Activities by Province - East Java

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I. Education and Training

Australian Development Scholarships

AusAID provides more than A$30 million per annum for 300 awards for Indonesian students to study in Australia under the Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) program. Scholarships are available to applicants from both the private and public sector. An additional 600 scholarships over two years have just been made available under the recently announced Australia Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development.

47 candidates have been selected for the 2005/6 ADS awards intake. The ADS 2006/7 applications are currently open. Applications close on 9 September 2005. The selection of candidates will be undertaken in January 2006.

More information on the ADS program can be viewed through the internet on www.adsjakarta.or.id

Indonesia-Australia Partnership in Basic Education (IAPBE)

The Partnership will run for three years in three districts in East Java, which will be confirmed early in project implementation. The partnership is intended to foster cooperation with other basic education activities operating in East Java such as Creating Learning Communities for Children (CLCC) and the USAID Managing Basic Education Project (MBE). Through the Indonesia-Australia Partnership in Basic Education we hope to provide assistance to the delivery of education services in districts not yet covered by other basic education programs. Working in parallel with the other basic education donors in East Java like UNICEF and USAID will avoid duplication of effort and provide an opportunity for an exchange of lessons learned between the various activities.

The goal of the Partnership is to help improvement of the quality and management of basic education in Indonesia. The purpose is to build the capacity of targeted local governments, schools and community groups to plan, manage and deliver quality basic education services.

IAPBE focuses on four interrelated components: governance, government administration, school development, and project management.

UNICEF Creating Learning Communities for Children (CLCC)

In 1999, the Ministry of National Education, UNESCO and UNICEF jointly developed Creating Learning Communities for Children (CLCC) as a model to improve the quality of primary education in a decentralised environment.

The CLCC programme has three core components: a) active, joyful and effective learning (AJEL); b) school-based management (SBM); and c) community participation. All three components are purposefully linked and directed to improve the quality of teaching and learning in classrooms. A fourth component, Advocacy and Model Dissemination, links the CLCC model to policy formulation, and promotes its widespread dissemination and adoption. The fifth component is Programme Management and Coordination, which is important in a large and multi-level programme such as CLCC.

CLCC is currently working across 41 districts in nine provinces in Indonesia. Starting in 2004, the Australian Government provides A$5 million over three years, to support CLCC activities in thirteen districts in seven provinces, including Bondowoso, Malang, and Sumenep districts.

Islamic Schools English Language Project

The A$3.3 million project commenced in March 2004 and will end in August 2007. This project aims to enhance the capacity of Islamic junior secondary schools to provide appropriate, contemporary English language education. This is to be achieved through the progressive placement of up to 20 volunteer English language teacher/trainers in selected Islamic junior secondary schools in East Java and also in other Islamic institutions in Indonesia. Their primary role will be to reinforce the capacity of Indonesian teachers to teach English as a foreign language.

To date, there are 16 volunteers working in several Pesantrens based in East Java.

Indonesia Australia Specialised Training Project Phase III (IASTP III)

The Indonesia Australia Specialised Training Project (IASTP) commenced in 1995. It will have been continuously delivering services in Indonesia for 13 years by the completion of the third phase, in December 2008.

The Government of Australia is contributing A$62.5 million for the third Project phase, from April 2004 to December 2008, to provide specialised training and capacity building initiatives. The Project has strong backing from the Government of Indonesia with inputs estimated at around $8M (both financial and in-kind support).

IASTP III goals, consistent with the Indonesia Country Program Strategy (2003-2006) are to:

Promote good governance through improved economic management, governance practices and the delivery of basic social services at central and provincial levels, as well as by providing capacity building initiatives; through the provision of short work-place focussed training and capacity building initiatives in Indonesia and in-Australia
Focus activities on eight selected areas in the Eastern Provinces.
Target beneficiaries who are mid-career, middle level professionals across three sectors: government agencies, non-government organisations, and industry.
Enhance the skills of individuals who can also improve the performance of employing organisations.
Emphasize issues relating to gender, accountability, transparency and sustainability.

II. Civil Governance

Australian Volunteers International (AVI)

There are seven volunteers based in East Java. They work with Islamic organisations and NGOs in various fields such as youth liaison and learning initiatives, community radio program, organisational development, research, english language training, sanitation and communication.

III. Economic Governance

Programme for Eastern Indonesia Small Medium Enterprises Assistance (PENSA)

In September 2003, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector development arm of the World Bank Group launched the Program for Eastern Indonesia SME Assistance or Pengembangan Usaha (PENSA). PENSA is a new five-year initiative to support the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in eastern Indonesia. The IFC, Australian, Dutch, Japanese, Canadian and Swiss governments have provided US$ 22 million, which will be used to strengthen small businesses in eastern Indonesia. Australia's contribution to PENSA is A$4 million.

The PENSA programme in Surabaya focuses on strengthening Indonesia's financial institutions by introducing best practice techniques and products specifically designed to improve SME access to finance. It includes:

Strengthening commercial banks through product development and market segmentation, process streamlining and operations, and risk management policies and procedures.
Strengthening rural banks, NGOs, Islamic banking and other micro-finance institutions.
Developing a network between a business developmeng service providers (BPDSP), local banks and SMEs to facilitate closer cooperation and usage of business development services in the financial community.
Provide training to commercial banks; BDSPs; and other non-banking institutions on best practice in SME business development.

IV. Water Supply and Sanitation

Water and Sanitation for Low Income Communities Phase II (WSLIC II)

This is a six-year, US$106 million project funded through the World Bank with grant assistance from Australia. Australia’s contribution of A$11.1 million will be administered by the World Bank through a co-financing arrangement. The Indonesian Ministry of Health is responsible for executing the project.

WSLIC2 is a community-based water supply and sanitation project due to finish in 2008 and implemented in 7 provinces of Indonesia: East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi, West Java, West Sumatera, South Sumatera and Bangka Belitung.

The project is a community-based initiative that aims to improve the health, productivity and quality of life of poor communities in the target provinces. Its beneficiaries are rural poor who have no or limited access to clean water and adequate sanitation facilities. It will do this by providing safe, adequate, cost effective and easily accessible water supply and sanitation services to, and improving health behaviour and services in, poor communities.

The approach adopted is demand-based and participatory - the communities themselves, working with community facilitators, will identify key health problems, possible solutions, and what this means in terms of their water supply and sanitation needs.

The assistance from Australia focuses primarily on technical assistance and the national level. Specifically Australia is funding:

The consultant team at the national level - expert advisers and specialists (both national and expatriate) in the various fields required.
Special studies, including project impact surveys, preparation of school and community health materials and technical audits.
Training for the Community Facilitator Teams that will be working directly with communities in implementing the project.

In East Java, WSLIC2 works in at least 5 districts: Malang, Kediri, Lumajang, Sampang, and Probolinggo.

Development Cooperation Section
Australian Embassy

This page was last updated on 14 July 2005