Indonesia Australia Specialised Training Project Phase II (IASTP II)
(Completed)

Project Background

The first phase of the Indonesia Australia Specialised Training Project (IASTP) was implemented over three years, 1995-98. The project’s goal was to improve staff skills in selected Indonesian government and non-government organisations through customised training, both in Australia and in Indonesia. A review of the Project was undertaken in July 1997 and a second phase was recommended. The target training areas are different from the first phase of the project, reflecting emerging Indonesian Government priorities, new themes in bilateral development cooperation program which include poverty alleviation.

Project Description

The purpose of IASTP II is to provide customised training that will contribute to community development, good governance, and agency capacity building. It will achieve this through the transfer of specialised knowledge and the development of specialised skills in targeted beneficiaries in the public and private sectors (including NGOs). Beneficiaries are usually middle level professionals who have the capacity to undertake training and who will benefit individually and contribute positively to the performance of employing agencies. Training is delivered in Australia and Indonesia for periods between one week and three months in areas of development priority, as determined by the Governments of Indonesia and Australia.

Training has been delivered in areas but not limited to health services management, small and medium business development, human rights, intellectual property rights, environmental law, and international trade and export promotion. The project has selected participants from all over the country to attend training in selected locations in Sumatra, Java, NTB, NTT, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi.

In response to the emerging needs of the decentralisation, the project has identified additional subject areas such as provincial and district planning, and health services management. The project has a capacity-building adviser who works with participating agencies to assist them to conduct better assessment of training needs, develop training action plans, monitor and evaluate training, and address gender and equity in training. It also works with central and provincial government training and education centres (Diklat) to improve their capacity in implementing regional autonomy.

This page was last updated on 14 May 2004

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