Indonesia

The design and implementation of the BANGGA Papua program, in light of the geographic and infrastructure constraints facing Papua province, is instructive as an innovative example of inclusive social protection, not only for Indonesia, but also for other countries implementing social protection programs in remote and challenging contexts.

DFAT commissioned an Independent Strategic Review (ISR) of the above 'knowledge to policy' (or knowledge sector) investments to provide a high-level assessment of the programs' performance and to inform any future Australian investment in the knowledge sector. The ISR report presents important and useful findings on the achievements of over a decade of Australian support to the knowledge sector, while also identifying opportunities and challenges for any future investment.

Today I announce the appointment of Ms Fiona Hoggart as Australia's next Consul-General in Surabaya.

This document describes the design of a new grant activity under the Water Hibah program, funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), utilising approximately AUD15 million remaining under the Water Hibah Direct Funding Arrangement with the Government of Indonesia (GoI).

As part of Australia’s ongoing commitment to build strong people-to-people and institutional links with Indonesia, Minister Payne is pleased to announce that 13 recipients will share in $460,000 through the 2021-22 Australia-Indonesia Institute grants program.

Australia will share a further 7.5 million COVID-19 doses with our good friend and partner Indonesia as we deepen our cooperation on fostering a shared regional recovery from the pandemic.

Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs will visit Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia over the next week to advance our relationships with key partners, including to strengthen our shared work to promote the region’s economic and health recovery from COVID-19.

Indonesia and Australia acknowledge that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge. We share ambition to address this challenge through cooperation and collaboration to develop, finance, deploy, and share affordable low emissions technologies and support infrastructure that will assist our respective transition to lower emission economies and maintain and enhance our energy security.