Indonesia

Australia Awards Indonesia Public Private Partnerships

The Australia Awards Indonesia Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Short Term Award was delivered over a two week period in Australia from 23 May to 3 June 2016 by The University of Queensland’s International Development (UQID) unit. The Award was delivered to twenty-four Indonesian bureaucrats from central, provincial and municipal government that included mid-ranking managers and policy planners (Echelons III and IV).

Awardees at Old Parliament House with His Excellency, Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema; Mr Ian McPhee AO PSM Bintang Jasa Utama; and Ms Christine Shannon (Director, Indonesia Economic & Trade Section DFAT) and other guests

Strengthening public policy in finance

The ‘Strengthening the Public Policy Making Process: A course for emerging leaders in the Ministry of Finance’ Short Term Award (STA) was conducted in Brisbane, Australia from May 23 to June 3, 2016.

Change Management for Bureaucratic Reform in Indonesia

Delivered in Brisbane and Canberra from the 6 to 17 of February 2017, the Award program was delivered to 31 Awardees from three Indonesian ministries working in key areas responsible for implementing a change agenda. The course were designed to enhance the professional skills and knowledge of practical change management to support bureaucratic reform at both at the national planning level and within Indonesia’s National Development Planning Ministry (Bappenas).

blue connected lights that could looks electronic, as well as like DNA up close.

Nine international projects receive seed funding

Published on: 29 October 2020

Nine collaborative projects have been approved for $85,384 in funding in the 2020 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme.

Three Indonesia women wearing hijabs speaking at UN Women conference in 2017

UN Women launches UQ-designed training package on Gender and Preventing Violent Extremism in Asia

Published on: 26 October 2020

University of Queensland's International Development has developed a training package on Gender and Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) in Asia for the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Promoting services exports from Indonesia

The Services Exports Course program aimed to enhance participants’ abilities to identify and promote Indonesia’s services exports. The course assisted key staff from Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade them better understand options for supporting the private sector in realising opportunities to export services’ products.

Indonesia’s coastal communities shoulder the impacts of ocean plastic

Published on: 4 September 2020

The urgency of reducing single-use plastic in global supply chains has been highlighted by a University of Queensland study in collaboration with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

Australia Awards participants gathered as one group standing in front of a flame red tree on the grounds of the Great Court, St Lucia UQ

Growing Indonesia's agriculture sector through promoting competitiveness

Participants from the Australia Awards in Indonesia Agriculture Policy – Promoting Competitiveness Short Term Award recently spent two weeks in Australia attending an intensive training program focusing on strengthening the Indonesian agriculture sector.

Participants standing for group photo in UQ's Global Change Institute atrium - which has a natural green wall behind them.

Developing Indonesia's criminal justice systems to reduce corruption

The Integrated Criminal Justice System for Access to Justice Short Term Award is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Award is managed by Australia Awards in Indonesia (AAI) and is being delivered by The University of Queensland’s International Development unit.

Walking sharks discovered in the tropics

Published on: 21 January 2020

Four new species of tropical sharks that use their fins to walk are causing a stir in waters off northern Australia and New Guinea.