Indonesia is a country on the move. Due to its regional significance the archipelago is accounted to be one of the anchor countries in South East Asia. GTZ has been working in Indonesia since 1975 on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Technical cooperation with Indonesia dates back to 1958.

Resulting from the agreement concluded during the government negotiations in October 2007 with the Indonesian Government and other donors, Development Cooperation is currently concentrating on the following three priority areas:

• Climate change
• Private sector development
• Good Governance/Decentralisation

The renewed priority area setting takes influence on the changed role of Indonesia in a global and regional context.

Throughout the negotiations Germany committed as well to provide financial assistance to support to fight avian flu and consultancy in the health sector.

After the devastating Tsunami of December 2004 in the Aceh and Nias Provinces, the German government provided huge additional funds for reconstruction of the affected areas. The extensive reconstruction programme that had been implemented will end in 2009. The main focus has been on the reconstruction of settlements, the rebuilding of the vocational training sector as well as the support for local administration and health services, and the facilitation of economic activities.

GTZ is in charge for regional projects with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat. The official partner on the Indonesian side is the National Development Planning Agency (Badan Perencanaan dan Pembangunan Nasional –BAPPENAS).