Comprehensive PartnershipTHE CHALLENGE:As proposed by President Yudhoyono, the U.S. and Indonesia are considering a deeper partnership. To promote democratic and economic development, the Indonesian Government has put reform platforms in place. Now the task is to transform people and institutions to realize the reforms and to achieve Indonesia’s potential as a thriving, inclusive democracy. USAID has an essential role in the partnership, empowering people and institutions to advance U.S. and Indonesian interests in fostering Indonesian democracy, combating climate change, strengthening Indonesia’s economic policy analysis, attacking infectious diseases and promoting education reform. Now is the time for America and Indonesia to affirm a partnership for prosperity. Some of the goals are:lift Indonesia’s poor families – half the population -- into the modern economy;enable teachers and administrators to provide higher quality educations to prepare young Indonesians for life in a modern, democratic society;bring citizens and government officials together to make local and national governance more effective, participatory and responsive;prevent the spread of infectious diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS, avian influenza; drug resistant tuberculosis, malaria and other potential threats;strengthen health services for mothers and children to lower malnutrition and maternal mortality, and reduce unwanted pregnancies;work with the GOI on a low carbon future and climate change adaptation;overcome lagging investment in clean water, in cities where only 34% of families have access to piped water systems;combat deforestation including offering communities the alternative of productive and sustainable methods of forest management;protect collapsing fisheries in the Coral Triangle through ecosystem-based management;revitalize small holder agriculture to produce and market cash crops for Indonesian and foreign markets;mobilize private capital for investment in neglected infrastructure that has handicapped the rural economy; andsupport sound policy frameworks in the energy sector, so investment will flow to clean, renewable energy. http://icaexpo.coop
