ISSTC NEWSLETTER I 2015

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Asian African Conference

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The ISSTC Newsletter I / 2015

Editor in Chief

Rika Kiswardani

Editor in Board

Mukhammad Fahrurozi

Yane Widayanti

Ivan Novianto

Photo Editor

Dwi Mardianto

Dani Ismaya

Secretariat

Samsul Arifin

Mohammad Arief Fadillah

Contributors

Joko Tulodo

Yane Widayanti

Pratiwi Riama Larosa

Astrid Mutiara Ruth

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FOREWORD

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7 Asian African Business Summit

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Historical Walk on 60 Commemoration of Asian African Conference

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11 Asia Africa Smart City Summit

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12 International Training on Disaster Recovery and Mitigation for Costal Area

(series 2): Making Decision to Minimize Disaster Risks

14 Signing The Implementing Arrangement Between The Government Of

Indonesia And Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

Concerning The World Friends Koica Volunteers Program

15 Coordination Meeting on South-South Technical Cooperation 2015

16 President Joko Widodo Receives JICA President

18 A Colombo Plan Gender Affairs Programme Mission Team To Indonesia

(Preparing Two Collaboration Programmes Between The Government Of

Indonesia And The Colombo Plan)

20 Introduction of GSPA -SNU Scholarship to Indonesia (Knowledge and

Leadership for the Future)

22 Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of

Indonesia and the Government of Republic of Korea

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Dear readers,

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he first semester of this year was a big moment for Indonesia as we became the host of the Asian-African Conference 2015, held in Jakarta and Bandung from 18 to 22 April 2015. The historical moment of the first Asian-African Conference took place in Bandung 60 years ago at Gedung Merdeka. Back in that time, it was such a great achievement for Indonesia, a country which just declared its independence in 1945, to gather many countries from the Asia and Africa region in order to share the same vision, objectives, and views to support each other and to build a better world.

Therefore, the 60 Commemoration of the Asian-African Conference occured as the trending topic of this th

edition. We came up with special reports related to the Asian-African Conference 2015 such as the Bandung Message, the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Exhibtion, the Asia Africa Smart City Summit, the Historical Walk on 60 Commemoration of the Asian-African Conference and many more.th

We also present several articles related to South-South and Triangular Cooperation programs organized (and will be held) by the Ministry of State Secretariat such as an International Training Course on Disaster Recovery and Mitigation for Coastal Area (Series 2), a new cooperation with the UNFPA for organizing a training course on family planning, and an advanced mission visit from the Colombo Plan Secretariat in order to prepare two upcoming collaboration training programs between the Government of Indonesia and the Colombo Plan. Other articles on this edition cover several topics related to a new chapter of Indonesia and Republic of Korea’s cooperation program as the two parties signed a Minutes of Understanding concerning the Dispatch Experts Program. We also would like to highlight a Seoul National University Scholarship Program that has been offered to Indonesia. In addition, a report on the courtesy call of KOICA Resident Representative in Indonesia to Minister of State Secretariat will be also presented.

Finally, we would like to sincerely thank all our contributors.

We hope you will enjoy reading this newsletter.

Rika Kiswardani

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60 COMMEMORATION of ASIAN AFRICAN

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Side Event on Maritime Policies, Experiences, and Challenges

in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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of the Asian-African Conference 2015, there were several side events that started before the opening of the Conference. One of the side events was a Side Event on Maritime Po l i c i e s , E x p e r i e n c e s , a n d Challenges in Implementing the SDGs overseen by the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. The purpose of the Side Event on Maritime Po l i c i e s , E x p e r i e n c e s , a n d Challenges in Implementing SDGs was to synchronize the maritime vision that can become one of the components in SDGs (point 14) and to propose to each leader to support the discussion on maritime in order to adopt it as a part of SDGs document.

The side event on Maritime Policies, Experiences, and Challenges in Implementing SDGs was opened and lead by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs of the Republic

of Indonesia, Mr. Indroyono Susilo, and attended by Ministers, Senior Ministry officials as well as representatives from the countries of Asia and Africa.

In his opening remarks, Mr. Indroyono made main points as follows:

a) Transportation and connectivity by seas and oceans are the b a c k b o n e o f t h e w o r l d economy where almost 90% of the world trades go through sea transportation;

b) FAO data show that global fish production increased around 1.6% while food supply has been increasing at an average o f 3 . 2 % a n n u a l l y. F i s h consumption per capita has increased globally from 9.9kg in 1960 to19.2 kg in 2012.

c) Rapid increase in gas and oil exploration has significantly affected sea ecosystem sustainability so we need a global program to prevent and mitigate sea pollution caused by activities like waste disposal and the exploration; d) We should do our best to

minimize and mitigate the impact from sea damage through scientific researches and cooperation at every level;

e) We also need to share the

k n o w l e d g e a n d experiences in the field of maritime.

f) We should avoid a subsidy policy which could contribute towards overcapacity and over fishing, abolish a policy which can entail to illegal fishing, formulate a special p o l i c y t o d i f f e r e n t i a t e treatments for developing and developed countries. These are part of WTO negotiations in the field of fisheries.

g) Stressing the importance of i n c r e a s i n g e c o n o m i c a l benefits for small island states and least developed countries through sustainable fishery management, development of research capacity, and sea technology transfer;

h) Indonesia just has formulated new policies in the maritime area accentuated in 5 fundamental pillars as: maritime culture, maritime e c o n o m y , m a r i t i m e infrastructure, maritime security, and maritime diplomacy.

Several points were raised in the dialogue as follows:

§ South Africa has proposed an increase in capacity and knowledge sharing in the maritime area, underlined importance of maritime security to prevent piracy, and establish an Asia Africa Center specially for the maritime area;

§ Vietnam has stressed importance of maritime management related to climate change and natural disaster and supports maritime discussion as a part of SDGs and proposed improvement of cooperation in the maritime area; § T h a i l a n d m e n t i o n e d t h a t

prevention of illegal fishing was one of their national programs and they emphasized the importance of cooperation in handling illegal fishing and agreements should be made to arrange the matter. Thailand will install around 7,000 Vessel Monitoring System on ships to monitor fishing movements; § The Philippines has stressed the

importance of coastal guard and marine ecosystem to support economic growth. They also are concerned with the South China Sea reclamation that threatens coral reefs ecosystem and supports developing and continuing the Coral Triangle Initiatives (CTI) program;

§ Singapore supports the maritime area as a part of SDGs and the need to formulate indicators for its implementation;

§ Madagascar mentioned the development of a blue eonomy with maritime basis.

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Special Repot on 60

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A NEW CHAPTER of

Bandung Message

andung Message is the prime and ultimate document as the result of the Asian-African Conference 2015. The document was signed by 3 Asian and African leaders: H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo, the President of the Republic of Indonesia; H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China, and King Mswati II from Swaziland at Gedung Merdeka on 24 April 2015 during the Commemoration of 60 Asian-African Conference in th

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The three leaders signed the document on behalf of other leaders who participated in the Asian-African Conference 2015. Mr. Joko Widodo had the honour as the leader of host country of the conference. While the background in choosing China and Swaziland was based on some considerations. China represented the Asia region and Swaziland represented the Africa region. China is a large country which has grown into the second economic power in the world, while Swaziland is an African country which could keep the stability of its political and economic growth.

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Bandung Message or “Pesan Bandung” in Bahasa Indonesia comprised of the vision and mission of the Asian and African countries. In brief, the Asian and African countries have agreed to strengthen a new cooperation and revitalize the partnership between Asia and Africa in political solidarity, economic cooperation, and socio- culture relationships. This is known as the three main pilars of the new commitment of the Asian and African countries.

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The message itself consist of 41 points. One of the points that is often discussed in the conference is the commitment of Asia Africa countries to support the cooperation in gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment, which will focus on providing an access to education, health, and job vacacy for women. This is a good statement since Indonesia also has a special attention in developing women's empowerment activities and happens to have some best practices on that issue which can be shared to other Asian and African countries under a South-South and Triangular Cooperation Program.

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In the future, we do hope that the Bandung Message is not only a “message” which might become a passive document. Since this message was formulated and agreed by the Asian and African countries, it is highly expected that there would be a follow up cooperation among Asian and African countries, and real programs will be implemented and bring benefits to Asian and African countries. The document might also becomes a trigger to revitalize the relationship among Asian and African countries as part of establishing a new world order. Furthermore, may the spirit of the Bandung Message will last up to the upcoming decades like the spirit of founding fathers of the Asian-African Conference 1955.

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he commemoration of the 60 th

Asian-African Conference (AAC) was convened from 19 to 24 April 2015 in Jakarta and Bandung. It was an important event for Asian and African countries in encouraging partnerships more closely for s h a r i n g k n o w l e d g e a n d experiences to improve economic development of the two regions. The idea was spelt out in the theme of the conference as “strengthening South-South Cooperation to p r o m o t e w o r l d p e a c e a n d prosperity”

Indonesia, as one of the pioneer c o u n t r i e s f o r S o u t h - S o u t h Cooperation has a strategic role in improving the welfare of world peace. In this regard, the National coordination Team on South-South and Triangular Cooperation (NCT) considered it is important to use an event of the AAC as an opportunity to improve the visibility of South-South and Triangular Cooperation Program through exhibition.

The theme of exhibition of the NCT was entitled 'New Emerging Partner in Innovative South-South and Tr i a n g u l a r C o o p e r a t i o n f o r Development’s part of the side events of the 60 conference. The th

exhibition promoted the capacities

EXHIBITION OF SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR

COOPERATION DURING THE COMMEMORATION

and cooperation of the Indonesian government line ministries and institutions in various activities and also introduced the NCT more broadly.

The exhibition had a good reception and positive responses from the delegations and participating countries of the AAC. The success of the exhibition of Indonesian SSTC was the result of solid cooperation between the NCT and the ministries/ institutions` exhibiting their capacities and activities.

Recognition and appreciation were addressed to the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Health, Singosari Artificial Insemination Center, the Ministry of Agriculture, Multi Media Training Center ( M M T C ) , t h e M i n i s t r y o f Communication and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries Affairs and others that had participated in promoting their capacities during the event. In particular, the Government of Indonesia expressed its gratitude to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Indonesia and the Government of Norway who have supported the activities of the

e x h i b i t i o n t h r o u g h t h e S t r e n g t h e n i n g I n n o v a t i v e Partnership for Development Cooperation (SIP-DC) project. Minister of Foreign Affair declared the opening ceremony of the exhibition of the AAC held on 19 April 2015 at 10.00 am after the opening ceremony of side events for the AAC 2015 by Minister of Tourism as coordinating institution of the side events. On this occasion, the 4-pillar ministers, namely Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of State Secretariat, Minister of National Development Planning, and Minister of Finance gave their remarks respectively. The opening ceremony was also attended by representatives of development partners and officials of ministries. During the exhibition many dignitaries visited the NCT booth namely, Prime Minister of Rwanda, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Vice Prime Minister of Qatar, President of Madagascar, Prime Minister of Egypt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, and Chief Consular of Jamaica. Aside from this, some of international media interviewed officials of the NCT such as Shanghai TV and Vietnam TV.

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ASIAN - AFRICA

BUSINESS SUMMIT (AABS) 2015

As a part of the Asian-African Conference in Jakarta and Bandung 2015, the Asian-African Business Summit (AABS) was held on 21 April 2015 at Assembly Hall 2 at Jakarta Convention Center.

Delegates from Asian and African countries, particularly from the business sector participated in the summit. The theme of the Summit was “Realization of the Asian-African Partnership Program and Prosperity: Overcoming Economic Challenges”. The summit was officially opened by H.E. President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia, and Chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Suryo Bambang Sulistio and Deputy President ofthe Republic of South Africa, H.E. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa delivered their key note messages.

During the summit there were four dialogue sessions with different themes:

Theme of Session I: Trade Resource persons:

Minister of Trade, the Republic of Indonesia; Executive Director, the Board of Investment, Republic of Socialist Democratic of Sri Lanka; Vice Chairman of KEIDANREN, Japan; and, Maya Pada Group, Indonesia.

The results of discussion were as follows:

§ AAS event is expected to strengthen the bilateral ties among Asian and African Countries:

§ AAS 1995 focused on solving the problems in the Asia-Africa region, while, AAS 2015 focused on the development

of public welfare;

§ The Asia-Africa region is the biggest economic potential in the world and some of the countries in the region can achieve economic growth quickly;

§ Achieving cooperation in the public and private sectors in Asian and African countries; § Many Countries have entered

into Free Trade Agreement (FTA), such as India and Pakistan;

§ Increasing investment in the Asia-Africa region;

§ The importance of sustainable and inclusive growth and regional integration.

Theme of Session II: Agriculture sector

Resource persons:

Minister of Industry of the Republic

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of Indonesia; Vice Chairman of CCPIT, People's Republic of China; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (PLC); and CEO Sinar Mas Group, the Republic of Indonesia

§ Need to continue discussions on natural resources:

§ Indonesia has priority on food and beverages industry; § Need to revise industrial

agreements for the purposes of developing industries § C o o p e r a t i o n b e t w e e n

Indonesia and Jordan through PT Petro Jordan Abadi (PJA) for production of fertilizers and utilization of agricultural phosphate.

Theme of Session III : Investment Resource persons:

Chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board of the Republic of Indonesia; Secretary General of the Sudanese Businessmen and Employers Federation; Vice President of FPCCI, Islamic Republic of Pakistan; and President Director of PT Pupuk Indonesia.

§ Many countries in the Asia-Africa region depend on oil and gas:

§ Importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) among Asian and African countries: § Importance of technical

cooperation and transfer of technology among Asian and African countries.

Theme of Session IV: Maritime affairs Resources persons:

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia; Vice President of MISC, Berhad, Malaysia; CEO of Baraka Contracting and Trading, Arabic Republic of Egypt; President Director and CEO of PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper Indonesia

§ Increase the regional maritime development in Asia and Africa by considering natural m a r i n e r e s o u r c e s a n d through:

- Exclusive Economic Zone: - Expand sea transportation

in Asia and Africa in order to control sea transportation

in the world;

- Offshore oil and gas reserves;

- Diversity of seaweed, mangrove, and coral; - Diversity of fish; - Sea transportation; - Fisheries and Aqua culture; - Preservation through the

planet earth, climate change and mitigation, e n v i r o n m e n t a l conservation and blue economy and zero waste, a n d s u s t a i n a b l e development post 2015. In the closing session the delegates agreed on a declaration that contains the following points: a. Building cooperation and

partnerships in Asian and African countries;

b. Strengthening collaboration a n d p a r t n e r s h i p s f o r investment;

c. Establishment of the AABC Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia and convene an annual meeting in a country of Asia and Africa alternately; d. The inauguration of the

website www. ASIA-AFRICA as an effort to expandand boost trade and investment. (FAH)

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The Asian-African Conference Commemoration 2015 took place in Jakarta and Bandung, 19 – 24

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April 2015. This conference was to commemorate the 60 Asian-African conference. Indonesia as

the host country was the place where the Asian-African Conference first held in 1955 in Bandung,

West Java, initiated by the first President of Indonesia , Soekarno.

The Historical Walk, took place in Bandung on April 24th 2015, was the peak of the Asian-African Conference Commemoration 2015 (AACC 2015). About sixty years ago, countries from Asia and Africa joined together to attend the first Asian-African Conference hosted by the Indonesian's first President, Soekarno. And this year, Bandung was ready to welcome all the heads of state and government from various countries in Asia and Africa. As we know, the High Level Meetings and Summits were held in Jakarta from 19-23 April 2015. Earlier in the week, President Joko Widodo hosted guests from more than 90 countries to a meeting where they pledged to form stronger ties to build leverage in setting the rules of global trade and diplomacy. They also agreed to work together to combat terrorism and transnational crime and to support an independent Palestine. China's role as a source of global finance, which includes its efforts to create a China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank — was also highlighted.

BANDUNG HISTORICAL WALK:

A Walk to

Remember

The Bandung Historical Walk was to reenact a similar walk done by dozens of leaders from the both continents during the first Asian-African Conference in 1955. The Leaders of Asian-African countries, governments, the delegates of member countries and observers with their First Ladies and spouses left Savoy Homann and the Preanger Hotels to walk to Merdeka Building where the first conference was held back then. This historic moment started around 09:00 a.m. in Braga area and were warmly greeted with applause and happy cheering by the people along Asia-Africa road. Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo walked in the front row, with Chinese President Xi Jinping on his right and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to his left. All three were accompanied by their spouses. Also in the front row were the Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla and his wife Mufidah Jusuf Kalla, as well as former President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is also the daughter of the initiator of the first Asian-African Conference in 1955, former President Soekarno.

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produced three important documents,namely the Bandung Message, the Declaration on Reinvigorating the New Asian-African Startegic Partnership (NAASP), and the Declaration on Palestine.

The Bandung Message document was signed in the Merdeka building by President Jokowi as the host together with Swaziland's King Mswati III representing Africa and China's President Xi Jinping representing Asia. After the document signing, President Jokowi explained that the Summit had agreed to declare the April 24th as the Asia Afica Day, also declaring Bandung as the Asian-African Solidarity Capital and supported the establishment of Asian-African Centre. Presiden Jokowi also signed the Asian-African Monument in front of all the delegations.

After all the series of the historical walk activities, the heads of state and government and all the delegations were invited to attend the luncheon at the Pakuan Building, hosted by the local government of West Java.All left Bandung after the luncheon. (LRS)

A parade of marching band played traditional Sundanese songs, while traditional dancers also performed on the street. This parade also was enlivened by the beautiful ladies from Bandung who threw flowers to the people along the road.

21 heads of state and government attended the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta the day before. Some of them, however, left Indonesia early, skipping Ithe historical walk and other related events in Bandung. They included Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Brunei Darussalam's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The absence of these leaders, however, did not reduce the important message of this event.

After the historical walk, all the delegations gathered at the Merdeka Building, where President Jokowi, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and Myanmar President Thein Sein delivered speeches. In his speech, President Jokowi stated that the Summit in Jakarta

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uring the Asian - African Conference 2015, the provincial g o v e r n m e n t o f W e s t J a v a organized a side event called ”the Asia Africa Smart City Summit”. The event was held from 22to 23April 2015. The opening ceremony was held at Trans Luxury Hotel Bandung on 22 April 2015. It was officially opened by the Governor of West Java province,

in the Asia-Africa Region

Opening The Pathway to

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Mr. Ahmad Heryawan; the Mayor of Bandung, Mr. Ridwan Kamil, and the Mayor of Victoria, Seychelles, Ms. Jacqueline Moustache-Belle. There were 25 mayors and 446 participants from 69 cities of 39 Asian and African countries. At the end of the summit the city leaders agreed to establish an alliance and also made a Bandung Declaration on Smart Cities that includes the agreeemnt on the following five points:

1. Building a sustainable smart city by sharing information through the network among c i t y g o v e r n m e n t s , universities, entrepreneurs, the industry sector, and communities throughout the Asia - Africa region:

2. Working together to create environ mentally friendly

cities, smart public services, sustainable transportation sectors, renewable energy sources, as well as natural disaster prevention and mitigation in the Asia-Africa region;

3. Promoting investment for d e v e l o p i n g a s m a r t community through

4. Promoting a smart economy system to encourage youth

c r e a t i v i t y a n d entrepreneurship in order to support sustainable growth; 5. Promoting collaboration to

b u i l d a s m a r t c i t y b y establishing alliance, forums, and networking that will play a significant role in improving the quality of life in the Asia-Africa

Although this event was organized i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e 6 0 t h Commemoration of the Asian- A f r i c a n C o n f e r e n c e , t h e participants expected that it will be held annually. The forum may mutually appoint a host city. Furthermore, we hope that the above 5 points agreed by the city leaders will be materialized and implemented into real follow-up programs and do not remain just as an agreement in record.

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International Training

Course Disaster on Recovery

and Miltigation for Costal Areas

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Making Decisions

to Minimize Disaster Risks

ecision making process is crutial in responding to any kind of disasters. Decision makers in governments require accurate and timely information to make decisions in the process so that they can effect emergency responses soonest to mitigate disaster impacts. The Ministry of State Secretariat of the Republic Indonesia in cooperation with Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) has organized the lessons learnt and experiences from 'ground zero' of the mega tsunami scene in a structured training course that can comprehensively share them to eager participants.

Implementation of the training coures is based on the Indonesian Government`s commitment to the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Countries during the APEC Leaders Summit in 2013 and also t h e I n d o n e s i a ' s b i l a t e r a l commitment to Timor-Leste to increase capacity building in this area. The International Training

Course on Disaster Recovery and Mitigation for Coastal Areas is specifically designed for policy makers who work/have interests in disaster management. As the second series of the training, the participants will be introduced to several first hand knowledge, materials and information related to the policies and regulation in

disaster management. Most of the training materials are deduced from in-depth understanding and lessons learnt from the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004.

For Indonesia and many countries located in vulnerable are as, disasters have become more frequent and occur one after another. When disaster occurred, many people died and were injured due to the delay in bringing in rescue and medical services in time, and many people suffered epidemics in refugee camps due to poor hygiene and inadequate measures. We need a faster and integrated responses in managing emergency situations when disaster strikes so that we can minimize its impact and victims. This training program will give insighgt into a better understanding on how to manage disaster impacts with less risks and also on mitigation activities.

The training course is divided into several moduls, such as: Reviewing Characteristics of Coastal Hazards

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management framework. They will be taught on a method to identify local and indigenous knowledge benefit to increase coastal community's resilience, validation processes, and transfer the findings i n t o a n e f f c t i v e m e d i a f o r dissemination. Lessons learnt from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste in using LINK for increasing coastal community's resilience will be presented and discussed.

The participants also learn about i n t e g r a t e d c o a s t a l z o n e management that enables them to under stand oceanic and coastal resources. They will get information about other resources like oceanic and coastal areas ( non-living ), human activity in oceanic and coastal areas, coastal management system and tourism activities. Learning and having in-depth understanding of various disasters

will increase the capability in decision making process. The participants as decision makers will be trained through several case studies based on the Aceh Tsunami experience. They also will have opportunities to discuss and explore more on decision making process with many stake holders involved in Aceh's rehabilitation and reconstruction. We should have a disaster risk mapping that includes a concept and spatial analysis to plan an emergency response. This training adopted a case study on disaster risk mapping process in Aceh,which was integrated into the provincial spatial planning and disaster management plan.Based on the knowledge, information, techniques, and experiences provided in the training course, the participants are expected to be able to manage disaster risks and make good decisions.

and their Impacts, Coastal Disaster Mitigation Concept and Practices, G e o -Te c t o n i c S e t t i n g s a n d Evidences around Coastal Areas, Coastal Community Resilience and Disaster Recovery,Knowledge Management Based Approach for Increasing Coastal Community's Resilience and Risk Mapping. Knowledge capacity is extremely important in disaster preparedness. T h i s t o p i c i n t r o d u c e s t h e participants to the unified model of knowledge creation proposed by Mr. Nonaka. The participants also learn how to apply the model to develop a knowledge management strategy that aims at increasing the disaster knowledge capacity of a community or an organization. In addition, examples of local and indigenous knowledge to cope with natural disasters and their intergenerational transmission will be discussed using the knowledge

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THE IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA AND KOREA

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (KOICA)

CONCERNING THE WORLD FRIENDS KOICA

VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM

SIGNING

he signing of the Implementing Arrangement by the Ministry of Education and Culture (by Mr. Ananto Kusuma Seta, Head of Bureau for Planning and International Cooperation) and also by the Ministry of Youth and Sport (by Mr. Ramidin Saragih, Head of Bureau for Planning and Organization) and Mr. Kim Byung Gwan, Resident Representative of KOICA Indonesia Office, witnessed by Mrs. Rika Kiswardani, Head of Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation, the Ministry of State Secretariat on 19th June 2015 reflected the commitment to improve bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of Korea in the field of technical cooperation. The Implementing Arrangement was signed in the Ministry of State Secretariat at 8 a.m. on that day.

This Implementing Arrangement is a derivative agreement, referring to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia and KOICA concerning the World Friends KOICA Volunteers Program signed in Jakarta on 30th January 2015.This is the amendment to the MoU signed in 2008.

The KOICA Volunteers Program is an important cooperation for the two countries since the era of 1990s. Around 60 volunteers were sent to Indonesia to teach taekwondo, Korean language, information and communication technology and also cosmetic to students in all over Indonesia. This program provides an opportunity for Indonesian students to study from Korean experts. The KOICA Volunteers will be divided into 2 (two) terms for 2015. The first term, consisted of 9 (nine) volunteers already arrived in Indonesia in last May 2015, and the next batch, consisted of 15 (fifteen) volunteers will arrive in August 2015.

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Candidates of the volunteers should:

a. Have educational background at the level of Bachelor or equivalent, and work experience in requested field of activities:

b. Have the ability to speak Bahasa Indonesia and/or English language;

c. Good physical and mental health verified by the result of medical check-up from authorized doctors.

To ensure the program utilized and runs smoothly, through this Implementing Arrangement, both the governmentsagreed to establish a new mechanism of admission and distribution of the volunteers, by starting to convene a biannual Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC).Through this JCC, all the related parties, including the Ministry of State Secretariat, as the coordinator of this cooperation, line ministries such as the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and also other representatives of the Government of Indonesia that have roles in this program,including the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker). The Indonesian National Police will also be a member of the JCC so that it can discuss problems occured and also to advice on any relevant matters.The first JCC will be held on September 2015.

The rest of Implementing Arrangement between the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Ministy of Home Affairs and KOICA will be signed later this year. (Ast)

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Cooperation 2015

Coordination Meeting on South-South Technical

A New Step of Indonesia`s South-South and Triangular Cooperation:

A Single Agency for South-South and Triangular Cooperation

As organized every year, a Coordination Meeting on South-South Technical Cooperation was held on 9 June 2015 at Presidential Palace in Bogor. This year, coordination meeting will be held five times with different themes. As for the first meeting, the topic of discussion was the preparation for making an academic paper concerning the single agency for South-South and Triangular Cooperation.

24 participants attended the meeting, consisting of representatives from the units within the Ministry of State Secretariat:Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation, Bureau for Planning, Bureau for General Affairs, and Bureau for Finance.

Mrs. Rika Kiswardani, Head of the Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation officially opened and then chaired the meeting. The meeting cordially invited distinguished resource persons and former senior officials of the Ministry of State Secretariat who were familiar with the history of the Bureau and had broad knowledge in technical cooperation.

The first resource person was Mr. A. Husen Adiwisastra. He was the Head of the Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation from 1996-2000. He was also the man who knew the history of the Bureau, including its strategic role and function as the supporting unit to the President. He shared his experiences while working for the Bureau, and stated that he was very proud of being a “family member” of the Bureau. He recalled that since 1980-s actually the Bureau already implemented South-South and Triangular Cooperation Program. It was then known as “Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries” or TCDC.

His story was followed up by the second resource person, Mr. Suprapto who lead the Bureau from 2006-2010. Before becoming the Head of the Bureau, Mr. Suprapto was in charge of TCDC program for quiet a along time. He explained that during its golden age, the Bureau was the national coordinator of nearly 40 TCDC

programs every year. This is a huge number, considering that for the past 3 years the Bureau only organized 5-7 TCDC programs each year.

There was a time when the policy directives for TCDC programswere made and issued by the Ministry of State Secretariat. Unfortunately, nowadays, when TCDC has been transformed into South-South and Triangular Cooperation –or well known as SSTC – becomes more “sexy”, it seems that the role of the Ministry of State Secretariat has been reduced.

There are “new players” in SSTC. In 2006, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established the Directorate for Technical Cooperation whose tasks and functions are similar with the Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation of the Ministry of State Secretariat. This new unit has been supported by a numerous budget allocation to finance SSTC programs. In 2008, when Indonesia was categorized as “a new developing middle income country” and should contribute more to the development of other developing countries, SSTC was considered as a tool for accelerating international development cooperation. As a follow up to that matter, the National Coordination Team on SSTC was established in 2010.

As the third resource person, Mr. Adik Bantarso stated in his presentation that SSTC is a wider terminology than TCDC because SSTC covered technical cooperation as well as economic cooperation. From his perspective, the role of National Coordination Team has not been quiet effective. This situation might have triggered the idea of establishing a single agency. However, he suggested that a preliminary research for establishing the single agency was needed. It did not matter which ministry or agency would be appointed as “the single agency” as long as a decision is based on a proper assesment.

The second panel discussion session was led by Mr. Fahrorozi, Head of Division for South-South Technical Cooperation and Mr. Y. Ricky Syailendra, Head of Division for Cultural and International Non-Government Organization (INGO) Technical Cooperation. Mr. Fahrurozi presented a comparative study on the forms of development agencies in several countries, while Mr. Ricky explained the role of INGO in SSTC.

The meeting had been organized satisfactory, and for the whole day the participants experienced fruitful discussions. It is expected that the results of the meeting will be considered as part of the base line information and inputs as well as recommendation in preparing the academic paper for establishing the single agency for SSTC.

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Receives JICA President

President Joko Widodo

resident Joko Widodo received President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mr. Akihiko Tanaka in February 2015. During the visit Mr. Tanaka conveyed his appreciation to President Joko Widodo on the strategic partnership of Indonesia and Japan that already has been established and continue growing. Mr.Tanaka also reiterated JICA`s commitment to support Indonesia's infrastructure development plans proposed in the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) for the period of 2015-2019.

JICA also has a strong commitment to support the maritime axis program, which is one of the priorities of the government of President Joko Widodo. JICA`s assistance and cooperation will be in line with the priorities of M r. J o k o W i d o d o a n d h i s government, which is to focus on inter-island connectivity in Indonesia. Japan is interested in establishing the Maritime Forum

because some 70 percent of energy resources supplied to Japan pass through the Indonesian sea territory.

The initiative to strengthen the maritime cooperation started at the end of 2014 from the idea of establishing the Indonesia-Japan Maritime Forum lead by the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime of the Republic of Indonesia and counterpart ministry in Japan.The initiative is part of the on-going efforts to strengthen the two countries overall the strategic partnership. Eestablishment of the Japan-Indonesia Maritime Forum as soon as possible is essential in order to further strengthen and acceleratethe cooperation in various maritime issues such as marine safety, illegal fishing, ship building, port and fisheries.

As the leader of the country surrounded and connected by vast sea and oceans, President Joko Widodo confirmed that free, open

and safe seas are very important for peace, stability and prosperity for all. In order to achieve this goal, building upon a long standing history of cooperation between the two countries, the establishment of the Indonesia - Japan Maritime Forum as one of the important pillars towards enhancing the bilateral cooperative relationship must be supported.

Visiting JICA officials discussed projects that JICA would be interested in financing, not just ones in Java but also in rural areas outside of Javain view of balance and impartiality. Mr. Tanaka emphasize that JICA is interested in various projects in the energy and maritime sectors, such as power plants and seaports, as well as education. JICA may want to finance the development of maritime colleges and techno-parks in various regions in Indonesia as well. In particular, JICA showed its interest in supporting the development of a

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submarine electricity-transmission cable line connecting Sumatra and Java.

President Joko Widodo also hopes for cooperation and investment from Japanto keep increase. Data from the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) shows that Japan as one of Indonesia's largest investors, the investment from Japan amounted to US$2.7 billion in 2014, or about 9.5 percent of the total

307 trillion ($24.12 billion) realized that year.

Apart from discussing the future projects, Mr. Tanaka touched on on-going JICA projects in Indonesia. The progress and current situation ofthe JICA projects that tackle urban issues in the capital (such as traffic congestion, flooding and sewage) and to improve infrastructure for economic and industrial

development were shared with President Joko Widodo.

One of JICA's on-going projects is a Rp. 16 trillion Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project. It comprises a North-South line that connects Kampung Bandan in North Jakarta to Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta. JICA is expected to continue the second phase of the project of the East-West line which should ease traffic congestion in the city greatly.

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COLOMBO PLAN GENDER AFFAIRS

PROGRAM MISSION TEAM TO INDONESIA

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PREPARING TWO COLLABORATION PROGRAMMES BETWEEN

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA AND THE COLOMBO PLAN

n the first week of July 2015, the Colombo Plan

Gender Affairs Program (CPGAP) sent a mission team

to Indonesia in order to prepare two collaboration

programs between the Government of Indonesia and

the Colombo Plan. CPGAP Mission Team consisted of

Dr. Sheeba Harma, Director of CPGAP and Ms. Savini

Sirikumara, Program Officer of the Gender Affairs.

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The first program is a training course which has been

implemented for 6 times from 2010 to 2014 under the

Colombo Plan Public Administration Program: “The

Training Course on Empowering Women through

Social, Economic and Cultural Intervention”. As for the

second phase, it will be organized under the CPGAP;

the title was changed to “The Training Course on

Empowering Women through Family Planning and

Economic Development Interventions”. The second

program is a knowledge sharing program called

“Sharing Best Practices on Women's Empowerment

and Child Protection Program.”

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The implementing agency for the first program is the

National Population and Family Planning Board

(BKKBN) while for the second program is the Ministry

of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection.

Both program would be held in Yogyakarta; therefore

the visit to Yogyakarta was organized from 2 to 5 July

2015. Since there were two different programs, the

mission team to Yogyakarta was divided into two

groups.

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The First Group

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The first group consisted of Ms. Vimala Asty from the

Ministry of State Secretariat, Mr. Bawardadi from the

BKKBN, Ms. Rina Setyawati from the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs and Ms. Savini Sirikumara from the

Colombo Plan.

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The groups had several meetings and field visits to

observe the venues that would be visited during the

implementation of the program as follows: meeting

with Head of BKKBN of Yogyakarta Province; field visits

to “Cempaka” Children Under Five Group in

Krapyak-Bantul, “Harjo Santosa” Male Family Planning

Involvement in Bantul, “Ngudi Saras” Adolescent

Group in Sleman and “Ngudi Santoso” Income

Generating Group in Gunung Kidul.

The Second Group

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As for the second group, led by Head of the Bureau for

Planning of the Ministry of Women's Empowerment

and Child Protection, Ms. Valentina Gintings, consisted

of Ms. Yane Widayanti from the Ministry of State

Secretariat, Ms. Nani Dwi and Ms. Susanti from the

Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child

Protection, Mr. Bayu Fajar Nugroho from the Ministry

of Industry and Dr. Sheeba Harma from the Colombo

Plan.

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The group had several meetings with local stakeholders

such as the Agency for Women's Empowerment of

Yogyakarta Province, Integrated Service Centre for

Women and Children, called “Rekso Dyah Utami” and

the Office of Industry and Trade of Yogyakarta Province.

Field visits to observe the venues that would be visited

during the implementation of the program were

conducted at Prima Village, Griya Anyam Ibu Lina and

Tourism Village - Paguyuban Batik Giriloyo Pak Nur.

In between the meetings and preliminary field visits,

the groups gathered for a dinner meeting on 3 July

2015 at Grand Aston Hotel Yogyakarta. They shared the

results of the meetings with the local stakeholders and

field visits to the other groups.

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Visiting Jakarta

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On 6 July 2015, the CPGAP Mission Team had several

meetings. The first meeting which focused on Sharing

Best Practices on Women's Empowerment and Child

Protection Program was held at the office of the

Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child

Protection, which also was attended by the

representatives from the Ministry of State Secretariat

and the Ministry of Industry. The meeting discussed the

details of the program including the options of

resources persons and field visit venues, tentative

agenda as well as specific topics requested by

Afghanistan. It was decided that the program would be

organized from 5 to 9 October 2015 in Yogyakarta.

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The second meeting took place at the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs. The mission team had a courtesy call to

Mr. Arko Budiadi, Director of Social Culture and

Developing Countries Organization of the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs. The team had a fruitful discussion on

the way forward for future collaboration program

between the Government of Indonesia and the

Colombo Plan.

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Since it was fasting month of Holy Ramadhan, the

CPGAP team was invited to a breakfasting meeting by

BKKBN at Borobudur Hotel Jakarta. The meeting was

also attended by representatives from the Ministry of

State Secretariat and the National Development

Planning Agency (on behalf of Head of National

Coordination Team on South-South and Triangular

Cooperation). The forum discussed the preparation of

the Training Course on Empowering Women through

Family Planning and Economic Development

Interventions. Since the second semester was already

spaced out for both parties, finally it was decided that

the training would be held from 13 to 19 September

2015 in Yogyakarta.

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In general, the visit of CPGAP mission team to

Indonesia was well-organized. Both parties and the

stakeholders had fruitful discussions in order to

prepare the programmers. Therefore, we have our

finger crossed that the two collaboration program

would run smoothly.

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he Graduate School of Public Administration (GSPA),

Seoul National University (SNU), Republic Korea visited

to Indonesia to introduce the GSPA and Global Master

of Public Administration (GMPA) program which is one

of KOICA Master's Degree Scholarship Programs on 6

February 2015.

As explained by the GSPA –SNU delegation composing

of Professor Junki Kim (Ex. Dean of GSPA-SNU),

Professor Hyunsub Kum (Ex. Deputy Dean of

GSPA-SNU), Professor Kilkon Ko (Deputy Director of GMPA

Program) and accompanied by GMPA Student from

Indonesia namely Miss. Lia Aprianti Wirantana and

Miss Desi Kusumaningtyas. The GMPA program has

resulted from the combined effort and dedication of

the GSPA, Seoul national University (SNU) and the

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). SNU

and KOICA signed a bilateral memorandum of

understanding on April 27, 2011 to establish the GMPA

program with a vision to raise capacity-building levels

of developing countries and to enhance their

economic and social development.

The GMPA program is one of KOICA's flagship

scholarship programs. With a mission to educate

talented students from developing countries, KOICA

invites high-caliber students and helps them gain

professional and systematic knowledge that will help

them to play a key role in their home country's

development. To accomplish this mission, KOICA has

been operating master's degree courses with leading

Korean Universities such as SNU, Yonsei University and

Korea University in the fields of public administration,

economics, women's empowerment, and rural

development.

KOICA was founded as a government agency on April 1,

1991, to maximize the effectiveness of Korea's foreign

aid for developing countries by improving the

implementation of the government's programs. In the

past, development cooperation efforts were focused

on meeting the Basic Human Needs (BHNs) of

developing countries and on fostering their Human

Resources Development (HRD). However, the focus

has now shifted to promoting sustainable and

enhancing the local ownership of beneficiaries. Due to

the continuously changing trends in development

assistance efforts and practices, KOICA is striving to

adapt to these changes by using its limited financial

resources effectively on areas where Korea has a

Introduction of GSPA - SNU Scholarship to Indonesia

comparative advantage, In particular, since Korea has

the unique experience of developing from one of the

poorest countries in the world to one of the most

economically advanced, this know-how is an

invaluable asset that help KOICA to efficiently support

the sustainable socio-economic development of its

partner countries.

In particular, this program has significantly

strengthened the relationships between Korea and the

student's home countries. Students, who have been

given an opportunity to see Korea's experience in

poverty reduction and socio-economic development,

will gain a deeper understanding of Korea and

contribute to the future social, political and economic

ties between the two nations.

As of 2015, 359 participants are currently participating

in the program across 19 different Korean universities,

enrolled on 20 master's degree programs, such as

Public Administration, Development Cooperation,

Women and Development, Fisheries Science,

Agriculture and Rural Development, Global

Technology, Human Resources Development, and

others.

The introduction of GSPA was conducted at Serba Guna

Building attended by Mrs. Rika Kiswardani, Head of

Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation, Ministry of

State Secretariat who delivered an opening remarks

and Mr. Mukhammad Fahrurozi, Head of South-South

Technical Cooperation and Triangular Division, Bureau

for Foreign technical Cooperation gave a presentation

on scholarship procedure in Indonesia respectively.

Representatives of line ministries also joined the

meeting as well.

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CONTACT DETAILS

Program Manager Ms. Yongmi Lee

selmy@snu.ac.kr

Global master of Public Administration (GMPA) http://gmpa.snu.ac.kr

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Legal Basis of Cooperation

Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation and Development Trade between the Government of

Indonesia and the Government of Republic of Korea signed on 24 April 1971

Legal basis of Implementation Activities

For Technical Cooperation Project in the form of Memorandum of Understanding or Record of Discussion (RoD)

signed by line ministry and KOICA Indonesia Office.

For KOICA World Volunteer, agreement cooperation signed between Ministry of State Secretariat and KOICA

Indonesia Office on 30 January 2015. The implementing Agencies shall sign the implementing arrangement

signed by each implementing agency and KOICA. There are 3 (three) Ministries that has signed IA, there were

Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Religion Affairs.

For the World Friend Advisor, due to there is no existing agreement, Ministry of State Secretariat and KOICA

Indonesia Office are still initiate to coordinate this activity in the one umbrella agreement.

On Going Programs

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Project/Program

No. Name of Ministries Field of Project Total of _Project Location

1. Ministry of Environment and

Forestry ForestryEnvironment and 2 Jakarta and Banjar Region, South Kalimantan 2. Ministry of Public Works and

Resettlements InfrastructurePublic Facility and 5 Jakarta,Depok and Palembang Bandung, Tangerang, 3. Ministry of Communication and

Information Technology Information Technology and Communication

2 Jakarta and Bekasi 4. Ministry of Transportation Transportation 1 Jakarta

5. Ministry of National Development Planning and Geo-Spatial

Information Agency

Database Spatial 1 North Java Coastal (Pantura) 6. Attorney General CaseManagement

System 1 Jakarta 7. Ministry ofEnergy and Mineral

Resources Energy 1 Balikpapan

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Mr. Han Choong Sik, Vice President of KOICA Headquarter had courtesy Called

on Minister of State Secretariat, Prof. Dr. Pratikno on 26 January 2015 Several

topics has already came up during the meeting such as updating the

implementation of technical cooperation project, KOICA Volunteers Program in

Indonesia, dispatch experts and Scholarship program and e-Government of

Program between the Government of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of Korea which is

coordinated by KOICA. Prof. Pratikno was accompanied by Special Staff of Minister, Mr. Abdul Aziz and Mrs. Rika

Kiswardani, Head of Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation. Herewith the Position Paper concerning bilateral

cooperation between two countries:

Technical Cooperation between

the Government of the Republic of Indonesia

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b. South-South Technical Cooperation and Triangular

1. The Government of Republic of Korea through KOICA agreed to initiate Pilot Project on Capacity Building

Program through for Officials of the Government of Timor-Leste through in promoting South-South

Cooperation and Triangular by utilizing the capacity of the Center of Training and Development of

Information and Communication Technology the Center of Information Communication Technology

Education and Development, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of

Indonesia (BPPTIK KOMINFO).

2. The initiative is related to the objectives and works cope of the Project on the cooperation on Information

Technology Capacity Building For Central and Local Government, also as stipulated on the Record of

Discussions (RoD) among the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of

Indonesia (KOMINFO), the National Institute of Public Administation of the Republic of Indonesia (LAN)

and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)agreed to carry out the programme for

Information Communication Technology (ICT) Capacity Building for Central and Local Government signed

on 31 July 2013 signed on 31 July 2013 and was extended to 26March 2017.

3. Based on a series of discussion, the Parties agreed to invite 30 (Thirty) Officials participants from the

Government of Timor-Leste to participate in the Capacity Building Programin the framework of

South-South Technical and Triangular Cooperation which will be held in the. The duration of the RoD has

extended from 31 December 2015 to March 2017. BPPTIK KOMINFO. The meeting also agreed to dispatch

a Participants Selection Team Indonesian before the implementation of the training. After the

implementation of the training, a follow up Team will be dispatched to Timor-Leste and to conduct an

evaluation workshop/seminar of the program in Dili.

c. Dispatch Experts

Total number of dispatch experts of Korea to Indonesia is 126 persons, while, there are 48 volunteers and

program advisors in Indonesia until June 2015. They work for in several fields in education, sports and

consultants.

d. Scholarships

1. Long-term Scholarship Program

In the year of 2015, there were 14 participants undertaken long term scholarship program in Republic of

Korea. For the fiscal year of 2016, The Government of the Republic of Korea has offered 18 long-term

scholarships program in 17 Universities in the Republic of Korea.

2. Short-Scholarship Program

There were 240 participants have already participated in short scholarship program in the Republic of

Korea both in single country training and multi-country program.

e. E-Government Program

As follow up the implementation of Single Country Training Program “Benchmarking on ON-NARA – An

Integrated e-Government of Korean Government”, KOICA has proposed to the Government of Indonesia.

Three (3) option cooperation has come up namely; implementing Advanced Workshop, pilot projects

(establishing e-government application at the Presidential Palace) and initiating other training programs

including ICT, performance management and human resources issues and service excellence.

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The ISSTC Newsletter

Published by:

Bureau foreign Technical Cooperation

Ministry of State Secretariat of The Republic of Indonesia

State Secretariat Building

Jl. Veteran III no. 9

Jakarta, Indonesia

phone: (62-21) 3890 1141 - 38901 139

fax : (62-21) 3890 1142