Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Indonesia

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung established its Indonesia Representative Office in 1968. Especially since 1998, we have been carrying out various activities to support the process of democratisation and social economic development of Indonesia.

The range of issues includes democratisation, good governance, judicial reform, promotion of human rights, conflict resolution, security sector reform, fair and free media, social issues, labour issues, and gender issues. Since 2006, FES Indonesia is also involved in Aceh's peace and democratisation process.

The Foundation's activities are conducted mostly in collaboration with relevant state agencies and local non-governmental organisations through various events such seminars, workshops, round-table discussions, trainings and publications. You can browse through our publications and digital library from our website as well.

FES Indonesia also supports international dialogue by sending delegations, experts, academics and senior journalists overseas. Occasionally, we invite German and other foreign scientists to give presentations in Indonesia.

G-20 Research Project: The Role of Indonesia in the G-20

Author: G-20 Research Team (Yulius Purwadi Hermawan, Wulani Sriyuliani, Gertruida H.Hardjowijono, Sylvie Tanaga)

This research has explored various opinions about the existence of G-20 as a premier forum for international economic cooperation among developed and developing nations to answer questions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the G-20 as well as Indonesian’s position and role in this intergovernmental forum.

The points of exploration in this research through multiple interviews cover issues like: 1) Do the respondents agree with the role of G-20 as a premier forum for international economic cooperation? How do they see G-20’s competence in dealing with the economic crisis? 2) What are the national interests of Indonesia in the G-20? How has Indonesia attempted to achieve her national interests? How has Indonesia attempted to meet her commitments made in the G-20? What are the implications of those G-20 commitments? 3) How does Indonesia take ASEAN on board? 4) How can Indonesia represent the Muslim world in the G-20? 5) How could the G-20 as an intergovernmental forum engage civil society organizations in the consensus making process?

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Library of FES Indonesia Office

Since February 2008 the library of FES Indonesia is open to the public. Its opening hours are Mondays to Fridays from 9 to 12am. Visitors are welcome to use the online catalogue and access the collections of the reference library. We kindly ask you to register with the reception upon entry.

For further information please contact:
• Lestari at +62 21 719 37 11 ext. 10