The Australia Indonesia Partnership has a website with several great features for you to look at.
These include Indonesian Update, Media Releases, plus Feature Stories. It has all the latest news on Indonesia and Australia
working together in Indonesia.
CLICK HERE for many more Kang GURU Reports about the work of Australia Indonesia Partnership and AusAID covering the period 2000 to 2008.
Australia Indonesia Partnership 2008
Blair Exell is the Head of AusAID in Indonesia. AusAID is Australian Government's agency for international development and an integral part of the Australia Indonesia Partnership. Blair is responsible for all AusAID programs in Indonesia – their direction, their content and how AusAID activities are working. A major responsibility is to ensure that AusAID works closely with the Indonesian government and with the Indonesian people. The goal is to find out how Australia can support the development of Indonesia.
The work of AusAID in Indonesia is always discussed very closely with the Indonesian Government and other stakeholders to ensure that those activities support Indonesian Governments' goals. Sustainability is important in development work and only by working together will the work continue beyond Australia’s assistance. Sustainability is a long term mark of success. So a key lesson to remember is that local people need to be involved and know what the work is actually about.
Blair grew up in a small town in south-east Australia called Bega. By the way, did you know that Bega is famous world-wide for cheese? Well, it is - Bega Cheese! Blair has worked a lot in Southeast Asia in places such as Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. Blair’s last position with AusAID was in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. The capital city has only 50,000 inhabitants so moving to Jakarta, with around 15 million inhabitants has been a big change for his family. Blair and his wife moved to Jakarta with their three children, aged 10, 8 and 3 in August 2007. They are all very happy to be here and are looking forward to learning more about Indonesia.
Blair Exell on the job in Aceh (far left)
The Australia Indonesia Basic Education Program (AIBEP)
The Australia Indonesia Basic Education Program website is full of wondeful information about this exciting program across Indonesia. This website will be updated regularly and includes a lot of useful information about AIBEP such as school address lists, budgets, etc.