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On January 24, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), together with Meta, launched the Saring Daring University Challenge, a new initiative that will engage nearly 200 university students from six universities in Indonesia to promote digital literacy, critical thinking, and positive online communications.  Students will create videos for social media with the help of Love Frankie, a social change agency that designs and implements communications initiatives addressing critical social issues.

Building upon the May 20, 2022, signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MOEF) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to jointly support Indonesia’s Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) Net Sink 2030 Operational Plan objectives, and following the November 13, 2022, White House Fact Sheet, Strengthening the U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Partnership, announced during the G20 bilateral meeting between President Jokowi and President Biden, the Government of Indonesia, through MOEF, and the United States Government, through USAID, hereby announce their intention to enter a framework agreement early next year for up to US $50 million, subject to the availability of funds, to launch a new climate partnership.

Today, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced the launch of the Indonesia Coffee Enterprise Resilience Initiative (Resilient Coffee), a new partnership with U.S. beverage company Keurig Dr Pepper and Root Capital, a U.S. NGO,  to provide credit to agricultural enterprises in rural communities.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced 15 grants to higher education institutions to analyze the impacts of COVID-19 in eight countries around the globe. Selected researchers from USAID partner countries will receive awards of up to $70,000 each – for a total of over $870,000 in funding – and partner with scientists funded by other U.S. government agencies. South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation co-funded five of the 15 COVID-19 research grants to additionally support these grantees.

Today, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Deputy Mission Director Mohib Ahmed and Ministry of Education Culture, Research and Technology Acting Director General of Higher Education Professor Nizam launched the five-year, $6 million Higher Education Partnership Initiative (USAID HEPI).

This week, more than five million doses of donated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Indonesia. With this new arrival, the United States has now donated a total of 40.8 million doses to Indonesia and more than 620 million vaccines to more than 120 countries in every region of the world.