a href="https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Timor_Leste_Acute_Food_Insecurity_Nov2022_Sept2023_Report.pdf">Integrated Food Security Phase Classification 2023</a>, Timor-Leste is “one of the most vulnerable countries in the world in terms of its susceptibility to climatic shocks, such as La Niña, El Niño, and tropical cyclones.”</p><p>According to the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/DVD/2020/TLACMainReportNov2020en.pdf">2019 Timor-Leste Agriculture Census</a>, we have the potential to grow many types of food, but production is not yet able to meet domestic demand, and potential products are not being developed properly. Therefore, the policy of economic diversification should be realistic, not only an election campaign slogan.</p><p>Many people expect that joining ASEAN will benefit Timor-Leste, but we have not yet prepared our economy and important sectors such as agriculture.<a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/10/timor-leste-preparadu-integra-ba-asean.html" target="_blank">ASEAN will endanger Timor-Leste</a>, as other countries can dominate our economy and we will continue to rely on products from abroad. It may also threaten our sovereignty and replace Timorese workers with people from ASEAN member countries. Although the Government considers the $4.3 million allocated for ASEAN in this budget to be a small amount, we think that ASEAN is not urgent, and that food sovereignty is more important.</p><p>Politically, the Government is very interested in joining ASEAN and hopes that integrating our economy and trade into regional and international markets will provide opportunities for foreign investment and improve our economy through job creation. On the other hand, there is still no in-depth explanation of what disadvantages Timor-Leste will face when it integrates into ASEAN, such as complying with the ASEAN free trade agreements and the responsibilities of membership.</p><p>It would be better if the budget helped farmers improve production, strengthened small processing industries and supported young people to produce livestock, fish and other products, which will be more valuable than the uncertain benefits of ASEAN.</p><p>These and other ideas are explained more fully in La’o Hamutuk’s 6 December <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/231207LH_Submisaun_ba_Komisaun_C_PN_OJE_2024te.pdf">submission (Tetum)</a> to the National Parliament. You can find <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/23OGE24.htm" target="_blank">more information on the 2024 State Budget here</a>.</p><p></p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-4578059393184272862023-12-07T06:38:00.002+09:002023-12-08T11:57:26.406+09:00 Governu Tenke Realistíku ba Investe iha Setór Sustentável, La’ós Kontinua Mehi Fantazia<p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: small;"><a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/12/government-should-be-realistic-and.html" target="_blank">Link to this blog in English</a></span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: x-small;"> </span></i></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzgbIG4xwEpI0J4Er_oiuqqTrljHEss8k8Ru_Q0WxEfigaAuVAeNCJ2zYd9UnBIlGPGErOs2ad2rHKsQkqhCVDj83Z0U6BHC4J9EBPuf_m-ne4wz0rSdTkXpXu934lNoSNBhd4RPxAtWUI6VIb2bTLFnH-RwVS8GUPJ6dTgINoVigg8fdikBOS9JJsBY/s694/2312RevPiePropOJE24te.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzgbIG4xwEpI0J4Er_oiuqqTrljHEss8k8Ru_Q0WxEfigaAuVAeNCJ2zYd9UnBIlGPGErOs2ad2rHKsQkqhCVDj83Z0U6BHC4J9EBPuf_m-ne4wz0rSdTkXpXu934lNoSNBhd4RPxAtWUI6VIb2bTLFnH-RwVS8GUPJ6dTgINoVigg8fdikBOS9JJsBY/s694/2312RevPiePropOJE24te.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="694" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzgbIG4xwEpI0J4Er_oiuqqTrljHEss8k8Ru_Q0WxEfigaAuVAeNCJ2zYd9UnBIlGPGErOs2ad2rHKsQkqhCVDj83Z0U6BHC4J9EBPuf_m-ne4wz0rSdTkXpXu934lNoSNBhd4RPxAtWUI6VIb2bTLFnH-RwVS8GUPJ6dTgINoVigg8fdikBOS9JJsBY/w320-h292/2312RevPiePropOJE24te.png" width="320" /></a>Foin lalais ne’e iha 23 Novembru 2023, Governu hato’o sira nia <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/Proposed/01_PPLpt.pdf">proposta Lei OJE 2024</a> ba uma fukun Parlamentu Nasionál. Objetivu jerál husi <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/23OGE24.htm" target="_blank">proposta OJE 2024</a> nian deskreve ho di’ak tebes kona ba Governu nia prioridade atu hakbiit futuru nasaun nian liu husi investe iha setór ne’ebé produtivu liu, maibé hirak ne’e hotu la hatudu iha apropriasaun proposta OJE, oinsá Governu bele duni investe sériu iha setór sustentável sira. </p><p></p><p>Proposta tetu fiskál ba tinan 2024 aas liu ho <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/Finansiamentu.png" target="_blank">senáriu dahaat</a> ne’ebé Governu aprezenta ona iha sorumutu Jornada Orsamentál. Detallu husi finansiamentu totál ba OJE 2024 kontinua depende maka’as ba <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetFund/05PFIndex.htm" target="_blank">Fundu Petrolíferu </a>(FP) ho kuaze 84% inklui carryover ne’ebé maioria transfere ona husi FP iha pasadu. </p><p>Governu no inklui entidade sira dala barak hato’o diskursu kona ba urjénsia atu buka investimentu alternativu ne’ebé sustentável no diversifikadu. Maibé haree intensaun husi proposta OJE 2024 kontinua la sai atensaun prioridade, sira nafatin aloka osan boot liu ba Projetu Tasi Mane no Greater Sunrise ne’ebé too ohin loron seidauk klaru ba previzaun orsamentál ba kustu totál husi projetu rua ne’e, benefísiu reál ba povu no nasaun inklui risku husi aspetu ambientál, rai no direitus umanus.</p><p>Realidade durante ne’e dependénsia ekonomia ba despeza estadu nian maioria husi FP, no sei susar liu bainhira Timor-Leste laiha ona Fundu Petrolíferu, sei fó impaktu maka’as ba ekonomia tomak inklui pagamentu ba empregu públiku sira, iha setór privadu no mós PIB hatudu ba ita oinsá preokupasaun ne’ebé kuaze daudaun ne’e ita hasoru. </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Tasi Mane manan, setór esensiál sira lakon<br /></h4><p>Timor-Leste foti ona osan tokon $650 (no mós tokon $130 iha funan até agora) husi FP hodi <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Sunrise/18SunriseBuyout.htm" target="_blank">sosa partisipasaun iha konsorsiu Greater Sunrise</a>, no gasta tiha ona biliaun $1,3 resin tan ba komponente balun iha Projetu Tasi Mane, ne’ebé Governu define nudár kondisaun ba dezenvolvimentu kampu Greater Sunrise. Haktuir ba proposta ne’e, Governu propoin atu gasta tokon $13 ba Projetu Tasi Mane no tokon $13 tan ba Greater Sunrise, no setór produtivu sira kuaze la hetan oportunidade iha polítika finansiál ba OJE tinan 2024. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFnUNmvSPZBvy1SJLRvrCDKC6xs7olMPT4vd-pJAFb3U-szoxFadNikg2OFQa1YvvblbqOPlVLQzqwtpbAyl_fWMflRvQk54A4rDULHAvCXlpnnUwZCHvdU4qOlMeCGBTCyMUxX_6ZJHMj5JChGcmwRwdMdaYWDlPGjQGIkbu2VhmNjrvP9u64FaRMus/s779/2312OJE2024sectorPrelimTe.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="779" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFnUNmvSPZBvy1SJLRvrCDKC6xs7olMPT4vd-pJAFb3U-szoxFadNikg2OFQa1YvvblbqOPlVLQzqwtpbAyl_fWMflRvQk54A4rDULHAvCXlpnnUwZCHvdU4qOlMeCGBTCyMUxX_6ZJHMj5JChGcmwRwdMdaYWDlPGjQGIkbu2VhmNjrvP9u64FaRMus/w320-h265/2312OJE2024sectorPrelimTe.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Haree ba alokasaun sira iha proposta OJE 2024, Governu nafatin la fó prioridade másimu ba setór esensiál sira, no ami preokupa ho promesa Governu nian atu hadi’ak kondisaun moris povu nian ne’ebé nafatin sai preokupasaun boot. Alokasaun ba setór esensiál sira hanesan saúde, edukasaun, bee moos no saneamentu kuaze 17% de’it husi total OJE 2024.</p><p>Inisiativa husi Governu atu kria Unidade Kombate Stunting hodi prevee rihun $300, atu fó merenda ba inan isin rua no labarik ki'ik sira. Ami hanoin katak, maneira kombate nutrisaun presiza reforsa liu tan liu husi programa ne’ebé estratéjiku no longu prazu liu atu promove elevasaun ai-han lokál hodi minimiza ba konsumu doméstika ne’ebé domina ho ai-han importadu.</p><p>Rekursu umanu nudár pilár importante ba dezenvolvimentu nasaun nian, hodi garante sustentabilidade estadu no hasai povu husi kiak no mukit. Ita haree iha polítika Governu fó prioridade ba investimentu kapitál umanu, maibé iha alokasaun setór importante hodi hadi’ak kualidade umanu nafatin la hetan atensaun sériu. Oinsá estadu bele responde situasaun ne’e bainhira estadu rasik la prioritiza no valoriza nia povu?</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Agrikultura ka ASEAN? <br /></h4><p>Proposta OJE tinan 2024 kontinua la hatudu polítika konkretu oinsá buka dalan alternativu hodi diversifika iha ekonomia ida ne’ebé reziliente no sustentável. Setór agrikultura iha kada tinan kontinua laiha mudansa iha nia alokasaun ho de’it 2,2% husi total OJE 2024. Importante atu fó prioridade ba setór produtivu hanesan agrikultura no peska, tanba bazeia ba <i><a href="https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Timor_Leste_Acute_Food_Insecurity_Nov2022_Sept2023_Report.pdf" target="_blank">Integrated Food Security Phase Classification 2023</a></i>, Timor-Leste nasaun ida ne’ebé vulneravel no falta kapasidade bainhira hasoru La Niña, El Niño, no udan-anin tropikál.</p><p>Tuir <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/DVD/2020/TLACMainReportNov2020en.pdf" target="_blank">Sensus Agríkola 2019</a>, ita iha poténsia ba variedade ai-han oin-oin maibé rezultadu produsaun seidauk bele responde demanda doméstika, inklui produtu potensiál sira seluk la dezenvolve ho adekuadu. Nune’e polítika diversifikasaun ekonomia tenke realistíku la’ós kontinua sai slogan ba periodu eleitorál de’it. </p><p>Maske iha espektasaun oin-oin katak hola parte iha ASEAN sei lori benefísiu ba Timor-Leste, maibé bainhira ita seidauk prepara ita nia ekonomia no setór importante sira hanesan agrikultura, <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/10/timor-leste-preparadu-integra-ba-asean.html" target="_blank">ASEAN sei lori risku ba Timor-Leste</a>, tanba nasaun seluk bele domina ita nia ekonomia no kontinua dependénsia ba produtu sira husi rai seluk no bele mós sai ameasa ba ita nia soberania no iha tendénsia boot atu traballadór Timoroan lakon partisipasaun iha empregu ho traballadór sira husi membru ASEAN. Maske Governu konsidera OJE adere ba ASEAN tokon $4,3 montante ki’ik, ami hanoin katak ASEAN la’ós urjente, soberania ai-han mak importante.</p><p>Politikamente, Governu iha interese boot hakarak adere ba ASEAN ho esperansa kona-ba benefísiu oi-oin husi ASEAN katak integrasaun ekonomia no komérsiu ba merkadu rejionál no internasionál, fó oportunidade ba investimentu husi rai li’ur no sai poténsia foun ba hadi’ak ekonomia ba kria servisu (empregu). Iha tempu hanesan, seidauk iha esplikasaun kle’an kona-ba saida mak dezvantajen ne’ebé Timor-Leste sei enfrenta bainhira integra ona ba ASEAN, hanesan tenke halo tuir akordu komérsiu livre ASEAN nian no tenke kumpre devér nudár membru.</p><p>Di’ak liu orsamentu ne’e ajuda ba toos na’in sira hadi’ak produsaun, haforsa indústria ki’ik prosesamentu, apoiu ba joven sira prodús no hakiak animál, ikan no atividade produtivu sira seluk sei iha valor boot liu kompara ho ASEAN ne’ebé mak inserteza.</p><p>Iha mós preokupasaun seluk ho versaun kompletu liu ne’ebé ami hato’o ona ba Parlamentu Nasionál liu husi <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/231207LH_Submisaun_ba_Komisaun_C_PN_OJE_2024te.pdf" target="_blank">submisaun</a> iha loron 6 Dezembru 2023. Bele hetan <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE24/23OGE24.htm" target="_blank">informasaun tan kona-ba Orsamentu Jeral Estadu ba 2024 iha ne'e</a>.</p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-13605405127205984752023-10-03T17:11:00.002+09:002023-10-03T17:12:51.646+09:00 Timor-Leste Preparadu Integra ba ASEAN?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RzxKTdqU2kWmChMnj9hpUauKNsPKIlU7k7mMuZjP3E9uNQnHW8kGo4PrBYR9jA8OTP0wxbPQPd7x7LkCbSb5Ipve0Lev2E5BRB2I3vSB8H9kDwvOmvWZqnTRjZn2g7HA-YeKKPt8utbMikt1yzHy1nvBK63RkomGNtPzdgBbR4e-71tVUpNkkI2MF-o/s1197/ASEANmap.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1197" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RzxKTdqU2kWmChMnj9hpUauKNsPKIlU7k7mMuZjP3E9uNQnHW8kGo4PrBYR9jA8OTP0wxbPQPd7x7LkCbSb5Ipve0Lev2E5BRB2I3vSB8H9kDwvOmvWZqnTRjZn2g7HA-YeKKPt8utbMikt1yzHy1nvBK63RkomGNtPzdgBbR4e-71tVUpNkkI2MF-o/s320/ASEANmap.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Bainhira Timor-Leste adere ba ASEAN sei redús soberania atu proteje povu Timor-Leste husi dominasaun ekonómiku komunidade ASEAN. La’o Hamutuk sujere atu kuidadu no konsidera aspetu importante sira antes deside adezaun ba prosesu kompleksu ida ne’e. <br /></p><p>ASEAN (<i>Association of South East Asian Nations</i>) nu’udar asosiasaun rejionál ba nasaun sira iha Sudeste Aziátiku, ne’ebé funda iha 1967, nasaun fundadór sira mak hanesan Indonézia, Malázia, Filipina, Singapura no Tailándia, no nasaun sira ne’ebé integra tiha ona hanesan membru permanente maka Kamboja, Vietnam, Laos, Mianmar, no Brunei Darussalam, agora daudaun membru ASEAN hamutuk nasaun sanulu. Timor-Leste aplika atu sai membru ASEAN hahú iha 4 de Marsu 2011, maibé seidauk admitidu nudár membru tanba, seidauk prienxe rekezitu hotu. Bazeia ba rezultadu peskiza husi <a href="https://asean.org/asean-economic-community-fact-finding-mission-to-timor-leste-shows-progress-towards-asean-accession/" target="_blank">misaun <i>fact-finding</i></a>, hatudu mós katak Timor-Leste presiza kompleta polítika no lei sira tuir pilár tolu ASEAN nian hanesan sosiu-kulturàl, polítika seguransa no ekonomia. Iha simeira ba dala 40 no 41 iha sidade Phnom Penh Kamboja tinan 2022, membru ASEAN sei diskute Timor-Leste nia aplikasaun, maibé deside adia tan prosesu ne’e ba oin. Timor-Leste simu estatutu hanesan nasaun observadór tanba sei presiza kompleta rekezitu no lejizlasaun sira. <br /></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Tanba sá Timor-Leste hakarak sai membru ASEAN?</h4><p>Promove dezenvolvimentu ekonomia, komérsiu no agrikultura sai nudár objetivu prinsipál balu husi <a href="https://asean.org/about-asean" target="_blank">ASEAN</a>. Governu hato’o katak ho adezaun ba ASEAN sei reforsa integrasaun regional no fó impaktu polítika, ekonomia no sosiál ne’ebé di’ak liu ba Timor-Leste. Governu hato’o katak sira halo tiha ona preparasaun balun hanesan sensibilizasaun ba instituisaun sira iha nivel nasionál, ba sosiedade sivíl inklui komunidade kona-ba adezaun ba ASEAN. Aleinde ne’e, Governu mós reforsa tan kompeténsia liu husi formasaun no diálogu, partisipasaun iha Forum Regional no global inklui kontinua komplementa embaixada Timor-Leste iha nasaun membru ASEAN sira. Hodi reforsa liu tan, Timor-Leste mós konkorda no introdús modelu dezenvolvimentu ekonomia ne’ebé ASEAN hili, <i>(“ASEAN Blueprints”)</i>. Modelu ne’e, nudár prosesu hodi integra dezenvolvimentu polítika ekonomia nasionál atu garante katak, polítika no kuadru regulamentu foun sira integra ho modelu sira ASEAN hatuur ona.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Saida mak vantajen no Timor-Leste tenke kuidadu?</h4><p>Durante ne’e deklarasaun ba públiku ne’ebé hala’o husi membru Governu no Prezidente da Repúblika hatudu katak, sira hotu iha esperansa kona-ba benefísiu oi-oin husi ASEAN. Iha tempu hanesan, laiha esplikasaun kle’an husi parte hirak ne’e kona-ba saida mak dezvantajen ne’ebé Timor-Leste sei enfrenta bainhira integra ona ba ASEAN. Bazeia ba deklarasaun iha leten, mosu pro kontra no esperansa husi sosiedade civil, komunidade, setór privadu, akadémiku inklui entidade sira katak, tama ASEAN sei fó vantajen ka sei sakrifiika podér no soberania estadu atu protégé povu iha komplesidade ASEAN nian.</p><p>Husi pilár sosiu-kulturál, vantajen ne’ebé nasaun membru ASEAN sira bele hetan ezemplu haforsa no promove identidade kulturál nasaun membru ida-ida nian, iha parte seluk hametin mós relasaun entre povu ba povu husi nasaun sira ne’ebé iha rejiaun ne’e. Iha parte seguransa, Timor-Leste bele hetan oportunidade atu servisu hamutuk liu husi dalan kooperasaun atu hametin liu tan seguransa hodi hatán ba krime-transnasionál sira iha rejiaun ASEAN, no país membru ASEAN bele haforsa relasaun diplomátika metin liu-tan.</p><p>Parte ekonomia, integrasaun ekonomia no komérsiu Timor-Leste nian ba merkadu rejionál no internasionál fó oportunidade ba investimentu husi rai li’ur ne’ebé bainhira regula didi’ak bele sai poténsia foun ba hadi’ak ekonomia ba kria servisu (empregu). Mezmu nune’e, bainhira Timor-Leste integra ba ASEAN, Timor-Leste tenke halo tuir akordu komérsiu livre ASEAN nian ne’ebé iha ona inklui tenke kumpre devér nudár membru no prontu assume sansaun ruma bainhira ita viola. Timor-Leste, tanba kategoria nudár País Menus Dezenvolvimentu <i>(Least Developed Country - LDC)</i>, karik iha esepsaun balun bainhira foin sai membru, maibé esepsaun hirak ne’e ba tinan balun de’it, depois ita tenke obedese no halo tuir regulamentu hotu ASEAN nian hanesan ho membru sira seluk. Sistema komérsiu livre sei fó benefísiu boot liu ba kompañia no nasaun boot sira tanba sira iha rekursu boot liu. Akordu komérsiu livre, sei sakrifiika estadu nia podér hodi dezenvolve polítika ne’ebé fó benefisia ba nia sidadaun sira.</p><p>Simeira ASEAN dala 42 iha Indonézia, fulan Maiu 2023, ASEAN entrega tan akordu tolu ba Timor-Leste tenke diskute no aprova. Akordu komérsiu tolu ne’e fundamental ba Timor-Leste nia adezaun nudár membru permanente. Tanba ne’e, tenke hatene didi’ak kona ba ámbitu, estrutura no implikasaun husi akordu hirak ne’e:<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Akordu Komérsiu ba Sasán (<i><a href="https://asean.org/asean2020/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASEAN-Trade-in-Goods-Agreement.pdf" target="_blank">ASEAN Trade In Goods Agreement</a> - ATIGA</i>)</li><li>Akordu Komérsiu ba Atendimentu no Servisu<i> (<a href="https://cil.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-ATISA.pdf" target="_blank">ASEAN Trade In Services Agreement</a> - ATISA)</i></li><li>Akordu Investimentu Komprensivu <i>(<a href="https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2013/economic/aia/ACIA_Final_Text_26%20Feb%202009.pdf" target="_blank">ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement</a> - ACIA)</i></li></ul><p>Timor-Leste tenke halo ajustamentu nia-nia polítika no lei balun, hodi alínea ho ASEAN nian akordu tolu ne’e. Prosesu hotu, sei implika ba polítika no lei sira, hanesan lei investimentu, lei tributària (taxa) no lei sira seluk ne’ebé iha ligasaun ba komérsiu no investimentu. Ajustamentu tuir akordu hirak ne’e, nudár kritéria xave ba Timor-Leste tenke kumpre nudár membru ASEAN. Timor-Leste laiha opsaun atu rejeita ka la halo tuir parte sira husi akordu hirak ne’e.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Oinsá Timor-Leste bele maximiza benefísiu husi ASEAN no minimiza impaktu?</h4><p>Ekonomia Timor-Leste iha kontextu ohin loron, sei depende maka’as ba rendimentu husi fundu petroleum, ne’ebé la renovavel. Fundu petroleum de’it la reprezenta ekonomia tomak povu no nasaun nian. Ekonomia naun petrolíferu seidauk dezenvolve ho loloos nudár fonte alternativu ba estadu. Atu minimiza impaktu husi ASEAN, Timor-Leste bele kompete iha merkadu formal no komérsiu livre, Governu tenke prioritiza polítika diversifikasaun ekonomia, haforsa koordenasaun servisu interministeriál no entidade relevante hotu inklui setór privadu no kooperativa sira. Setór ekonomia produtivu tenke dezenvolve nudár prioridade, inklui setór turizmu, indústria prosesamentu, manufatura, no setór relevante sira seluk.</p><p>Timor-Leste nia dadus komérsiu external iha tinan 2022, ita importa sasán ho valor osan tokon $786, no esporta de'it tokon $29, la inklui mina no gas. Husi importasaun t$786, hamutuk t$429 mai husi membru ASEAN sira, no t$181 mai husi nasaun sira ne’ebé iha akordu komérsiu livre ho ASEAN (hanesan Austrália, Xina, Japaun, Índia). Refere ba dadus komérsiu externa hatudu katak, Timor-Leste importa barak husi ASEAN, maibé la hetan benefísiu husi ASEAN. Situasaun ne’e hatudu katak, ita seidauk sai membru ASEAN ho akordu komérsiu sira, maibé ASEAN no aliadu sira domina ona ita nian ekonomia. Ukun na’in sira hatene hela ita nian ekonomia hasoru hela ameasa no ba futuru bele mós ameasa ita nia soberania nasaun. Timor-Leste tenke hanoin ho sériu oinsá bele haforsa uluk ekonomia lokál no povu nia moris nudár prioridade liu, hafoin deside adere ba ASEAN ho <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/ASEAN/10ASEANTe.htm" target="_blank">akordu sira komérsiu livre nian</a>.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3dSJz_VnKTGBT6qxWILUbvImI49LEsKnwHuhHtH4ykCnGQYpb2ZHloFBteIxiGbIcfJbW6XXnrRQXlPWPUOG9XYpnQ298Iau3uGHy9vZM9n__b7syVHSOVb9do9oF6HzJzRBGNTmaaAEiCX9yQCLNt-LAHyN8HanMG3kOW6JQNOBY120jMe2FbMDQ3E/s1024/SeloiKraik.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3dSJz_VnKTGBT6qxWILUbvImI49LEsKnwHuhHtH4ykCnGQYpb2ZHloFBteIxiGbIcfJbW6XXnrRQXlPWPUOG9XYpnQ298Iau3uGHy9vZM9n__b7syVHSOVb9do9oF6HzJzRBGNTmaaAEiCX9yQCLNt-LAHyN8HanMG3kOW6JQNOBY120jMe2FbMDQ3E/s320/SeloiKraik.png" width="240" /></a></div>La’o Hamutuk nian hanoin</h4><p>Atu minimiza impaktu husi ASEAN ba Timor-Leste, tenke buka hatene didi’ak kona-ba saida de’it mak ASEAN sei rekere ba Timor-Leste bainhira sai ona membru permanente. Bainhira ita hatene no komprende didi’ak kona-ba saida de’it mak ASEAN sei rekere ba membru sira, entaun Timor-Leste tenke halo preparasaun didi’ak bazeia ba nesesidade rai laran atu integra no kompete. Tanba ne’e, obriga ita, tenke sériu iha aspetu hotu, liu-liu ba setór ekonomia no komérsiu. Timor-Leste sei enfrenta dezafiu boot liu kuandu ita la halo preparasaun forte.</p><p>Dezde inísiu, La’o Hamutuk observa katak, Timor-Leste nian preparasaun sei foka liu de’it ba oinsá prienxe kritéria atu tama ba ASEAN hanesan partisipa iha enkontru, tuir eventu sira, sosializasaun, sensibilizasaun nsst, maibé, seidauk prepara didi’ak Timor-Leste nian kondisaun ekonomia no setór produtivu sira atu kompete en termus dé merkadu no komérsiu hodi maximiza benefísiu sira bainhira tama membru ba organizasaun regional ne’e.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Konkluzaun</h4><p>Timor-Leste aplika atu sai membru ASEAN dezde Marsu 2011, maibé seidauk admitidu nudár membru tanba seidauk prienxe rekezitu hotu ASEAN nian. Governu hanoin katak ho adezaun ne’e sei reforsa integrasaun rejionál no iha impaktu polítiku, ekonómiku no sosiál ba Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste presiza prepara an másimu liu tan tuir pilár importante tolu ASEAN nian, liu-liu iha pilár ekonomia no akordu sira komérsiu livre nian. Ekonomia Timor-Leste ne’ebé depende maka’as ba Fundu Petrolíferu ne’e la sustentável, tenke servisu maka’as hodi utiliza Fundu Petrolíferu atu diversifika ekonomia rai laran, liu-liu dezenvolve setór produtivu nudár alternativa ba futuru hodi substitui dependénsia ba mina no gas.</p><p>Bainhira ita hatene no komprende didi’ak kona-ba saida de’it mak ASEAN sei rekere ba nia membru sira, entaun Timor-Leste tenke halo preparasaun didi’ak bazeia ba nesesidade rai laran atu adere no kompete. Tanba ne’e, obriga ita, tenke sériu iha aspetu hotu, liu-liu ba setór agrikultura, ekonomia no komérsiu.</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bele hetan informasaun tan husi La'o Hamutuk nia <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/media/2010/RadIgASEAN15Aug10.mp3" target="_blank">programa Radio Igualdade</a>. </span></span><br /></p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-64952885843626443402023-09-04T02:02:00.000+09:002023-09-04T02:02:16.967+09:00Congratulations to the State of Timor-Leste for defending the people of Burma<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7p8tlraAu_m0XVi1lii9wGwIQDxzm-1xhPCZR6H9DTSwepm2St0bwYa0O292_xG2AXDkDRlYlxPKyQ_2dr4FD7-nvEsrl45Ve4n9WHLv4XJqcEhrWfaju66GFgxdjaVE53gd_21c8V5q91mz-3vZHHNKtOnT2L8tCrNI4Xcl8yY9Xjy0CCajLpl5vT8/s843/RepNumbers.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="843" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7p8tlraAu_m0XVi1lii9wGwIQDxzm-1xhPCZR6H9DTSwepm2St0bwYa0O292_xG2AXDkDRlYlxPKyQ_2dr4FD7-nvEsrl45Ve4n9WHLv4XJqcEhrWfaju66GFgxdjaVE53gd_21c8V5q91mz-3vZHHNKtOnT2L8tCrNI4Xcl8yY9Xjy0CCajLpl5vT8/s320/RepNumbers.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Liga ba <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/09/kongratula-estadu-timor-leste-nia.html" target="_blank">blog ida ne’e iha lingua Tetum</a></i></span><br /></div><div><p>On 31 August 2023, La’o Hamutuk sent a <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/2023/230831LHKartaMianmarEn.pdf" target="_blank">letter of appreciation</a> to His Excellency Prime Minister Kayrala Xanana Gusmão for the firm position the State of Timor-Leste has taken to defend and value human rights and democratic principles for the people of Burma (Myanmar) who have been oppressed by the military junta for years.</p><p>This solidarity action makes Timor-Leste proud, as we continue to show the world our consistency, how a small nation can hold its principles high, with human values which have not yet resolved the long suffering of Myanmar’s people.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zGpjHaIYaj5LHc2Oqv9gQSTMkzPR8Mvw4v30LDBVpvGnpuSea4VMvPhZ0dHaPzjwJUNuHnINbYNgcFNdHAoAOEHuqNtPw382HFYSN6hsKEVbuHhc_WHIjFXJzM4MIW-Aiv7jCew0Mom560PjQdGrI91PCKImXs2WPoL4_zCzR8Dp7ft_xwehfExWeTI/s702/230828Myanmar%20NUG.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zGpjHaIYaj5LHc2Oqv9gQSTMkzPR8Mvw4v30LDBVpvGnpuSea4VMvPhZ0dHaPzjwJUNuHnINbYNgcFNdHAoAOEHuqNtPw382HFYSN6hsKEVbuHhc_WHIjFXJzM4MIW-Aiv7jCew0Mom560PjQdGrI91PCKImXs2WPoL4_zCzR8Dp7ft_xwehfExWeTI/s320/230828Myanmar%20NUG.png" width="228" /></a></div>La’o Hamutuk strongly supports <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/2023/230826GovTLProtestsMyanmarExpulsionTeEn.pdf" target="_blank">Timor-Leste’s Government in protesting</a> the position of the Myanmar military regime which expelled the Chargé d’Affaires who headed Timor-Leste’s diplomatic presence in Myanmar. This also shows that the dictatorial regime there remains strong, and operates with impunity. We continue to ask the military dictatorship to end the suffering and torture it is inflicting on innocent people there.<p></p><p>Dictatorial systems always use power and force and rarely show good will, therefore to end this suffering takes courage to follow a democratic path. We ask the leaders of all ASEAN nations not to close their eyes to the massive suffering the people of Myanmar, regardless of ASEAN’s commercial or political interests.</p></div>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-55122082506840628382023-09-03T23:03:00.003+09:002023-09-04T02:03:03.091+09:00 Kongratula Estadu Timor-Leste nia Pozisaun Ba Defende Povu Birmánia<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RvYehWiqgUmWFVaCLStYyYkcPrvVU3U7Sr36XVTgQA5G34MBJAUhfS4HxPgqMTu0xyMF4klCcjDQ5NbpMCxTg8xWx-9qAl75dGjbcnMKax8MeXzmSOn9ab4_4rgn0l-rljjFcU5j93xci-gg2OZX2dVb8OiUMfqCMKVBWaAotYMLeC3KF27TViWntIo/s6789/202301asia_myanmar_coup_protest.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4526" data-original-width="6789" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RvYehWiqgUmWFVaCLStYyYkcPrvVU3U7Sr36XVTgQA5G34MBJAUhfS4HxPgqMTu0xyMF4klCcjDQ5NbpMCxTg8xWx-9qAl75dGjbcnMKax8MeXzmSOn9ab4_4rgn0l-rljjFcU5j93xci-gg2OZX2dVb8OiUMfqCMKVBWaAotYMLeC3KF27TViWntIo/s320/202301asia_myanmar_coup_protest.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="figure__caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Spanduk dehan “Ami nunka hetan tauk" <br />hafoin junta oho prisioneiru politiku nain haat.</i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Link to <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/09/congratulations-to-state-of-timor-leste.html">this blog in English</a>. </i><br /></p><p>Foin lalais ne’e, 31 Agostu 2023, La’o Hamutuk hato'o <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/2023/230831LHKartaMianmarTe.pdf" target="_blank">karta apresiasaun ida</a> ba Sua Exelénsia Primeiru Ministru Sr. Kayrala Xanana Gusmão ba pozisaun firme ne’ebé Estadu Timor-Leste foti hodi defende no tau valór ba Direitus Umanus no prinsípiu demokrasia ba komunidade iha Birmánia ne’ebé hetan opresaun ba tempu naruk husi junta militár Mianmar. </p><p></p><p>Asaun solidariedade ida ne’e, bele sai hanesan orgullu boot ba Timor-Leste hodi nafatin hatudu konsisténsia ita nian ba mundu kona ba oinsá nasaun ki’ik ida ne’e tane aas prinsípiu no valór umanu ne’ebé seidauk resolve hodi husik hela sofrimentu naruk ba povu Mianmar. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJxDw3DZBBLvUxEr7vPmKCTZ1oFqn1f9Wk3-TzE_Z0l4awdbuWJaAdRWKIkAipoBp-nBpHHWfXc-OcPxKo_ssRrpASxluxcNRQONjmF51X18XiyHTqMrI_V1mx2kDqE5ELnXd7EP-bP1JwhPwmKRFtIRGmsoB4MWwe5TV7yQnaftosj1abkel0wQoM4o/s702/230828Myanmar%20NUG.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJxDw3DZBBLvUxEr7vPmKCTZ1oFqn1f9Wk3-TzE_Z0l4awdbuWJaAdRWKIkAipoBp-nBpHHWfXc-OcPxKo_ssRrpASxluxcNRQONjmF51X18XiyHTqMrI_V1mx2kDqE5ELnXd7EP-bP1JwhPwmKRFtIRGmsoB4MWwe5TV7yQnaftosj1abkel0wQoM4o/s320/230828Myanmar%20NUG.png" width="228" /></a></div>La’o Hamutuk apoiu tebes <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/2023/230826GovTLProtestsMyanmarExpulsionTeEn.pdf" target="_blank">Governu TL lamenta</a> ho pozisaun husi governu rejime militár Mianmar nian ne’ebé espulse misaun diplomata liu husi reprezenta enkarregadu negósiu Timor-Leste iha Mianmar. Ne’e hatudu momoos rejime ditadura militár sei maka’as tebes iha Mianmar no impunidade kontinua buras. Ami kontinua husu ba ditadura militár iha Mianmar atu hapara forsa ne’ebé haterus no tortura povu ne’ebé inosente. <p></p><p></p>Sistema ditadura sempre uza podér no forsa no nunka hatudu vontade di’ak, nune’e atu halakon sofrimentu hirak ne’e, tenke brani troka ba dalan ida demokrátiku. Husu ba lider nasaun ASEAN tomak atu labele taka matan no ignora sofrimentu barak ne’ebé Povu Mianmar hasoru tanba de'it interese komérsiu no polítiku.Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-14047228260426153872023-08-31T23:38:00.001+09:002023-09-03T22:28:51.154+09:00Sa polítika ida di’ak no oportunidade inklui mós dezafiu sira ne’ebé IX Governu sei hasoru<p><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/misc/gov9/23IXGov.htm" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkW-aRGUWzzJh-U1BusYmNrtr-i8QFy4I0cbWjlv8SAJIrYxWxkrHFTzCP0c5bIJvqiTNyX796w4p2syaOx9CO5rAb_Ya3Rmp83Pn4qQ7d_mP8ICX4CRoqyy52iMIcAJqkY3zLtz3gDxwCN0Im3BMj7MjxWPTwsE-mPy2pGYiazIXjc8dRZVWNs6HADjs/s2201/posed.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="2201" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkW-aRGUWzzJh-U1BusYmNrtr-i8QFy4I0cbWjlv8SAJIrYxWxkrHFTzCP0c5bIJvqiTNyX796w4p2syaOx9CO5rAb_Ya3Rmp83Pn4qQ7d_mP8ICX4CRoqyy52iMIcAJqkY3zLtz3gDxwCN0Im3BMj7MjxWPTwsE-mPy2pGYiazIXjc8dRZVWNs6HADjs/w320-h202/posed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>IX Governu Konstituisional ba Periodu 2023-2028, forma husi Partidu CNRT no Partidu Demokrátiku (PD). IX Governu rasik ho nia estrutura hamutuk 47, no públiku kestiona. Liu-liu NGO tanba ho estrutura boot, sei implika ba Orsamentu Estadu no iha esperiénsia estrutura boot sei halo mós burokrasia naruk. CNRT no PD iha ona esperiénsia ukun iha periodu tolu liu ba (IV, V no VI Governu). No iha tinan ida ne’e CNRT no PD halo koligasaun dala ida tan ho mehi hodi lori rai no povu ba moris di’ak. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUO7VwGXCQdRN0doOd1PmSJ30MpJfuSrdVjpjt_rpxz6RtCWqdC9fPyO6Q6NfyBVWDybBszupzIJHvPbsJjLWjA94m1M9oKkSf48184rnY1qkjyp-xSrb00iUSgx2bvMI7cmtfYLDAA3_JjVWB74Lh_3QEj7eeIPXrfBzHW6KUSq3bnCHc1fHe3cMtfU/s653/Baner_LH_-_Debate_Meja_Redonda.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUO7VwGXCQdRN0doOd1PmSJ30MpJfuSrdVjpjt_rpxz6RtCWqdC9fPyO6Q6NfyBVWDybBszupzIJHvPbsJjLWjA94m1M9oKkSf48184rnY1qkjyp-xSrb00iUSgx2bvMI7cmtfYLDAA3_JjVWB74Lh_3QEj7eeIPXrfBzHW6KUSq3bnCHc1fHe3cMtfU/s320/Baner_LH_-_Debate_Meja_Redonda.png" width="196" /></a></div>Iha kuaze periodu barak nia laran ho governasaun ne’ebé sempre troka ba malu, maibé seidauk iha serteza ruma ba estadu no nasaun ne’e nia vida ba tempu naruk, ita bele haree husi investimentu barak durante ne’e liu husi levantamentu <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetFund/05PFIndex.htm" target="_blank">Fundu Petrólifeiru</a> hamutuk biliaun $15 ona ba <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm" target="_blank">Orsamentu Jerál Estadu</a>, maibé kada tinan investimentu sira liu husi OJE bele hetan de’it reseita entre 10%-14% husi despeza orsamentu.<p></p><p>Nune’e iha governasaun foun ida ne’e, La’o Hamutuk organiza debate publiku (Meza Redonda) hodi konvida reprezentante Governu, Parlamentu Nasional, Akademia no La’o Hamutuk rasik, atu diskute Sa polítika ida di’ak no oportunidade inklui mós dezafiu sira ne’ebé IX Governu sei hasoru, hodi lori rai no povu ne’e iha serteza nia laran. Iha diskusaun naruk entre oradór sira ho partisipante sira. No partisipante sira husu mak oinsá atu governu tenke iha ona seriadade no kometimentu atu halo investimentu ba setór produtivu sira. </p><p>Oradór sira iha Enkontru Meza Redonda mak hanesan: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Exelénsia Vise Ministru Asuntu Parlamentár, Sr. Adérito Hugo da Costa</li><li>Magnifico Reitor IOB, Sr. Pedro Ximenes</li><li>Peskizadóra La’o Hamutuk, Sra. Eliziaria Febe Gomes.</li></ul><p><i>Husi Membru Parlamentu Nasional, ami konvida Bankada FRETILIN hanesan opozisaun, maibé la hola parte tanba iha tempu hanesan halo hela diskusaun ba <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm#ret" target="_blank">proposta Orsamentu Retifikativu 2023</a>.</i><br /></p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-86051032177662725472023-04-22T08:32:00.002+09:002023-04-22T08:42:03.010+09:00The potential, challenges and risks of developing the blue economy in Timor-Leste <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/04/potensia-dezafiu-no-risku.html" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank"><i></i></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/04/potensia-dezafiu-no-risku.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"></span></a><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/04/potensia-dezafiu-no-risku.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmUiK7r-K5BcgEZULabsbqLHlO5Cr7DVZL4W9MrYqMmIiVJU4l-eCkK1R_VL2xE-zYIfg4A1lzr7Egk_0iUp3WrvxmzncUIHeRcvez5k7SMcXtcpfURlsPis-7ANdfQFEOS4YJTiORxkew2XxLKNe1eyTyU9gToN6SDyYD3063AESrlcqxLWIlNf1/s1024/FromJaco.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmUiK7r-K5BcgEZULabsbqLHlO5Cr7DVZL4W9MrYqMmIiVJU4l-eCkK1R_VL2xE-zYIfg4A1lzr7Egk_0iUp3WrvxmzncUIHeRcvez5k7SMcXtcpfURlsPis-7ANdfQFEOS4YJTiORxkew2XxLKNe1eyTyU9gToN6SDyYD3063AESrlcqxLWIlNf1/w320-h240/FromJaco.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/04/potensia-dezafiu-no-risku.html" target="_blank">Liga ba artigu ida ne'e iha Tetum</a></span></i></div><p></p><p>On 2 March 2023, the Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Industry (MTCI), together with the development partner UNDP, organized a round-table discussion on entrepreneurship linked to the blue economy in Timor-Leste. For almost 20 years, the country's economy has depended on money from oil and gas, and Timor-Leste will face a fiscal cliff as a result of this dependency. Therefore, we must plan well to diversify the economy to create new sources of income to replace the dependence on oil and gas revenue.</p><p>In many coastal countries, the concept of a blue economy has become a focus of intervention by development partners, international agencies, and the government itself. "Blue economy" refers to using or taking advantage of marine resources, and at the same time ensuring the sustainability of the resources. La'o Hamutuk believes that it is important to provide an introduction to this idea, including its relevance for Timor-Leste, opportunities and risks, to help Timor-Leste decide on the fairest and most sustainable way to develop our blue economy.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QfD1f0ng9gViHhkwVkFqgWAWbTH4lDlPZDO_piF_tNt3Vznb7GhRw1KrnfFuTA9NbTLXmLZ_UmIah4en251BHP-rNPnzIuR86ekmB7FmjxIT9ucl7UaLCrjusYlFDhnCmw7lzQaR3N0kRatT8hI8MzW2rEortpGaSaLJOzBXCy6BmH9GnTVhIDKT/s750/Fishermancatch.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="506" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QfD1f0ng9gViHhkwVkFqgWAWbTH4lDlPZDO_piF_tNt3Vznb7GhRw1KrnfFuTA9NbTLXmLZ_UmIah4en251BHP-rNPnzIuR86ekmB7FmjxIT9ucl7UaLCrjusYlFDhnCmw7lzQaR3N0kRatT8hI8MzW2rEortpGaSaLJOzBXCy6BmH9GnTVhIDKT/w270-h400/Fishermancatch.jpg" width="250" /></a></i>Potential, Risks and Challenges</h4><p>International agencies have identified activities that could be the base of a future blue economy. <a href="https://www.undp.org/timor-leste/publications/financing-blue-economy-timor-leste-preliminary-road-map" target="_blank">According to UNDP</a>, fishing, maritime transport and tourism are activities that are already happening, but are not yet optimal. The blue economy brings opportunities to strengthen and diversify our economy, but we must be careful and take into account the possibilities and weaknesses in implementation, including all obstacles to ensuring environmental sustainability, and the empowerment of local communities.</p><p>In 2017 the Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP) and with support from development partners, developed the National Ocean Policy, but it has not yet been passed. Timor-Leste needs a legal framework to protect all of our resources in the sea and the Ocean, including communities that depend on the sea to sustain their lives. Recently, La'o Hamutuk observed that the implementation of new policies and initiatives in Timor-Leste will face major challenges due to lack of coordination of services; if efforts are made to develop the blue economy, but the Ocean Policy has not been implemented well, we will confront problems in the future. Therefore, a strong legal and policy regime must be established before the blue economy is developed. </p><p>We should be careful to avoid high-risk activities that a blue economy could bring to Timor-Leste. For example, in India, the Government promotes deep seabed mining as an aspect of their plan to strengthen the blue economy. Therefore, we must be cautious about exploiting undersea minerals, an activity that could pose a great risk to the marine environment if it is done without thorough understanding of the risks and impacts. There is no evidence that Timor-Leste's maritime territory has the potential for such activities, but we can learn from India’s experience that developing a blue economy can also open the way to unsustainable activities, posing serious risks to the environment and to marine ecology.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_yWsC5qYspZFsTX5CEKYzG4CSlD4kacZl01ZvUSp3Rdy_XtCSzQLPacOzvNZRHog9-L8sJoALl8YBYerBGYvlV2nl8mZOWNG3u9slbkeY1bAJsNCtbX7NCKOolCMBBBXcS2brSjba_Gl1XJA5XP6cq9KFcbg-6sX6uoXOdBYyZ7o35kj7JgRp9JI/s880/fishers.jpg" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="880" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_yWsC5qYspZFsTX5CEKYzG4CSlD4kacZl01ZvUSp3Rdy_XtCSzQLPacOzvNZRHog9-L8sJoALl8YBYerBGYvlV2nl8mZOWNG3u9slbkeY1bAJsNCtbX7NCKOolCMBBBXcS2brSjba_Gl1XJA5XP6cq9KFcbg-6sX6uoXOdBYyZ7o35kj7JgRp9JI/w200-h150/fishers.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>In other places, observers have noted that the potential and efforts to promote the blue economy which prioritizes a "market solution" could reduce the role and rights of communities who have long used the sea for their lives (<a href="https://www.iccaconsortium.org/index.php/2019/08/10/are-small-scale-fishers-in-or-out-of-the-blue-economy/" target="_blank">such as small-scale fishers</a>). The <a href="https://www.undp.org/timor-leste/publications/financing-blue-economy-timor-leste-preliminary-road-map" target="_blank">UNDP study</a> mentioned above also discussed the possibility of selling carbon credits from Timor-Leste’s sea. Such activities, when incorporating natural resources into the private market, must consider the perspectives of climate justice, community rights, and sustainability. Therefore, Timor-Leste needs to carefully evaluate any proposal for these activities. We should not simply believe and accept that the beautiful term "blue economy" automatically means that everything is good and positive, but we must be careful and learn from the experiences of other nations. <br /><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">How can we avoid risk and use our potential effectively? </h4><p><i>The development of a blue economy should be in line with principles of sustainability and blue justice. </i>The sea is common property, in that everyone can access it freely, and it is different from dry land. The sea has a large potential and has a variety of resources and biodiversity that can be developed to be economically productive. It should be developed in the context of the nation in a way that respects cultural, social and inclusive economic aspects, including integrating community participation in maritime governance.</p><p>The concept of <b>blue justice </b>arose in response to the concept of the blue economy itself. We have observed that efforts to develop a blue economy often give priority to the private sector and large fishing companies, rather than prioritizing communities which have long used, managed and depended on coastal and maritime resources for their lives and livelihoods. In addressing the blue economy, a perspective of blue justice can help the Government and the community make wise, fair, and sustainable decisions. <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjickrNQ00R9Agpn0909T1D-ZTBiUiIP6EueoBrSc-1tRrTq83HQn7aylhCvYOJ6Pa0l5lE271gdfEWD3jkgM2ZAcSnWpEGz7gYZlVn0k-7NL_qqkbgq2MQCGUHfOmfDuLIe_R_kYtDjPRrTPirsvv-Hl7oqP92p7UsiSsT-06jkSDubllVQfYWtAI/s769/purple.jpg" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="683" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjickrNQ00R9Agpn0909T1D-ZTBiUiIP6EueoBrSc-1tRrTq83HQn7aylhCvYOJ6Pa0l5lE271gdfEWD3jkgM2ZAcSnWpEGz7gYZlVn0k-7NL_qqkbgq2MQCGUHfOmfDuLIe_R_kYtDjPRrTPirsvv-Hl7oqP92p7UsiSsT-06jkSDubllVQfYWtAI/s320/purple.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>Conclusion</h4><p>For Timor-Leste to plan well to develop the blue economy, fairly and sustainably, we need deep understanding of the various proposals and interests, when performing these activities. We should not just believe that the pretty name "blue economy" means everything is good and positive, but we must learn from the experiences of other countries. In the future, Timor-Leste should have a national maritime legal and policy regime (Ocean Policy) to ensure, protect, maintain, and restore coastal and ocean resources to support a sustainable economy according to our people’s social and cultural values, in a fair and equitable way.</p><p>The State must strengthen its management of ongoing activities, such as the maritime transport system, fishing (which is not yet going well), in order to improve and strengthen communities that have already undertaken small activities, such as producing edible seaweed, harvesting fish, shellfish, crabs and so on, before the start of new activities called the Blue Economy. </p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-18375385855742796192023-04-21T09:30:00.004+09:002023-04-22T08:33:57.436+09:00Poténsia, dezafiu no risku dezenvolvimentu Ekonomia Azúl iha Timor-Leste<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: small;"><i></i></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVULZx79EpMrhYUFs98KntvWYC-e26jWhAgbvoJc3at6htZ5jnhK532vhkujgLJGKj8jky7LXbhkQZkHwpgSRRUHRck8Nt6zjyFV9PpU2qzqDakAc92jdfL0IhPNPaVZA5FJUxDSj07HUkK-pkaaFTVrc6RLgVWNRmpPh75HoFm8YO_jcKgrzYv59H/s1080/coast.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVULZx79EpMrhYUFs98KntvWYC-e26jWhAgbvoJc3at6htZ5jnhK532vhkujgLJGKj8jky7LXbhkQZkHwpgSRRUHRck8Nt6zjyFV9PpU2qzqDakAc92jdfL0IhPNPaVZA5FJUxDSj07HUkK-pkaaFTVrc6RLgVWNRmpPh75HoFm8YO_jcKgrzYv59H/w400-h300/coast.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: small;"><i> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-potential-challenges-and-risks-of.html" target="_blank">Link to this blog in English</a></i></span><br /></div><div><p></p><p>Iha dia 2 de Marsu 2023, Ministériu do Turizmu, Komérsiu e Indústria (MTCI) hamutuk ho parseiru dezenvolvimentu UNDP organiza diskusaun mesa redonda kona ba emprendedorismu liga ho ekonomia azúl iha Timor-Leste. Besik tinan 20 ona ekonomia nasaun nian depende maka’as ba fundu husi mina no gas, no Timor-Leste sei hasoru <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Bulletin/2022/Dec/bulletinv23n2te.htm#RNF" target="_blank">rai naruk fiskál</a> nudár rezultadu husi dependénsia ne’e. Tanba ne’e, tenke iha planu didi’ak kona ba diversifikasaun ekonomia atu hamosu fontes rendimentu foun hodi substitui dependénsia ba fundu mina no gas. </p><p>Iha nasaun kosteiru barak, konseitu ekonomia azúl sai ona fokus intervensaun husi parseiru dezenvolvimentu, ajénsia internasionál, no Governu rasik. Konseitu ekonomia azúl refere ba prosesu atu uza ka aproveita rekursu tasi nian, no iha tempu hanesan asegura sustentabilidade rekursu refere. La’o Hamutuk konsidera importante atu fornese introdusaun ba ideia ida ne’e, inklui relevánsia ba Timor-Leste, oportunidade inklui risku sira, hodi ajuda Timor-Leste atu deside oinsá mak meius justu no sustentavel liu atu dezenvolve ekonomia azúl.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDHwdPRvAXoYwLmDSkOTb6qMBEuCURfiRWHVe3maOMKiIbu3F8H75yff1mDwlw0ioq9EQgk1Zpsyi5ydaOrkyIZj2RHB8imYTW7-Tyi6cXZ340StgiYAHpfdgM8vRf_ok3oEyaMuXzC83zwWrdtZ3R1taYNIKuWJMelnn6gO88U0w6jtNlJUapYN2/s1080/ferry.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDHwdPRvAXoYwLmDSkOTb6qMBEuCURfiRWHVe3maOMKiIbu3F8H75yff1mDwlw0ioq9EQgk1Zpsyi5ydaOrkyIZj2RHB8imYTW7-Tyi6cXZ340StgiYAHpfdgM8vRf_ok3oEyaMuXzC83zwWrdtZ3R1taYNIKuWJMelnn6gO88U0w6jtNlJUapYN2/w320-h240/ferry.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Potensiál, risku no dezafiu</h4><p>Ajénsia internasionál identifika ona atividade balun ne’ebé iha posibilidade atu sai baze ekonomia azúl iha futuru. <a href="https://www.undp.org/timor-leste/publications/financing-blue-economy-timor-leste-preliminary-road-map" target="_blank">Tuir UNDP</a>, peska, transportasaun maritima, no turizmu, nudár atividade ne’ebé la’o ona maibé seidauk la’o ho optimál. Ekonomia azúl hatudu oportunidade atu hametin no diversifika ita nia ekonomia, maibé ita tenke kuidadu no konsidera mós poténsia no frakeza iha implementasaun, inklui obstákulu hotu atu asegura sustentabilidade ambientál no empoderamentu komunidade lokál sira.</p><p>Iha tinan 2017 Governu liu husi MAP (Ministériu Agrikultura no Peska) no apoiu husi parseiru dezenvolvimentu sira, elabora ona Polítika Nasional Oseanu maibé to’o agora seidauk konsege pasa. Timor-Leste tenke iha Rejime legál atu proteje ita nia rekursu hotu iha tasi no oseanu inklui protégé komunidade sira ne’ebé depende maka’as ba tasi hodi sustenta sira nia moris. Kleur ona, La’o Hamutuk observa katak, implementasaun polítika no inisiativu foun iha Timor-Leste sei hasoru dezafiu boot tanba koordenasaun servisu menus; se esforsu duni atu dezenvolve ekonomia azúl, maibé Polítika Oseanu seidauk konsege implementa ho di’ak, ita sei hasoru dezafiu boot ba oin. Tanba ne’e tenke iha rejime legal no polítika ne’ebé forte antes hahú dezenvolve ekonomia azúl.</p><p>Ita tenke kuidadu no presiza prevene atividade sira ho risku maka’as ne’ebé sei tama iha Timor-Leste ho razaun ekonomia azúl. Ezemplu iha India, governu promove atividade minerais iha tasi nia okos<i> (deep seabed mining) </i>nudár aspetu ida husi planu hametin ekonomia azúl. Entaun, esplorasaun minerais iha tasi nia okos, nudár atividade ne’ebé bele fó risku boot ba ambiente tasi nian, maske seidauk iha evidénsia kle’an kona ba risku no impaktu sira, maibé tenke kuidadu. Seidauk iha evidénsia katak territóriu maritima Timor-Leste nian iha potensiál atu realiza atividade hanesan ne’e, maibé ita bele aprende husi esperiénsia India nian katak, dezenvolve konseitu ekonomia azúl bele mós loke dalan ba atividade ne’ebé la sustentavel, no bele mós fó risku maka’as ba ambiente no ekolojia iha tasi.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1lFGcT4q3UDNdITewsmCWlugPFPr6_WCfW9PSOBIJSs_Z4Qgfmn2DNDxGjBCsGSnEN0GbcGkCTW43H393kWHsITLIJ5ufAFmddB7MrwJRK8IBqS4OL3IfMpYp1vrp-b00bxKKpy3H1m7YJpm8YCRAJgEkHeY6gMsPIjmeV6Y0NV_ECB1HOxVo63G/s1024/BigFish.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1lFGcT4q3UDNdITewsmCWlugPFPr6_WCfW9PSOBIJSs_Z4Qgfmn2DNDxGjBCsGSnEN0GbcGkCTW43H393kWHsITLIJ5ufAFmddB7MrwJRK8IBqS4OL3IfMpYp1vrp-b00bxKKpy3H1m7YJpm8YCRAJgEkHeY6gMsPIjmeV6Y0NV_ECB1HOxVo63G/s320/BigFish.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Iha fatin seluk, observadór balun nota ona katak iha poténsia no esforsu atu promove ekonomia azúl ho prioridade ba “solusaun merkadu nian” ida ne’e, bele hamenus knaar no direitu komunidade ne’ebé kleur ona uza tasi ba sira nia moris (hanesan <a href="https://www.iccaconsortium.org/index.php/2019/08/10/are-small-scale-fishers-in-or-out-of-the-blue-economy/" target="_blank">peskadór skala ki’ik</a> nsst). Iha <a href="https://www.undp.org/timor-leste/publications/financing-blue-economy-timor-leste-preliminary-road-map" target="_blank">estudu husi UNDP</a> ne’ebé temi iha leten, diskute mós posibilidade atu fa’an karbonu kréditu husi Timor-Leste nia tasi. Atividade hanesan ne’e, bainhira hatama rekursu naturais iha merkadu privadu, tenke konsidera kle’an husi perspetiva justisa klimátika, direitu komunidade, no sustentabilidade. Tanba ne’e, Timor-Leste presiza konsidera ho kle’an proposta atu hala’o atividade hirak ne’e. Ita, la bele fiar no simu de’it (tolan tomak de’it) konseitu sira ho títulu furak hanesan “ekonomia azúl” katak buat hotu di’ak no pozitivu, maibé tenke kuidadu no tenke aprende esperiénsia nasaun seluk nian.<br /><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Oinsá mak atu evita risku no uza poténsia sira ho di’ak?</h4><p><i>Dezenvolvimentu ekonomia azúl tenke haktuir prinsípiu sustentabilidade no justisa azúl. </i>Tasi nudár propriedade komún, katak ema hotu bele asesu ho livre no diferente ho rai maran. Tasi iha poténsia boot no iha rekursu no biodiversidade oin-oin ne’ebé bele dezenvolve nudár ekonomia produtivu. Tenke dezenvolve tuir kontextu nasaun nian ne’ebé respeita aspetu kulturál, sosiál no ekonomia inkluzivu inklui integra partisipasaun komunidade iha governasaun tasi. </p><p>Konseitu <b>Justisa Azul </b>mosu nudár resposta atu responde ba konseitu ekonomia azúl rasik. Ho observasaun katak, esforsu hotu hodi dezenvolve ekonomia azúl dala barak setór privadu no kompañia peska boot sira mak hetan prioridade, duke prioritiza komunidade ne’ebé kleur ona uza, jere, no depende maka’as ba rekursu iha tasi no tasi ninin sira ba moris no ekonomia. Hasoru asuntu ekonomia azúl, husi perspetiva justisa azúl bele ajuda Governu no komunidade oinsá foti desizaun ne’ebé matenek, justu, no sustentavel. <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Konkluzaun</h4><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45o5IOGyydcZ9QV0gQ1nJ7t1k1NR7jAihGxSgC9Zwdgp_COcPjIIJ7fZz0ixtpJrOUSM_tJOkJ8e_VgKcgYMjk8nSD0_xaMVnfXy9Tm0LwKfTpK7C3CufeM8aV2GQfmBIGenmh05TWSunbnBos5NcV_Yy8_5tcGilbsunW0r4MSOBOaAslst2AcDU/s1024/mangrove.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45o5IOGyydcZ9QV0gQ1nJ7t1k1NR7jAihGxSgC9Zwdgp_COcPjIIJ7fZz0ixtpJrOUSM_tJOkJ8e_VgKcgYMjk8nSD0_xaMVnfXy9Tm0LwKfTpK7C3CufeM8aV2GQfmBIGenmh05TWSunbnBos5NcV_Yy8_5tcGilbsunW0r4MSOBOaAslst2AcDU/s320/mangrove.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Bainhira Timor-Leste halo planu no estratéjia atu dezenvolve ekonomia azúl ba oin ho di’ak, prinsipalmente tenke ho maneira ne’ebé justu no sustentavel, no presiza hatene didi’ak proposta no interese oin-oin, bainhira atu hala’o atividade hirak ne’e. Ita, la bele simu ka fiar de’it konseitu sira ho títulu furak hanesan “ekonomia azúl” katak buat hotu di’ak no pozitivu, maibé tenke hatene no aprende esperiénsia nasaun seluk ne’ebé hahú ona. Tuir mai, Timor-Leste tenke iha rejime legal no polítika nasional Tasi nian (Polítika Oseanu) atu asegura, proteje, mantén, no restaura rekursu kosteiru no oseanu hodi sustenta ekonomia ne’ebé sustentavel tuir valor sosiál, kulturál povu nian ho maneira ne’ebé justu no equitavel. <p></p><p>Governu ou estadu tenke hametin didi’ak jestaun ba atividade ne’ebé la’o hela, hanesan sistema transportasaun maritime, peska ne’ebé seidauk la’o didi’ak oinsá mak bele hadi’ak liu tan no haforsa komunidade hirak ne’ebé halo ona atividade ki’ik sira hanesan prodús budu tasi, hakiak ikan, boek, kadiuk no seluk tan, molok hahú fali atividade foun sira ho naran Ekonomia Azul.</p><p><i><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/230302EkonomiaAzul.pdf">Bele hare aprezentasaun husi La'o Hamutuk iha ne'e. </a></i><br /></p></div>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-19371193178901631142023-04-19T13:10:00.008+09:002023-04-27T12:56:48.393+09:00Semináriu Nasional: Dezenvolvimentu Alternativa Hafoin Mina<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaja71nmRWBm4eixuspSXRIxxQyMA7t9HwNaSvXlXvI-coUbXykkKcNMvD0bDv2Yjr8Xp75oLvYbLzB27KKOAtAK8vMOsJ4nT84XlijxsNVCKcMQRWdRzlqhGXhYRboy0AlLpykd8RPaUPFaHdF556QC0O9ImAwPXEhqpqVa_1LxONCp7uWzyVTt0n/s1070/audience.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="1070" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaja71nmRWBm4eixuspSXRIxxQyMA7t9HwNaSvXlXvI-coUbXykkKcNMvD0bDv2Yjr8Xp75oLvYbLzB27KKOAtAK8vMOsJ4nT84XlijxsNVCKcMQRWdRzlqhGXhYRboy0AlLpykd8RPaUPFaHdF556QC0O9ImAwPXEhqpqVa_1LxONCp7uWzyVTt0n/s320/audience.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>La’o Hamutuk hola inisiativa nudár organizasaun sosiedade sivíl ne’ebé mak hala’o nia knaar liu-husi peskiza, analiza, advokasia no tau matan ba polítika estadu no polítika husi instituisaun internasionál sira liga ho prosesu dezenvolvimentu iha Timor-Leste. Daudaun ne’e La’o Hamutuk organiza Semináriu Nasional ida iha Dili kona-ba asuntu nasional sira ne’ebé sai preokupasaun públiku liga ba Timor-Leste nia Ekonomia ne’ebé iha tinan barak sei depende ba setór petróleu. Tanba ne’e ita realiza Semináriu Nasional ida, ho nia tópiku “Dezenvolvimentu Alternativa Hafoin Mina”.<p></p>Semináriu ne’e hala’o iha loron 25 Abril 2023 iha Salaun Katedrál - Vilaverde, Dili.<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAABNNszT7jLsBEiWYZ-agmJHhCDnUQQIEW9y9aGnJPFhmFAhrhrFWs2ECoOngpbkgSSJjOBjGGRt5JC0FPzh0uO9O6eSQrgs4LRI8Tp0yqINAsznWeZJcb7uO4dMdpLlZ72zmICh68OtXuFA4JhkEGCxI4rvUWvehJ5bKNYosClgY2bC3bXBG4v-S/s1008/speakers.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="1008" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAABNNszT7jLsBEiWYZ-agmJHhCDnUQQIEW9y9aGnJPFhmFAhrhrFWs2ECoOngpbkgSSJjOBjGGRt5JC0FPzh0uO9O6eSQrgs4LRI8Tp0yqINAsznWeZJcb7uO4dMdpLlZ72zmICh68OtXuFA4JhkEGCxI4rvUWvehJ5bKNYosClgY2bC3bXBG4v-S/s320/speakers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Orador sira diskute topiku sira ne'e:<br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Dezenvolvimentu Produtivu ba Sustentabilidade Ekonomia</b> husi Sra. Hergui Luina Alves, Empresaria Feto (Prezidente AEMTL) (<a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/230425Seminar/230425AlvesDezenvolve%20sektor%20produktivo%20ba%20sustentablidade%20ekonomia.pps" target="_blank">PowerPoint </a>ka <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/230425Seminar/230425AlvesDezenvolve%20sektor%20produktivo%20ba%20sustentablidade%20ekonomia.pdf">PDF</a>)</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Empoderamentu Komunitáriu ba Dezenvolvimentu Ekonomia</b> husi Sr. Mateus Tilman, Reprezentante Akademia</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Dependénsia ba Fundu Petróleo no Ekonomia Alternativa</b> husi Sra. Eliziaria Febe Gomes, Peskizadóra La'o Hamutuk (<a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/230425Seminar/230425Seminariu%20Nasional_LH.pps" target="_blank">PowerPoint </a>ka <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/230425Seminar/230425Seminariu%20Nasional_LH.pdf">PDF</a>)</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5u9YHK8pIbNrxGEv4RSGTmq77t2rNt-Ilf7eOTGS_FPS9yUXu79qj83BXNigJgQTUAlGXDY74EEBEgGj1rBoswsoD4zB7U3fOxaKSuBltEcGpTka2ncF3rAgfkA8MkjBPqWUMtkA_sdYcB1vfij-owqVEAwRg2HsRFFvC0jjgPIgHdbw0VReEk7u/s1003/MartaPress.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="1003" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5u9YHK8pIbNrxGEv4RSGTmq77t2rNt-Ilf7eOTGS_FPS9yUXu79qj83BXNigJgQTUAlGXDY74EEBEgGj1rBoswsoD4zB7U3fOxaKSuBltEcGpTka2ncF3rAgfkA8MkjBPqWUMtkA_sdYcB1vfij-owqVEAwRg2HsRFFvC0jjgPIgHdbw0VReEk7u/w200-h109/MartaPress.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNprUCJSwMy4DNrYiesIhG65Um1KExx3v2gQI-PPS5ePbmnkD0f3mKQ7zO_Vc14DjjVQX7DCNxrlx2Z9zJxpQipWv1nQCQ9Y96ltlrxwHG_xBQ4WJ53spoAoIyOHREiyyQHzAfYz375haxjm0zS8dcJt6IEznB3qt1BoZrlhg5H-Y2gJ3Dpji6hLm/s861/LullyMedia.jpg" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="861" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNprUCJSwMy4DNrYiesIhG65Um1KExx3v2gQI-PPS5ePbmnkD0f3mKQ7zO_Vc14DjjVQX7DCNxrlx2Z9zJxpQipWv1nQCQ9Y96ltlrxwHG_xBQ4WJ53spoAoIyOHREiyyQHzAfYz375haxjm0zS8dcJt6IEznB3qt1BoZrlhg5H-Y2gJ3Dpji6hLm/w200-h113/LullyMedia.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>Bele mos hare <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzpYsIVV9s">entervista televizaun ho Febe</a>, artigu iha <i><a href="https://neonmetin.info/buletin/2023/04/25/tinan-politika-lao-hamutuk-organiza-diskusaun-asuntu-sosial-fundu-petroliferu-no-ekonomia-alternativa/">Neon Metin</a></i> ka kobertura iha <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU2zcuVSITU">GMN-TV</a> (<a href="https://youtu.be/Xqd77CW8Z8M?t=1436">relatoriu segundu</a>). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJv2NjC3iAoLTMeQQyq6MhkfNDOZOrVUULokfAVEhn6UDnRlhp9GSBPPHauJijFDHXtsHf22MONgWDdIgdq0kKxfWx1qP4DX3N_BE_7vUdfou6daj7msPmQ-e1kWWWAX-EKv0yaUJxd1GtLtDqWnFRHWlcFvqN7_dNtkS_ZElkdluiOW3QlafB1Mc9/s970/FebeSpeaking.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sRQKTCXFNuV5zNVbJ2x-wfmHLRigiS2emMsbbJ8b72F0CE3A-5lAFonOkXfuSi2OT-qeNhTbcwaq5FLtX99vlB_6JTbvJYm7o8DLJ-PI7pNUSQSwD9OqBK-dTEVNU62K2qYhP9Oa1pbhsg9rP6gtbvglA2wXezBDxr1ATzsWU-akbhtIoc7_ETIq/s1024/LDbanners1024x768.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sRQKTCXFNuV5zNVbJ2x-wfmHLRigiS2emMsbbJ8b72F0CE3A-5lAFonOkXfuSi2OT-qeNhTbcwaq5FLtX99vlB_6JTbvJYm7o8DLJ-PI7pNUSQSwD9OqBK-dTEVNU62K2qYhP9Oa1pbhsg9rP6gtbvglA2wXezBDxr1ATzsWU-akbhtIoc7_ETIq/s320/LDbanners1024x768.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/12/rezultadu-husi-cop27-fundu-indenizasaun.html" target="_blank">Liga ba artigu ida ne'e iha Tetum</a> </i></span></div><p></p><p><b>The establishment of a Loss and Damage Fund for destruction caused by climate change was a key issue at the recent COP27 conference. Why did this topic emerge, and why are some countries demanding such a fund?</b></p><p>In November, representatives from 140 nations, including Timor-Leste, met at COP27 in Egypt. COP27 was the latest annual UN Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The conference’s mandate was to decide on processes or mechanisms to respond to the climate crisis. The conference concluded on 20 November with an historical agreement to create a special fund to pay for the impacts of climate-related disasters in developing countries.</p><p>Prior to the conference, representatives of some developing countries promoted the idea of a fund to pay for losses and damages. Since COP26 last year, the world has observed increasing impacts from climate change - including floods in Pakistan that killed more than 1,700 people, and floods in Nigeria that displaced more than 1.3 million. Timor-Leste is also being hit by climate change - for example, unstable rain patterns have damaged coffee harvests and many farmers have observed the impact on agricultural cycles. Farmers in Los Palos and Viqueque recently told La’o Hamutuk researchers that rising water levels in rice field was hurting harvests. The impacts we see today will become more serious in the future, as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.</p><p>At the same time, the <a href="https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2022" target="_blank">UN has observed</a> that wealthy nations that have contributed most to the climate crisis have failed to take sufficient action to limit climate change in the future. As a result it has become nearly impossible to limit climate change to 1.5°C, which means that the impacts of climate change will became extremely severe. Who will be responsible to help the victims?</p><p>This is why some countries proposed to create a loss and damage fund at the conference. At last year’s COP26, the US and EU blocked such a fund from being started, replacing it with a ‘dialogue’ without a clear objective. At the COP27 conference, proponents again put the fund on the agenda.</p><p>In 2022, the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) published a <a href="https://thecvf.org/resources/publications/climate-vulnerable-economies-loss-report" target="_blank">report</a> on the economic impacts of climate change in 55 highly vulnerable nations (including Timor-Leste), concluding that their GDPs were reduced by 20% over the last two decades because of climate change, leading to a combined loss of $525 billion. Many of the most vulnerable countries do not have adequate resources to deal with these impacts, even though many other nations have gotten wealthy through industries and lifestyles that produce nearly all the atmospheric changes that are causing climate change.</p><p>For a <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Bulletin/2008/Nov/bulletinv9n3.html#climate" target="_blank">long time, the climate movement, including La’o Hamutuk in Timor-Leste</a>, have insisted that the climate crisis needs to be resolved in a way that is just. Climate justice means that wealthy nations which have caused most of the changes in climate should bear the greatest share of responsibility for the impacts experienced by developing countries. It is unjust for developing countries to face a dual crisis, firstly because of the direct impacts of climate change on people and the environment, and secondly from the economic burden of managing or responding to those impacts – widening and reinforcing global inequality.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94x7uhFsGwK2-xRQ0qosCxjW0eWjR34KAx5TY_6UProu8GPMV_68O9ughSaV6mCHFiVw0kQ6cQnDNfyEN8ab7AyHyVu2e1BaQw0kIU5XdxaoZ4IdEVNOioyPvVaskBRczTdHaAb4Leuw7yz7A9iStqt1XQqBZ4_OtxKHZob6zUuVqpNy6AOf3zibI/s768/PaymentOverdue.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="768" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94x7uhFsGwK2-xRQ0qosCxjW0eWjR34KAx5TY_6UProu8GPMV_68O9ughSaV6mCHFiVw0kQ6cQnDNfyEN8ab7AyHyVu2e1BaQw0kIU5XdxaoZ4IdEVNOioyPvVaskBRczTdHaAb4Leuw7yz7A9iStqt1XQqBZ4_OtxKHZob6zUuVqpNy6AOf3zibI/s320/PaymentOverdue.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>CVF launched the <a href="https://thecvf.org/our-voice/news/press-releases/vulnerable-nations-call-on-payment-for-climate-damages-from-world%E2%80%99s-wealthiest-and-most-polluting-countries" target="_blank">“Payment Overdue”</a> campaign to raise awareness about this issue. They point out that climate catastrophe has become a permanent reality, and therefore wealthy nations need to pay their debt. Proponents of a Loss and Damage Fund argue that humanity cannot adapt to all of the impacts of climate change, and that many of the countries facing the most serious impacts have not caused the problem. They demand compensation from wealthy nations who have contributed the most to causing the problem, to pay the costs of responding to impacts can we cannot adapt to. Nabeel Munir, Pakistan’s representative to COP27, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/12/cop27-first-week-roundup-powerful-dispatches-muted-protest-little-cash" target="_blank">said</a> that “loss and damage is not charity - it’s justice.” <p></p><p>In their final agreement, COP27 participants decided to create a Loss and Damage Fund. Important details, such as which countries will be obliged to pay into the fund, will be determined in the future, and it is important for civil society to continue to monitor this process.</p><p>Unfortunately, although developing countries won a loss and damages fund, COP27 failed to agree on urgent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As La’o Hamutuk has long pointed out, the world cannot continually adapt to ever-worsening conditions. Adaptation programs and a Loss and Damage Fund can help vulnerable people respond to impacts of climate change that are already unavoidable, but there is only one genuine solution to climate change: stopping greenhouse gas emissions. Some high-emissions countries succeeding in removing key parts of the final COP27 agreement, leaving the agreement with no strong obligation for those nations to immediately stop emitting greenhouse gases. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySafSbqRVXgFU-daaIMp46qVYWXf61kZNu5FgYm86Qo8QIYYvup704AQxNft7ITyB2yxpvNHmMJlqW43FQQEs9fZNqcAUwgJUlVS1kc1VJH8qRPPYHUPK3Nsh2qSsSq8ZHDfEgArHjK-IWGeXVKiSrk1PV58e7ybyp3u8q_BQjn6bQ3dIIkIeeb8D/s500/LDbannerSmaller.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySafSbqRVXgFU-daaIMp46qVYWXf61kZNu5FgYm86Qo8QIYYvup704AQxNft7ITyB2yxpvNHmMJlqW43FQQEs9fZNqcAUwgJUlVS1kc1VJH8qRPPYHUPK3Nsh2qSsSq8ZHDfEgArHjK-IWGeXVKiSrk1PV58e7ybyp3u8q_BQjn6bQ3dIIkIeeb8D/s320/LDbannerSmaller.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that “Our planet is still in the emergency room. We need to drastically reduce emissions now – and this is an issue this COP did not address.” COP27 failed to make progress on lessening the causes of climate change. However, the example of the Loss and Damage Fund demonstrates that developing countries, working together, can force wealthy nations to act. In the future we need to increase pressure on those nations that continue to exacerbate the climate crisis.</p><p><i>Resources from La'o Hamutuk about climate change in English (<a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/12/rezultadu-husi-cop27-fundu-indenizasaun.html" target="_blank">more Tetum resources here - scroll to end</a>):</i></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/Climate/2023/23ClimateChangeLaw.htm" target="_blank">Proposed TL Climate Change Law and background documents</a> (2023) <br /></li><li>Presentation: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/Climate/3%20Leon%20Dulce%20on%20Climate%20Justice%20211021.pdf">Climate Justice: A View from the South</a> (2021)<br /></li><li>Statement <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Agri/Climate/LHClimate5Nov2014en.pdf" target="_blank">to the first TL Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change</a> (2014)</li><li>Action / Declaration: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Agri/Climate/101010/10Foto101010Dili.htm" target="_blank">One Hour for Mother Earth</a> (2010)</li><li>Letter: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Agri/Climate/10KartaPMAkorduCopenhagen.htm" target="_blank">Timor-Leste Should Not Sign Copenhagen Accord</a> (2010)</li><li>Introductory web page: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Agri/Climate/09ClimateChange.htm" target="_blank">Climate Change and Timor-Leste</a> (2009)</li></ul>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-9019491658204980942022-12-08T10:43:00.003+09:002023-03-12T06:50:48.202+09:00Rezultadu husi COP27: Fundu Indenizasaun sei realiza, maibé emisaun gás estufa sei kontinua nafatin<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVC9pO5WWLnNOUUPXlPYSwsCmqQn9ZlAj4ZRUAx-yeszeeEbVOPjpYQGGMjYEcCaaEvtn2-r5LkBMt5k3xntALYD9KNxdKrF2GavymZLgJP0-k4vvqJhV582meA5ST7hZjmarlLIufvQykNWrFA1JZCin1VwMBPcXdv6BmW8gMjIwoOuffRVH6j6g/s500/LDbannerSmaller.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVC9pO5WWLnNOUUPXlPYSwsCmqQn9ZlAj4ZRUAx-yeszeeEbVOPjpYQGGMjYEcCaaEvtn2-r5LkBMt5k3xntALYD9KNxdKrF2GavymZLgJP0-k4vvqJhV582meA5ST7hZjmarlLIufvQykNWrFA1JZCin1VwMBPcXdv6BmW8gMjIwoOuffRVH6j6g/s320/LDbannerSmaller.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/12/cop27-conference-outcome-loss-and.html" target="_blank">Link to this blog in English</a> </span></i></span><b><br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Fundu indenizasaun <i>(Loss and Damage Fund)</i> ba buat ne’ebé lakon ka hetan estragu nudár rezultadu mudansa klimátika sai ona tópiku manas ida iha konferénsia COP27 ne’ebé foin remata. Tanba sá mak asuntu ne’e mosu, no razaun saida mak nasaun balun ezije hela ba fundu espesiál ida?</b></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Iha fulan Novembru, reprezentante husi nasaun 140 liu hasoru malu iha konferénsia COP27 iha nasaun Ejitu. COP27 mak hanesan konferénsia alto nivel Nasoins Unidas nian, no membru ba konferénsia ne’e kompostu husi governu hirak ne’ebé asina no sai ona membru UNFCCC (<i>United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change</i>), inklui Timor-Leste. Mandatu husi Konferénsia ne’e atu deside prosesu ka mekanizmu sira atu responde ba krize klimátika. Konferénsia ida ne’e remata iha dia 20 de Novembru ho konkordánsia istóriku ida, atu kria fundu espesiál atu selu kustu impaktu dezastre ne’ebé akontese nudár rezultadu mudansa klimátika iha nasaun sira ne’ebé foin dezenvolve-an.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Molok konferénsia ida ne’e komesa, reprezentante husi nasaun foin dezenvolve-an balun promove ideia indenizasaun ba buat ne’ebé lakon ka hetan estragu. Dezde konferénsia COP26 tinan kotuk, mundu tomak observa duni impaktu maka’as husi mudansa klimátika - inklui inundasaun iha Pakistaun oho liu husi ema na’in 1,700, no inundasaun iha Nigeria ne’ebé dezloka ema na’in 1,300,000. Iha Timor-Leste bele observa nafatin impaktu husi mudansa klimátika iha rai laran - ezemplu ida mak katak udan ne’ebé la tuir tempo fó impaktu ba produsaun kafé no ai-han, no toos na’in barak haree impaktu ba sira nia siklu agríkola. Peskizadór La’o Hamutuk foin lalais ne’e rona husi toos na’in iha Los Palos no Viqueque katak bee sa’e iha natar laran halo produsaun la’o la di’ak. Impaktu ne’ebé ita bele observa hela, se sai aat liu ba iha futuru tanba emisaun gás estufa sa’e nafatin.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Iha tempu hanesan, <a href="https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2022" target="_blank">Nasoins Unidas observa</a> katak nasaun riku sira ne’ebé kontribui maka’as liu ba krize klimátika ida ne’e, falta atu foti asaun nato’on atu limita mudansa klimátika iha futuru. Ho nune’e, kuaze la iha posibilidade katak ita bele limita hamanas iha atmosfera ba grau 1.5°C, entaun impaktu husi mudansa klimátika sei sai grave tebes. Se mak sei responsabiliza atu ajuda vítima sira husi impaktu?</p><p style="text-align: left;">Ho nune’e, nasaun balun hakarak diskute asuntu indenizasaun iha konferénsia ida ne’e. Iha konferénsia COP26 tinan kotuk, EUA no Uniaun Eropa konsege prevene kriasaun fundu indenizasaun, sira konkorda de’it atu hala’o ‘diálogu’ ida la ho objetivu klaru ida. Ba konferénsia ida ne’e, iha esforsu tan atu hatama asuntu ida ne’e ba iha ajenda.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://thecvf.org/resources/publications/climate-vulnerable-economies-loss-report" target="_blank">Relatóriu ida husi Climate Vulnerable Forum</a> (CVF) ne’ebé publika tinan ne’e, kona ba impaktu ekonómiku husi mudansa klimátika ba nasaun 55 ne’ebé vulneravel tebes (inklui Timor-Leste), evidénsia hatudu katak impaktu husi mudansa klimátika halakon 20% husi PIB (Produtu Internu Brutu) nasaun sira nian durante dékada rua liu ba. Totálmente, nasaun sira ne’e lakon ona biliaun $525 tanba impaktu mudansa klimátika. Barak husi nasaun vulneravel hirak ne’e, laiha rekursu adekuadu atu hasoru impaktu mudansa klimátika, maske nasaun dezenvolvidu sira nia riku soin liu indústria sira ne’ebé kria emisaun gás estufa barak no kria problema mudansa klimátika ba mundu tomak.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Kleur ona, movimentu ba justisa klimátika iha mundu tomak, inklui mós La’o Hamutuk iha Timor-Leste, ezije katak ita presiza resolve krize mudansa klimátika ho maneira ne’ebé justu. Prinsípiu justisa klimátika nian katak, nasaun riku sira ne’ebé kontribui maka’as liu emisaun no estraga klima, tenke simu responsabilidade maka’as liu no mós responsabiliza impaktu aat ne’ebé nasaun foin dezenvolve-an sira hasoru nudár rezultadu husi mudansa klimátika ne’e. La justu se nasaun foin dezenvolve-an hasoru krize duplu, primeiru tanba impaktu diretamente husi mudansa klimátika ba ema no ambiente, no daruak todan ekonómiku atu selu kustu jere ka resolve impaktu husi mudansa klimátika sira. Tendénsia ida ne’e bele haluan no hametin tan dezigualdade mundiál ba futuru.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzSoAj4k66DWyA8jlwLkrK2eqGtP2ylqEzTJhqP08dI7dNgF7Z8paiAtMEBk95mwWxsh7gZOdAHvl4lcqTf23p0FkIQLDqFbgZVEI4Lk6Hd_Lq-4XrGF5376G3yrg2izxbyT_3He8a_XollD8RI2v867fUwPyRUWopqhHGgbn1ughSPvLmkVr1ezi/s768/PaymentOverdue.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="768" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzSoAj4k66DWyA8jlwLkrK2eqGtP2ylqEzTJhqP08dI7dNgF7Z8paiAtMEBk95mwWxsh7gZOdAHvl4lcqTf23p0FkIQLDqFbgZVEI4Lk6Hd_Lq-4XrGF5376G3yrg2izxbyT_3He8a_XollD8RI2v867fUwPyRUWopqhHGgbn1ughSPvLmkVr1ezi/w320-h179/PaymentOverdue.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>CVF lansa kampaña hanaran <a href="https://thecvf.org/our-voice/news/press-releases/vulnerable-nations-call-on-payment-for-climate-damages-from-world%E2%80%99s-wealthiest-and-most-polluting-countries" target="_blank">“Pagamentu Tarde” (<i>Payment Overdue</i>)</a>, ne’ebé iha objetivu atu hasa’e koñesimentu kona-ba asuntu ida ne’e; tuir CVF, katástrofe klima sai ona realidade permanente, no nasaun riku sira ne’ebé kria emisaun barak tenke selu sira nia ‘deve’. Proponente sistema indenizasaun haree katak ita la bele adapta aan ba kada impaktu husi mudansa klimátika. Sira observa mós katak nasaun barak ne’ebé hasoru impaktu maka’as husi mudansa klimátika, la halo asaun signifikante ne’ebé kria problema ida ne’e. Sira ezije indenizasaun husi nasaun riku sira, ne’ebé kontribui maka’as ba problema ida ne’e, hodi bele selu kustu responde impaktu sira ne’ebé la bele prevene ka adapta-aan ba. Nabeel Munir, nudár reprezentante Pakistaun nian ba COP27 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/12/cop27-first-week-roundup-powerful-dispatches-muted-protest-little-cash" target="_blank">dehan</a> “indenizasaun la’ós karidade - ne’e justisa.”<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Afinál, iha konkordánsia finál husi COP27, partisipante sira konkorda duni atu kria fundu espesiál. Aspetu no detallu importante, hanesan nasaun saida mak sei iha obrigasaun atu kontribui ba fundu ne’e, sei determina iha periodu tuir mai no importante katak sosiedade sivíl bele tau matan nafatin ba negosiasaun ne’e.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Infelizmente, maske nasaun foin dezenvolve-an sira manán Fundu Indenizasaun, husi perspetiva seluk COP27 falta atu hamosu konkordánsia forte kona ba urjénsia atu hamenus emisaun gás estufa. Hanesan <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Bulletin/2008/Nov/bulletinv9n3Te.html#climate" target="_blank">La’o Hamutuk kleur ona</a> hatudu, <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Agri/Climate/LHJustisaKlimatikaPresSep08.pdf" target="_blank">mundu la bele adapta-an ba klima ne’ebé sai nafatin aat liu</a>. Programa adaptasaun no Fundu Indenizasaun bele ajuda populasaun vulneravel atu responde ba impaktu husi mudansa klimátika ne’ebé la bele evita, maibé iha solusaun ida de’it ba mudansa klimátika: hapara emisaun gás estufa. Nasaun balun ho nivel emisaun ne’ebé aas liu konsege halakon liafuan husi konkordánsia finál COP27 nian, ho rezultadu katak la iha obrigasaun forte ba nasaun sira atu hamenus kedas emisaun gás estufa.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUTkyEdB5Nw9lEU7I3ZwklGqV-E_RBzJC9ylxqfVRAq-U9m0tmVvE9SJ40ggWoxV5bsv-bbBfCJflKBtfxRXmK8LJmXeUsQWepBOC-OMFwKeE0WnKVviXEi8zbpqk5aTC1hdtrrmw5-rxMHNfHOvYBMOB3BFtAvDfcx02eWVt1tqZaVkD68oMWq4b/s1024/LDbanners1024x768.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUTkyEdB5Nw9lEU7I3ZwklGqV-E_RBzJC9ylxqfVRAq-U9m0tmVvE9SJ40ggWoxV5bsv-bbBfCJflKBtfxRXmK8LJmXeUsQWepBOC-OMFwKeE0WnKVviXEi8zbpqk5aTC1hdtrrmw5-rxMHNfHOvYBMOB3BFtAvDfcx02eWVt1tqZaVkD68oMWq4b/s320/LDbanners1024x768.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Antonio Guterres nudár Sekretáriu Jerál ONU nian, dehan “ita nia planeta sei iha sala emerjénsia hela. Ita presiza tebes atu hamenus emisaun agora - asuntu ida ne’e COP ida ne’e falta atu konsidera.” Ho nune’e, husi perspetiva emisaun, COP27 la oferese solusaun. Maibé ita bele aprende husi ezemplu Fundu Indenizasaun, katak nasaun ki’ik sira bele luta hamutuk atu konvense nasaun boot no riku atu foti asaun ne’ebé nesesáriu. Ba oin ita tenke aumenta presaun ba nasaun sira ne’ebé falta atu hamenus ho loloos sira nia emisaun gás estufa no kontribui maka’as ba krize klima ne’ebé ita hasoru hela.</p><p><i>Le'e informasaun tan husi La'o Hamutuk kona-ba Mudansa Klimatika:</i></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/Climate/2023/23ClimateChangeLaw.htm" target="_blank">Proposta Lei Mudansa Klimátika no dokumentu sira</a> (2023)</li><li>Surat Popular: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/surat/SPMudansaKlimatikaNov2022.pdf">Mudansa klimátika fó risku mai ita hotu no jerasaun tuir mai</a> (2022)<br /></li><li>Radio Igualdade: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/media/2022/2205RadigMudansaKlimatika.mp3">Mudansa Klimátika</a> (2022)</li><li>Aprezentasaun: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/Climate/1%20Mariano%20Ferreira%20La'o%20Hamutuk%20on%20Mudansa%20Klimatika%20141021.pdf">Mudansa Klimátika: Kauza, Impaktu no Projesaun ba Futuru</a> (2021)</li><li>Aprezentasaun: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/Climate/4%20Ariel%20Mota%20Alves%20on%20Adaptation%20211021.pdf">Justisa Klimátika, Programa Adaptasaun, no Governasaun Klimátiku Internasional</a> (2021) </li><li>Artigu: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/2020/MudansaKlimaAug2020te.pdf" target="_blank">Hatene Impaktu Husi Atividade Umanu ba Mudansa Klimátika</a> (2020)<br /></li><li>Karta aberta: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/2020/LH-SEA5Jun2020te.pdf">Problema Ambientál no Impaktu Mudansa Klimátika iha Timor-Leste</a> (2020)<br /></li><li>Deklarasaun/asaun: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Agri/Climate/101010/10Foto101010Dili.htm" target="_blank">Oras ida ba mundu</a> (2010)<br /></li><li>Pajina web basiku: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Agri/Climate/09ClimateChange.htm" target="_blank">Mudansa Klimatika no Timor-Leste</a> (2009)<br /></li><li>Karta aberta: <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Agri/Climate/10KartaPMAkorduCopenhagen.htm" target="_blank">Timor-Leste Labele Asina Akordu Copenhagen</a> (2010) <br /></li></ul>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-60675370348795195252022-10-22T08:14:00.001+09:002022-10-22T08:20:44.604+09:00LH Konsidera Proposta Orsamentu Estadu ba 2023 Ignora Realidade Situasaun Finansas Estadu<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/10/lh-considers-that-proposed-2023-state.html">Link to this blog in English</a> </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Iha loron 18 Outubru 2022, ONG La’o Hamutuk hato'o <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/221017LHSubPNOGE2023te.pdf">submisaun</a> ida ba Deputadu/a sira iha Parlamentu Nasionál (PN) kona-ba proposta <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm" target="_blank">Orsamentu Jeral Estadu (OJE) ba tinan 2023</a>. Ho submisaun ida ne’e, ami hakarak atu kontribui ba avaliasaun no diskusaun kona ba OJE 2023 hodi bele realiza orsamentu ne’ebé sustentável no haktuir nesesidade povu nian.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Debate Parlamentár durante periodu orsamentál kada tinan, tenke sai hanesan oportunidade polítika atu Membru PN, Governu no públiku uza ba avalia, diskute no dezeña planeamentu ne’ebé estratéjiku no nesesáriu hodi hatán ba problema sira ne’ebé Povu no Nasaun enfrenta tinan barak.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Pontu importante sira ne’ebé La’o Hamutuk hato’o liu husi submisaun hanesan tuir mai:<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcM12V0uuw8p8BYwB3PgxzfGOu8zZO0HKic5pBz4J0Z00YwXkArPadJMpOlJ9IIbOh18WYRTznoS9O6EJ3Yrg4G7GZKGlB0QkB3PmRezYrp540Mr-gIHkCPg1fGkAJJBkgLy82i6a1birKeEm0CZr9UCKTgcz3vTyj__KbMnZ3XhAJz4SOcVtuEpt/s695/2210RevPieOJE23te.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="695" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcM12V0uuw8p8BYwB3PgxzfGOu8zZO0HKic5pBz4J0Z00YwXkArPadJMpOlJ9IIbOh18WYRTznoS9O6EJ3Yrg4G7GZKGlB0QkB3PmRezYrp540Mr-gIHkCPg1fGkAJJBkgLy82i6a1birKeEm0CZr9UCKTgcz3vTyj__KbMnZ3XhAJz4SOcVtuEpt/s320/2210RevPieOJE23te.png" width="320" /></a></div>Sustentabilidade </h4><p style="text-align: left;">Realidade situasaun finansiamentu estadu iha perigu nia laran, no La’o Hamutuk fó ona <a href="http://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2015/04/mina-rai-no-gas-timor-leste-nian-besik.html">avizu</a> iha tinan barak nia laran. Iha <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm#PropBooks" target="_blank">proposta OJE 2023</a>, Governu aprezenta senáriu ida hodi prolonga vida util hosi <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetFund/05PFIndex.htm" target="_blank">Fundu Petrolíferu</a> ate 2045. Signifika sei iha oportunidade boot ba governu atu diversifika ekonomia hodi adia krize ne’ebé bele mosu bainhira hasoru rai naruk fiskál<i> (fiscal cliff)</i> ne’ebe bainhira Fundu Petrolíferu mamuk ona, bele akontese iha tinan 2034 tuir predisaun Ministeriu Finansas nian. Tuir modelu sustentável liu ida ne’ebé governu aprezenta iha Livru <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/Prop/1_-_Livru_Relatorio_OGE_2023.pdf"><i>Relatóriu</i></a> Proposta OJE 2023, atu prolonga Fundu Petrolíferu to’o 2045, presiza redús despeza kada tinan 3% to’o 2034.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKLOO-v63cHM-zMZ9-A732rGgYZLiuPJkj7cVJiiTKaQiPCtRMTn0b9vnb8PaprtFMzZZic83XXGkplgKzRqq8XjzOczcB0x1Ac4PMQYBcL96bVuJ-8mvwElJ1YAonof5kyuwcvi2Qudz6pHzq-K8pEARyNOtAWW-uobtA1Zx0pXwIEa5QTVFRXNS/s912/2210PFWithdrawalsTe.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="912" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKLOO-v63cHM-zMZ9-A732rGgYZLiuPJkj7cVJiiTKaQiPCtRMTn0b9vnb8PaprtFMzZZic83XXGkplgKzRqq8XjzOczcB0x1Ac4PMQYBcL96bVuJ-8mvwElJ1YAonof5kyuwcvi2Qudz6pHzq-K8pEARyNOtAWW-uobtA1Zx0pXwIEa5QTVFRXNS/s320/2210PFWithdrawalsTe.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"></h4><p style="text-align: left;">Maibé iha <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/Prop/3.13_Sintese_OGE_2023.pdf">tabela</a> balun iha livru OJE hatudu despeza inklui levantamentu Fundu Petrolíferu sei sa’e kada tinan to’o 2027. Nune’e ami hanoin katak maske governu rekoñese nasaun ne’e iha perigu ba monu iha rai naruk fiskal, maibé kontinua la fó importánsia no falta atu responde ba realidade ida ne’e. La iha valór atu diskute de’it modelu sustentável se la implementa.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Ami mós observa katak projesaun jerál ne’ebé Governu konsege fornese la iha konsisténsia, no sujere atu fornese ba PN no públiku projesaun loloos kona ba despeza globál no kustu ba kada program ba tinan haat ba oin, atu ajuda kada Deputadu/a foti desizaun matenek.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVfTqekVS1cWbz4fntqi4cK-PjGHQYEI4m8j4mn1FGfyvsekOJ-hg89m08zH77TdzBcBUS1BPtVz1y_NykLYZ78Y7rwqoUEo--OD64dgJ7uhXxOwpitDpKaSy05HUokxX1hjT7lRREZ6akwFms-oTkRml_QelGYBQr-dIgbAEu-OpUR4YWokaeAoc/s798/2210PFReturnInvestmentTe.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="798" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVfTqekVS1cWbz4fntqi4cK-PjGHQYEI4m8j4mn1FGfyvsekOJ-hg89m08zH77TdzBcBUS1BPtVz1y_NykLYZ78Y7rwqoUEo--OD64dgJ7uhXxOwpitDpKaSy05HUokxX1hjT7lRREZ6akwFms-oTkRml_QelGYBQr-dIgbAEu-OpUR4YWokaeAoc/s320/2210PFReturnInvestmentTe.png" width="320" /></a>Dependénsia ba Petróleu</h4></div>Iha submisaun ba PN, La’o Hamutuk nota katak agora daudaun Timor-Leste depende de’it ona ba investimentu <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetFund/05PFIndex.htm" target="_blank">Fundu Petrolíferu</a> iha merkadu finanseiru internasionál, ne’ebé ita kuaze sofre ka lakon ona biliaun $2 resin iha tinan ne’e. Infelizmente, livru OJE falta atu deskreve ho loos risku sira, no senáriu sira kona ba Fundu Petrolíferu kontinua asume retornu 4.1% ba futuru no falta atu konsidera posibilidade ba retornu investimentu negativu ka ki'ik ba futuru.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Maske iha tinan barak nia laran, Fundu Petrolíferu finansia programa no atividade estadu durante ne’e, maibé infelizmente ita la konsege kaer oportunidade atu harii sistema ekonómiku ida ne’ebé produtivu, sustentável no diversifikadu. Governu kontinua mehi katak reseita indústria mina no gas sei ajuda nasaun ne’e nian ekonomia ba tempu naruk hodi ignora dezenvolve setór produtivu no sustentável. Ho nune’e, ami husu Deputadu/a atu rekoñese katak setór petróleu ho hanoin katak setór ida ne’e sei la resolve problema sira ne’ebé ita hasoru hela no sei falta atu lori benefísiu ba povu. <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Transparénsia no Akontabilidade</h4><p style="text-align: left;">Transparénsia no akontabilidade tenke kontinua sai prioridade iha governasaun no estadu ida ne’e. Infelizmente, ami observa frakeza balun iha implementasaun transparénsia iha prosesu orsamentál ida ne’e.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Por ezemplu, <a href="https://www.parlamento.tl/" target="_blank">website hosi Parlamentu Nasionál</a> ne’ebé la funsiona, no kona-ba 'audiénsia públiku‘ ne’ebé iha realidade la loke ba públiku. La’o Hamutuk mós sujere atu mantén pratika di’ak balun ne’ebé liu ona hodi prodús livru proposta OJE iha lingua Tetun no Ingles, la’os Portugés de‘it.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Hanesan sosiedade sivíl, triste tebes katak la hetan oportunidade atu fó testemuña iha audiénsia ne’ebé Komisaun C PN realiza. Ami hanoin katak prosesu orsamentál sai forte liu ho partisipasaun husi sosiedade sivíl, no enkoraja atu PN bele hadi'ak liu tan espasu ba ami no públiku hodi fornese analiza no hariku liu tan idea antes debate ho Governu.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Ministériu Finansas presiza klarifika orsamentu FCLN, no tenke konsidera FCLN re-apropria hosi <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#OR" target="_blank">2022</a> ba OJE 2023 atu la halo konfuzaun ba públiku. <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDqmK9AxNnDxLcpq7t1JKXdkugcF2f95-e1efW8GLm-PYPkz9g5pzYLN3BMx6qaI691dH9-JClfttmyzxqOLt2TRsyiSK_Pmu7sA9nclfJXocBOR61FqezykFu_l6-kpgsVHk4pqECWARRsnPpkbRfLAC1wxEO8hW3iw_5fkfS_SZ_zRH62H9PiU0/s854/2210ProgramsOJE2023te.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="854" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDqmK9AxNnDxLcpq7t1JKXdkugcF2f95-e1efW8GLm-PYPkz9g5pzYLN3BMx6qaI691dH9-JClfttmyzxqOLt2TRsyiSK_Pmu7sA9nclfJXocBOR61FqezykFu_l6-kpgsVHk4pqECWARRsnPpkbRfLAC1wxEO8hW3iw_5fkfS_SZ_zRH62H9PiU0/s320/2210ProgramsOJE2023te.png" width="320" /></a></div>Prioridade no Estratéjia</h4><p style="text-align: left;">La’o Hamutuk kestiona kapasidade Governu atu realiza medida 275 ho kualidade, konsidera nivel ezekusaun iha pasadu no mós realidade katak tinan oin Membru Governu barak no mós sira nia staff sei ba halo kampaña polítika. Di’ak liu fó prioridade ba programa ne’ebé realistíku tuir kbiit no rekursu umanu ne’ebé iha atu garante duni ezekusaun no kualidade.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Alokasaun ba setór sira ne’ebé liga diretamente ba dezenvolvimentu rekursu umanu (edukasaun, saúde, bee mós no agrikultura) hetan de’it 16% husi OJE tomak. Nune’e ami enkoraja Deputadu/a sira atu diskute ho kle’an ho Governu durante debate orsamentu.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL-A1YUQmvp-1pioiYp9-yTMyW7yLLrF-SwQNBsNWR8gs_eW9DSe0P8TpSvI5KZ9QJosi-OYmK4OuTZZQrK2U7WiM1aVZpZCePx3P2hrERYBFx0Ch3sx7TpPNraozQRfi8i-pJyHM6ujDTEL91B4Fp0l9-1NhcWozOCUSlr2SJls-PYkzpGvu1m3x/s667/TGapSubsidyTe.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="667" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL-A1YUQmvp-1pioiYp9-yTMyW7yLLrF-SwQNBsNWR8gs_eW9DSe0P8TpSvI5KZ9QJosi-OYmK4OuTZZQrK2U7WiM1aVZpZCePx3P2hrERYBFx0Ch3sx7TpPNraozQRfi8i-pJyHM6ujDTEL91B4Fp0l9-1NhcWozOCUSlr2SJls-PYkzpGvu1m3x/s320/TGapSubsidyTe.png" width="320" /></a></div>Atu realiza orsamentu ne’ebé efikás, PN bele hametin fali prosesu avaliasaun programa atu asegura iha duni benefísiu ba povu, no atu revee fali alokasaun orsamentu balun ne’ebé seidauk iha evidénsia kona ba benefísiu. <span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Iha <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/221017LHSubPNOGE2023te.pdf">submisaun</a> ne’e, La’o Hamutuk sujere rekomendasaun hitu ba Parlamentu no Governu atu hadi’ak liu tan OJE 2023 no prosesu orsamental.</p><i>Atu hetan informasaun tan kona-ba OJE 2023, inklui dokumentu, aprezentasaun, kalendariu, analiza no grafiku sira, <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm" target="_blank">hili iha ne'e</a>.</i><p></p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-22619040981447293462022-10-22T07:29:00.003+09:002022-10-22T08:24:10.248+09:00LH Considers that the Proposed 2023 State Budget Ignores the State’s Actual Financial Situation <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/10/lh-konsidera-proposta-orsamentu-estadu.html"><i>Liga ba artigu ida ne'e iha Tetum</i></a> </span></span><br /></p><p>On 18 October 2022, the NGO La’o Hamutuk sent a <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/221017LHSubPNOGE2023en.pdf">submission</a> to the Deputies in National Parliament about the proposed <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm" target="_blank">General State Budget for 2023</a>. With this submission, La’o Hamutuk wants to contribute to the debate on the 2023 budget so that it will be more sustainable and responsive to people’s needs.</p><p>The annual Parliamentary debate about the budget is an opportunity for Members of Parliament, Government and the public to evaluate, discuss and design plans which are strategic and necessary to address the problems which have confronted our nation for years.</p><p>Our submission includes the following main points:<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Sustainability </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsGepIr9uwBgSCBquHhmr7F5TVI2Z62tEHntDYRpYn8_n8MEvpef1HquSaxy6Pys3NPeP_WIOtvS-aLaMUJ3jdiNVRb_qGdnlWsFiUsUL4W_6SJ55b0ZLhn66yPRGX3Or0CbyWw2sbIslbdLISKkb4196fEoPMiFu3PP6_YDvJXlXxmpXxMM_zCsu/s944/2210PFWithdrawalsEn.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="944" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsGepIr9uwBgSCBquHhmr7F5TVI2Z62tEHntDYRpYn8_n8MEvpef1HquSaxy6Pys3NPeP_WIOtvS-aLaMUJ3jdiNVRb_qGdnlWsFiUsUL4W_6SJ55b0ZLhn66yPRGX3Or0CbyWw2sbIslbdLISKkb4196fEoPMiFu3PP6_YDvJXlXxmpXxMM_zCsu/w320-h191/2210PFWithdrawalsEn.png" width="320" /></a></div>The real situation of state finances is already precarious, as <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2015/04/timor-lestes-oil-and-gas-are-going-fast.html" target="_blank">La’o Hamutuk has advised</a> for many years. The Ministry of Finance <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/Prop/1_-_Budget_Book_Report_-_ENG.pdf"><i>Report</i></a> on the proposed 2023 budget presents one scenario to extend the life of the Petroleum Fund until 2045. This would give more time for the government to diversify the economy to delay the crisis which will come when we encounter a fiscal cliff because the Petroleum Fund is used up, which the Ministry of Finance projects will happen in 2034. According to the most sustainable model which maintains the Petroleum Fund until 2045, spending needs to be reduced by 3% every year through 2034. But <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/Prop/3.13_Sintese_OGE_2023.pdf">tables</a> in the budget books show spending, including withdrawals from the Petroleum Fund, increasing every year through 2027 (with no information after that). <p></p><p></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomEF85bz91Px9-ktWm8Y1ulNtN3ZtkUTmW19P2fHkPD_dfDNWfcpsn2d4Jx_xoFNOwMmqXkF3NuFNsf-0iuYizwkdZcVHr_dIBfl4tWCmURTWpBEPfhJvflje1NSK2CNJMrGa6fEFIltfvYtUHhqVqfRNieAV0zJHyM_UYuGzC98wh7IoOQ0d-94A/s717/2210RevPieOJE23en.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="717" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomEF85bz91Px9-ktWm8Y1ulNtN3ZtkUTmW19P2fHkPD_dfDNWfcpsn2d4Jx_xoFNOwMmqXkF3NuFNsf-0iuYizwkdZcVHr_dIBfl4tWCmURTWpBEPfhJvflje1NSK2CNJMrGa6fEFIltfvYtUHhqVqfRNieAV0zJHyM_UYuGzC98wh7IoOQ0d-94A/w320-h283/2210RevPieOJE23en.png" width="320" /></a></div>Therefore we think that even though Government knows that we are in danger of falling over a fiscal cliff, it continues not to see it as important, and fails to respond to this reality. There’s no value in discussing a sustainable model if it is not implemented.<p></p><p>We also observe that Government projections are inconsistent and suggest that they provide Parliament and the public with more accurate projections of total spending and the cost of each program for the next four years.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7f1vPtux-y7QYoCsruB1FwpCwMziJCO5DcoItTIq1zqCR56T-scgr0nYKAsQ1gDwLLO0res4qRIMU2ffa5wZy12z8CONF_AzLnKSNXPvGTAKZpJo2uz0WWlAo0uHpbVSFYv1yF4sVLm0UgRuFIjznio_LXfxnjoYtDSWz_VbI32bBAoIbPu7gWUuW/s799/2210PFReturnInvestmentEn.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="799" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7f1vPtux-y7QYoCsruB1FwpCwMziJCO5DcoItTIq1zqCR56T-scgr0nYKAsQ1gDwLLO0res4qRIMU2ffa5wZy12z8CONF_AzLnKSNXPvGTAKZpJo2uz0WWlAo0uHpbVSFYv1yF4sVLm0UgRuFIjznio_LXfxnjoYtDSWz_VbI32bBAoIbPu7gWUuW/w320-h198/2210PFReturnInvestmentEn.png" width="320" /></a></div>Petroleum Dependency</h4>Timor-Leste now depends mainly on the investment of the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetFund/05PFIndex.htm" target="_blank">Petroleum Fund</a> in international financial markets, where it has lost more than $2 billion already this year. Unfortunately, the budget books fail to describe this risk accurately, and their scenarios about the Petroleum Fund continue to assume future returns of 4.1%/year, while failing to consider the possibility of lower or negative returns. <p></p><p>Although the Petroleum Fund has financed state programs and activities for many years, unfortunately Timor-Leste's leaders did not use that opportunity to build an economy which is productive, sustainable and diversified. Government continues to dream that revenues from the oil and gas industry will support the economy for the long term, while ignoring the development of sustainable and productive sectors. Therefore, La’o Hamutuk asks the Deputies to recognize that petroleum will not resolve the problems which we confront, and is failing to bring benefits to our people. <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Transparency and Accountability</h4><p>Transparency and accountability should continue to be priorities for this country. Unfortunately, we see weaknesses in implementing transparency in this budget process.</p><p>For example, <a href="https://www.parlamento.tl/" target="_blank">Parliament’s website</a> does not function, and ‘public’ hearings are not open to the public. We also suggest maintaining past good practices, such as producing budget books in Tetum and English, not only in Portuguese.</p><p>As civil society, we were very disappointed not to get the opportunity to testify in a hearing of Parliament Committee C. The budget process is stronger with the participation of civil society, and we encourage Parliament to improve space for us and the public to provide analysis which can further enrich ideas before the debate with the Government.</p><p>We also suggest that the Ministry of Finance should clarify the budget of the National Liberation Combatants Fund (FCLN), because the repetition of the appropriation to FCLN in both the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#OR" target="_blank">2022</a> and 2023 budgets causes confusion.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1-qVyeS63076TeU7IYWh5ZRGl8IOqaRr_IasUFC8SE4eMBDAQjyhY1midskmDB6oD_HCE1Nsi8xPzI4Vfpi22YPEPGRc6KVb2FifWAI4smgSSIRsfnJfgrYEzBunUv_aP8ZADwh0z4n0t9yD6l9K8OmgKGUOBdfkRrKyWFtfAO3MwDghpQ8lWlQQ/s781/2210ProgramsOJE2023en.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="781" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1-qVyeS63076TeU7IYWh5ZRGl8IOqaRr_IasUFC8SE4eMBDAQjyhY1midskmDB6oD_HCE1Nsi8xPzI4Vfpi22YPEPGRc6KVb2FifWAI4smgSSIRsfnJfgrYEzBunUv_aP8ZADwh0z4n0t9yD6l9K8OmgKGUOBdfkRrKyWFtfAO3MwDghpQ8lWlQQ/w320-h318/2210ProgramsOJE2023en.png" width="320" /></a></div>Priority and Strategy</h4><p></p>La’o Hamutuk doubts that the Government can carry out the budget's 275 measures with quality, considering past execution levels and that many Government members and staff will be engaged in political campaigns next year. It would be better to prioritize programs which are realistic, according to abilities and human resources, and which can really be delivered with execution and quality.<p></p><p>The sectors directly linked to strengthening human resources – education, health, clean water and agriculture – receive only 16% of the allocations in the entire 2023 budget. Therefore, we encourage the Deputies to discuss this in-depth with the Government during the budget debate.</p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIurgyA_CCdOWc2uiRNjIGf2wl_Tp3XMXWjovEW9zShC_mnV5H11_5pQk9pp4GqtSf9uEG2PynKqGA7H1K4ue2SBmqRmzFvzfMrG9lfaLWlJL4Ymp5bO1fY_NPjJ-Z52RDImA-qskw8ZiO1kTq2nRHHGOLA3yikx2t99d_fNzC6z1haJTny3x8oBKD/s633/TGapSubsidyEn.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="633" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIurgyA_CCdOWc2uiRNjIGf2wl_Tp3XMXWjovEW9zShC_mnV5H11_5pQk9pp4GqtSf9uEG2PynKqGA7H1K4ue2SBmqRmzFvzfMrG9lfaLWlJL4Ymp5bO1fY_NPjJ-Z52RDImA-qskw8ZiO1kTq2nRHHGOLA3yikx2t99d_fNzC6z1haJTny3x8oBKD/s320/TGapSubsidyEn.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>To create an efficient budget, Parliament should tighten evaluation processes for new programs to ensure that they really benefit the people, and should reassess budget allocations which have not yet proven their benefits.</p><p>La’o Hamutuk’s <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/221017LHSubPNOGE2023en.pdf">submission</a> made seven specific recommendations to Parliament and Government to improve the 2023 budget and the budgeting process.</p><p></p><p><span></span><i><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm" target="_blank">Click here for information</a> on the 2023 State Budget, including documents, presentations schedules, analyses and graphics.</i></p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-22342491127980647192022-08-16T07:15:00.004+09:002022-08-16T08:15:21.729+09:00Transparénsia Ezije Informasaun, La’ós De'it Imajen Furak<p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/08/transparency-requires-information-not.html" target="_blank">Link to this article in English</a> </span></i><br /></p><p>Foin lalais iha fulan balu nia laran, Governu Timor-Leste promove ‘e-governasaun’ no ho orgullu fó sai mudansa di’ak iha valor transparénsia. Sira implementa hela meius tékniku nian atu mantén lista eleitor, no sistema “Unique ID” hodi bele verifika identidade sidadaun sira.</p><p>Maske nune’e, mudansa ne’ebé akontese foin lalais ne’e hatudu formatu ka imagen sira hetan atensaun barak liu kompara ho asuntu substantivu. Website balun ba ajénsia Governu nian hetan ona dezeñu foun, ne’ebé nia rezultadu hatudu katak transparénsia menus no sai susar liu (ka la posivel duni) atu asesu ba informasaun atuál ka informasaun sira antes. Tuir mai iha ezemplu balun:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvzTZFnFziYbkMqQg0qpWvECnFuGmN657N66Mvo4_2JegorCIxz9r4DEdMPsyRXwAb_YrVPtwJ79kTtFV-U-wR4-08tJmG87Zb9a--vZJFLGIAWRR7thfGYsxWgf1Z8s66HCafLfAROI8e4tcoCvhB3p5zSi2xQOTb-h3S5XAmivuiqCrm3zsWtUP/s924/MFWebEn.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="924" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvzTZFnFziYbkMqQg0qpWvECnFuGmN657N66Mvo4_2JegorCIxz9r4DEdMPsyRXwAb_YrVPtwJ79kTtFV-U-wR4-08tJmG87Zb9a--vZJFLGIAWRR7thfGYsxWgf1Z8s66HCafLfAROI8e4tcoCvhB3p5zSi2xQOTb-h3S5XAmivuiqCrm3zsWtUP/w200-h143/MFWebEn.png" width="200" /></a></div>Website tomak Ministériu Finansas nian antes muda hotu, no versaun foun <a href="https://www.mof.gov.tl/">https://www.mof.gov.tl/</a> iha hela durante fulan balun. Website foun ne’e ladún kompletu no susar liu atu uza. Ligasaun hotu ba dokumentu sira iha website uluk taka ona. Ligasaun barak husi website foun lakon ka la funsiona. Labele identifika informasaun foun, no website ne’e uza gráfiku no coding barak ne’ebé halo susar atu halo ligasaun ba webpage espesífiku ka atu download iha website ida. Mákina atu buka informasaun (search engines) hanesan Google labele ajuda hetan matérias sira husi webpage ida ne’e, no la bele buka dokumentu espesífiku iha website ne’e rasik.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4pKHIwLlIx0ONXagOlV0E3HXKXSQKr5jhvmiFAughQi-96eb5sljSr5uOjL8m1g0Pgd3Y2Au1wGTvrg8L5_OUw_Sw83J6Ao8F40PCUkPxLBvV0WvxEm8-DC3uwH6BIMHyMGKhiai27bbAf6ZW0derY5utFSZ1ozXWUMyMyrRq1PmSdOXU1IcFse1/s506/TGapWeb.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="506" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4pKHIwLlIx0ONXagOlV0E3HXKXSQKr5jhvmiFAughQi-96eb5sljSr5uOjL8m1g0Pgd3Y2Au1wGTvrg8L5_OUw_Sw83J6Ao8F40PCUkPxLBvV0WvxEm8-DC3uwH6BIMHyMGKhiai27bbAf6ZW0derY5utFSZ1ozXWUMyMyrRq1PmSdOXU1IcFse1/w200-h126/TGapWeb.png" width="200" /></a></div>TimorGAP, nudár kompañia mina estadu nian ne’ebé simu ona subsídiu públiku ho valor kuaze to’o dolar biliaun ida, foin lalais ne’e implementa dezeñu foun ba ninia website <a href="https://www.timorgap.com/">https://www.timorgap.com/</a>. Maioria husi informasaun sira antes ne’e iha, agora lakon, no website foun ne’e disponivel iha lian ingles de’it. Iha website refere laiha informasaun seluk, iha de’it mak informasaun kona ba staff sira no esperansa ba kampu Greater Sunrise - maske kompañia ida ne’e asina tiha ona kontratu atu hala’o esplorasaun ba iha fatin hitu iha rai laran no tasi laran. Informasaun kona ba sira nia relatóriu anuál, finansas, tender, kontratu, konsultasaun públiku, no komunikasaun imprensa sira laiha hotu ona.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__TWUgA_ryH2oHRyEWzOcxUviNlTIpLbyjnLGA_xHPwGdZe240nTCTSzLlnW5In3V19qBmePup3Qw9hiyXDe1RCnAQf14nots3r0qrdjiIUwTUxkuvxEquo-CC5HcAVY4Cz6nqYRu_A2L19nlB0hpqoTaSVq_LFZYLWQzrUN66v4sfvpDasVuUb3M/s397/ANPMnews.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="397" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__TWUgA_ryH2oHRyEWzOcxUviNlTIpLbyjnLGA_xHPwGdZe240nTCTSzLlnW5In3V19qBmePup3Qw9hiyXDe1RCnAQf14nots3r0qrdjiIUwTUxkuvxEquo-CC5HcAVY4Cz6nqYRu_A2L19nlB0hpqoTaSVq_LFZYLWQzrUN66v4sfvpDasVuUb3M/w200-h186/ANPMnews.png" width="200" /></a></div>Website ofisiál seluk, inklui Primeiru Ministru nian <a href="https://www.gpm.gov.tl/tl/">https://www.gpm.gov.tl/tl/</a> no Autoridade Nasionál Petroleum no Minerais (ANPM) <a href="http://www.anpm.tl/">http://www.anpm.tl/</a> sei kontinua la’o, maibé dala ruma lori fulan balun atu atualiza no publika informasaun sira. ANPM nian laiha lingua Tetum.<p></p><p> Website Parlamentu Nasionál <a href="https://www.parlamento.tl">https://www.parlamento.tl</a> normálmente funsiona, maibé la fornese informasaun importante. Presiza tebes atu inklui informasaun sira hanesan ezbosu lei sira, komisaun sira nia relatóriu, no agenda sira tuir mai, aléinde informasaun istória no jerál sira ne’ebé iha ona. </p><p> Nune’e mós ba iha website Ministériu Obras Públika nian <a href="https://mop.gov.tl/">https://mop.gov.tl/</a>, ne’ebé la atualiza dezde kedas Agostu 2021, fó sai de’it kona ba reuniaun ofisiál sira, maibé laiha liu kedas informasaun kona ba konsultasaun públiku ka informasaun kona ba projetu espesífiku haktuir ba sira nia mandatu. Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais nia website: <a href="http://mpm.gov.tl/">http://mpm.gov.tl/</a> mós fornese informasaun barak kona ba enkontru sira duke substánsia sira.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeF9k05JGWRoPXONeVVthp3qrTeDuxtRDnCjeoQLIVX8ujpj6_1LKjhEbljzWlaScm2FryyZyG2uzBZM-O3xwS0HJDbK4YOv6RDRZeLSeZ2t4k9Hz_ush2zzB2qLA3fMmytQJ8OpHy1M7gpMDvLHaz-QXChFSS0rZq_GUipv586Dn_qFmYbbUkZ0q4/s934/CoMPRte.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="934" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeF9k05JGWRoPXONeVVthp3qrTeDuxtRDnCjeoQLIVX8ujpj6_1LKjhEbljzWlaScm2FryyZyG2uzBZM-O3xwS0HJDbK4YOv6RDRZeLSeZ2t4k9Hz_ush2zzB2qLA3fMmytQJ8OpHy1M7gpMDvLHaz-QXChFSS0rZq_GUipv586Dn_qFmYbbUkZ0q4/s320/CoMPRte.png" width="320" /></a></div>Jerálmente, pajina online sira iha leten, hanesan mós sira seluk ne’ebé Governu mantén, la fornese informasaun relevante ka liga ba sira nia relatóriu ka dokumentu ruma. Sira nia komunikadu imprensa la ajuda lee na’in sira atu hetan informasaun konkretu ka informasaun espesífiku, hanesan lei sira ka dokumentu sira. Barak liu, Governu hakarak hatudu katak sira okupadu, maibé lakohi fahe sira nia informasaun kona ba programa no projetu sira. Hare <a href="http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=30805&lang=tp" target="_blank">ezemplu </a>atuál ne’ebé fó sai husi pajina ofisiál Governu nian iha website:<br /> <br />Ajénsia balu fó sai sira nia komunikadu foun ka iha pajina iha Facebook. Maske hirak ne’e util, liu-liu bainhira ita konsidera katak ema barak mak uza liu Facebook iha Timor-Leste, maibé la signifika katak ida ne’e troka fali importánsia husi website ofisiál. Ita labele liga direta saida mak tau ona iha FB liga link ne’ebé la’ós FB, no informasaun sira ne’e mós la’ós permanente, ka estruturadu ho lójiku liu no labele hetan liu husi Search Engines (ez. Google). Hirak ne’e mós inklui dokumentu sira – so de’it imajen. Atu governa nasaun ne’e knaar importante tebes, no fornese informasaun ba sidadaun sira mós esensiál duni, no labele depende ba media sosiál sira de’it. <p></p><p>Ba notas sira ne’ebé pozitivu liu mak hanesan: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Portal Transparénsia Orsamentu <a href="http://www.budgettransparency.gov.tl/public/index?&lang=tl">http://www.budgettransparency.gov.tl/public/index?&lang=tl</a> no Portal Transparénsia Ajuda Externa <a href="https://aidtransparency.gov.tl/portal/?language=tm">https://aidtransparency.gov.tl/portal/?language=tm</a> mak reliável liu no atualizadu liu. Infelizmente, Portal Aprovizionamentu <a href="http://www.eprocurement.gov.tl/public/indexeprtl?&lang=tl">http://www.eprocurement.gov.tl/public/indexeprtl?&lang=tl</a> nafatin la fornese informasaun kompletu no susar atu uza, bainhira Portal Rezultadu Governu <a href="http://www.governmentresults.gov.tl/publicResults/index?&lang=tl" target="_blank">http://www.governmentresults.gov.tl/publicResults/index</a> la atualiza dezde tinan sanulu ona. <br /><br /></li><li>Timor-Leste nia website ba Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) <a href="https://www.eiti.gov.tl/">https://www.eiti.gov.tl/</a> mate tinan hirak liu ba, maibé foun seluk foin mak estabelese liu husi <a href="https://tleiti.mpm.gov.tl/">https://tleiti.mpm.gov.tl/</a>.<br /><br /></li><li>Website Jornal da Repúblika <a href="http://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal">http://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal</a> mak signifikadu liu ona no atualizadu liu duke hanesan iha antes, ho edisaun foun sira barak ne’ebé mak públika ona durante kada semana ida nia laran ba sira nia publikasaun. </li></ul><p>Atu halo informasaun importante sira disponivel liu ba iha públiku, La’o Hamutuk koleta dokumentu barak no matériais barak ne’ebé loloos mantén no públika iha Governu nia website rasik, maibé barak liu mak laiha. Ami fornese kópia barak iha ami nia pajina website (duke tau ligasaun ba iha fatin seluk) atu nune’e sira la lakon bainhira website seluk muda ka la eziste ona. Tuir mai mak ligasaun importante balu iha ami nia website:<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/DVD/DVDIndexTe.htm" target="_blank">Referénsia</a>: dokumentu orsamentu sira, ekonomia no relatóriu estatístika sira no matériais sira seluk tan husi Governu no fonte sira seluk </li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PSCs/10PSCs.htm" target="_blank">Projetu sira mina no gas</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/18EnvRegistry.htm" target="_blank">Lisensiamentu Ambientál</a> <br /></li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetRegime/NOC/10Petronatil.htm" target="_blank">TimorGAP</a> <br /></li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/EITI/10EITIindex.htm" target="_blank">EITI</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/issues.html" target="_blank">Índise ba matériais hotu iha LH nia website</a> <br /></li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm" target="_blank">Orsamentu Jerál Estadu 2022</a> (ho ligasaun ba tinan sira seluk)<br /></li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/21TLDPM/21TLDPMindex.htm" target="_blank">Konferénsia Parseiru Dezenvolvimentu sira nian</a></li></ul>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-67952742083989457552022-08-16T06:54:00.009+09:002022-08-16T07:52:57.885+09:00Transparency requires information, not just pretty pictures<div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/08/transparensia-ezije-informasaun-laos.html" target="_blank">Liga ba artigu ida ne'e iha lingua Tetum</a> <br /></span></i></p><p>
In recent months, Timor-Leste officials have promoted “E-government” and boasted of improved transparency scores. They are instituting technical means for maintaining the electoral rolls, as well as a “Unique ID” system for citizen identification.</p><p>However, recent developments indicate that more attention is being given to form than to substance. Several websites for government agencies have been redesigned, resulting in less transparency and making it more difficult (or impossible) to access current and/or historic information. Here are a few examples: </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdMNGMuZ1XFZzZPMluj_opwpGr_7U0jY2_rXFk2AYT-DaklwWEXAZXP-g87rj3InSM4p01sPLviEO-gEf8eo0P2G_Tri23qn2nWTp1KNNTIWCeWb30SCCFNenACARFTv1ZPjWDpg88dNGjGIRsp-jNAqo_CGkDemv48gQjT29BjmFLb85doOEpDsn/s924/MFWeb.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="924" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdMNGMuZ1XFZzZPMluj_opwpGr_7U0jY2_rXFk2AYT-DaklwWEXAZXP-g87rj3InSM4p01sPLviEO-gEf8eo0P2G_Tri23qn2nWTp1KNNTIWCeWb30SCCFNenACARFTv1ZPjWDpg88dNGjGIRsp-jNAqo_CGkDemv48gQjT29BjmFLb85doOEpDsn/s320/MFWeb.png" width="320" /></a></div>The entire Ministry of Finance website was deleted, and a new version <a href="https://www.mof.gov.tl/">https://www.mof.gov.tl/</a> is being assembled over several months. The new one is less complete and more difficult to use. All links to documents on the previous site no longer work. Many links in the new version are either missing or nonfunctional. Newly released material is not identifiable, and the extensive use of graphics and coding makes it virtually impossible to identify materials, link to a page or download the site with a web spider. Search engines cannot find its material, and the search in the site itself doesn’t work.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEora9zsRkf1feJXMtq8w7soILJ7XVuk9u90xfYxk8J7JK5rWM9DwsuYjdlFm14ECr9OprZWiOGNxBi_gNmeFEYoBcyZ9Nh7N_s6KPheA11T_DfoEC1xvsP7b3cy9Hv06o03XObz_Zf9P2F6WIdmgagthoy4X99hTojP2DYcbH20oJQQ8RLG9Wqxn/s506/TGapWeb.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="506" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEora9zsRkf1feJXMtq8w7soILJ7XVuk9u90xfYxk8J7JK5rWM9DwsuYjdlFm14ECr9OprZWiOGNxBi_gNmeFEYoBcyZ9Nh7N_s6KPheA11T_DfoEC1xvsP7b3cy9Hv06o03XObz_Zf9P2F6WIdmgagthoy4X99hTojP2DYcbH20oJQQ8RLG9Wqxn/s320/TGapWeb.png" width="320" /></a></div>TimorGAP, the national oil company which has received nearly a billion dollars in subsidies from public money, also just redesigned its website <a href="https://www.timorgap.com/">https://www.timorgap.com/</a>. Most previous information has evaporated, and the new site is in English only. It has no information about anything other than TimorGAP’s staff and its hopes for Greater Sunrise – although the company has signed contracts to explore seven other areas. All information about annual reports, finances, tenders, contracts, public consultations and press releases has been removed.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEmRNg40FzK_eKA0VM-SwvZE4mtHjZMWcnQxjbND83FwXIBcSZviiwKC-P0DXSMPW19QP2pDDflQRo5WMy7MZ7MYKyjmyNuTrBKXdfHfOvxCg1YSjwZ7qvXjVQXfM6MjX1QIePN0i9IxbEtJLrfR7sFFu9ShN3xDpN2O4QyTO0UELPfv9axxoWM7A/s397/ANPMnews.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="397" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEmRNg40FzK_eKA0VM-SwvZE4mtHjZMWcnQxjbND83FwXIBcSZviiwKC-P0DXSMPW19QP2pDDflQRo5WMy7MZ7MYKyjmyNuTrBKXdfHfOvxCg1YSjwZ7qvXjVQXfM6MjX1QIePN0i9IxbEtJLrfR7sFFu9ShN3xDpN2O4QyTO0UELPfv9axxoWM7A/s320/ANPMnews.png" width="320" /></a></div>Other official websites, including those of the Prime Minister <a href="https://www.gpm.gov.tl/en/">https://www.gpm.gov.tl/en/</a> and the National Petroleum and Minerals Authority (ANPM) <a href="http://www.anpm.tl/">http://www.anpm.tl/</a> still work as well as they have, but it often takes months before current information is posted (example at left).<p></p><p>The National Parliament’s website <a href="https://www.parlamento.tl">https://www.parlamento.tl</a> usually functions, but does not contain much useful information. It should have draft laws, committee reports and upcoming agendas, in addition to the historic and general information which is already there.</p><p>Similarly, the Ministry of Public Works website <a href="https://mop.gov.tl/">https://mop.gov.tl/</a>, which hasn’t been updated since August 2021, has a lot about meetings with officials, but almost nothing about public consultations or specific projects under its mandate. The Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals site <a href="http://mpm.gov.tl/en/">http://mpm.gov.tl/en/</a> also has more about meetings than about substance.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LKKwJmMdRe3ncl5hn-pRyWx435c2xLpl1LEuPCRa40b1fZgS3GJMeHM8V3-YNhQ6TchhnPaIGnsJ6aQiv0pWF0iU9erSCbYeEfNpdHHaSxEG4OGTx0YUMLqDwJpOcuBLQ6htI6amG8AjCwh7k0MQ4Quv8FIdJ5CrUOASmkl15IEV871hDeBivebR/s924/CoMPRen.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="924" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LKKwJmMdRe3ncl5hn-pRyWx435c2xLpl1LEuPCRa40b1fZgS3GJMeHM8V3-YNhQ6TchhnPaIGnsJ6aQiv0pWF0iU9erSCbYeEfNpdHHaSxEG4OGTx0YUMLqDwJpOcuBLQ6htI6amG8AjCwh7k0MQ4Quv8FIdJ5CrUOASmkl15IEV871hDeBivebR/s320/CoMPRen.png" width="320" /></a></div>More generally, most of the above sites, as well as others maintained by the government, do not contain or link to relevant reports or documents. Their vacuous press releases do not help the reader find more concrete or specific information, such as laws or other documents. Often, the government appears to want to look busy, but declines to post information about its programs and projects. Here’s a <a href="http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=30805&lang=en" target="_blank">recent example</a> from the main Government website.<p>Some agencies post news releases or have pages on Facebook. Although this can be useful (especially considering the number of Facebook users in Timor-Leste), it is not a substitute for a website. You cannot link to a FB posting from outside FB, and the postings are not permanent, logically structured or indexed by search engines. They cannot include documents – only images. Governing a nation is too important a responsibility, and providing information to citizens is too essential, to rely solely on a “social network.” </p><p>On a more positive note: </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Budget Transparency <a href="http://www.budgettransparency.gov.tl/public/index">http://www.budgettransparency.gov.tl/public/index</a> and Aid Transparency <a href="https://aidtransparency.gov.tl/portal/">https://aidtransparency.gov.tl/portal/</a> portals have become more reliable and up-to-date. Unfortunately, the e-procurement portal <a href="http://www.eprocurement.gov.tl/public/indexeprtl">http://www.eprocurement.gov.tl/public/indexeprtl</a> continues to be incomplete and difficult to use, while the Government Results Portal <a href="http://www.governmentresults.gov.tl/publicResults/index">http://www.governmentresults.gov.tl/publicResults/index</a> has not been updated for ten years. <br /><br /></li><li>The Timor-Leste website of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) <a href="https://www.eiti.gov.tl/">https://www.eiti.gov.tl/</a> was allowed to die a few years ago, but a new one was recently established at <a href="https://tleiti.mpm.gov.tl/">https://tleiti.mpm.gov.tl/</a>. <br /><br /></li><li>The <i>Jornal da Repúblika</i> website <a href="http://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal">http://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal</a> is now significantly more up-to-date than it used to be, with most new editions being posted within a week of their publication. </li></ul><p>To make important information more available to the public, La’o Hamutuk collects many documents and materials that should be accessible on government websites, but often aren’t. We put copies on our own site (rather than linking to them elsewhere) so that they don’t disappear when another website is deleted. Here are some key links on our site:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a a="" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJX40Oj3woisqZmCdrpOXg0ard9LowTKGvwBQFdvhriyC040sOngRS_0SLnvGDKRMZN3pnqd1NYv58crV8WitehP7D47J0Qt4m15BjNxvYTOKzrU0gsuKxFfo15F9o_XdtPP-TlfLhxNtrmMuet_jjI0G1jmunvROub6jhfglmhxqr0uofDKANUMg/s765/RefContentsEn.png"></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/DVD/DVDIndexEn.htm" target="_blank">Reference:</a> budget documents, economic and statistical reports, and many other materials from government and other sources</li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PSCs/10PSCs.htm" target="_blank">Oil and gas projects</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/18EnvRegistry.htm" target="_blank">Environmental licensing</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetRegime/NOC/10Petronatil.htm" target="_blank">TimorGAP</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/EITI/10EITIindex.htm" target="_blank">EITI</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/issues.html" target="_blank">Table of contents for all material</a> on La’o Hamutuk website</li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm" target="_blank">2022 State Budget</a> (with links to other years) <br /></li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/21TLDPM/21TLDPMindex.htm" target="_blank">Development Partners’ Conferences</a></li></ul></div>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-47289774982301521512022-07-13T05:57:00.000+09:002022-07-13T05:57:58.529+09:00La’o Hamutuk Congratulates Australia for Ending the Prosecution of Bernard Collaery and Urges them to Continue to Respect Timor-Leste’s Sovereignty<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i> Liga ba <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/07/ami-kongratula-australia-neebe-hapara.html" target="_blank">blog ida ne'e iha Tetum</a> ka <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/Collaery/2022/220712Komunikadu%20Imprensa%20kona-ba%20Kazu%20Bernard%20CollaeryTeEn.pdf" target="_blank">PDF iha lingua rua </a> </i></span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7HkYzkUmUfbTDC7sBdld9Yqz9B3c67FYn5zl5sYAwPf0kXYhFjSjJtinC3sen43IS-K8kqAETjrVLh7K0rjrRsBRmXh2I_EjJhsgyWcLcdlJsxUenpYWXoaut1suji7Q-naFgXBeg_UDKl2BLYO6pGV-UODv6vl7nf2_wfNgO64ScZMXCLRzPS_v/s800/MKOTTCollaery.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7HkYzkUmUfbTDC7sBdld9Yqz9B3c67FYn5zl5sYAwPf0kXYhFjSjJtinC3sen43IS-K8kqAETjrVLh7K0rjrRsBRmXh2I_EjJhsgyWcLcdlJsxUenpYWXoaut1suji7Q-naFgXBeg_UDKl2BLYO6pGV-UODv6vl7nf2_wfNgO64ScZMXCLRzPS_v/s320/MKOTTCollaery.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>La’o Hamutuk appreciates the decision of Australia’s Attorney-General to end the prosecution against Bernard Collaery. This overdue decision cannot undo the shameful history of Australia’s <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/2013/AustralianAussieSpiesAccused29May2013.pdf" target="_blank">bugging Timor-Leste’s Government Palace in 2004</a>, during the negotiations which led to the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Bulletin/2006/Apr/bulletinv7n1.html" target="_blank">2006 CMATS Treaty</a> dividing oil revenues and delaying discussion of the maritime boundary between the two countries. The 2004 spying was done by Australian intelligence agents, one whom, known as “Witness K”, was also prosecuted, along with his attorney Bernard Collaery, when he blew the whistle on the illegal espionage.<p>To rebuild good neighborly relations between Australia and Timor-Leste, the Australian government should recognize that it has blatantly violated Timor-Leste’s sovereignty, and return to policies of mutual respect between the two nations. Healthy diplomacy needs to address past transgressions, and Australia should return more than $5 billion it took in from oil and gas fields that it now agrees are in Timor-Leste’s territory.</p><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0WWUrzrXYcZs5VkiFIesnELhtln107uu8F95DgmfGdZnre6Bklx5Wqj5j5f3t8SLClSTSOufrG3XTUwe7wPoaKlALCBfOeNWO01-KXuvYPaTjtDN8cvzGCNQuJ1q6ZVDbFQ-49UpmBPbR-Lcu8NSL1_PKwMxTekXi-ZkdRDyMi04Lcx0tXaoiBn-/s800/02-IMG_1987.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="800" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0WWUrzrXYcZs5VkiFIesnELhtln107uu8F95DgmfGdZnre6Bklx5Wqj5j5f3t8SLClSTSOufrG3XTUwe7wPoaKlALCBfOeNWO01-KXuvYPaTjtDN8cvzGCNQuJ1q6ZVDbFQ-49UpmBPbR-Lcu8NSL1_PKwMxTekXi-ZkdRDyMi04Lcx0tXaoiBn-/s320/02-IMG_1987.JPG" width="320" /></a>We also think that mutual respect as neighbors means supporting each other as partners, not taking advantage of Timor-Leste’s weaker economy, less experienced administration, and limited human resources to obtain benefits for Australia at the expense of Timor-Leste’s people. This should be reflected by cancelling some future projects, including the planned <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PSCs/10PSCs.htm#CCS" target="_blank">Carbon Capture and Storage</a> (CCS) at Bayu-Undan which would exploit Timor-Leste’s vulnerability to enable the carbon-intensive Barossa project in Australia, further damaging the global and local climate.<p></p><p>In addition, we suggest that Australia should pardon “Witness K”, who was pressured into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit. “Witness K” used proper channels to report an inappropriate action he was ordered to carry out, and should be unconditionally exonerated. Both he and Bernard Collaery have been good and honorable friends to Timor-Leste, and Australia should compensate them for the harm that unjust prosecution has already inflicted on them.</p><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitY7DRM6ZQD3Pi5PPgaAitzveRuRXwg4zZBqO7gN4jY2HSvShFQU55js0hMdckLXcA3-WnkvTQCB8Y-8X9QHiya8_DnpVRm2zViZYVxdZU7Loz-Eo1ap-hyKwOaee9L_e0r9tPkGl9TQOUUaxUWwszeSG1Ah47keEpuuNCtHiyo07mwVccIHoDdmYk/s960/Dili12Sep2018.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitY7DRM6ZQD3Pi5PPgaAitzveRuRXwg4zZBqO7gN4jY2HSvShFQU55js0hMdckLXcA3-WnkvTQCB8Y-8X9QHiya8_DnpVRm2zViZYVxdZU7Loz-Eo1ap-hyKwOaee9L_e0r9tPkGl9TQOUUaxUWwszeSG1Ah47keEpuuNCtHiyo07mwVccIHoDdmYk/s320/Dili12Sep2018.jpg" width="320" /></a>As a Timorese civil society organization, the Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis (La’o Hamutuk) has studied and advocated on the maritime boundary, petroleum development, and other aspects of the relationship between Timor-Leste and Australia for more than two decades, sometimes alone and often in collaboration with the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/OilWeb/Australia/JSCTIUA/CIITT%20sub%20on%20IUA.htm" target="_blank">Independent Information Center for the Timor Sea (CIITT)</a>, the <a href="http://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2016/03/mkott-statements-to-australia-and-tl.html" target="_blank">Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea</a> (MKOTT) and the international Timor Sea Justice Campaign (TSJC). <p></p><p>As we applaud the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/18ConcilTreaty.htm">2019 Maritime Boundary Treaty</a> and the dropping of the charges against Bernard Collaery, we continue to struggle for a mutually respectful relationship.</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/Collaery/20Collaery.htm" target="_blank">More information on the prosecution of Collaery and “Witness K”</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/OilIndex.html#Boundaries" target="_blank">Links to La’o Hamutuk’s submissions and articles on the Australia-Timor-Leste relationship</a></li></ul>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-10662758878928413542022-07-13T05:42:00.002+09:002022-07-13T05:59:32.549+09:00Ami Kongratula Austrália ne'ebé Hapara Akuzasaun Kontra Bernard Collaery, no Tenke Kontinua atu Respeita Soberania Timor-Leste<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7Jkl5VQhkWR9bUmHdR6vjuaGl_NiGTcVJ-OmvIaQJ6wybp0lF7t3uCEK_RTuS5SiWc7R6TWqIN_HsbtWda_vECQm37fmYzUiEZNDBt-W1aWgHbDXvh4CQ6DoRkury3Hk4mvY-O7wdMTMsmgmF4z2uvdOQoH119YMhJNO85C-3igac4hDzLlKqnJf/s960/Dili12Sep2018.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7Jkl5VQhkWR9bUmHdR6vjuaGl_NiGTcVJ-OmvIaQJ6wybp0lF7t3uCEK_RTuS5SiWc7R6TWqIN_HsbtWda_vECQm37fmYzUiEZNDBt-W1aWgHbDXvh4CQ6DoRkury3Hk4mvY-O7wdMTMsmgmF4z2uvdOQoH119YMhJNO85C-3igac4hDzLlKqnJf/s320/Dili12Sep2018.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Link to <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/07/lao-hamutuk-congratulates-australia-for.html" target="_blank">this blog in English</a> or <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/Collaery/2022/220712Komunikadu%20Imprensa%20kona-ba%20Kazu%20Bernard%20CollaeryTeEn.pdf">bilingual PDF</a> </span></i><br /></div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>Komunikadu Imprensa</b></h4><p style="text-align: left;">La’o Hamutuk apresia desizaun Prokuradór-Jerál Austrália nian hodi hapara prosesu akuzasaun kontra advogadu Bernard Collaery. Desizaun tarde ida ne’e, labele nega istória fo’er Austrália nian ne’ebé halo <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/2013/AustralianAussieSpiesAccused29May2013.pdf">espionajen iha Palásiu Governu TL nian iha 2004</a>, durante negosiasaun kona-ba oinsá fahe riku soin petrolíferu iha Tasi Timor, liu-liu iha prosesu hakat ba diskusaun <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Bulletin/2006/Apr/LHBv7n1bi.pdf" target="_blank">Tratadu CMATS 2006</a>. Espionajen ida ne’e halo husi servisu intelijénsia Austrália nian no ema ida husi sira ne’ebé hala’o espionajen ida ne’e mak fó sai hatene ba Governu Timor-Leste, nune’e ema ne’ebé hanaran “Witness K” ho nian advogadu Bernard Collaery hetan persekusaun legál. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Atu harii ikus relasaun nudár viziñu di’ak entre Austrália no Timor-Leste, Governu Austrália tenke rekoñese aktu dezrespeitu ba soberania RDTL no kontinua pratika respeita mutua iha aspetu hotu ba soberania rai rua nian. Relasaun diplomátika ho saudavel ida ne’e, presiza rezolve aktu laloos iha pasadu inklui Australia tenke selu fali liu biliaun $5 ne’ebé Australia simu husi rezerva petróleu no gas ida ne’ebé agora konkorda iha territóriu Timor-Leste nian. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ODPQFUhrX7rjojo_foA62w5C9Jfku4sEEWMZ8xC-pmzOHuqw80CkswNqtjeEgCZ03k1KCR3LF1ojYiDkBlom9i5ykLYdrsuoYhAZU_sOqcq_ZjvDim40zFPHBoPF2VNsq6dbHhmdZdpxTGdIyon_vY8Y5i7SP6tCSOw5vWlro07sZwKT08DX8lNJ/s886/CollaeryLetter.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="682" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ODPQFUhrX7rjojo_foA62w5C9Jfku4sEEWMZ8xC-pmzOHuqw80CkswNqtjeEgCZ03k1KCR3LF1ojYiDkBlom9i5ykLYdrsuoYhAZU_sOqcq_ZjvDim40zFPHBoPF2VNsq6dbHhmdZdpxTGdIyon_vY8Y5i7SP6tCSOw5vWlro07sZwKT08DX8lNJ/w154-h200/CollaeryLetter.png" width="154" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;" text-align:=""></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ami mós hanoin katak atu respeita no kuidadu malu nudár viziñu ne’ebé di’ak tenke haree malu hanesan família no parseiru di’ak, la’ós apreveita vulnerabilidade sistema legal, administrasaun, Governasaun no rekursu umanu hodi maximiza benefísiu ba Austrália no tau ba risku povu Timor-Leste. Ida ne’e presiza refleta iha kansela projetu petrolíferu sira inklui <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PSCs/10PSCs.htm#CCS" target="_blank">Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)</a> iha Bayu-Undan ne’ebé sei vunerabliza liu tan Timor-Leste no intensiva projetu Barossa iha Austrália, ida ne’ebé sei estraga liu klima global no lokál. </div><p style="text-align: left;">Ami mós sujere atu Austrália fó perdaun ba “Witness K”, ema ne’ebé hetan presaun atu aseita sala ba krime ne’ebé nia la halo. “Witness K” uza kanál ne’ebé loos atu denunsia aktu la apropriadu ne’ebé orienta ba nia no tenke liberta nia inkondisionalmente. Sira na’in rua sai tiha belun boot Povu Timor-Leste nian, no Australia tenke fó kompensasaun ba lakon hotu ne’ebé sira hetan durante persekusaun la justu ida ne’e. </p><div center="" style="text-align: left;" text-align:=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFzFlsEmwixM5LtPq2whgqpG1KjR44h_5kfd04QX7BNQqLUvvtfHre0akGjc8Tv4fUXytiezzSsT9hwxfObB5AjIRWPrqcmIWFah4w_8sCrDHC1WqQ10-IPzepyKJ6NO2LUTjSYVH4sRa1D6IXHNsTN0ycZezS-mxeAFdNejbOY_2pdh_eDhFrBIg/s800/MKOTTPressCon21Jul2018.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFzFlsEmwixM5LtPq2whgqpG1KjR44h_5kfd04QX7BNQqLUvvtfHre0akGjc8Tv4fUXytiezzSsT9hwxfObB5AjIRWPrqcmIWFah4w_8sCrDHC1WqQ10-IPzepyKJ6NO2LUTjSYVH4sRa1D6IXHNsTN0ycZezS-mxeAFdNejbOY_2pdh_eDhFrBIg/s320/MKOTTPressCon21Jul2018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nudár organizasaun sosiedade sivíl Timor oan nian, Institutu ba Monitoring no Analiza dezenvolvimentu - La’o Hamutuk durante ne’e halo estudu no advokasia ba fronteira maritima, dezenvolvimentu petróleu, no aspetu seluk husi relasaun entre Timor-Leste no Australia, liu dékada rua, dala ruma mesak, no dala barak servisu hamutuk ho <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/OilWeb/Australia/JSCTIUA/CIITT%20sub%20on%20IUA.htm" target="_blank">Centru ba Informasaun Independente kona-ba Tasi Timor</a> (CIITT), <a href="http://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2016/03/deklarasaun-husi-mkott-ba-governu.html">Movimentu Kontra Okupasaun Tasi Timor</a> (MKOTT) no Timor Sea Justice Campaign (TSJC) internasionál.</div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Ita selebra <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/18ConcilTreaty.htm" target="_blank">Tratadu Fronteira Maritima iha 2019</a> no kansela akuzasaun kontra Bernard Collaery, ba oin ita kontinua luta ba relasaun di’ak no mutua entre nasaun rua.</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/Collaery/20Collaery.htm" target="_blank">Informasaun liu tan kona-ba akuzasaun Bernard Collaery no Witness K</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/OilIndex.html#Boundaries" target="_blank">Lista husi submisaun no artigu sira kona-ba relasaun entre Australia no Timor-Leste</a></li></ul>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-35782903132314908612022-07-03T04:54:00.001+09:002022-07-05T03:57:08.204+09:00Timor-Leste Must Do Better on Public Participation and Transparency to Comply with International Standards<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/07/estadu-timor-leste-tenke-pratika-diak.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i> Liga ba blog ida ne'e iha Tetum</i></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKur5yvu_GyCgYpiBpvrsBm0aGqpoQHaYOdLiK28Gig_mxVR9-fAGijv7wnSk8M0KjxEQz_OCo7o20ekA_0PguB8So8h5JYEMEu8YgySo4N4eYPUGeSzzYyB2UwuOz91smvitxxZVphdrYkpoS16YNSc8rBiQCh6WDAIV4FmWtyxmrinGUMul4IWZa/s778/OBStimeEn.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="778" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKur5yvu_GyCgYpiBpvrsBm0aGqpoQHaYOdLiK28Gig_mxVR9-fAGijv7wnSk8M0KjxEQz_OCo7o20ekA_0PguB8So8h5JYEMEu8YgySo4N4eYPUGeSzzYyB2UwuOz91smvitxxZVphdrYkpoS16YNSc8rBiQCh6WDAIV4FmWtyxmrinGUMul4IWZa/w400-h213/OBStimeEn.png" width="400" /></a></div>On 30 May 2022, the International Budget Partnership (IBP) released the results of the <a href="https://internationalbudget.org/open-budget-survey" target="_blank">2021 Open Budget Survey</a> (OBS), which shows improvements in some indicators since the last survey. The survey evaluates transparency, public participation, and oversight in the state budget processes of 120 countries, including <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/DVD/2022/open-budget-survey-timor-leste-2021-en.pdf">Timor-Leste</a>. The results show an overall improvement of 20% in transparency among the 120 countries. In Timor-Leste, transparency has also improved and is better than the global average. However, the country’s public participation score has declined since the 2015 and 2017 surveys, and are below average. Although the results for oversight show some progress, Timor-Leste still needs to establish a Supreme Audit Institution to oversee budget implementation. <br /><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">How did Timor-Leste Score in the Open Budget Survey? </h4><p style="text-align: left;">In this survey, Timor-Leste’s scores are better than in the previous survey; the nation’s transparency score increased to 52/100 and oversight increased to 56/100. However, the government has yet to demonstrate a genuine commitment to popular participation, and has not shown significant change, improving just one point compared to <a href="http://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2020/04/timor-leste-unimproved-in-2019-open.html" target="_blank">2019</a>, to 7/100. The graph at the top shows changes in Timor-Leste’s scores and global averages since 2015.<br /> <br />Although we recognize that global conditions, namely the pandemic, have caused urgent necessities, this is not an excuse for the Government to fail to conduct public consultations during budget preparation, oversight, and execution. After data was collected for the 2021 OBS, the Government made some efforts by enacting the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#LEO" target="_blank">Budget Framework Law</a> and, most recently, the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm#MOP" target="_blank">Major Planning Options Law for 2023</a>. Despite this, we note that Parliament does not have enough opportunities to study and analyze Government proposals, including laws approved by Parliament without thorough public consultation. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9K8sS4YnbD2gS9vupmZ6tPCRZ4KayKOF5lsYGd9YZaejotSZIuen4e62S9OGIcUYyuZJcBKtHbxd8-S43OQJNfXo7BLHEEmFIICduvpQmGhyEMqRMOUT7uF5X4TRnvApZrHNpR14sHDr4vN48Dk3QqXdnjMpdKdGBMUmnclPiQRwQ7eUhhRGl16A7/s977/TransEn.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="977" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9K8sS4YnbD2gS9vupmZ6tPCRZ4KayKOF5lsYGd9YZaejotSZIuen4e62S9OGIcUYyuZJcBKtHbxd8-S43OQJNfXo7BLHEEmFIICduvpQmGhyEMqRMOUT7uF5X4TRnvApZrHNpR14sHDr4vN48Dk3QqXdnjMpdKdGBMUmnclPiQRwQ7eUhhRGl16A7/s320/TransEn.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Based on the new report, Timor-Leste complies with almost all key indicators regarding the publication of important budget documents. Of eight budget documents, this survey found that two — the Pre-Budget Statement and the Mid-Year Report — were late. While the figure at right shows that Timor-Leste occupies an average position, above Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, our nation rates lower than Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. </p><p style="text-align: left;">La’o Hamutuk’s principal researcher for this survey notes that while Timor-Leste has improved its transparency score, it still needs to clearly explain data and projections regarding state revenues and spending, reflecting current conditions, including more serious projections about the condition of the Petroleum Fund which will be exhausted in coming years. Although issues regarding the Petroleum Fund aren’t specifically part of this survey, when we talk more generally about transparency it implies that all entities including the Government should demonstrate their commitment to respect and implement transparency, including publishing important information such as the annual report of the Petroleum Fund, which in previous years has been published late and failed to convey consistent information about the value of the Fund’s loan to Timor-Gap. </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMH32-iFA_q_KR3Qxvq1jO045j_RuUEcjdaZHGW3g3yvaxhXBIKrsdzfHg92KjGkTRpB_YFtJaJRYfjtDx-uYbkpy9tmM-7gd1VgwftpVVZrF52WYBS3cChoUYRET6aYXgOvPvITdyNIujke2L14eBI9RX4-_JxRoncC4FKDQgz3U7LcHhu4duTZw/s770/PartisEn.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="770" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMH32-iFA_q_KR3Qxvq1jO045j_RuUEcjdaZHGW3g3yvaxhXBIKrsdzfHg92KjGkTRpB_YFtJaJRYfjtDx-uYbkpy9tmM-7gd1VgwftpVVZrF52WYBS3cChoUYRET6aYXgOvPvITdyNIujke2L14eBI9RX4-_JxRoncC4FKDQgz3U7LcHhu4duTZw/s320/PartisEn.png" width="320" /></a></div>Furthermore, the researcher found that it’s important for the Government, through Law 2/2022 on the Budget Framework, to improve budget transparency and create opportunities for public participation.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;">The principal investigator for this survey, La’o Hamutuk researcher Eliziaria Febe Gomes, notes that “we appreciate that the Government has created some limited space for civil society to participate in consultation and budget development, through the <i>Jornada Orsamentál </i>(Budget Days) meeting. However, it would be better to open up opportunities during budget development at the Ministerial level and also in the Budget Policy Committee (CROP) prior to approval of the budget by the Council of Ministers and submission to Parliament, because the <i>Jornada Orsamentál</i> is not a decision-making forum. Ideally, participation of civil society and public representatives would be maximized from the start of the budget process, through to review. The above graphic shows that Timor-Leste still occupies a below-acceptable position, scoring below Vietnam which has managed to improve its participation score.”</p><p style="text-align: left;">“Timor-Leste has a great opportunity to improve and promote participation, because we have already shown the world our great respect for democratic values, and so there is an opening to promote and include everyone’s opinions and participation at all policy-making levels. In this way, the people would feel a sense a ownership over decisions and they could trust and know that the Government is using their shared wealth to improve their lives.”<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYFDoaleP-5wgCKKGGVmWoDhW3vo9cXAmtm3Ghi_vE1WIgMaqNuaOKcltjnBFePITmFADNQfvT0ijC2nd1TjXf2jKNGhjMvuyiBeRFaDI8yvppUEQeX5XdruNy605hmX1mVDmJ2ivyuaj3809IFLbpuIk8FyP7tHgXFRigKth6z9iAXjeoWGmg9Do/s1700/GlobalBars.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYFDoaleP-5wgCKKGGVmWoDhW3vo9cXAmtm3Ghi_vE1WIgMaqNuaOKcltjnBFePITmFADNQfvT0ijC2nd1TjXf2jKNGhjMvuyiBeRFaDI8yvppUEQeX5XdruNy605hmX1mVDmJ2ivyuaj3809IFLbpuIk8FyP7tHgXFRigKth6z9iAXjeoWGmg9Do/s320/GlobalBars.png" width="309" /></a></div>Indicators in the 2021 Open Budget Survey</h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Budget transparency</b> is assessed in the OBS based on the public availability and content of eight important budget documents that the Government should publish according to international standards. Specifically, the survey examines whether documents and reports are published online according to schedule, and determines whether they include comprehensive and detailed information.</li></ul><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Despite partisan disputes in 2019, the Parliament approved the Budget. Despite being almost one month late because of a Presidential veto, Timor-Leste improved significantly on transparency, by publishing a Citizen’s Budget and a Year-End Report.<br />Timor-Leste’s transparency score is 52 out of 100, below the score of 61 which is needed to promote informed public debate. This score puts Timor-Leste in 48th place out of 120 countries.<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Public participation </b>is assessed based on formal opportunities for organizations and individuals to participate and share their thoughts during the budget process.</li></ul><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The global average score for public participation is very poor, at just 14 out of 100.<br />Timor-Leste received a score of seven, worse than the most nations in Southeast-Asia.<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Oversight </b>is assessed on the function of the legislature and the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) in the budget process.</li></ul><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">A score of 61 out of 100 is considered adequate.<br />Timor-Leste received a score of 56.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Implications of the OBS Results for Timor-Leste</h4><p style="text-align: left;">Based on La’o Hamutuk’s experience as a civil society organization that monitors the state budget process, the researcher observes that people in Parliament are often willing to share materials with us informally regarding proposed budget legislation, although we are rarely invited to testify directly. At the same time, we continue to encourage Parliament to officially publish materials in language that is easy to understand and in places that are easily accessible. </p><p style="text-align: left;">One recent example of these tendencies is the Government’s proposed <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#OR" target="_blank">Rectification of the 2022 Budget</a> in May 2022, which the Government convinced Parliament to handle as an urgent matter and therefore failed to properly inform or open space for the public. This situation demonstrated major shortcomings in participation, because people had no chance to share their opinions or suggestions. Although we appreciate that Parliament Committee C recognized that the Government's justification for urgency consideration was insufficient, the majority of MPs nevertheless voted for it. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The Open Budget Survey aims to help each nation, including Timor-Leste, to see their citizens as the center of decision making on the budget process, including their role in monitoring how the Government manages their money and whether it is spent prudently and in their interest. Data and information for this survey is collected by independent civil society with a deep understanding of the budget and budget monitoring, without affiliation to any group or party. The results are revised by relevant parties such as the evaluators and Government representatives through the Ministry of Finance who provide commentary prior to publication.</p><p style="text-align: left;">La’o Hamutuk will continue to work with civil society, including sharing current and accurate information, to ensure the Government pays attention to looming problems, especially the fiscal cliff which will come when our nonrenewable oil and gas wealth is exhausted. We also work with the IBP to increase the capacity of local and national civil society to engage in budget analysis and advocacy. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Download the <a href="https://internationalbudget.org/sites/default/files/country-surveys-pdfs/2021/open-budget-survey-timor-leste-2021-en.pdf" target="_blank">complete OBS report for Timor-Leste here</a>. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/issues.html#Finances" target="_blank">La’o Hamutuk publications related to state finances are listed here</a>.
</p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-2848626326965207032022-07-03T04:07:00.004+09:002022-09-17T14:27:52.004+09:00Estadu Timor-Leste Tenke Pratika Di’ak Liu Tan Partisipasaun Públiku no Transparénsia Hodi Haktuir ba Klasifikasaun Internasionál<p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/07/timor-leste-must-do-better-on-public.html" target="_blank">Link to this blog in English</a> </span></i><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsh9gQ0LTMl_Pxed2sMYS1VBsvqRvfvTS3WZx0L9wMo6E5N4bXmS6ST24IbQ0no3sLJNFqmkQ9YrGXTZBPh8_PQ78HZmGsIfjZu_n43aFfuqiUCUXDlo42P2znOmRbNf1chT3v8gi7oouEqwCLomTH6-2N51rtYHqkwq2pobaR0XVqr4u6drARsVO/s788/OBStimeTe.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="788" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsh9gQ0LTMl_Pxed2sMYS1VBsvqRvfvTS3WZx0L9wMo6E5N4bXmS6ST24IbQ0no3sLJNFqmkQ9YrGXTZBPh8_PQ78HZmGsIfjZu_n43aFfuqiUCUXDlo42P2znOmRbNf1chT3v8gi7oouEqwCLomTH6-2N51rtYHqkwq2pobaR0XVqr4u6drARsVO/w400-h211/OBStimeTe.png" width="400" /></a></div>Foin lalais ne’e 30 Maiu 2022, Parseiru Orsamentál Internasionál (International Budget Partnership - IBP) fó sai rezultadu husi peskiza (<a href="https://internationalbudget.org/open-budget-survey" target="_blank">Open Budget Survey - OBS) 2021</a> ne’ebé hatudu mudansa di’ak iha sasukat balu kompara ba iha periodu survey sira liu ba. Survey ida ne’e avalia nivel transparénsia, partisipasaun husi públiku, no fiskalizasaun iha prosesu orsamentál iha nasaun 120 inklui Timor-Leste. Rezultadu survey ida ne’e hatudu katak valór ba transparénsia husi nasaun 120 mak atinje kuaze 20% kompara ho 2008. Jerálmente Timor-Leste nia transparénsia aumenta, no ida ne’e di’ak liu kompara ho médiu mundiál. Maibé valór partisipasaun nafatin hetan konsiderasaun ki’ik tebes kompara ba 2015-2017, ne’ebé kuaze menus sorin balu husi nivel médiu mundiál ka piór liu. Seluk, maske valór fiskalizasaun hatudu progresu di’ak, maibé estadu Timor-Leste presiza duni atu estabelese instituisaun ida atu realiza fiskalizasaun ba orsamentu.<br /><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Oinsá Rezultadu Survey OBS ba Timor-Leste? </h4><p>Ba rezultadu tinan ida ne’e, Timor-Leste nia valór hatudu mudansa ne’ebé di’ak tebes kompara ho periodu sira liu ba, valór transparénsia aumenta ba 52 husi 100 no valór fiskalizasaun orsamentu ba 56 husi 100. Maske nune’e, nasaun ida ne’e seidauk hatudu nia kometimentu loloos atu promove partisipasaun ema hotu nian, tanba la konsege hatudu mudansa, valór partisipasaun aumenta pontu ida de’it kompara ho <a href="http://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2020/05/tl-laiha-mudansa-iha-transparensia.html" target="_blank">survey 2019</a>, ba 7 husi 100. Gráfiku iha leten hatudu progresu ba mudansa iha valór Timor-Leste ho médiu mundiál sira dezde tinan <a href="http://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2015/09/tl-kontinua-iha-nivel-insufisiente-ba.html">2015</a>. <br /> <br />Karik ami rekoñese ba situasaun global hanesan pandemia bele hamosu nesesidade urjente maibé ida ne’e la’ós sai razaun atu Governu Timor-Leste la halo konsultasaun ho públiku durante prosesu preparasaun, fiskalizasaun too iha prosesu ezekusaun orsamentu. Hafoin halibur informasaun no dadus sira husi OBS 2021 remata, iha tinan rua ikus Governu iha esforsu balu atu halo mudansa ba polítika sira hanesan mudansa ba<a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#LEO" target="_blank"> Lei Enkuadramentu Orsamentál</a> too iha Lei ikus ba <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm#MOP" target="_blank">Lei Grande Opsaun do Planu</a>. Mezmu nune’e, ami haree katak laiha espasu nato’on ba Parlamentu rasik nudár órgaun importante atu estuda no analiza kle’an ba proposta ne’ebé hato’o husi Governu, inklui Lei hirak ne’e aprovadu de’it husi Parlamentu lahó konsultasaun ne’ebé kle’an ba públiku. <br /> <br />Bazeia ba relatóriu foun, Timor-Leste kuaze kumpre sasukat xave sira hodi publika dokumentu importante kona ba orsamentu. Husi total livru orsamentu ualu, ba survey ida ne’e hatudu dokumentu 2 de’it mak tarde tebes atu fó sai ba públiku hanesan <i>Pre-Budget Statement </i>no <i>Mid-Year Report</i>. Maske hatudu iha figura tuir mai Timor-Leste nia pozisaun médiu kompara ho nasaun sira hanesan, Vietnam, Kamboja no Myanmar, nasaun ne’e nafatin piór liu kompara ho nasaun Malázia, Indonézia, Filipina no Tailándia. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEN4Tfsi3EeAQcGHcL5ITKufS1T495AXmAbip4t1JaVPkxL5CN8VipiJ5iL1UKFebTiKjSNfG4BI9QiQil_RVtXgSq58z7xTj32pNWn6IbhgZ0-TjQqpWPjm4NF2SEe6Xp4Pra3MXMX2GWan9NNBpKlRMn5qQ-Wk3XEqfKqfty31gmR0SoMBiUaDK7/s683/TransTe.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="683" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEN4Tfsi3EeAQcGHcL5ITKufS1T495AXmAbip4t1JaVPkxL5CN8VipiJ5iL1UKFebTiKjSNfG4BI9QiQil_RVtXgSq58z7xTj32pNWn6IbhgZ0-TjQqpWPjm4NF2SEe6Xp4Pra3MXMX2GWan9NNBpKlRMn5qQ-Wk3XEqfKqfty31gmR0SoMBiUaDK7/w320-h203/TransTe.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Haktuir ba investigadór prinsipál husi La’o Hamutuk ba survey ida ne’e salienta katak maske Timor-Leste hatudu valór aumentu iha transparénsia, presiza nafatin hatudu esplikasaun ne’ebé klaru liu tan ba dadus no projesaun sira liu-liu ba iha reseita no despeza sira ne’ebé tenke refleta ba kondisaun atuál, inklui hatudu projesaun sériu liu hodi tetu ba kondisaun Fundu Petrolíferu ne’ebé besik atu mamuk ba tinan sira tuir mai. Maske asuntu FP la hola parte iha survey ida ne’e, bainhira ko’alia kona ba transparénsia signifika entidade hotu iha Governu presiza hatudu sira nia kometimentu atu kumpre no fó valór ba transparénsia ne’e rasik, inklui publikasaun ba informasaun importante sira, hanesan ezemplu relatóriu anuál FP ne’ebé publika tarde no la fornese informasaun konsistente kona ba valór empréstimu husi FP ba TimorGap. </p><p>Aleinde ne’e, tuir investigadór ne’e katak importante mós ba Governu liu husi Lei Nu.2/2022, Lei Enkuadramentu Orsamentál ida ne’e atu hadi’ak liu tan transparénsia iha prosesu orsamentu sira no kria mós oportunidade ba partisipasaun públiku. <br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaMCI7xX9u4gUwUhyFwXk1YQlvKvIc2wBqeObg7NRGNAtAGE1VPwKYujRwuGhX1U3W2wC3wgs4S4mYMnSbRZ71881hzIn0eg8FkBq_QQh7F0yq85dZC4tWwitSbKYcSZl-1Y9Azshh4y_LDlH-qeGEETcGfBsRrFq8JadH395qbT_jAt1_sOBkzwx/s885/PartisTe.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="885" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaMCI7xX9u4gUwUhyFwXk1YQlvKvIc2wBqeObg7NRGNAtAGE1VPwKYujRwuGhX1U3W2wC3wgs4S4mYMnSbRZ71881hzIn0eg8FkBq_QQh7F0yq85dZC4tWwitSbKYcSZl-1Y9Azshh4y_LDlH-qeGEETcGfBsRrFq8JadH395qbT_jAt1_sOBkzwx/s320/PartisTe.png" width="320" /></a></div>Investigadór prinsipál ba Timor-Leste iha survey ida ne’e, peskizadóra La’o Hamutuk Eliziaria Febe Gomes, nota katak “Ami apresia ba esforsu Governu atu fó espasu uitoan ba sosiedade sivíl atu asiste konsultasaun iha prosesu formulasaun orsamentu liu husi soru mutu jornada orsamentál, maibé karik di’ak liu tan atu loke espasu mós ba prosesu formulasaun iha nivel ministériu sira no mós iha Komisaun Revizaun Orsamentu Polítika (KROP) antes hetan aprovasaun husi Konsellu Ministru no submete ba parlamentu, tanba soru mutu jornada orsamentál la’ós fatin atu deside, nune’e di’ak tebes atu maximiza partisipasaun sosiedade sivíl no reprezentante públiku hahú kedas husi inísiu too iha nia revizaun. Haktuir ba valór iha leten hatudu katak Timor-Leste nafatin iha nivel aseitavel nia okos kompara ho nasaun Vietnam ne’ebé konsege hadi’ak nivel partisipasaun.”<p></p><p>“Timor-Leste iha oportunidade boot liu atu hadi’ak no atu promove liu tan partisipasaun, tanba ita hatudu ona ba mundu katak ita respeita tebes valor demokrátiku, nune’e iha duni dalan atu ba oin promove no inklui ema hotu nia opiniaun no partisipasaun iha nivel desizaun polítika. Nune’e, povu hotu iha Timor-Leste bele sente sai na’in ba desizaun sira no sira bele fiar no hatene katak sira nia osan Governu uza duni atu hadi’ak sira nia moris.” <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Sasukat sira iha Open Budget Survey 2021</h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Transparénsia orsamentál (<i>Budget transparency</i>)</b> avalia iha OBS liu husi disponibilidade ba públiku no kont¬eúdu husi dokumentu importante ualu orsamentu nian ne’ebé governu sira tenke públika tuir padraun internasionál. Espesífikamente, ezamina dokumentu no relatóriu sira ne’ebé publika iha online tuir tempu determinadu no fó sai informasaun ida ne’ebé komprensivu no detallu.</li></ul><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Maske hasoru disputa entre partidu sira iha 2019, parlamentu nafatin aprova orsamentu. Maske tarde kuaze fulan ida tanba la hetan aprovasaun ka veto husi Prezidente Repúblika, Timor-Leste hatudu mudansa signifikativu ba nivel transparénsia, liu husi publika ona livru Orsamentu ba Sidadaun “<i>Citizens’ Budget</i>” no Relatóriu Tinan ikus “<i>Year-End Report</i>” .</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Valór transparénsia Timor-Leste nian mak 52 husi 100, menus husi 61 hanesan valór mínimu atu promove debate iha públiku ida ne’ebé informadu, valór ne’e mós hetan pozisaun 48 ne’ebé inklui husi nasaun 120<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Partisipasaun husi públiku (<i>Public participation</i>)</b> avalia bazeia ba oportunidade formal ba organizasaun no ema sivíl sira atu partisipa no fó hanoin sira durante prosesu orsamentu. </li></ul><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Valór media global ba partisipasaun públiku ida ne’e aat tebes, 14 husi 100.<br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Timor-Leste hetan de’it valór 7, piór liu kompara ho nasaun sira iha Sudeste Ázia. <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Fiskalizasaun (<i>Oversight</i>) </b>sukat bazeia ba funsaun husi lejislatura no Instituisaun Supremu Auditoria (SAI) iha prosesu orsamentu. </li></ul><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Valór 61 husi 100, ida ne’e konsidera adekuadu iha fiskalizasaun.</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Timor-Leste hetan valór 56.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZJbTy8Jg9Fk17siiNthP6Q4pOHSdISBNPkyt3E8o9vVKyD4Rr1t8RxBKIHsjAFxVJeN38CHLzXIiFwUTCHT9kWBvEHdVWZbDSnKdMKMkUk7T7D6nu_fNZmtlQQzmylyri6CXXIpwNyaByfFaXWfx4R9zHRvXdolk-wM_mL1UdDapZCHdbpvT3yl_/s1700/GlobalBars.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZJbTy8Jg9Fk17siiNthP6Q4pOHSdISBNPkyt3E8o9vVKyD4Rr1t8RxBKIHsjAFxVJeN38CHLzXIiFwUTCHT9kWBvEHdVWZbDSnKdMKMkUk7T7D6nu_fNZmtlQQzmylyri6CXXIpwNyaByfFaXWfx4R9zHRvXdolk-wM_mL1UdDapZCHdbpvT3yl_/s320/GlobalBars.png" width="309" /></a></div>Implikasaun Rezultadu OBS ba Timor-Leste</h4><p>Bazeia ba esperiénsia La’o Hamutuk nudár organizasaun sosiedade sivíl ne’ebé tau matan ba prosesu orsamentál, investigadór observa katak Parlamentu Nasionál iha vontade di’ak atu partilla informalmente ho ami ba relatóriu no paresér husi alterasaun ba Lei Orsamentu sira, maske dala ruma ami la hetan konvite atu hato’o direta ami nia testemuña ba proposta lei sira. Entretantu, ami nafatin enkoraja Parlamentu inklui instituisaun sira atu publika informasaun no materiais sira ne’e ho ofisialmente iha lian ne’ebé fasil atu komprende no iha fatin ne’ebé ema hotu bele asesu. </p><p>Ezemplu ida foin lalais akontese mak bainhira Governu hato’o proposta ba retifikasaun ba <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#OR" target="_blank">Lei OJE 2022</a> iha Maiu tinan ne’e ho pedidu atu halo diskusaun ho karákter urjénsia no la konsege loke espasu no informa ba públiku. Situasaun ne’e hatudu frakeza boot iha partisipasaun tanba la envolve sosiedade sivíl no públiku atu hato’o opiniaun ka sujestaun ruma. Maske ami apresia relatóriu no paresér Komisaun C Parlamentu Nasionál nian ba Lei ida ne’e, konsiente katak Governu nia Espozisaun Motivu susar atu justifika nia urjénsia, maioria deputadu fó tiha ona votu a favór ba proposta husi proposta urjénsia ida ne’e. </p><p>Objetivu husi survey OBS ida ne’e, atu ajuda nasaun ida-idak inklui Timor-Leste bele konsidera povu nudár sentru ba tetu hotu iha prosesu orsamentál estadu nian inklui sira mós bele nafatin akompaña oinsá Governu jere sira nia osan no oinsá gasta ho prudente liu no bele responde duni ba povu sira nia nesesidade. Dadus no informasaun sira iha survey ida ne’e koleta husi sosiedade sivíl independente no iha koñesimentu kle’an ba orsamentu no akompaña prosesu orsamentu sira, ne’ebé la hola parte ba kualkér grupu ka parte ida. Hafoin rezultadu hirak ne’e hetan revizaun husi entidade relevante hanesan avalia or no reprezentante Governu rasik liu husi MF hodi avalia no fó komentáriu antes informasaun hirak ne’e publika. </p><p>La’o Hamutuk nafatin kontinua servisu hamutuk ho maluk sosiedade sivíl sira inklui fahe nafatin informasaun atuál no real ba públiku hodi asegura katak Governu nafatin tau atensaun aas ba limitasaun sira ne’ebé ita iha, liu-liu ba kondisaun ne’ebé besik ona tama ba rai-naruk fiskál (<i>fiscal cliff</i>) tanba de’it riku soin limitadu no úniku ne’ebé tuir projesaun sei remata ba tinan balu tuir mai. Ami mós servisu hamutuk ho IBP atu ajuda kapasita maluk sosiedade sivíl sira iha nivel nasionál no lokál atu komprende no hatene kle’an liu oinsá hala’o advokasia no halo analiza rasik ba orsamentu sira. </p><p>Haree video <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/trans/OBS21/2207ObsMedium.mp4">Estadu Timor-Leste Tenke Pratika Diák Liu Tan Transparénsia no Partisipasaun Publiku</a> </p><p>Bele hetan <a href="https://internationalbudget.org/sites/default/files/country-surveys-pdfs/2021/open-budget-survey-timor-leste-2021-en.pdf ">relatoriu OBS kompletu tomak kona-ba Timor-Leste iha ne'e</a>.</p><p>Bele hetan <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/issues.html#Finances" target="_blank">informasaun adisionál husi La'o Hamutuk kona-ba finansas estadu nian iha ne'e</a>.</p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-61577729405564489002022-06-30T22:00:00.043+09:002022-07-02T03:19:33.472+09:00TimorGAP begins exploring Pualaca Block by itself<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpvfCDMFNV7FAquqiflf-kQLjzGlywmuL3Qu9fxo70g-VA4R5C14JP_lts5hs4OVi_87IcB7S2AZkskl0sIEUJrjQqg7vZDIv7hGz6rqRzYB3Jpr5__aTHXk92jOsPF5sPWIrZqJ7h0WF0SYmd7YkesnyM1X4MwVHZ7jvrVrMeWY1ju6Ix0gWET4M/s1240/PualakaPSCmapEn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1240" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpvfCDMFNV7FAquqiflf-kQLjzGlywmuL3Qu9fxo70g-VA4R5C14JP_lts5hs4OVi_87IcB7S2AZkskl0sIEUJrjQqg7vZDIv7hGz6rqRzYB3Jpr5__aTHXk92jOsPF5sPWIrZqJ7h0WF0SYmd7YkesnyM1X4MwVHZ7jvrVrMeWY1ju6Ix0gWET4M/s320/PualakaPSCmapEn.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/07/timorgap-hahu-esplorasaun-mesak-iha.html" target="_blank">Liga ba blog ida ne'e iha Tetum</a> </span></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">As some people know, on 24 June 2022, TimorGAP launched the Pualaca Block project with a socialization program for their petroleum exploration activities in contract area PSC-TL-OT-21-17, after signing the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Project/Pualaca/PSC%20TL-OT-21-17%20Timor%20Gap%20PualacaEnEnh.pdf">Production-Sharing Contract (PSC)</a> in December 2021. The Government awarded this PSC to TimorGAP through a secret process – there was no public tender or opportunity for other companies to make proposals.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Petroleum and gas extraction activities have two main phases – exploration (research) and production. In the first phase oil companies begin to look for information and collect data, including through seismic research and test wells. From industry-wide experience, most of this research does not find a reserve with enough commercial value to justify production.</p><p style="text-align: left;">One past well in the contract area is in the Pualaca aldeia in Laclubar suku: a small oil and gas deposit among several seeps scattered in this area, as local people know. This field has been developed since 1892, in the Portuguese period, and produced oil for local consumption through a small refinery which was run by Dr. José Ramos-Horta’s older brother. Oil and gas has seeped into the local environment there for more than 130 years; there is no strong reason to believe that there’s enough left for commercially viable production. At its peak, annual production from Pualaca was less than Bayu-Undan produces every half-hour.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetRegime/NOC/10Petronatil.htm" target="_blank">TimorGAP</a> is beginning these exploration activities as operator and 100% owner; before now their other projects were always operated by their joint venture partners, including Eni, Timor Resources, Woodside and SundaGas. Operating without any experience increases risks to the community and the environment, and TimorGAP has never done these activities before.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Prior to the 24 June event, the relevant authorities – the National Petroleum and Minerals Authority (ANPM) and Ministry of Petroleum and Mining (MPM) – had not shared the contents of the PSC on the internet or the <i>Jornál da República</i>. However, ANPM did publish the contract on their <a href="http://www.anpm.tl/tlea/" target="_blank">website </a>this week, after La’o Hamutuk reminded them it was legally required. According to Article 29 of the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetRegime/PetrolActPassedJul05En.pdf">Petroleum Activities Law</a>, the Ministry must publish a summary in the <i>Jornál da República </i>and make the full text publicly available.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The Pualaca Block covers 1,575 km2 in three municipalities, from Laclubar, Natarbora and Barique (Manatuto) to Fatuberliu (Manufahi) and Dilor (Viqueque). TimorGAP and its subsidiary plan to conduct aerial research (Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry - FTG)) before deciding to proceed with the seismic research phase. We understand that they have contracted the FTG work to be done during July, but we have not yet seen any sign of a Terms of Reference or initial <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/18EnvRegistry.htm" target="_blank">process for environmental licensing</a>. As project proponent, TimorGAP must present a proposed Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Management Plan when they apply for a license, and the lengthy process requires transparency, public consultation and thorough analysis before the operation can start.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uTQhit7cd85ZcDrjxsgLpiyvYo7CmQY_-W3VWJFUqbfnkgIm9QF_TtIB_afN1nawNpt6zWJQ8T19EMscjCTQLJM9AwTLq0zmV08czovZimgpppSmRFPIODlgXyAlxpPNhNN59-Yf8m8yLSECyaU1CanblK97Wk-wSjknir7rmG3AW0rERM46KALD/s1021/220625VIPs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1021" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uTQhit7cd85ZcDrjxsgLpiyvYo7CmQY_-W3VWJFUqbfnkgIm9QF_TtIB_afN1nawNpt6zWJQ8T19EMscjCTQLJM9AwTLq0zmV08czovZimgpppSmRFPIODlgXyAlxpPNhNN59-Yf8m8yLSECyaU1CanblK97Wk-wSjknir7rmG3AW0rERM46KALD/s320/220625VIPs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>At this launch, in addition to the Minister of Petroleum and Mining and the ANPM, civil and military authorities from all three municipalities participated, including PNTL and F-FDTL commanders. TimorGAP, ANPM and MPM gave general explanations that Timor-Leste needs to continue to look for and produce petroleum because Bayu-Undan is almost empty and the Petroleum Fund will run out in ten years. They also explained that the industry needs people with specific, high-level skills, and will establish a team to bring together representatives for detailed consultation in specific places. In their speeches, police commanders tended to threaten and use harsh language directed to local people, especially the youth. In the discussion period, participants suggested that when petroleum activities are underway, it would be better to promote healthy dialogue than this approach of showing force and bullying people to comply.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Due to limited time for discussion, La’o Hamutuk was not allowed to speak or ask questions at the socialization event, although we appreciate that people from the community and students raised important issues and received good responses from MPM, ANPM and TimorGAP. The respondents promised to introduce local content, but failed to explain how they would involve people from the local area, saying that they should wait until the speeches are over to realize truly participatory consultation, knowledge, and mutual understanding, including providing more complete information to people in affected communities. About 200 people, mostly men, attended the event; many came from Dili as well as 20 police, some soldiers, and community representatives.</p><p style="text-align: left;">La’o Hamutuk thinks that a <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/MOP/220524LHbaPNPropostaLeiOpsaunPrinsipalPlanuEn.pdf">better way </a>for the Government of Timor-Leste to move away from depending on nonrenewable oil and gas resources is to promote agriculture and transformative industries. We should use some of the money invested in financial markets through the Petroleum Fund to improve our human resources and develop a diversified, sustainable economy. We believe that unleashing ourselves from petroleum dependency is the first step along a genuine pathway which will be more equitable and just, addressing long-existing structural problems.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We appreciate the closing intervention by the President of TimorGAP that indicated there will be deeper consultations to hear various parties’ rights, concerns and interests before the process proceeds. We encourage everyone involved to use these opportunities to help local people understand the unmentioned risks which will come with petroleum activities in the contracted areas.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Thank you.</p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-56367154700951035382022-06-30T21:30:00.000+09:002022-07-02T03:21:32.851+09:00TimorGAP Hahú Esplorasaun Mesak iha Bloku Pualaca<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvxsJKbB7RqVgD4dOG5MGIijNeGo0HKGpETnzXGkpJt94VGfH52MRy_tRhFesW2Cr4gIDhbW0gHLcLA3RB_IIfdNH-UHM96XvOTigz4milSa3Sf8EanxKi1p0shHQ3QOFRa3jhq6ppnwMNzGLDYkftxzagqh7WQUMAPzObXVJJdjEiFJHbo5wCMUt/s503/BannerPhoto.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="503" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvxsJKbB7RqVgD4dOG5MGIijNeGo0HKGpETnzXGkpJt94VGfH52MRy_tRhFesW2Cr4gIDhbW0gHLcLA3RB_IIfdNH-UHM96XvOTigz4milSa3Sf8EanxKi1p0shHQ3QOFRa3jhq6ppnwMNzGLDYkftxzagqh7WQUMAPzObXVJJdjEiFJHbo5wCMUt/s320/BannerPhoto.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/06/timorgap-begins-exploring-pualaca-block.html" target="_blank"><i>Link to this post in English</i></a> </span><br /></p><p>Hanesan públiku karik hatene, iha dia 24 Juñu 2022, TimorGAP realiza lansamentu projetu Timor Gap Pualaca Block no programa sosializasaun ba atividade esplorasaun petróleu iha area <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Project/Pualaca/PSC%20TL-OT-21-17%20Timor%20Gap%20PualacaEnEnh.pdf">kontratu PSC-TL-OT-21-17</a>. PSC (<i>Production-Sharing Contract</i>) ka Kontratu Fahe Produsaun ida ne’e asina iha Dezembru tinan 2021, Governu fó PSC ba TimorGAP liu husi prosesu segredu – laiha konkursu públiku ka oportunidade ba kompañia sira seluk atu fó proposta.</p><p></p><p>Atividade petróleu no gas, iha faze rua prinsipál, husi peskiza no produsaun, esplorasaun mak kompañia petrolíferu sira hahú husi buka informasaun ka halibur dadus, sízmiku too perfurasaun (teste well), esperiénsia hotu indústria ne’e nian maioria parte peskiza sira la hetan rezerva ho valor sufisiente atu justifika produsaun. </p><p>Posu ida husi area kobertura ba bloku ida ne’e mak iha aldeia Pualaca iha Suku Laclubar, rezerva ki’ik ida ne’e mina-rai no gas naklekar tiha iha rai leten hanesan públiku hatene, kampu ida ne’e dezenvolve husi tempu okupasaun portugés dezde 1892 no halo produsaun liu husi harii refinaria ki’ik ida ne’ebé jere husi Dr. José Ramos-Horta nia maun hodi uza ba konsumu lokál. Mina no gas sai ba rai leten iha posu Pualaca ne’e la’o tiha ona maizumenus tinan 130, nune’e laiha serteza forte atu iha rezerva signifikante atu justifika komersialmente ba produsaun.</p><p><a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetRegime/NOC/10Petronatil.htm">TimorGAP</a> foin atu halo atividade esplorasaun iha area ida ne’e hanesan operadór mesak, antes ne’e <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PSCs/10PSCs.htm">sira nian projetu seluk</a> sempre iha operadór seluk hanesan Eni, Timor Resources, Woodside, no SundaGas. Iha indústria estrativa sira ezije esperiénsia boot atu hamenus risku boot ba komunidade no ambiente, TimorGap rasik laiha esperiénsia atu halo atividade hanesan ne’e mesak.</p><p>To’o lansamentu no sosializasaun ida ne’e realiza, autoridade relevante ANPM no MPM rasik la publika konteúdu ba PSC ne’e iha internet no <i>Jornál da Repúblika</i>, ANPM foin <a href="http://www.anpm.tl/tlea/">publika PSC</a> ida ne’e hafoin La’o Hamutuk relembra sira nian obrigasaun legal. Tuir <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetRegime/PetrolActPassedJul05Pt.pdf">Lei Atividade Petrolíferu</a> artigu 29 prevee kona ba dokumentu sira ne’ebé tenke publika husi Ministériu ka instituisaun relevante sira ba iha Jornál da Repúblika mak avizu inklui selebrasaun autorizasaun sira.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfI3BMa7BkmdwLEtM1-mzw1n5FR2EurN1P3mwZ7QL5AHu8dnFOJVlvCZOYc6LYF41er8CtTT9wEOFcW62kody5PvY_tvQ5Eog_I35Jh6pmIcjDkKA_5ELRt-z8Gfwep9k0k173rrL5Wk6637Vdlk2wAMzTu8cxSegj921pHo7_BivyMEJpuN-XcVt/s930/PualakaPSCmap.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="930" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfI3BMa7BkmdwLEtM1-mzw1n5FR2EurN1P3mwZ7QL5AHu8dnFOJVlvCZOYc6LYF41er8CtTT9wEOFcW62kody5PvY_tvQ5Eog_I35Jh6pmIcjDkKA_5ELRt-z8Gfwep9k0k173rrL5Wk6637Vdlk2wAMzTu8cxSegj921pHo7_BivyMEJpuN-XcVt/s320/PualakaPSCmap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Area kobertura iha Bloku ida ne’e too iha area 1,575 km kuadradu iha munisipiu tolu, husi Laclubar, Natarbora, Barique (munisipiu Manatuto) too Fatuberliu (munisípiu Manufahi) no Dilor (munisípiu Viqueque). Tuir planu TimorGap ho nian subsidiáriu sei halo peskiza ho aviaun (<i>Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry </i>(FTG) detail) antes determina ba peskiza iha faze sízmiku. Ami rona katak kontrator ba servisu ida ne’e sei realiza FTG iha fulan jullu nian rohan maibé too agora ami seidauk haree atividade ida ne’e nian TOR no <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Env/18EnvRegistry.htm" target="_blank">prosesu lisensamentu ambientál</a>. TimorGAP nudár proponente presiza aprezenta proposta Avaliasaun Impaktu Ambientál no Planu Jestaun Ambientál molok bele hetan lisensa, ida ne’ebé liu husi transparénsia, konsultasaun públiku, no lori tempu atu analiza kle’an antes permite operadór hala’o nian operasaun.<p></p><p>Iha lansamentu refere, aléinde partisipa husi Ministru Petróleu no Minériu, ANPM, marka prezensa mós husi autoridade sivíl no militár sira husi munisipiu tolu, Viqueque, Manufahi no Manatuto inklui Komandante FDTL no PNTL. Sosializasaun ida ne’e TimorGap, ANPM no MPM esplika jerál de’it katak Timor-Leste iha nesesidade atu kontinua ho esplorasaun no produsaun sira seluk tanba Bayu-Undan atu hotu no Fundu Petrolíferu atu remata iha tinan 10 tuir mai, esplika mós katak indústria ida ne’e ezije ema ho skill espesífiku no as, afeta rai, nune’e sei estabelese ekipa ida hodi halibur reprezentante oin-oin atu halo konsultasaun detallu ho fatin espesífiku iha area autorizasaun. Husi Diskursu Komandante PNTL sira nian, iha tendénsia ba ameasa ka hasai liafuan kro’at ba povu, liu-liu ba foin-sa’e sira. Iha tempu diskusaun partisipante sira husu, bainhira atividade petrolíferu ida ne’e la’o bele promove diálogu saudavel duke aproxima ho maneira hatudu forsa no obriga atu kumpre. </p><p>Maske iha limitasaun tempu durante diskusaun, komisaun la permite La’o Hamutuk atu ko’alia iha sosializasaun refere ka halo intervensaun ka pergunta ruma, maibé ami apresia tanba komunidade lokál no estudante sira loke asuntu importante sira no hetan resposta di’ak husi MPM, ANPM no TimorGAP rasik, sira promete atu introdús konteúdu lokál maibé la konsege atu oferese maneira no prosesu sira atu envolve populasaun sira iha area ne’ebá, maibé ita tenke hein too diskursu sira bele tau iha pratika katak, sei realiza duni konsultasaun Partisipativa ho koñesimentu no konsiénsia mutua komunidade nian inklui fornese informasaun kompletu ba públiku no komunidade afetadu sira. Lansamentu no sosializasaun ida ne’e maizumenus ema na’in 200 maioria mane, barak mós ba husi Dili, inklui membru Polísia hamutuk 20, F-FDTL balun no reprezentante komunidade sira. </p><p>La’o Hamutuk hanoin katak <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/MOP/220524LHbaPNPropostaLeiOpsaunPrinsipalPlanuTe.pdf" target="_blank">dalan di’ak liu</a> mak Governu Timor-Leste atu muda diresaun husi dependénsia ba rekursu la renovavel petróleu no gas ba promove setór agrikultura no indústria transformadór sira. Bele uza osan uitoan ne’ebé ita investe iha merkadu finanseiru liu husi Fundu Petrolíferu agora ba dezenvolve rekursu umanu di’ak no dezenvolve ekonomia diversifikadu no sustentável. Ami fiar katak kore an husi dependénsia ba petróleu mak pasu inísiu la’o iha dalan ne’ebé loos no define dalan seluk ne’ebé ekitável no justu liu hodi solusaun loloos ba problema estruturál seluk ne’ebé eziste tinan barak.</p><p>Ami apresia Prezidente TimorGAP nian intervensaun ikus katak sei iha konsultasaun ne’ebé kle’an liu atu rona parte oin-oin nian diretu, preokupasaun no interese antes prosesu hotu la’o ba oin. Ami enkoraja atu uza oportunidade sira hodi ajuda komunidade sira atu hatene risku sira ne’ebé sei husik hela husi atividade petróleu no gas iha area sira ne’ebé hetan autorizasaun. <br /></p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-30391569124735980852022-06-22T05:19:00.000+09:002022-06-22T05:19:07.100+09:00Hanoin husi LH ba Parseiru Dezenvolvimentu sira<p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/06/lh-thoughts-for-development-partners.html" target="_blank">Link to this blog in English</a> </span></i><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jKYtai7_ONaIWlwr2MiBZxbD_zgRKM2LZUn9HVT8i9SVixViSDw4DyNfu4Hk3ad-R4nI3KZPjuiTgnikj1UVX18a49SWCeca_AYjbAp3LkuqIHhZpja5LBnU4B3GvuKXOdn3dyg0AdIaAKIpcvuRfIS9UEArJ-YiTtcybT0x9c0p11rpqudGNJ8P/s802/Donors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="802" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jKYtai7_ONaIWlwr2MiBZxbD_zgRKM2LZUn9HVT8i9SVixViSDw4DyNfu4Hk3ad-R4nI3KZPjuiTgnikj1UVX18a49SWCeca_AYjbAp3LkuqIHhZpja5LBnU4B3GvuKXOdn3dyg0AdIaAKIpcvuRfIS9UEArJ-YiTtcybT0x9c0p11rpqudGNJ8P/w400-h230/Donors.jpg" width="400" /></a><i>Iha 10 Juñu 2022, Governu Timor-Leste organiza reuniaun anuál ho Parseiru Dezenvolvimentu sira iha edifísiu Ministériu Finansa, Dili. Tuir mai mak hanoin badak balu husi La’o Hamutuk ne’ebé fahe ona ba partisipante. Bele liga ba <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/21TLDPM/21TLDPMindex.htm#2022" target="_blank">informasaun kle’an liu kona ba soru-mutu refere (inklui video no aprezentasaun sira)</a> no <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/21TLDPM/Jun2022/220610LHKarta%20ba%20TLDPMte.pdf">ami nia komentáriu iha lian Tetum</a> no <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/21TLDPM/Jun2022/220610LHKarta%20ba%20TLDPMen.pdf">Ingles</a>. </i><br /></i></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Komentáriu husi La’o Hamutuk ba Enkontru Parseiru Dezenvolvimentu Timor-Leste 2022</h2><p>La’o Hamutuk nudár organizasaun Sosiedade Sivíl ne’ebé liu dékada rua, partisipa ativu iha prosesu konstrusaun no dezenvolvimentu Timor-Leste nian, liu husi monitoriza, analiza no halo advokasia bazeia ba evidénsia no polítika públiku Timor-Leste nian. La’o Hamutuk mós asume papél hodi fahe informasaun oin-oin ba povu atu bele iha kbiit hodi enfrenta dezafiu sira nudár Estadu no Nasaun, no atu fahe informasaun no perspetiva sira ba ukun-na’in sira iha Governu no parseiru dezenvolvimentu sira.</p><p>Aproveita tempu ida ne’e, hato’o agradesimentu ba kontribuisaun hotu ne’ebé parseiru dezenvolvimentu sira oferese iha momentu difisil hotu povu Timor nian inklui krize saúde no dezastre naturais dala rua tuituir malu iha istória ikus Timor-Leste nian.<br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Situasaun atuál Timor-Leste nian</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;">Fundu Petrolíferu Sei Mamuk Lalais.</h4><p>Diskusaun no previzaun sira ne’ebé resposta husi <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#OR" target="_blank">Orsamentu Retifikativu 2022</a> no Proposta <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm#MOP" target="_blank">Lei Grande Opsaun do Planu ba OGE 2023</a>, husik hela mensajen prinsipál ba ita hotu katak Fundu Petrolíferu sei hotu lalais liu sein investe ba interese Povu Timor-Leste nian ba tempu naruk.</p><p>Agora, produsaun Bayu-Undan besik atu remata, no laiha kampu seluk prontu atu fornese reseita. Durante Janeiru-Abril 2022, valor investimentu iha Fundu Petrolíferu tun 10% ($1.6 biliaun). Maske Ministériu Finansas inklui projesaun grave kona-ba <i>presépio financeiro </i>(fiscal cliff) iha Lei Grande Opsaun do Planu ba OGE 2023 ne’ebé foin pasa husi Parlamentu Nasionál, realidade katak situasaun ida ne’e bele mosu lalais liu kompara ho sira nia estimizasaun. </p><p>Situasaun ida ne’e fó ameasa ba ita nia nasaun no bem-estar povu nian, tanba ita nia kapasidade atu finansia setór báziku hanesan saúde no edukasaun, sei perigozu tebes bainhira Fundu Petrolíferu kuaze mamuk ona. Situasaun ida ne’e bele mós fó ameasa ba ita nia soberania, se Governu deside atu foti empréstimu ne’ebé Timor-Leste sei susar atu selu fali.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Diversifikasaun Ekonómiku Seidauk Realiza.</h4><p>Ami haree iha tendénsia atu kontinua gasta osan ba Projetu Tasi Mane no projetu boot sira seluk ne’ebé nia retornu nafatin iha duvida, too agora seidauk klaru ba benefísiu husi Projetu Tasi Mane atu dezenvolve ekonomia Timor-Leste nian. </p><p>Tendénsia atu investe iha projetu boot sira ne’ebé falta atu hamosu diversifikasaun ekonómiku ne’ebé sustentável, ida ne’e lori konsekuénsia ba ita nia nasaun atu depende nafatin ba importasaun. Kada tinan, Timor-Leste importa sasán ho valór kuaze tokon $500. Esportasaun naun-petrolíferu maizumenus tokon $20 kada tinan. Produsaun ai-han lokál la sufisiente atu hasoru nesesidade populasaun.</p><p>To’o agora, Timor-Leste kobre défise komérsiu ida ne’e ho osan husi reseita petrolíferu no retornu investimentu. Maibé ne’e la’ós solusaun sustentável, tanba hanesan ita hatene ona Fundu Petrolíferu bele mamuk iha tinan sanulu tuir mai. </p><p>Bainhira Fundu mamuk ona, nasaun ne’e sei la bele selu importasaun barak no impaktu ba povu sei todan liu tan se produsaun ai-han lokál seidauk aumenta maka’as. Agora, maioria husi populasaun <a href="https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/fi/c/1151924/?iso3=TLS" target="_blank">la iha seguransa ai-han</a>, no <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2020/11/rezultadu-husi-global-hunger-index-2020.html" target="_blank">labarik ho idade menus husi tinan lima iha Timor-Leste ho kondisaun isin ra’es badak</a> (<i>stunted</i>). Se situasaun ida ne’e sai grave liu, oinsá ho nia impaktu ba povu? Diversifikasaun ekonomia la’ós asuntu abstratu de’it - ne’e fó impaktu maka’as ba povu nia moris.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Mudansa Klimátika halo situasaun ida ne’e grave liu tan. </h4><p>Mundu tomak preokupa tebes kona-ba mudansa klimátika, ne'ebe mai husi fonte sira inklui produsaun mina no gas ne’ebé hasai gas estufa hodi estraga klima no rezulta krize umanu oin-oin iha mundu inklui Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste la ketak husi planeta mundu nian, ida ne’ebé hetan efeitu no kontribui mós ba mudansa klimátika ne’ebé umanidade mundiál enfrenta.</p><p>Impaktu husi mudansa klimátika bele halo problema balun ne’ebé ita enfrenta hela sei sai todan liu tan, inklui inseguransa ai-han, produsaun agrikultura menus, asesu ba bee moos no kualidade infrastrutura. Ita la bele adapta-an nafatin ba situasaun ne’ebé kontinua sai grave liu tan, no presiza esforsu husi nasaun boot sira (inklui doadór) atu hamenus sira nia emisaun gás estufa. <br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Rekomendasaun ba Parseiru Dezenvolvimentu Sira </h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Aumenta investimentu ba ekonomia produtivu, ne’ebé orienta ba konsumu doméstiku. Ami hanoin katak Timor-Leste bele iha liu tan kbiit atu enfrenta situasaun aat oin-oin iha futuru kuandu ita harii duni ekonomia ida ne’ebé produtivu no sustentável. Ami husu doadór sira atu foka liu ba produsaun agrikultura ne’ebé bele responde ba krize seguransa ai-han no nutrisaun. Liu husi hametin sistema produsaun eskala-ki’ik ne’ebé eziste ona, no valoriza kapasidade, forsa no vontade inklui kondisaun ba atividade ne’ebé eziste ona iha populasaun.<br /><br /></li><li>Investe atu haforsa no hametin Timor-Leste nia rekursu ho valor boot liu – ita nia povu. Atu la’o ba futuru, Timor-Leste presiza apoiu husi doadór sira atu hadi’ak liu tan ita nia sistema edukasaun no saúde, no atu hamenus kedas malnutrisaun no pobreza. La ho povu ne’ebé forte, liuliu joven no labarik sira, ita nunka bele harii nasaun forte.<br /><br /></li><li>Ajuda polítiku na’in sira atu kompriende katak indústria estrativa sira – petróleu, mineiru – labele fornese osan no empregu adekuadu ba Timor-Leste, no sei labele sustenta ekonomia no orsamentu estadu iha futuru. Ita tenke hamenus atensaun ba fantasia ida ne’e, no halo esforsu maka’as atu dezenvolve ekonomia sustentável, bazeia ba rekursu umanu no renovavel sira ne'ebé ita iha duni – povu, agrikultura, indústria transformadóra, dezenvolve fatin turistiku komunitáriu inklui poténsia seluk ne’ebé bele adopta tuir karakterístika Timor-Leste nian rasik.<br /><br /></li><li>Parseiru dezenvolvimentu sira bele rekoñese realidade atuál Timor-Leste nian no kontinua aliña an iha prioridade no nesesidade loloos ne’ebé povu no nasaun ne’e presiza. Ami sujere atu kontinua ho inisiativa di’ak atu fó apoiu ba hirak ne’ebé marzinalizadu hanesan feto sira, hirak ne’ebé moris kbiit laek iha área rurál, ema ho defisiénsia, labarik sira ne’ebé ho kondisaun malnutrisaun, sira ne’ebé seidauk hetan asesu ba edukasaun no asesu ba saúde ho di’ak no adekuadu. Nune’e, povu hotu iha área remota sira ne’ebé falta atensaun ka seidauk hetan asisténsia bele moris ho kondisaun ne’ebé di’ak liu no ekitável liu.<br /><br /></li><li>Ami husu doadór hotu atu aliña sira nia programa kona-ba adaptasaun ba mudansa klimátika ho sira nia nasaun ida-idak nia polítika rasik. Dalan efetivu liu ba hasoru krize mudansa klimátika mak nasaun industrializadu sira tenke hamenus kedas sira nia emisaun. La bele husu nasaun ki’ik hanesan Timor-Leste atu adapta aan nafatin ba situasaun ne’ebé nasaun industrializadu kontinua atu prolonga.<br /><br /></li><li>Parseiru Dezenvolvimentu sira bele ajuda Governu atu atualiza dadus importante sira ne’ebé bele ajuda Governu dezenvolve polítika bazeia ba evidénsia, inklui halo analiza ba planu programa sai realistíku liu. Hanesan: <i>Demographics and Health Survey </i>ikus halo iha 2016, <i>Household Income and Expenditure Survey </i>halo iha 2011, <i>Living Standards Survey</i> iha 2014 no <i>Labor Force Survey</i> kompletu iha 2013.<br /></li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;">Konkluzaun <br /></h3><p>Ami apresia tebes ba vontade másima husi parseiru sira ne’ebé hakarak apoia nasaun ida ne’e no nia povu. Nune’e ami sujere atu suporta ami nia desizor sira ba diresaun ida ne’ebé bele ajuda eleva kapasidade umanu liu-liu hirak ne’ebé marzinalizadu no hakbiit ami nia ekonomia rai laran hodi hametin liu tan ba konsumu doméstiku. Aleinde ne’e, bele nafatin fó asisténsia ba ami nia rai ne’ebé vulneravel tebes ba risku mundiál atu reforsa ami nia reziliénsia ne’ebé bele garante ba moris sustentável liu. Obrigada barak. </p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-82278578304999954952022-06-11T03:46:00.006+09:002022-06-22T05:20:50.858+09:00LH thoughts for Development Partners<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i> <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2022/06/hanoin-husi-lh-ba-parseiru.html" target="_blank">Blog ida ne'e iha Tetum</a> <br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jEdXmDyeofkDkU3bpjqbo0hC3zXY-llu5MdM2agOPHxzLMhfsxGmen7oP6wwsPNq6-yowvGj4XAHD2jQiSXiZLoXCq5X17701nRC-GpWloPNjvGPQibSjHLOoO5dk7dDZqXyazvxAEF2vVW9gAF8HjssjTD2IzWCvYeX1x2_ePfIJ_hmrWMncW77/s1080/220610TLDPMgroup.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jEdXmDyeofkDkU3bpjqbo0hC3zXY-llu5MdM2agOPHxzLMhfsxGmen7oP6wwsPNq6-yowvGj4XAHD2jQiSXiZLoXCq5X17701nRC-GpWloPNjvGPQibSjHLOoO5dk7dDZqXyazvxAEF2vVW9gAF8HjssjTD2IzWCvYeX1x2_ePfIJ_hmrWMncW77/s320/220610TLDPMgroup.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i>On 10 June 2022, the Government of Timor-Leste held its annual meeting with Development Partners at the Ministry of Finance in Dili. The following is an abridged version of some thoughts that La'o Hamutuk distributed to participants. Links to <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/21TLDPM/21TLDPMindex.htm#June2022" target="_blank">more information about the meeting (including videos and presentations) </a>and to our <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/21TLDPM/Jun2022/220610LHKarta%20ba%20TLDPMen.pdf">full statement in English</a> or <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/21TLDPM/Jun2022/220610LHKarta%20ba%20TLDPMte.pdf">Tetum</a>.</i></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Thoughts from La’o Hamutuk for the 2022 Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting<br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"></h3><p>La’o Hamutuk, a 20-year-old civil society organization, actively participates in constructing and developing Timor-Leste through monitoring, analysis and evidence-based advocacy related to public policies. La’o Hamutuk also distributes information to help empower our people, and shares perspectives with leaders in Government and development partners.</p><p></p><p>At this time, we would like to thank development partners for their contributions in this difficult time, including the health crisis and two natural disasters.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Timor-Leste’s current situation</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Petroleum Fund will soon be empty.</h4><p>The discussion and projections on the 2022 Budget Rectification and the 2023 Major Planning Options law reminded everyone that the Petroleum Fund will be used up quickly, unless we rapidly invest in the long-term interests of the Timorese people.</p><p>Right now, Bayu-Undan production is almost finished, and no other fields are ready to provide revenue. Between January and April 2022, the value of the Petroleum Fund’s investments dropped 10% ($1.6 billion). Although the Ministry of Finance included alarming projections about a fiscal cliff in the Major Planning Options law which Parliament just passed, this calamity could happen even sooner than they estimated.</p><p>The fiscal cliff threatens our people’s well-being, because our capacity to pay for basic services, such as health and education, will be constrained when our Petroleum Fund is empty. Our sovereignty is also at risk if Government takes out loans which it cannot repay.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Timor-Leste’s economy is not yet diversified.</h4><p>We continue to spend money on the Tasi Mane Project, ports and airports -- projects with dubious returns. We have not seen any evidence that these projects will help develop Timor-Leste's economy.</p><p>The pattern of spending on large projects undercuts diversifying a sustainable economy, and causes our nation to continue to depend on imports. Every year, Timor-Leste imports around $500 million worth of goods, but our non-petroleum exports are about $20 million per year. Local food production cannot feed our people.</p><p>So far, Timor-Leste covers our trade deficit with money from petroleum revenues and investment returns. But this is not sustainable, as the Petroleum Fund could be empty in ten years.</p><p>When the Fund is empty, our nation will not be able to pay for imports, and, unless local food production has greatly increased, our people will suffer even more. Already, <a href="https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/fi/c/1151924/?iso3=TLS" target="_blank">most people have no food security,</a> and <a href="https://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2020/11/rezultadu-husi-global-hunger-index-2020.html" target="_blank">most children under five are stunted</a>. If this situation worsens, how will it impact us? Economic diversification is not an abstract issue – it is essential for survival.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Climate change makes this situation even worse.</h4><p>The entire world is very worried about climate change, which is caused by large industries, including the production of oil and gas, which release greenhouse gases, leading to human crises all over the planet, including in Timor-Leste. We feel the impacts and also contribute to climate change that all humanity is confronting.</p><p>Climate change turns some of our problems into catastrophes, including food insecurity, reduced agricultural production, access to clean water, and quality of infrastructure. We cannot adapt indefinitely to a situation which continues to get worse, and every nation (especially large ones, including donors) must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.<br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Recommendations for Development Partners</h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Invest more in the productive economy, oriented toward domestic consumption. Timor-Leste will be able to confront difficult situations more effectively if our economy is productive and sustainable. Please prioritize agricultural production to address food insecurity and malnutrition by strengthening existing systems of small-scale production and building on the capacity, strength and commitment that our people already have.<br /><br /></li><li>Invest in Timor-Leste’s most valuable resource – our people. Donors can help improve our education and health systems, and to quickly reduce malnutrition and poverty. Without a strong population, especially children and youth, we will never build a strong nation.<br /><br /></li><li>Help our politicians understand that extractive industries – petroleum and mining – cannot provide enough money and jobs for Timor-Leste, and will be unable to sustain our economy and state budget. We must reduce our obsession with this fantasy, and develop an economy based on the human and renewable resources we actually have – people, agriculture, processing industries, community tourism, and other potential areas based in Timor-Leste’s own characteristics.<br /><br /></li><li>Development partners should continue good initiatives to support marginalized people, including women, the rural poor, disabled people, malnourished children, and those who cannot yet access adequate education and health care. People in remote areas are often neglected, or cannot access essential services – we need to improve equity.<br /><br /></li><li>We ask all donors to align their programs on climate change with their own policies. The most effective path to confront climate change is for industrialized countries to rapidly reduce their emissions. Don’t ask countries like Timor-Leste to keep adapting so that industrialized countries can continue to destroy the global climate.<br /><br /></li><li>Development partners can help our Government update key information for creating evidence-based policies. For example, the most recent Demographics and Health Survey was in 2016, the Household Income and Expenditure Survey in 2011, the Living Standards Survey in 2014, and a complete Labor Force Survey in 2013.</li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;">Conclusion</h3><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">We greatly appreciate development partners' readiness to support our people. Therefore, we ask you to help our decision-makers move toward raising our human capacity to reinforce Timor-Leste’s economy to produce for domestic consumption. Please continue to help our vulnerable country, to reinforce our resilience. Thank you.<br /></div>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865792164550550384.post-50015359517203930742022-05-25T07:46:00.001+09:002022-05-25T07:46:34.898+09:00Proposta Lei Opsaun Prinsipál sira Planu 2023 / Major Planning Options Law<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQiRctamcc48sY3_HRn3UHT-PLRr-x-o2dYsCk69KRUyGU5zsFOvjz8CTsXRTqavoKhQeeHgVAqR3MVBVlp8Jri6RDg54PNDhNhUNHQDAXZsqTaECQ9j7aBEVFXeyISdLWfK3PQyzEpmtkQbg4IVEjX0-IkXZkFhTZ32FfwQqPLGG1U1Bu-npj-Va/s728/GOPcover.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="728" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQiRctamcc48sY3_HRn3UHT-PLRr-x-o2dYsCk69KRUyGU5zsFOvjz8CTsXRTqavoKhQeeHgVAqR3MVBVlp8Jri6RDg54PNDhNhUNHQDAXZsqTaECQ9j7aBEVFXeyISdLWfK3PQyzEpmtkQbg4IVEjX0-IkXZkFhTZ32FfwQqPLGG1U1Bu-npj-Va/w320-h222/GOPcover.png" width="320" /></a><i>English translation below</i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Horiseik, dia 24 fulan Maiu, ONG Lao Hamutuk hato'o <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/MOP/220524LHbaPNPropostaLeiOpsaunPrinsipalPlanuTe.pdf">Karta Aberta ida</a> ba Deputadu/a Parlamentu Nasionál, kona-ba <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/MOP/Proposta_Lei_GOP_2023pt.pdf">proposta Lei Opsaun Prinsipál sira Planu 2023</a> (Lei Grande Opsaun Planu). Ho karta ida ne’e, La’o Hamutuk hakarak atu kontribui ba avaliasaun no diskusaun ba dezeñu diresaun polítiku ida ne’ebé realistíku, ekitável no sustentável liu ba ita nian rain doben.</p><p style="text-align: left;">La’o Hamutuk apresia katak liu husi proposta Lei Opsaun Prinsipál sira, planu Governu esforsu atu hatudu realidade no situasaun loloos husi finansas estadu, inklui fó projesaun katak <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetFund/05PFIndex.htm" target="_blank">Fundu Petrolíferu</a> sei mamuk molok tinan 2035, no realidade reseita husi produsaun mina no gás nafatin hatudu tendénsia tun.</p><p style="text-align: left;">La’o Hamutuk husu Ministériu Finansas atu hadi’a no atualiza informasaun kona-ba projesaun ba despeza no reseita ba futuru. Ami nota katak Proposta Lei ida ne’e uza dadus finanseiru ne’ebé la inklui impaktu husi <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#OR" target="_blank">Orsamentu Retifikativu 2022</a>, ne’ebé aumenta OJE 2022 ba biliaun $1.24. Iha ezbosu Lei nia laran, iha mós informasaun ne’ebé la konsistente, no ami preokupa katak projesaun ba reseita iha futuru inklui reseita la mai serteza, ka la iha evidénsia. Iha Karta Aberta ne’e, ami inklui informasaun kle’an tan kona ba preokupasaun hirak ne’e, no husu Ministériu Finansas atu fornese informasaun kompletu kona-ba sira nia estimasaun hirak ne’e, atu ajuda Membru Parlamentu no públiku bele avalia proposta ida ne’e, no komprende realidade situasaun finansas estadu inklui impaktu husi proposta lei ida ne’e.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Maske La’o Hamutuk apresia katak Lei Opsaun Prinsipál sira Planu kria oportunidade atu estabelese planu integradu ne’ebé kontribui ba objetivu espesífiku, ami observa katak Proposta Lei ne’e sita medida 263. Ne’e signifika katak proposta lei ida ne’e falta atu identifika “Opsaun Prinsipál”, maibé inklui lista medida barak la ho indikasaun medida ka programa saida mak sei hetan prioridade ka alokasaun boot liu. Iha Karta Aberta, ami identifika proposta programa ruma ne’ebé importante liu atu sai prioridade iha <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm" target="_blank">OJE 2023</a>, inklui agrikultura ne’ebé orienta ba konsumsaun lokál, edukasaun, saúde, no bee mós no saneamentu. Hafoin Fundu Petrolíferu mamuk, sei la iha osan tan atu investe iha setór xave sira. Nune’e mak ita presiza uza oportunidade ida ne’e atu investe iha povu.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Iha Karta Aberta refere, ami mós identifika proposta programa balun ne’ebé ami konsidera la bele sai prioridade iha OJE 2023, inklui aeroportu regional sira no komponente Projetu Tasi Mane. Por ezemplu, ezbosu lei ida ne’e inklui “aquisição de terrenos e reassentamento da população”, maibé Projetu Tasi Mane iha hela inserteza. La iha razaun atu aloka osan ba dezlokasaun komunidade se viabilidade projetu ne’e seidauk klaru. Presiza prioritiza estudu independente kona ba kustu, benefísiu, no risku molok aloka osan tan ba implementasaun, hanesan ANPM no TimorGAP fó kometimentu atu realiza. Tuir mai, proposta Lei ida ne’e mós inklui estensaun auto-estrada iha Costa Súl ne’ebé liga ho Projetu Tasi Mane. Konstrusaun faze primeiru realiza ho kustu tokon $350 ba 30 km de’it - ho kualidade ne’ebé la di’ak no daudaun ne’e kondisaun balu hahú aat ona. Se Governu propoin atu kontinua harii auto-estrada ida ne’e, karik kustu tomak bele to’o $1.3 biliaun - maske estudu independente ba projetu ida ne’e seidauk hala’o. Mosu dúvida boot, benefísiu saida mak sei fó ba povu, no oinsá mak impaktu ba sustentabilidade finanseiru?</p><p style="text-align: left;">Bele hetan <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/MOP/220524LHbaPNPropostaLeiOpsaunPrinsipalPlanuTe.pdf">La’o Hamutuk nia Karta Aberta iha ne’e</a> no informasaun tan <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm#MOP" target="_blank"> iha ne’e</a>.<i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">La’o Hamutuk writes to Parliament about the proposed Major Planning Options Law for 2023</span></span></span></h2><p style="text-align: left;">On May 24, La’o Hamutuk sent an <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/MOP/220524LHbaPNPropostaLeiOpsaunPrinsipalPlanuEn.pdf">open letter</a> to the National Parliament about the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/MOP/Proposta_Lei_GOP_2023en.pdf">proposed 2023 Major Planning Options Law</a>. Through this letter, La’o Hamutuk hopes to contribute to the evaluation and discussion of the design of realistic, equitable, and sustainable directions for our beloved nation.</p><p style="text-align: left;">La’o Hamutuk appreciates that the Government has tried to describe the actual situation of Timor-Leste’s finances, including projections that the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/PetFund/05PFIndex.htm" target="_blank">Petroleum Fund</a> will run out by 2035, and the reality that revenues from oil and gas extraction will continue to decline.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In the letter, La’o Hamutuk asks the Ministry of Finance to improve and update information about projected spending and revenues. The proposed law does not include the <a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE22/21OGE22.htm#OR" target="_blank">2022 Budget Rectification</a>, which increased spending by $1.24 billion. The proposed law also has inconsistent numbers, and we are concerned that some projected revenues are not proven or explained. Our letter asks the Ministry of Finance to provide complete information about these estimates to help Parliament and the public evaluate this proposal and understand its actual impact on state finances.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We recognize that the Major Options Planning Law is an opportunity for the Government to establish an integrated plan to achieve specific objectives. However, this proposed law cites 263 measures; it does not identify “major options”, but instead lists a lot of programs without indicating which will be prioritized or receive a large allocation. Our letter identifies a few programs that should be prioritized in the<a href="https://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OJE23/22OGE23.htm" target="_blank"> 2023 State Budget</a>, including agriculture oriented towards local consumption, education, health, and water and sanitation. When the Petroleum Fund is empty, there will be no money to invest in key sectors. We therefore need to use this opportunity to invest in the people today.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Our letter also identifies programs that should not be prioritized, including regional airports and the Tasi Mane project. For example, the proposed law lists measures to “acquire land and resettle the population” to make space for Tasi Mane, notwithstanding that the project may never be built. We need to prioritize an independent study of the costs, benefits and risks, before allocating more money to implementation, as ANPM and TimorGAP have already promised to do. Furthermore, the proposed law includes extending the south coast highway which is part of the Tasi Mane Project. Construction of the first 30 km of this highway cost $350 million, but the construction was poor quality and the road is in disrepair. If the Government plans to continue this highway, it could cost $1.3 billion more - although an independent study is yet to be undertaken. The raises major doubts - what are the benefits to the people, and what are the risks to the sustainability of state finances?</p>Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199752710172148153noreply@blogger.com0