In consultation with the Indonesian Government and other donors, the current project portfolio in Development Cooperation is divided as follows:
Climate Change
Germany supports Indonesia in implementing its national climate action plan. The German Development Cooperation assists mainly programmes and projects such as “Nature and Climate Protection”, “City Traffic Emission Reduction” and “Forest and Climate Protection”. “Forest and Climate Protection” are tied to the German Development Cooperation’s longterm experiences of former forest management projects in Indonesia. In this connection, German Development Cooperation (GDC) supports the implementation of the forest management reform, the preparation of a future Post-Kyoto Protocol, and the establishment of new concepts for nature conservation, through incentive systems for emission reduction such as Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD).
In the sectors “Natural and Climate Protection” and “City Traffic Emission Reduction”, the Indonesian government will receive support to achieve its long term strategy of carbon-reduced development. Additionally, GDC supports capacity building of executive managers for the development of global and sustainable solution statements.
Private Sector Development
In terms of the Millennium Development Goals the German Development Cooperation promotes a socially balanced economic growth. This should allow as many people as possible to actively participate in the economic life. A basic requirement therefore is a competitive private sector and the access of a broad part of the population to more education. A sufficient supply of qualified manpower plays an important role in the competitiveness of businesses. Germany’s contribution in Indonesia therefore focuses on the private sector development as well as vocational training prioritizing on the support of small and medium-size enterprises.
Good Governance / Decentralization
Decentralization and democratization play key roles in development:, the old authority structures are gradually being replaced by more participative processes. German Development Cooperation has provided support to the Indonesian Government in crucial aspects of the decentralization process and the creation of a new legal framework. Also, competences and potentials of the local government officials should be strengthened (Capacity Development). Thereby, the public services should be improved and efficiently set up.
