Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

Indonesia

In Indonesia NIMD supports a national interparty dialogue and the ground-breaking Democracy Schools programme.

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'Democracy Schools': Can Egypt learn from experiences in Indonesia?

News Article - 09 February 2012

Bjørn Førde, director of DIPD, joined an NIMD exchange visit of Egyptians visiting the democracy schools in Indonesia. In this article he writes about this experience and his views on democracy education in Egypt.

'Do not despair': Indonesia's President kicks off the Sixth Assembly of the World Movement of Democracy

News Article - 14 April 2010

On 12 April, the Sixth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy (WMD) in Jakarta began with a keynote address by the President of Indonesia, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

South Africans visit democracy schools in Indonesia

News Article - 06 April 2010

Over the Easter weekend, representatives of the Institute for Democracy in Africa (IDASA), visited democracy schools in Tangerang (Banten province) and Pangkep (South Sulawesi).

Collective Learning on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

News Article - 16 February 2010

On 25 and 26 January, delegations from KID Indonesia, CMD Malawi and the NIMD Field Office in Guatemala came together with colleagues from NIMD in The Hague to kick-start the 'Collective Learning on Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PME)' project.

More democracy schools in Indonesia

News Article - 05 February 2010

Today NIMD’s Indonesian partner Komunitas Indonesia untuk Demokrasi (KID) signed a $ 2.4 million contract to expand the number of democracy schools it runs from five to ten.

Bali Democracy Forum: between democracy and development

News Article - 11 December 2009

On 10 December, the President of Indonesia, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the second Bali Democracy Forum (BDF). NIMD is present at the conference, which focuses on democracy, development and prospects for regional cooperation.

Indonesian honorary medal for NIMD governors

News Article - 09 October 2009

NIMD President Bernard Bot, and Hans van Baalen, Chairman of the Supervisory Council, receive a Medal of Honour for their contribution to relations between Indonesia and the Netherlands.

Indonesia: elections, terrorist attacks and aftermath

News Article - 29 July 2009

The dreadful attacks in Jakarta damaged Indonesia’s stability as well as confidence in its democracy. But what next for the country?

Indonesia: Democracy School educates a new generation of politicians

Case Study - 2009

One of the lessons learned from the Democracy School programme in Indonesia is that political education helps enable a new generation of politicians to bridge divides between politics and society.

Indonesia Elections: Graduates from Democracy Schools Report from the Campaign Trail.

News Article - 27 March 2009

Using blogs, video and mobile phones, Democracy School graduates from three regions report on the elections in Indonesia, providing an insider's view of local politics in practice

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At a glance ...

Political parties in parliament

• Functional Groups Party (Golkar)
• Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P)
• National Awakening Party (PKB)
• United Development Party (PPP)
• Democratic Party (PD)
• Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)
• National Mandate Party (PAN)

Key achievements in 2009

• In partnership with the Jakartabased Indonesian Community for Democracy (KID), NIMD supports a national inter-party dialogue programme in which seven political parties participate, and a political education programme, consisting of Democracy Schools in five regions, where young politicians, social activists and professionals are trained in democratic values and practices. Recently, KID has signed a contract with Kemitraan Partnership, a large funding organisation, to expand the number of democracy schools it runs from five to ten.

Key achievements in 2008

• Democracy Schools are up and running in five regions.
• Groundwork has been done for the expansion of the Democracy Schools from five to fifteen in the next few years.
• Inter-party dialogue was established between the seven most important political parties.

Key national partners

• Komunitas Indonesia untuk Demokrasi (KID)
• Partnership/Kemitraan
• PlaCIDs Averroes
• Lembaga Advokasi Penelitian (LAP Timoris)
• Melania Foundation
• Yayasan Puspa
• Institute for Research and Empowerment (IRE)

Key international partners

• Royal Netherlands Embassy
• Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), Germany
• Indonesië Beraad, The Netherlands