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Introduction

The Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII) was established in 1989 for the purpose of providing a focus for the collection, exchange and dissemination of information, and a source of advice, in relation to the ways in which relations between Australia and Indonesia could be encouraged, strengthened and developed.

The functions of the Institute are:

  1. to make recommendations to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade for the broadening of the Australian experience of Indonesia in relation to:
    1. the encouragement of the study of the Indonesian language and culture in Australia and the English language and Australian culture in Indonesia;
    2. the enhancement of commercial linkages between Australia and Indonesia;
    3. the identification of possibilities for cooperation in science and technology;
    4. the facilitation of media exchanges;
    5. the sponsorship of cultural and sporting exchanges and training;
    6. the support of Australian studies in Indonesia and of Indonesian studies in Australia;
    7. the strengthening of institutional links between universities, museums, libraries, technical colleges, research institutes, professional organisations and appropriate non- government organisations;
    8. the facilitation of the translation of Australian and Indonesian texts;
    9. the organisation of visits and exchanges between prominent people and groups;
  2. subject to the direction of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade, to provide advice and information to individuals and organisations and to the Australian media in relation to any matters referred to in subparagraphs (a) (i) to (ix) inclusive;
  3. for the purposes of formulating recommendations referred to in paragraph (a) or providing advice and information referred to in paragraph (b), to consult individuals, organisations and government departments and agencies associated or concerned with the development of relations between Australia and Indonesia.

Mission Statement

To develop relations between Australia and Indonesia by promoting greater mutual understanding and by contributing to the enlargement over the longer term of the areas of contact and exchange between the people of Australia and Indonesia.

Board Chairman

Professor Tim Lindsey
C/- The Asian Law Centre
Melbourne Law School
185 Palham Street
CARLTON   VIC   3010

Board Membership

BOARD MEMBERS

Ms Gillian Bird
Deputy Secretary
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
BARTON   ACT   0221

Ms Elizabeth Hallett
Partner, Deacons
Grosvenor Place
225 George Street
SYDNEY   NSW  2000

Professor Virginia Hooker
"Kuala Pilah"
PO Box 72
BRAIDWOOD   NSW   2622

Ms Susan Mann
CEO
Curriculum Corporation
Level 5, 440 Collins Street
MELBOURNE   VIC   3000

Mr Greg Sheridan
Foreign Editor
The Australian Newspaper
PO Box 14740
MELBOURNE CITY   VIC   8001

Mr Ezekiel Solomon
Partner
Allens Arthur Robinson
Deutsche Bank Place
Corner Hunter & Phillip Streets
SYDNEY   NSW   2000

AII Secretariat, Canberra details

AUSTRALIA

Australia-Indonesia Institute
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
RG Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
BARTON ACT 0221
AUSTRALIA

Postal Address:
Australia-Indonesia Institute
PO Box 5369
KINGSTON ACT 2604
AUSTRALIA

Telephone Numbers: (61-2) 6261 3827 or (61-2) 6261 3821
Facsimile Number: (61-2) 6261 1743
E-mail: ausindonesia.institute@dfat.gov.au

Cultural Office, Jakarta details

INDONESIA

The Cultural Office
Australian Embassy
Jalan H R Rasuna Said Kav C 15-16
Jakarta Selatan 12940
JAKARTA INDONESIA

Telephone Number: (62-21) 2550-5265
Facsimile Number: (62-21) 522-7104

Grant Funding

General grants are intended to provide seed funds for innovative proposals relevant to the functions and objectives of the Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII). These functions and objectives are described on this website.

Eligibility

Both individuals and organisations may apply for grants. Applicants should have an established record of achievement in the development and management of projects relevant to their proposed area of endeavour, and they should be able to document this. No person can hold more than one Australia-Indonesia Institute grant at any given time.

Individuals and organisations intending to apply for an AII grant for an activity which involves travel to Indonesia should read the Australian Government travel advisory for Indonesia prior to lodging an application. All AII-funded applicants whose project includes travel to Indonesia are required to lodge a Deed Poll Waiver and Release of Liability form.

Competition for grant money is considerable, and the Institute may decide not to award a new grant to an individual or organisation that has received a grant in the past. The Australia-Indonesia Institute is committed to the principles of equal opportunity and encourages individuals and organisations from target groups to apply for project funding.

Guidelines for Grants

All applications are assessed against the Institute's guidelines for grants. Applicants for grants must therefore comply with these guidelines when submitting their proposals for consideration.

  1. The project should be a substantial new initiative of relevance to the Institute's objective of promoting a growing and deepening relationship between Australia and Indonesia. Such initiatives may promote new areas of contact between Australia and Indonesia or may serve to build on or develop existing contacts.
  2. The project should have a clearly defined benefit in terms of the Institute's objectives.
  3. Provision should be made in the application for publicity or promotion of the project.
  4. Projects that involve Indonesian experience of Australia and the relation of that experience to a wide audience in Indonesia are particularly desirable.
  5. When projects supported by the Institute involve an organisation in Indonesia, applicants must demonstrate that sufficient matching funds from the Indonesian counterpart organisation are available to allow for the successful completion of a project. Matching funds may include accommodation and other services provided without charge by host institutions.
  6. Wherever possible, Institute support should constitute seeding funds intended to encourage financial support from others, including corporate sponsors. The Institute may decide to award grants conditional on funding being raised from other sources.
  7. The project should establish prospects for independently funded activity as a result of initial Institute funding.
  8. The applicant should preferably have an established record of achievement.

Where a project contains an international airfare component, this should be costed at the applicable economy excursion fare. The Institute will not reimburse applicants for additional expenses incurred because of late bookings or other problems requiring tickets to be paid for at a higher rate.

Institute grants must normally be accepted and utilised in the financial year for which they were awarded. If this condition cannot be met the offer of a grant may be withdrawn in order to give other applicants an opportunity to carry out a project. Any anticipated delay should therefore be reported in good time to the Institute, to allow it to consider the circumstances and take any appropriate action. If grant funds have been transferred to an individual or organisation for a project that does not go ahead in that financial year the recipient will have to repay those funds to the Institute.

The AII does not allow funds provided for specific projects to be used to subsidize the indirect costs of the host institutions of grant recipients, such as IT support, salary or administrative overheads.

Activities not funded

Consistent with its policy of supporting innovative proposals, the Australia-Indonesia Institute is interested in a very broad range of projects. However, funding is unlikely to be available for the following purposes:

How to apply for a grant

Applications should be made on the Application for Grant Funding form. Attached to applications should be no more than two (2) referees reports, each not exceeding one page in length

Applications should be addressed to:

The Director
Australia-Indonesia Institute
PO Box 5369            
KINGSTON   ACT  2604
Tel (61-2)  6261 3827
Fax (61-2)  6261 1743
E-mail:  ausindonesia.institute@dfat.gov.au

Hibah Bantuan Dana

Hibah bantuan dana secara umum dimaksudkan sebagai dana penunjang bagi usulan-usulan proyek inovatif yang  sesuai dengan fungsi dan  tujuan dari Australia Indonesia Institute (AII). Fungsi dan tujuan  ini dijelaskan dalam suatu buku  petunjuk, "Guidelines and Conditions applying to Grant Applications and Approvals."

Yang  boleh memohon dana

Baik perorangan maupun organisasi  boleh mengajukan permohonan untuk dana bantuan ini. Para pemohon harus mempunyai catatan prestasi dalam pengelolaan dan pengembangan proyek yang sesuai  dengan proyek yang diajukan, dan sebaiknya dapat membuktikan hal itu.  Seseorang tidak boleh mendapat lebih dari satu  hibah dana bantuan dari Australia-Indonesia Institute pada waktu bersamaan.

Persaingan untuk mendapatkan hibah  cukup kuat , dan AII  mungkin dapat memutuskan untuk tidak memberikan hibah baru kepada perorangan  maupun organisasi yang pernah sebelumnya mendapatkan suatu hibah bantuan. AII berpegang pada prinsip persamaan kesempatan (equal opportunity), dan mendesak agar  perorangan dan organisasi dari kelompok tertentu untuk memohon  bantuan dana bagi proyek mereka.

Petunjuk Permohonan untuk Hibah Bantuan Dana

Permohonan bantuan dinilai  sesuai dengan syarat yang ditetapkan AII  dalam buku petunjuk untuk permohonan hibah bantuan dana. Pemohon harus mengikuti petunjuk ini ketika  menyerahkan  usul mereka agar dapat dipertimbangkan. Walaupun  tidak ada batas tertentu mengenai jumlah dana bantuan,  usul yang masuk biasanya dibagi dalam kategori berikut ini:

Kecil               $1,000-$5,000

Sedang            $5,000-25,000

Besar              $25,000-$60,000  lebih

Lihat Buku Petunjuk "Guidelines and Conditions applying to Grant Applications and Approvals."

Harap diperhatikan bahwa semua  permohonan harus diajukan  dalam bahasa Inggris

  1. Proyek yang diusulkan seharusnya  merupakan inisiatif baru yang  sesuai dengan tujuan AII  untuk meningkatkan hubungan antara Indonesia dan Australia. Inisiatif itu  mungkin dapat mengemukakan  bidang baru dalam  hubungan antara Australia dan Indonesia atau mungkin dapat digunakan untuk  lebih membangun dan mengembangkan hubungan yang sudah ada.
  2. Proyek itu seharusnya mempunyai manfaat jelas dari segi tujuan AII. 
  3. Informasi seharusnya diberikan dalam permohonan hibah mengenai  publisitas atau promosi proyek tersebut.
  4. Proyek yang melibatkan pengalaman orang Indonesia dengan Australia dan hubungan pengalaman tersebut  dengan masyarakat luas di Indonesia sangat diinginkan.
  5. Apabila proyek yang dibantu oleh AII  melibatkan organisasi di Indonesia, para pemohon harus memperlihatkan tersedianya dana pendamping yang cukup dari organisasi mitra di Indonesia, agar proyek itu dapat diselesaikan dengan berhasil. Dana pendamping itu mungkin dapat berupa   penyediaan akomodasi misalnya atau pelayanan lain yang disediakan tanpa  biaya oleh organisasi tersebut.
  6. Apabila mungkin,  bantuan dana AII  seharusnya merupakan dana pembibitan yang dimaksudkan dapat  mendorong bantuan keuangan dari sumber lainnya, termasuk sponsor kalangan dunia usaha.  AII mungkin dapat  memutuskan untuk memberikan hibah  bantuan dana dengan syarat bahwa ada usaha juga untuk mendapatkan dana dari sumber lain.
  7. Proyek seharusnya dapat menciptakan kemungkinan  bagi kegiatan yang dibiayai  mandiri sebagai hasil hibah bantuan  yang diterima dari AII.
  8. Para pemohon seharusnya  sudah mempunyai catatan prestasi.

Apabila proyek mencakup komponen ongkos pesawat internasional, maka biaya tersebut seharusnya dihitung dengan tarif  kelas ekonomi yang berlaku.   AII tidak akan mengganti biaya apapun yang disebabkan oleh keterlambatan pemohon dalam hal pemesanan ticket atau karena hal lain yang menyebabkan harga ticket  meningkat.

Dana bantuan AII  biasanya harus diterima dan dipakai dalam tahun anggaran bersangkutan.  Apabila syarat  ini tidak dapat  dipenuhi,  penawaran hibah bantuan dana itu mungkin dapat  dibatalkan agar kesempatan diberikan kepada pemohon lain. Kalau adanya kemungkinan proyek akan ditunda  hal itu harus dilaporkan pada AII  dalam batas waktu yang cukup supaya keadaan tersebut dapat dipertimbangakan dan tindakan tepat   dapat dilakukan. Apabila dana bantuan tersebut sudah diserahkan  kepada pemohon perorangan  ataupun organisasi sedangkan proyek tidak dapat terlaksana dalam tahun fiskal yang ditentukan, penerima hibah bantuan dana harus mengembalikan dana bantuan itu kepada AII.

 Kegiatan yang tidak didanai

Sesuai dengan kebijakannya untuk membantu proyek yang inovatif AII tertarik pada berbagai macam jenis proyek.   Namun, ada kemungkinan dana bantuan itu tidak akan disediakan untuk  tujuan tertentu seperti yang  berikut ini:

  • pembayaran atas harta tak bergerak;
  • kunjungan ke konferensi, menghadiri pertemuan, kerja lapangan dan kegiatan jangka pendek lainnya yang terutama  melibatkan perjalanan, dimana semua ini merupakan unsur utama dari  permohonan hibah dana bantuan;
  • dana bantuan pada organisasi pemberi hibah yang kegiatannya  terutama melibatkan orang mereka sendiri;
  • kegiatan yang sebetulnya menjadi tanggung jawab instansi pemerintah atau badan penyandang dana lainnya (contoh: proyek bantuan pembangunan - development assistance);
  • kegiatan yang pada dasarnya bersifat komersial ;
  • bantuan pada proyek yang sedang berjalan atau bantuan ulangan atas proyek tertentu;
  • suatu proyek dimana berhasilnya penyelesaian  komponen AII, bukan bagian inti  tujuan utamanya;
  • pembayaran gaji dan honor.

Permohonan harus diajukan dengan mengisi  formulir "Application for Grant Funding. Lengkapi formulir dengan keterangan yang tidak melebihi empat (4) halaman. Lampirkan tidak lebih dari dua (2) surat keterangan  rekomendasi, yang masing-masing panjangnya tidak lebih dari satu halaman.

Permohonan harus dialamatkan kepada:

Counsellor (Cultural Affairs)
Australian Embassy Jakarta
Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav.C15-16,
JAKARTA 12940
Tel. (62-21) 2550 5265
Fax. (62-21) 5227104