| The Government of Indonesia is launching a new initiative in 2007 to encourage rural and urban communities to decide for themselves the type of welfare support they need. It aims to train up thousands of facilitators who will help communities identify their needs and develop proposals for government funding. |
The objectives of the Project are: (i) developing a cadre of community based trainers equipped with a methodology, content and relevant pedagogical skills to deliver a suite of training modules to community facilitators in three centers based in Sumatra, central Java and South Sulawesi; (ii) developing a critical mass of universities, based in Sumatra, Central Java and South Sulawesi, to provide accredited university-level courses to current community based facilitators; (iii) developing content and methodology responsive to training needs; and (iv) delivering a first phase of training to community-based facilitators through the trainer network.
The programme will support Government of Indonesia’s new national poverty programme. A major indicator of success is that the government fully endorses the programme that we are developing and thus 'scales it up' as the national poverty programme settles in. Through the programme we will directly reach 4,500 facilitators. An Indonesian team will lead programme development with support from UK professionals on curriculum development and international experience. We are developing a memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Home Affairs on programme implementation.
Find out more about the programme (in Bahasa Indonesia).
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