Human development for a productive and healthy society in Indonesia
Overview
Australia’s aid program will help drive the systemic change needed to provide better quality health and education services, including in the poorer eastern regions of Indonesia where health and education indicators are stubbornly low. We will support Indonesia’s own efforts to help its people access quality health and education services.
We will also strengthen our education program to focus on quality, through improving Indonesian-led efforts focussing on teacher quality and learning outcomes in schools. We will streamline our scholarships program, while strengthening alumni links and people-to-people connections. PhD and masters scholarships will be targeted towards Indonesia’s future leaders in economics, engineering health and education. We will also enhance alumni engagement with privately-funded scholars, including through the New Colombo Plan.
Related initiatives
Australia Indonesia Partnership for Health Systems Strengthening (AIPHSS)
$50 million, 2012-2017 (under revision following consultation with partners)
Australia is supporting the Indonesian Government to improve its national health system so it can deliver better care, particularly to poor women and children. The AIPHSS focuses on health financing, human resources for health, health sector governance and primary health care. The program provides valuable technical support for Indonesia’s ambitious rollout of universal health coverage by 2019.
Related documents*
| Name of document | Year published | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia Health Systems Strengthening design document | 2011 | Design |
Australia Indonesia Partnership for HIV
$128 million, 2006-2016 (under revision following consultation with partners)
The Australia Indonesia Partnership for HIV supports Indonesia’s national goals of preventing and limiting the spread of HIV, improving the quality of life of people living with HIV, and alleviating the socio-economic impacts of the epidemic. It currently operates at the national level and in nine provinces: DKI Jakarta, West Java, Banten, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, Papua and West Papua. The partnership also supports another five provinces through various national programs.
The program has contributed to a reduction in HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs in Indonesia’s major cities, from 52 per cent to 41 per cent between 2007 and 2011 and an increase in antiretroviral treatment coverage in the Papuan provinces from 3 per cent of the eligible population in 2010 to 32 per cent in 2014.
Related documents*
| Name of document | Year published | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Australia-Indonesia Partnership for HIV 2008-15 | 2007 | Design |
| Review of Australia-Indonesia Partnership for HIV Independent Progress Report | 2007 | Independent evaluation |
| Management response to the Review of Australia-Indonesia Partnership for HIV Report | 2007 | Evaluation management response |
| Subsidiary Arrangement between Government of Australia and Government of Indonesia relating to the Australia Indonesia Partnership for HIV | 2008 | Agreement |
Australia Indonesia Partnership for Maternal and Neonatal Health (AIPMNH)
$84.3 million, 2009-2015
AIPMNH works with village health clinics and hospitals in Nusa Tenggara Timur, supporting improved access, quality and demand for maternal and newborn health services. We support the province and its districts to increase the proportion of births in adequate health facilities, make maternal and newborn health higher priorities in annual district budgets and improve the management of health clinics’ operational budgets and health and birth insurance.
The program also helps to build community awareness of the services available at health facilities. Close to 180,000 pregnant women and 139,000 babies benefited from this program during the period between 2009 and 2013. The program has contributed to a 35 per cent reduction in maternal deaths in the province between 2009 and 2013, when the national maternal mortality ratio has increased.
Related documents*
| Name of document | Year published | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Australia Indonesia Partnership for Maternal and Neo-Natal health – design document | 2008 | Design |
| Australia Indonesia Partnership for Maternal and Neonatal Health (AIPMNH) – Independent Progress Report | 2010 | Independent evaluation |
| Management Response to the Australia Indonesia Partnership for Maternal and Neonatal Health (AIPMNH) Independent Progress Report | 2010 | Evaluation management response |
Australia Indonesia Partnership for Emerging Infectious Diseases (AIPEID) - One Health
$9.9 million, 2015-2018
The new DFAT AIPEID – One Health program builds on the previous 2010 - 2015 AIPEID programs and adopts a One Health approach by working in both the animal health and human health sectors. The program aims to improve human health and animal health systems to support sustainable economic development, food security and a reduction in the global threats posed by emerging infectious diseases. This will be achieved by complementary animal health and human health arms of the program.
Australia Awards in Indonesia
$64 million, 2014-2018
Australia Awards Scholarships are an important part of Australia's education assistance to Indonesia. Many scholarship alumni have gone on to hold positions of influence, contributing to strong people-to-people links between Indonesia and Australia. High profile alumni include current Cabinet Ministers Professor Yohana Susana Yembise, Minister for Female Empowerment and Child Protection, and Minister of State Secretariat Professor Pratikno. The Australia Awards are the largest and longest running international scholarship program in Indonesia. Over 500 postgraduate Australia Awards scholarships were offered in 2014 to Indonesian students to study in Australia, preceded by pre-departure English language training in Indonesia. The awards are allocated through a highly competitive, merit-based process agreed between the Governments of Australia and Indonesia.
The Australian Awards Fellowships are part of a regional program that aims to develop leadership and build partnerships and linkages with developing countries. The program offers Australian organisations opportunities to provide short term study, research and professional development activities in Australia to mid-career professionals and senior officials from eligible countries. Australia Awards Fellowships are available across a broad range of fields relevant to Australia's foreign policy agenda or development outcomes.
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Australia’s Education Partnership
$524 million, 2010-2016 (under revision following consultation with partners)
Australia's Education Partnership is constructing or expanding junior secondary schools to create new school places. The program is also developing a national system to improve school management and leadership through ongoing professional development in 250 districts, assisting 1,500 Islamic schools to improve their quality against national standards, improving systems that will provide ongoing support to Islamic schools’ quality, and supporting national evidence-based policy and programming through access to expertise for education reform driven by Indonesia.
Related documents*
Australia-UNICEF Rural and Remote Education Initiative for Papuan Provinces
$8.7 million, 2014-2016
The education indicators for Papua and West Papua, are significantly below other parts of Indonesia. The Rural and Remote Education Initiative for Papuan Provinces focuses on improving literacy and numeracy of children in rural and remote regions.
Innovation for Indonesia’s School Children (INOVASI)
$53.2 million, 2014-2019
INOVASI supports innovation and learning in Indonesia’s education sector. The program investigates what does and does not work and the underlying challenges to building teaching capacity and improving students’ learning outcomes by looking at local challenges and opportunities, trialing and testing local solutions, and sharing evidence with stakeholders to promote the adaptation and replication of tested strategies.
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