SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM --

UNCLAS JAKARTA 012498

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EB/CIP/BA (FETCHKO)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECPS EINT EAID PHUM
SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM --
USAID INDONESIA EFFORTS

REF: SecState 142140


1. (U) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes the Secretary's Global
Internet Freedom Task Force Initiative (GIFT) and looks forward to
contributing to its success. As requested in reftel, a list of
USAID projects related to the GIFT is described below. USAID in
Indonesia continues to place high priority on increasing access to
information through information and communication technologies
(ICT). The USAID Strategic Plan for Indonesia 2004 - 2008 (Plan)
identifies digital freedom as a cross-sector priority. Since
implementation of the Plan, ICT activities have started in all
sectors where USAID is active. In FY05-F06 alone, USAID provided
approximately $5.8 million for ICT-related activities in
Indonesia. This priority will continue over the next two years.
Of particular note are activities under the President's Education
Initiative, which will use innovative technologies such as
wireless internet to increase ICT access for teachers, students
and the surrounding communities. End Summary.


2. (U) List of USAID ICT Projects

E-Government Projects
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Project Name: FluNet
Recipient: Ministry of Agriculture, Agency for Agricultural
Quarantine at National, Regional and Field levels in three
provinces.
Project Description: Strengthen capacity in preparing for,
detecting, and responding to outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza (HPAI). This public-private partnership will customize
and deploy an online disease surveillance system. The project will
also include training for rapid identification of HPAI in animals
in transit and in the use of IT to report findings.
IT Component: The on-line system allows field staff to submit real-
time data reports to the system via the internet, text messaging,
mobile phone or PDA. Supervisors can map and analyze data via web
interface, and use communication tools to send alerts and
broadcast messages back to the field.
FY05 Funding: 0
FY06 Funding: 350,000

Project Name: Aceh Technical Assistance Recovery Project (ATARP)
Recipient: Indonesian Bureau for Aceh Reconstruction and Recovery
(BRR)- Housing Office
Project Description: Provide technical assistance to BRR's
Housing Office for post-tsunami recovery, including shelter and
housing reconstruction issues and mapping/spatial planning for
villages and urban rehabilitation and reconstruction.
IT Component: Providing computer hardware and software for the
Housing Office, including Primavera Project Management software,
GIS software for mapping, and Oracle Database Manager.
FY05 Funding: 300,000
FY06 Funding: 0

Project Name: Immediate Assistance for Strengthening Community-
based Early Warning and Early Reaction to Avian Influenza (AI)
Recipient: Ministry of Agriculture
Project Description: Establish and implement a systematic, active,
village-level AI surveillance plan, and a rapid response strategy
to animal outbreaks of AI, enabling officials to report and map
outbreak information for improved control and containment of AI in
animals.
IT Component: Provide Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to
officials, plus training in use of GPS, and in use of information
obtained to improve program and decision-making.
FY05 Funding: 0
FY06 Funding: 55,000

Project Name: Strengthening the Initiatives of the Government and
Others against Human Trafficking (SIGHT)
Recipient: Ministry of Women Empowerment
Project Description: Provide technical assistance to the Ministry
of Women Empowerment for combating trafficking in persons. The
project includes technical assistance, training, and small grants
to local NGOs in support of prevention and protection. A third
component of the project is aimed at enhancing coordination and
communication between government agencies, NGOs, businesses and
the public.
IT Component: Development of a website for the Ministry
(www.stoptrafiking.or.id) aimed at raising public awareness of
trafficking issues in Indonesia. The website will provide
opportunities for persons active in combating trafficking, as well
as victims of trafficking, to interact through chatrooms and
discussion forums.
FY05 Funding: 11,407
FY06 Funding: 0

Project Name: Institutional Development and Advocacy for Legal
Reform in Indonesia (IDeAL)
Recipients: Legal community and practitioners.

Project Description: Build capacity of government legal
institutions and civil society organizations to address problems
of justice and law enforcement.
IT Component: Develop a public online database with information on
Supreme Court decisions and other legal information.
FY05 Funding: 43,239
FY06 Funding: 0


ICT Project in Support of Decentralization, Municipalities, and
Local Government
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Project Name: Local Governance Support Program
Recipients: 60 Local Governments
Project Description: Increase capacity of local governments to:
-- plan and manage public services and finances,
-- increase transparency and accountability in legislative and
administrative processes,
-- respond to citizen priorities; and,
-- provide greater opportunity for citizens to participate in
local government decision-making.
IT Component: Training of local officials in ICT, promoting
sharing of best practices and ICT based information exchange
between local and national government experts. The project will
introduce e-announcement and e-procurement models to increase
transparency in targeted jurisdictions. Officials will develop a
local governance data bank, including on-line self-assessment
tools on good governance and core capacities such as planning and
budgeting.
FY05 Funding: 50,000
FY06 Funding: 125,000


ICT Projects in Support of Economic Growth
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Project Name: Indonesia Anti-Corruption and Commercial Courts
Enhancement (IND ACCE)
Recipients: Anti-Corruption Court and Commercial Court under the
jurisdiction of Supreme Court
Project Description: Assist the Supreme Court by enhancing the
capacity of the Commercial Court and establishing a functioning
Anti-Corruption Court.
IT Component: Implement a court information technology system
which will improve efficiency in these specialized courts, and
also increase transparency by allowing more public access to court
information.
FY05 Funding: 300,000
FY06 Funding: 1,200,000

Project Name: Indonesia Trade Assistance Project
Recipient: Ministry of Trade (MOT)
Project Description: Build the capacity of the Ministry of Trade
(MOT) to analyze trade information and implement trade reform,
resulting in increased exports, improved investment climate, and
increased employment.
IT Component: Support a comprehensive upgrade to the MOT ICT
systems, including the following:
-- Re-design the MOT IT network
-- Upgrade equipment and software to improve management,
efficiency and security
-- Building a new, integrated website providing more information
to the public in both English and Indonesian
-- Improve communication facilities and ICT infrastructure
-- Support consolidation of various trade databases to provide
higher quality data while improving data collection and
management, and;
-- Provide both technical ICT training to support personnel and
application training to end-users.
FY05 Funding: 300,000
FY06 Funding: 1,800,000

Project Name: Indonesia Competitiveness Program (SENADA)
Recipient: Ministry of Industry
Project Description: Generate growth, trade, jobs and income by
improving Indonesia's competitiveness in selected high potential
industry value chains driven mainly by small and medium sized
enterprises (SME).
IT Component: Develop and maintain a website. Provide technical
assistance and industry value chain support to SME internet
services providers.
FY05 Funding: 100,000
FY06 Funding: 200,000

Project Name: Agribusiness Market and Support Activity (AMARTA)
Recipient: Agribusiness industries in Indonesia
Project Description: Assist the GOI in promoting a robust
Indonesian agribusiness system, significantly contributing to
employment growth.
IT Component: Create and maintain a website informing persons

involved in agribusiness industries on AMARTA services, and
support association and alliance-driven advocacy campaigns to
remove constraints and improve the enabling environment.
FY05 Funding: 10,000
FY06 Funding: 100,000

Project Name: Reducing Barriers to Market Entry and Business
Operation (PROMIS)
Recipient: Local governments and business organizations in
Indonesia.
Project Description: Reduce the cost and complexity of business
licensing and permitting, resulting in higher numbers of
businesses entering the formal sector. The project also aims to
improve formulation of business regulations, and create strong
incentives for local governments to implement business-friendly
policies.
IT Component: Help establish an "e-government" system to improve
government efficiency and accountability in business licensing
procedures. The system will include application forms for
licenses.
FY05 Funding: 0
FY06 Funding: 60,000

Project Name: Financial Crime and Prevention Project (FCPP)
Recipients: Ministry of Finance, Indonesian Financial Intelligence
Unit (PPATK),Supreme Audit Board (BPK),Corruption Eradication
Commission (KPK),and Attorney General's Office (AGO)
Project Description: Assist Indonesia in creating a modern legal
and institutional framework to detect and prosecute financial
crimes, and facilitate cooperation among agencies in preventing
financial crime.
IT Component: Create a website by June 2007, containing
information and training materials on anti-corruption/money
laundering/financial crimes.
FY05 Funding: 0
FY06 Funding: 15,000

Project Name: Indonesia Deposit Insurance Policy
Recipient: Ministry of Finance, Bank of Indonesia, Deposit
Insurance Corporation (LPS)
Project Description: Assist in GOI efforts toward creating a
modern deposit insurance scheme.
IT Component: Provide laptop computers, servers and software to
improve ICT capability for staff of LPS. Develop a Risk Management
Data Repository and Reporting Tools System to assist LPS in
analysis of financial risk posed by insured banks.
FY05 Funding: 55,790
FY06 Funding: 7,200


E-education Projects
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Project Name: Decentralized Basic Education 1
Recipients: Provincial Education Offices, Provincial Religious
Offices, District Education Offices, District Religious Offices,
Elementary Schools, and Religious Schools (Madrasah Ibtidaiyah) in
three provinces.
Project Description: Improve capacity of local governments to
provide and manage basic education services, strengthening
community participation in the process.
IT Component: Conduct an assessment and make recommendations for
development of a national education management information system
(EMIS) for use at all levels of government, with possible follow-
on activity supporting development of the system.
FY05 Funding: 0
FY06 Funding: 80,000

Project Name: Decentralized Basic Education 1
Recipients: District Education Offices, District Religious Affairs
Offices, District Public Libraries, District Planning Boards, and
local private sector entities in six provinces.
Project Description: Improve capacity of local governments to
provide and effectively manage basic education services, and
strengthen community participation in process.
IT Component: Enable district public libraries, education offices,
and other district offices to leverage technologies which enhance
information and communication flow with education stakeholders
(schools, teachers, etc) and the wider community through one of
two grant categories: ICT Access Grants (or Education Hotspots)
and ICT Innovation Education Management and Governance Grants
(EMG).
FY05 Funding: 0
FY06 Funding: 200,000

Project Name: Decentralized Basic Education 2
Recipients: Primary school teachers, principals, students, and
local communities in seven provinces and Jakarta.
Project Description: Enhance quality of teaching and learning to
improve student performance.
IT Component: Provide a wide variety of new communication

technologies, increasing access to information for teachers,
students and local communities. Community Resource Centers (CRC)
will host a wide array modern ICTs. In FY07, a number of pilot
sites will introduce wireless "hotspots" to the CRCs.
FY05 Funding: 0
FY06 Funding: 25,000

Project Name: Decentralized Basic Education 3
Recipients: Junior secondary school teachers in up to 100
Indonesian districts
Project Description: Strengthen life skills components in junior
secondary school curriculum.
IT Component: Train teachers to integrate ICT into teaching
methods and extracurricular activities.
FY05 Funding: 95,000
FY06 Funding: 80,000


Projects Providing Computers to NGOs and Schools
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Project Name: Support for Women in Aceh
Recipients: Students in 15 Islamic boarding schools (Dayah)
throughout Aceh Province
Project Description: Improve the quality of education for girls
in Islamic boarding schools with a majority female student body,
by providing computer labs, libraries, and/or community
development projects.
IT Component: Provide internet-ready computers for a new computer
lab in each school. The school will determine whether to fund the
internet connection.
FY05 Funding: 265,950
FY06 Funding: 0

Project Name: Environmental Services Project (ESP) - Rare Pride
Indonesia Grant
Recipients: Mapayah Foundation, NGO Peduli Nanggroe Aceh, NOG
Kaliandra, NGO Ekosistem Lestari and YBL Masta.
Project Description: Conservation campaign training program
focused on biodiversity.
IT Component: Provide ICT equipment and supplies to the five
participating NGOs.
FY05 Funding: 25,000
FY06 Funding: 0

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