Indonesia

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.

The Morrison Government is strengthening Australian economic and trade relationship with Indonesia through the launch today of the Blueprint for Trade and Investment with Indonesia.

Australian business should take a fresh look at Indonesia, the powerhouse nation on our doorstep and soon to be among the largest economies in the world. With a strong middle class - 52 million and growing - forecasters predict Indonesia's swift post-COVID recovery, a testament to Indonesia's resilient growth and commitment to reform.

The Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (MAMPU) was an 8-year program ($110.8m) with two 4-year phases. MAMPU aimed to improve Indonesian women’s access to essential services and other government programs in order to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment and support the achievement of relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Indonesia Australia Partnership for Infrastructure (KIAT) is a ten-year Facility that supports the Government of Indonesia’s goal of sustainable and inclusive growth through improved access to quality infrastructure for all people. KIAT provides technical assistance and advisory services to improve infrastructure policy, planning and delivery in response to agreed priorities.

BANGGA Papua (Building the Welfare of Papuan Generations and Families) is a universal child grant program, initiated by the Papua Provincial Government using its Special Autonomy (Otonomi Khusus, Otsus) Fund. Australia’s KOMPAK and MAHKOTA development assistance programs supported the development and implementation of the program.