Australia-Indonesia Institute

The Australia-Indonesia Institute aims to develop relations between Australia and Indonesia by promoting greater mutual understanding and by contributing to the enlargement over the longer term of the areas of contact and exchange between the people of Australia and Indonesia. The advisory body forms part of the International Relations Grants Program (IRGP). The IRGP supports the Government's foreign and trade policies and projects a positive contemporary image of Australia. IRGP grants support professional, community and institutional linkages between Australia and its partners on contemporary issues of shared interest including the arts, media, education, business, science, technology and sport. The Institute's core activities are: - the encouragement of the study of the Indonesian language and culture in Australia and the English language and Australian culture in Indonesia; - the enhancement of commercial linkages between Australia and Indonesia; - the identification of possibilities for cooperation in science and technology; - the facilitation of media exchanges; - the sponsorship of cultural and sporting exchanges and training; - the support of Australian studies in Indonesia and of Indonesian studies in Australia; - the strengthening of institutional links between universities, museums, libraries, technical colleges, research institutes, professional organisations and appropriate non- government organisations; - the facilitation of the translation of Australian and Indonesian texts; and - the organisation of visits and exchanges between prominent people and groups.