Canberra is Australia’s national capital city and the seat of Australia’s Federal Government. This year Canberra is host city of CAUSINDY!

Following Australian Federation in 1901, ‘Yass-Canberra’ was selected as the region to host the Australian seat of government in 1908. In 1911-12, an international competition was conducted to design Australia’s capital. It was won by the Chicago team of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. The new city was named by Lady Denman at the Foundation Stones ceremony on Capital Hill, on 12 March 1913 – now celebrated as Canberra Day.

Today, Canberra’s population of some 340,000 enjoys an unprecedented lifestyle, living minutes away from unspoilt nature parks and the magnificent Murrumbidgee River system, as well as enjoying the benefits of a diverse and cosmopolitan city. Around 80,000 Canberra residents were born overseas, spanning 50 different countries. As the diplomatic centre of Australia, Canberra is also home to 90 diplomatic missions. The ACT region also has a vibrant business community, with many local firms trading IT, defence, management, health and educational services with Indonesia.

We welcome the ACT government as a sponsor!

The Australian Embassy in Jakarta is proud to support the inaugural Conference of Australian and Indonesian Youth (CAUSINDY).

The Embassy provides consular services to Australians and is the focal point for advancing the wide spectrum of shared interests between Indonesia and Australia.

We look forward to working with the Australian Embassy to make a CAUSINDY a great success.

ABC International is a division of Australia’s most trusted media organisation – the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Its role is to showcase the best of Australian content online, on mobile and on-air to audiences in 45 countries across the Asia and Pacific region.

More than 100 million people from the Indian subcontinent to the Cook Islands in the Pacific can access programs through the Australia Network television service, ABC Radio Australia and the digital and online service Australia Plus.

The division’s International Development team works with media partners across the region to help strengthen their media services.

Some of the ABC International’s objectives are to promote regional dialogues and understanding of Australia’s multicultural society and Australia’s role in the region, and to foster partnerships that promote the exchange of ideas.

The Australia Awards are prestigious international scholarships and fellowships that are funded by the Australian government and offer the next generation of global leaders an opportunity to undertake study, research and professional development.

In 2012, the Australian government invested $334.2 million in Australia Awards, enabling 4,900 recipients from more than 145 countries to undertake study, research and professional development.

The government has been supporting international scholarships for 60 years, beginning with the Colombo Plan in the 1950s. Since then, more than 100,000 people have benefited from these scholarships.

In 2012, Indonesia, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea were the three largest recipient countries of Australia Awards, with 55 per cent of incoming recipients from the Asia region.

CAUSINDY is proud to partner with an organisation that has such a strong track record in developing person-to-person links between Australia and Asia.

We are pleased to announce that the Indonesian Embassy has agreed to support the 2013 Conference of Australian and Indonesian Youth (CAUSINDY). The Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, Pak Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, recently met with members of the CAUSINDY organising committee in Canberra.

At this meeting, Pak Nadjib was very supportive of the ideals of the conference, including the role of young people in advancing the bilateral relationship. The Embassy has agreed to provide an Indonesian lunch for delegates at the Indonesian Embassy, which will include traditional entertainment.

We are grateful for the support and friendship of the Indonesian Embassy and look forward to working together to make CAUSINDY 2013 a rewarding experience for everyone involved.

The University of Melbourne has just committed to become an Executive Partner and major sponsor of the Australia Indonesia Youth Association’s CAUSINDY 2013. CAUSINDY is excited to partner with the University of Melbourne given the university’s well-known expertise in Indonesian studies.

Professor Simon Evans, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Melbourne, said, “The University of Melbourne is committed to developing the next generation of leaders in the Australia-Indonesia relationship. We welcome this opportunity to support this excellent learning, networking and development event for young Australians and Indonesians.”

Professor Helen Sullivan, Director of the Melbourne School of Government, said, “The MSoG is designed to empower and inspire individuals to make a difference on a global scale. We welcome the opportunity to work with young leaders from Australia and Indonesia and to support them in developing their capacity to make wiser decisions, build stronger public institutions and shape shared futures.”

Professor Tim Lindsey, Director of the University’s Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society said, “One of the greatest challenges to the bilateral relationship between Indonesia and Australia is mutual lack of knowledge and understanding. Building linkages between the young people of both nations is essential to building a strategic partnership between our two countries as we face the ‘Asia Century’”.

This support complements the University of Melbourne’s Asialink Centre’s proud history of collaboration with the Australia Indonesia Youth Association, including recently co-hosting a Next Generation Indonesia-Australia cultural exchange forum.

At CAUSINDY 2013 the University of Melbourne will facilitate a workshop, with speakers selected by the university. Make sure to keep reading our blog posts as we will update readers with information about this session closer to the conference date.

We welcome the University of Melbourne to CAUSINDY.

Cardno is an ASX-200 professional infrastructure and environmental services company, with expertise in the development and improvement of physical and social infrastructure for communities around the world. The company has been operating since 1945 and has more than 8,000 employees worldwide.

Cardno’s Emerging Markets business works with a diverse range of international clients in the public and private sectors. They deliver and manage major aid initiatives in core disciplines such as education, health, HIV and AIDS, governance, infrastructure, resources and environmental management. Their work expands across Latin and North America, Europe, Africa, the Pacific and Asia.

Cardno has an impressive history of operation in Indonesia that spans three decades. From its large corporate presence in Jakarta, Cardno manages three AusAID’s flagship national development programs in the law and justice, decentralisation and education sectors;

• The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Justice—an AU$28 million Australian Government program aimed at increasing access to justice for poor and marginalised groups in Indonesia;
• The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Decentralisation—an AU$61 million program to allow the Government of Australia to support the Government of Indonesia to effectively implement its decentralisation policies, with a particular focus on improving essential service delivery; and
• The School Systems and Quality Program—an AU$88 million program that assists the Government of Indonesia to reduce disparities in access to education; improve the quality of teaching and learning in Indonesian schools; and improve management and accountability at all levels of school administration (national, provincial, district and school).

Cardno is also responsible for a number of infrastructure and environmental management programs across the country, including the Indonesia Road Survey Services—an AU$1.45 million project which forms part of the AusAID-supported Eastern Indonesia National Roads Improvement Project. It aims to improve 390 kilometres of roads and bridges in Eastern Indonesia. Cardno is responsible for the planning and implementation of the field surveys and data analysis processing.

Given the breadth and depth of Cardno’s experience in Indonesia, we are very excited to have them on-board as a minor sponsor for CAUSINDY 2013.