- Having already pledged to fulfill the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Indonesia and the European Union (“EU”) have just launched Blue Book 2019, which sets out a number of working programs that will ultimately be implemented by both parties through processes of cooperation.
- The programs outlined under Blue Book 2019 primarily focus on sustainable development issues relating to the areas of environment, education and health. In order to implement these programs, the EU will provide a grant of EUR 100 million to Indonesia.
- Over the course of the last decade, a number of projects involving Indonesia and EU cooperation and which relate to the abovementioned issues have been initiated and these projects have been valued at approximately EUR 500 million.
- Examples of said projects include the following: 1) Within the environmental sector, Indonesia and the EU have managed to establish facilities which are aiming to reduce emissions and a number of studies have been conducted in relation to the improvement of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification; 2) Within the education sector, cooperation between Indonesia and the EU has ultimately resulted in 1,600 scholarships being provided on an annual basis to Indonesian students and lecturers; and 3) Within the health sector, EU countries have contributed up to USD 350 million for Indonesia towards the eradication of AIDS and tuberculosis. (ANT)
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