Britain`s Department of International Development (DFID) allocated a total of about 45 million pounds sterling for poverty alleviation in Indonesia in 2007/2008, a spokesperson said.
DFID was working with the Indonesian government and other donors to provide effective assistance to the poor and to contribute to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Kate Alexander of DFID said here on Tuesday.
There were two main strands in DFID`s current program in Indonesia, namely strengthening decentralized governance and service delivery through the innovative Decentralization Support Facility, and addressing off-track health indicators, which include HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality, tuberculosis and natural disaster and emergencies, she said.
In strengthening the decentralized governance program, the DFID provided 25 million pounds sterling for the 2006-2009 program of the Decentralization Support Facility (DSF), 6.2 million pounds sterling for the 2005-2009 program of the Initiative for Local Governance Reform (ILGR), 19 million pounds sterling for the 2002-2008 program of Poverty Reduction Partnership, and 4.7 million pounds sterling for the 2000-2007 program of the partnership to Support Governance Reform.
In the health sector, DFID provided 9 million pounds sterling for the Improved Maternal Health program in Indonesia for the 2005-2008 period.
In cooperation with GTZ of Germany, the DFID set up a Safer Motherhood Project with financial support worth 4.2 million pounds sterling from the year 2006 until 20009. This program supports access to maternal health cases as well as improving maternal health services and systems in the provinces of East and West Nusa Tenggara.
Concerning natural disasters and emergencies, the DFID has initiated a Safer Communities Through Disaster Risk Reduction in Development (DRR) Program with financial support amounting to 4.5 million pounds sterling for the 2007-2010 implementation program.
All the above-mentioned projects were aimed at helping Indonesia to meet the target of its poverty alleviation program, she said when speaking at an "Ambassadors Talking to Editors and Businessmen Forum" with British Ambassador Charles Humfrey as the key speaker.(*)
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