Period (Date of Exchange of Notes (E/N)):
    February 12, 2004

Place:
    Nationwide

Amount Provided:
    117 million yen (about US$ 1.1 million / Rp 9.4 billion)

Outline:
This program is grant assistance as a part of "The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship" which started in 2002.

This program "The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship" was designed to strengthen the capacity of Indonesian officials who formulate and implement policies in various areas for the economic and social development in Indonesia and to accept 30 officials and university lecturers each year for three years (90 people in total) for the master courses in 6 fields, namely, Public Administration, Law, Economics, Business Administration, International Relations and Information Technology. 30 members of the first group are currently studying at various graduate schools in Japan such as Hitotsubashi University, Waseda University and Hiroshima University. This grant assistance is to disburse expenditure for studying in Japan including tuition fees, scholarship, etc, for the first group.

After completion of their studies in Japan, they are expected to make use of expertise and knowledge gained in Japan and their human network and to play an important role for economic and social development in Indonesia.