Through the Australia Indonesia Partnership and AusAID,
the governments of both Australia and Indonesia are
constantly working together addressing issues of mutual
concern. By working together as partners, the two governments
are achieving great success and providing a wide range
of benefits for people of both countries.
Check the AusAID
Archive Pages for more information on the work of
the Australia Indonesia Partnership in Indonesia
As you may already know, KGI staff packed up the KGI office in late December 2011. KGI, as we have known it for the past 22 years, actually finished on December 31st. However the latest news is that from January 2012 onwards (we do not know for how long) KGI is in a sort of stop-gap/transition phase until further notice. So KGI are still here in Indonesia!
As from early January 2012 KGI is a stopgap/transition phase. The KGI office is still in Bali but is smaller with a staff of just 4 people - Ogi, Sue, Ayu and Kevin.
Beginning in mid-2012 a new Australia-Indonesia education partnership activity from AusAID called EPOS – Education Partnership Outreach Services - will begin. Kang Guru will be a part of that new and fantastic project from AusAID – the radio programs, teacher workshops, teacher training, and website features (including podcasts, videos and Facebook) from the current Kang Guru project will all be a part of EPOS. Please keep checking the KGI website and Facebook FANS Page into 2012 for the latest information on where KGI is going and what's happening, okay?
The 7 KGI Champions visited Bali in late December to help pack up and also to say goodbye to KGI. There was a bit of a party for the whole KGI team with an Aussie-styled sausage sizzle combined with nasi tumpang/nasi kuning.
Australian Parliamentarians visit an AIBEP Madrasah Satu Atap school in Madura - November 2011
Jakarta-based BRIDGE teachers interviewed by KGI and reflect on their involvement with the BRIDGE Program - December 2011
KGI's OUTREACH Program in Batusangkar, Sumatra - October
2011
Mr. Greg Moriarty, the new Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, isn't really new to Indonesia at all. He worked in Jakarta from 1999 until 2002. KGI spoke with him recently in his office at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. One of the first questions Kevin asked was what Mr Moriarty had missed the most about Indonesia since leaving in 2002. His response - Makanan Padang! The Moriarty family are here too. Greg's wife and two young sons are very excited about living in Indonesia. Mr. Moriarty is looking forward to working in Indonesia, meeting people, traveling around the archipelago and further developing the Australia Indonesia relationship. One of his very first tasks was to help organize the November visit of the Australian Prime Minister, Ms. Julia Gillard, to Indonesia.
