Australian Government International
Research and Science Engagement
Symeon Collette International Education Division
Benefits of international science & research
engagement
 Increases research capacity of a country as well as
globally
 Provides access to global knowledge networks
 Increases impact of a country’s research in international
arena
 Produces outcomes that address key global challenges
that benefits both individual countries and international
community
Mechanisms to support international S&R
cooperation
 Formal bilateral agreements
 Treaty for Cooperation on Cooperation in Scientific Research
and Technology Development between Indonesian and
Australian Government, 2005
 Mou on Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technology
Development between DIISRTE and RISTEK
 Several joint workshops on infectious diseases, bio-security,
agriculture and food security and marine biology
 Key Programs
 Australia Awards – Australian Government Scholarships
 National Competitive Grant Program (NCGP)
 Cooperative Research Councils (CRC)
Key Programs
 Australian Research Council (ARC) National
Competitive Grant Program (NCGP)
 Discovery: supports investigator-initiated research and fellowships
 Linkage: supports research collaboration between institutions
 2011: Indonesia 20th highest ranked country for collaboration under
NCGP
 65 incidences of collaboration
 Political science, Archaeology, Applied Economics, Linguistics
and Environmental Science and Management
 US (1st)1742 incidences; China (5th) 394; Japan (7th) 285 and
India(16th) 94
Key Programs continued...
 Cooperative Research Councils (CRC)
 Supports collaboration between researchers and industry, including
international partners
 2011 -12: 44 active CRCS in four areas:
 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
 Manufacturing
 Mining
 Services
 In 2009-10, reported 527 collaborations with 58 countries
 6 reported collaboration with Indonesia
 Plant bio-security, emerging infectious disease and grain food
production
Indonesia Education System
 Third largest education system in Asia region
 Fourth largest education system in the world
 Behind only China, India & USA
 Education spending increased significantly
 Spending doubled between 2000 & 2006
 Ministry of Education & Culture – Strategic Plan
 Increased access to education
 Improved education quality
 Better governance of the education sector
G2G Higher Education relationship
 Education & Training relationship dating back to 1992
 MoU DIISRTE - Ministry of Education & Culture
 MoU facilitated by annual Joint Working Group meeting.
 Student numbers
 7th highest source of international students
 5th highest in Higher Education
 Recent engagement
 Australia - Indonesia Uni Exec Knowledge Sharing Pilot Project
 Australia – Indonesia BRIDGE University Pilot Project
 Australia – Indonesia VET Mentoring Program
Further information
Australia Awards (Scholarships)
• www.australiaawards.gov.au
National Competitive Grant Program
• http://www.arc.gov.au/general/international_collaboration.htm
Cooperative Research Centres
• https://www.crc.gov.au/Information/default.aspx