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Kedai Teknologi Online Baru yang Dirancang bagi Kaum Miskin Diluncurkan

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Kopernik mencetus inovasi di industri sedang berkembang
New York, NY (19 Februari 2010) Kopernik — www.thekopernik.org — sebuah usaha bersama nirlaba baru yang menyediakan teknologi yang bertujuan untuk merubah kehidupan bagi kaum miskin, diluncurkan hari ini. Kopernik membuat teknologi yang dirancang bagi negara dunia sedang berkembang bisa diakses melalui Internet dan dengan memanfaatkan kekuatan dari sumbangan-sumbangan [...]

AusAID’s Senior Representative for Indonesia visited East Nusa Tenggara

Friday, February 19th, 2010

AusAID Minister Counsellor for Indonesia, Jacqui De Lacy visited East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on 10 – 12 February 2010 to get a closer look at Australia’s development partnership in the provinnce. This is her first field visit after being posted to Indonesia. She was accompanied by Victoria Coakley, AusAID’s Councellor for Governance and Policy Coordination [...]

Press Release: Launching of Resource Center BAPPEDA NTT

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

RESOURCE CENTRE BAPPEDA Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT)
“Building Nusa Tenggara Timur with data and information”
Kupang, 11 December 2009
The Governor of NTT, Frans Lebu Raya launched the Resource Centre BAPPEDA Nusa Tenggara Timur – today (11/12/09). The Resource Centre aims to promote a knowledge-based society in the management and dissemination of knowledge for development in Nusa Tenggara [...]

ANTARA-Supporting farmer’s incomes in West Timor (Three)

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Since December 2008, AusAID-ANTARA has supported Yayasan Mitra Tani Mandiri (Independent Farmer Partner Association) to set up and run a savings and loan cooperative in Fafinesu village-TTU District in West Timor. The chair of the association explained ” in the beginning we had 43 members, who each contributed R 10,000. Now we have over 300 [...]

ANTARA-Supporting farmer’s incomes in West Timor (Two)

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

In Jak Village-TTU District in West Timor, AusAID-ANTARA has supported Yayasan Mitra Tani Mandiri (Independent Farmer Partner Association) to help farmers to add value to their products and get a fair price. “The Farmers Association has helped us in so many ways-now we dry and husk our candlenuts before we sell them, and we are [...]

ANTARA-Supporting farmer’s incomes in West Timor (One)

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Alexander Snak, farmer from Oenaim-TTU District, West Timor

Alexander Snak is a farmer in Oenaim village-TTU District, seven hours from Kupang in West Timor. Since 2007, AusAID-ANTARA has supported a local NGO, Yayasan Mitra Tani Mandiri (Independent Farmer Partner Association) to work with 1000 farmer family in West Timor to improve their farming practices and earn more [...]

Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Decentralisation (AIPD)

Monday, August 10th, 2009

The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Decentralisation (AIPD) aims to contribute to poverty reduction through improved local governance and service delivery. It will build on the successes of current support to eastern Indonesia, provided through the Australia Nusa Tengara Assistance for Regional Autonomy (ANTARA) program, which will conclude in 2010.
AIPD support will focus on strengthening public [...]

Opening Ones Eyes in WEST TIMOR

Monday, June 1st, 2009

By Ely Taylor
I was told when first coming to Indonesia three years ago that if I wanted to understand the language and culture of this vast land then I had to visit the Kampungs, only there would I see and learn about the Indonesian customs and ways of life that I craved to understand. Little [...]

Expansion of Australia-Nusa Tenggara Assistance for Regional Autonomy (ANTARA) to Nusa Tenggara Barat

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Following the ongoing success of Australia-Nusa Tenggara Assistance for Regional Autonomy Program (ANTARA) in Nusa Tenggara Timur, ANTARA has recently launched its Office in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. The official opening was attended by NTB Governor, TGH M Zainul Majdi, MA, Australia Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, The [...]

Allison Sudrajat Award (ASA) Ceremony in Canberra 2009

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Australian Government recently announced the winners of the prestigious Allison Sudradjat Award (ASA) to honor the memory of Allison Sudradjat, the former head of the Australian aid program in Indonesia and senior representative in Papua New Guinea who died in a plane crash in Indonesia in 2007. Four awardees from Indonesia and two awardees from [...]