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Today the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new project to promote sustainable cocoa and coffee production in Indonesia in partnership with Olam Food Ingredients (ofi), Rikolto, Hershey’s, and the Government of Indonesia.

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), leading cloud services provider Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Elitery, an IT managed services provider, announced the launch of Acceleration of Indonesia’s Transformation to a Digital Economy by Improving Digital Talent (TALENTA), a new partnership to strengthen Indonesia’s digital ecosystem.  This program aims to produce 60,000 job-ready graduates from 20 universities, as well as 100 digital startups.

This week, Indonesia’s Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) and the United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together to strengthen, develop, and promote scientific and technical cooperation activities.

Yesterday, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Indonesian Ministry of Health celebrated their successful collaboration under the United States’ COVID-19 assistance program.

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.