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British Embassy Jakarta ‘Discovering Indonesian Islam’ Travel Grant
Terms of Reference
Background
Indonesia – a country of 250m people, 87% Muslim, the world’s third largest
democracy, with a vibrant and free media, and active civil society – has a long
history of religious pluralism, moderation and tolerance. This is rooted in Indonesia’s
politics, culture and faith tradition. Indonesia’s track record offers interesting and
challenging insights for leaders and practitioners seeking to counter faith-based
extremism and build community cohesion. A successful modern Indonesia shows
there is no contradiction between Islamic teachings and values such as democracy
and pluralism.
The UK Government has recently launched a new Counter Extremism Strategy to
counter extremist ideologies. British Muslim communities are working together with
the authorities to work out how to prevent young British Muslims being drawn to
extremist ideologies or leaving the UK to fight with extremist groups such as Daesh.
The number of people drawn to join Daesh is broadly the same from both the UK
and Indonesia, but proportionately much lower in Indonesia given the much larger
population.
During Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Indonesia in July 2015, he and
Indonesia’s President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo agreed to increase their joint efforts to
tackle the terrorist threat and counter extremist ideologies. The Prime Minister
stressed the UK’s readiness to learn from Indonesia's experience and its approach to
promoting tolerance and pluralism. The two leaders agreed to initiate an exchange
Jalan Patra Kuningan
Blok L 5-6
Jakarta Selatan 12950
Indonesia
Tel: +62 (021) 2356 5200
Fax: +62 (021) 2356 5351
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programme between religious and community leaders in Indonesia and the UK to
foster a better understanding of what works.
Jalan Patra Kuningan
Blok L 5-6
Jakarta Selatan 12950
Indonesia
Tel: +62 (021) 2356 5200
Fax: +62 (021) 2356 5351
www.gov.uk/government/world/indonesia
Travel Grant
The British Embassy Jakarta is pleased to announce the launch of its ‘Discovering
Indonesian Islam’ Travel Grant programme.
The grants are intended to facilitate visits to Indonesia by British Muslim leaders –
e.g. religious leaders, education providers, youth group leaders – to engage in
discussions with counterparts, improve their understanding of Indonesia’s approach
to pluralism, diversity and tolerance in religious life, and to identify opportunities for
future collaboration.
The aim is to establish new or substantially deepen existing partnerships between
UK individuals and organisations and Indonesian educational institutions committed
to countering extremist ideologies, and to build more cohesive communities.
The Embassy will offer up to 10 grants to be utilised by the end of March 2016. Each
grant will finance a one to two week visit to Indonesia by one or two representatives
from established organisations with a track record of promoting tolerance. Each
grant will be worth up to £1500 (£3000 if a team of two are travelling together).
Preference is for applications that include:

Evidence and examples of the applicant organisation’s work to build pluralism
and community cohesion, and its impact

Intended / expected outcomes – vision of how this visit will help to counter
extremist ideologies in the UK, and ideas for sustaining partnerships in the
medium and long term

Institutions to be visited, if there are already established links or ideas for
collaboration. If not, the British Council and Embassy in Jakarta can provide
some advice on potential Indonesian counterparts

Proposal to give a lecture or workshop to Indonesian students and/or academics
on the applicant organisation’s work
Jalan Patra Kuningan
Blok L 5-6
Jakarta Selatan 12950
Indonesia
Tel: +62 (021) 2356 5200
Fax: +62 (021) 2356 5351
www.gov.uk/government/world/indonesia
Travel will need to take place by the end of March 2016 and a short report of the visit
should be submitted to the British Embassy Jakarta by the end of April 2016, with a
further follow up report submitted by the end of October 2016.
The travel grant is not intended for personal research, but rather for establishing
institutional partnerships.
The grant may be used for travel to and within Indonesia and for accommodation.
Any other costs related to the visit not covered by the travel grant are the
responsibility of the applicant.
The deadline for applications is midnight (UK time) on Wednesday 20 January
2016.