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Informasi Beasiswa & Pendidikan

Pusat Informasi, Pendidikan dan
      Kebudayaan

Jakarta, November 28, 2007
Grant aid of the Government of Japan to IOM
or the Programme for Peace Building Assistance in Conflict-affected Communities in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD)

[Bahasa Indonesia]


1. The Government of Japan has decided to extend grant aid amounting to JPY 1.35 billion (USD 9 million) to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Programme for Individual Assistance to Unemployed Youth in Conflict Affected Communities in NAD.


2. Notes to this effect were exchanged on November 28, 2007 in Jakarta between H.E. Mr. Shin Ebihara, Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia, and Mr. J. Stephan Cook, Chief of Mission, IOM Indonesia. The exchange of notes was witnessed by H.E. Mr. Mohammad Jusuf Kalla, Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia.


3. At the ceremony, Ambassador Ebihara said that “If more and more individuals could improve their lives with decent jobs and hard work, Aceh would achieve stability and development. I hope that the Japanese assistance would contribute to making this happen.”


4.The outline of the program is as follows,

(1)
Executing Agency :IOM (International Organization for Migration)
Geographical Coverage  :7 districts in the north, south and central regions of NAD.
Outline of activities:Providing a range of vocational training, business start-up training and support, information and referrals to 5,000 unemployed individual youths in conflict communities and 150 existing small and medium-sized enterprises in conflict communities.
(2)Necessity of this Programme
 Armed conflict between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) became particularly intensive after 1998, finally coming to an end through the peace talks in 2005.
 However, recently there has been an increase in armed robberies and other general crimes in Aceh, with illegal logging and drug trafficking continuing to be issues threatening the consolidation of peace in Aceh.
 In order to achieve stability and development in Aceh, it is necessary to prevent the further deterioration of the security situation and counteract possible threats to the consolidation of peace. The current situation is caused by the delay of economic development and the high unemployment rate, which, in turn, gives rise to the increase of crimes involving unemployed youth who are dissatisfied with the results of the peace process to date and are desperate for income. Halting the deterioration in the security situation requires not only security measures, but also tangible “peace dividends” through economic growth and social reintegration support for youth including direct conflict victims, ex-combatants, and local people in the conflict-affected areas.
 Given this situation, the Government of Indonesia and IOM requested grant aid from the Government of Japan for community development in the conflict-affected areas through the reintegration assistance such as vocational training..
(3)The impact of the programme
   Through the implementation of this programme, youth including ex-political prisoners, ex-combatants, and conflict victims in conflict-affected areas will be able to find meaningful employment and make a positive contribution to their society thereby consolidating peace in Aceh in the long term.

[Note]
      Since December 2006, Japan has provided comprehensive package of assistance amounting to about US$ 640 million for post-tsunami reconstruction and about US$ 19 million for peace-building.




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