Indonesia

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong announced the appointment of five career public servants to lead Australian posts in Makassar, Athens, India, Bengaluru and Papeete.

The Australia-World Bank Indonesia Partnership (ABIP) is a 5-year, AUD30 million investment (2020-2024) initiated as a single-donor programmatic trust fund with the World Bank in Indonesia. It works across three priority themes (accelerating human capital development; improving economic governance and mobility; and building more and better infrastructure), with a cross-cutting focus on gender equality.

Since 2006, the Government of Australia (GoA) has made considerable investments in Indonesia’s basic education sector across a range of programs. In 2016, Australia shifted its education support from increasing access to improving quality, with a particular focus on accelerating the improvement of students’ learning outcomes in foundational skills (literacy, numeracy and critical thinking).

The COVID-19 Development Response Plan for Indonesia has been extended through 2022-23.

An additional 3 million doses of foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine doses supplied by the Australian Government have arrived in Indonesia.

Indonesia is one of our closest and most important partners. Australia’s development partnership with Indonesia is our second largest, after Papua New Guinea.

Australia today marks 20 years since the 2002 Bali bombings and tragic loss of 202 lives, including 88 Australians and 38 Indonesians.

This week, Assistant Minister for Trade Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, will travel to Bali, Indonesia to lead Australia’s delegation to the G20 Tourism and Agriculture Ministerial Meetings.

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