Hi All,

Last week was an incredible adventure and learning with the UIN'sSILEteam and community partners in Surabaya!

We started the week with theABCD team, Project Implementation Unit and management representatives where we went over the underpinning principles of ABCD, explored People versus Programs and Mike Green's 90/10 Principle in relation to student placement with the community partners!

Day 2 & 3 was with the community partners and we explored Asset Mapping on 3 different levels; individual, community and organisational and I shared a few community-based research projects I was involved in during my time with the Family Action Centre, University of Newcastlefor inspiration in future student projects.

Day 4 we explored opportunities for the future and ended the morning session, with the community partners, with an Open Space session where there were many great topics raised for discussion ranging from "Using water as a local asset" and "How do you use ABCD in divorce so people remember the good things about each other" to "How to effectively apply ABCD during a one month community placement with students"

After the community partners all received their certificates, the afternoon session was a review and feedback session with the ABCD teams and student supervisors.

Day 5 we visited the UIN campus and gave an overview session to the Dean and various faculty members and shared examples of good practice and committed to explore and review the student placement guidelines in the future!

Overall, it was a fantastic, inspiring and energetic week and I hope our relationship with the SILE team continues to grow and develop over the years!

I'm now in Makassar and I'm looking forward to starting all over again tomorrow morning with the SILE team here and excited to see what emerges!

Yours in Community,

Dee...