AED Indonesia

Aryo Radityo Sawung, Master’s Degree in Education at the University of Arkansas in Curriculum and Instruction

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:38:43 +0000

Aryo Radityo Sawung works at the Ministry of National Education as an assistant manager for Reading Culture Development, under the Directorate General of Nonformal and Informal Education. He previously studied social welfare science at University of Indonesia and wrote his thesis on children of the streets.

At the Ministry he has organized seminars and workshops and provided grants to civil society organizations to promote a reading culture in Indonesia. He loves his job, and wants to learn how to be more effective.
Aryo is now studying for a Master’s Degree in Education at the University of Arkansas in Curriculum and Instruction. The department is recognized as one of the leading teacher preparation programs in the U.S. by the American Association of Teacher Education.

Triwayudi,master’s degree specializing in water resources at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:35:33 +0000

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Triwayudi was born in South Lampung, attended the Bandung Institute of Technology, and is an employee of the South Lampung National Agency for Development Planning (Bappeda) on development policy and strategy for water and environmental sanitation. He sees that water and environmental sanitation infrastructure are basic needs for people in poor and underdeveloped areas.

He worked together with UNICEF, but found he was limited in theoretical and practical experience. While his work emphasized physical construction, the most important need is behavior transformation.
His director says that Bappeda has an acute need for highly qualified and skilled staff in this field. He reports that Triwahyudi has high motivation, and communicates well vertically and horizontally. He did volunteer work in Aceh and Nias for six months after the tsunami.
Triwayudi is studying for a master’s degree specializing in water resources at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs. His goal on return is to raise community welfare and develop the region sustainably.

Fitri Slagi,master’s degree in Public Administration at the University of Delaware

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:31:26 +0000

Fitri Slagi studied at the West Java STPDN (School of Local Administration) and now works for the Department of Home Affairs in Human Resources. She says that there are many difficult issues in the decentralization of government activities: political, administrative, and fiscal. The bureaucracy needs to be effective, efficient, and transparent, and to respond to the public interest. Most of the problems are rooted in human resource needs.

She says that the lack of skilled, qualified, and professional resources starts with lack of educational standards, formal education qualifications, and work ethos, and leads to corruption, collusion, and nepotism. There is also the problem of brain drain from local to central locations. Another issue is the need to promote the role of women in the bureaucracy.
Fitri Slagi is studying for a master’s degree in Public Administration at the University of Delaware. Her goal on return is to improve the career development system in her department, to improve the training, work culture, mind set and organizational values of the bureaucracy.

Irfan Prasetyo, Educational Administration at Michigan State University

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:29:41 +0000

Irfan Prasetyo’s job at the national level in the Ministry of National Education is to coordinate and manage education programs for high school . He writes that there are many complex problems in education in Indonesia, both in terms of access and quality of education. Irfan studied economics at the Islamic University of Indonesia and then finance at Gajah Mada University. Because his background is not in education, he needs to learn about the nature of education, education policy and education finance.

He has visited many provinces throughout Indonesia to monitor education programs and believes that it is key to set up policy, implementation and financial management to solve the problems. He also wants to share knowledge and experience on education with people from different countries, especially on Special Education needs.
Irfan is now studying K-12 Educational Administration at Michigan State University. The program is designed to develop leadership for powerful and equitable teaching and learning.

Ivan Rahmatullah,Master’s degree in Public Health at Emory University

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:24:16 +0000

Ivan Rahmatullah is a medical doctor who is a faculty member at Airlangga University in East Java. He did volunteer work in the areas of AIDS, child nutrition, reproductive health awareness, basic health care for orphans, and reproductive care for disaster management; and research in the areas of malaria transmission, voluntary counseling and testing, and avian influenza. As a result, he concluded that it is necessary to integrate modifying behavior and health systems with an international health perspective.

He sees that the responsibility to solve health problems in one country is also the responsibility of others. In this way the distribution of health resources belonging to government will be more fair, effective, and efficient.

Airlangga University does not have any lecturers with background in international health. Ivan is now studying for a master’s degree in Public Health at Emory University, ranked by the U.S. News and World Report in tier 1, the top 20 national universities in the U.S. His specialization is International Public Health. The goal of the program is to understand and reduce global inequities in health and well-being, and to improve health status and delivery systems around the world through teaching, interdisciplinary research, program design and evaluation, service, and inspiring public-private and civic sector engagement in social action.

Ruth Wompere,master’s degree in Education at Concordia University in Portland

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:13:19 +0000

Ruth Wompere is a staff member of the Language Service Unit of the University of Papua. She has administered the Community Language Service as well as being a teaching assistant for English classes for university students. She was born in Jayapura, her father is a retired bank worker, and she has a younger brother and sister.

Ruth received her BA in English Education at University of Papua in 2001, then taught English at elementary and junior high school until 2003, before joining the university staff. She wants her students to learn English because it is important to their lives, not just to get good grades. Her teachers and colleagues wrote that she is a creative teacher, with strong motivation and leadership ability.

Ruth is now studying for her master’s degree in Education at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. Concordia ‘s goal is to enable teachers and administrators to encourage positive change in the school environment through collaboration, community building, technology, literacy and best practices that enhance the teaching and learning process.

Akim Dharmawan,PhD in Behavioral Science and Health Education,St. Louis in New Orleans

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:01:59 +0000

Although Akim Dharmawan already has his master’s degree from Padjadjaran University and bachelor’s from University in Indonesia in Public Health, he wants to continue his studies to learn how to face the challenges in Indonesia of serious health problems such as such as maternal mortality, infant mortality, low life expectancy, malnourished children, and infectious diseases.

He has worked in NGOs for seven years, on maternal and child health, diarrhea and anemia, and health among orphans. Most recently he has been working for Mercy Corps for their program Healthy Snacks for Children in Bengkulu

His colleagues say that he has the technical background and interpersonal skills to be able to reach out to local volunteers and poor households, to meet day to day needs while still thinking of the big picture.
Akim will study at University of St. Louis in New Orleans for a PhD in Behavioral Science and Health Education. His goal is to learn how to become an agent of change in the community.

ITP TOEFL test

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:27:56 +0000

Announcement!

For applicants who have not yet been able to get seats for the ITP TOEFL test, AMINEF will conduct the test on January 4, 2010 in Jakarta.
For more information, please contact Winny at AED at this number: 51000052 ext: 105 or Okky/Erica at Aminef at 3452016.

US Long Term Training/ Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Policy for Legislative Strengthening

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:40:40 +0000

Time Line: Fall 2010

Program Description:

Master’s degrees in the US on topics such as Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Policy
The objective of the training is to enhance the capacity of the participant in public administration education, communication, analysis, and decision-making. After the training it is expected that the graduate will have an understanding of theories of management and the public context in which public administrators work. She/he will be able to apply those theories to improve the performance of the Parliament Secretariat and collaborate with others to best serve the public interest.

Target Participants:

Candidates must be university graduates currently working at the Parliament Secretariat.
Candidates must have five years experience at the Parliament Secretariat and be committed to stay with the institution upon return.
Candidates must be nominated by the Head of the Secretariat General of the Parliament.

Long term training for decentralization and local governance

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:21:36 +0000

Time line: fall 2010

Program Description:

Master’s degrees in US on topics such as Public Administration, Public Management, Public Policy, Political Science, Regional Planning and other topics of importance to public service and leadership in Indonesia’s regional government;
The objective of this training is to develop more qualified leaders for future service in Indonesia’s regional governments or other public services.

Target Participants:

University graduates who have demonstrated a commitment to government service at the regional level.
Prior or current government service not required; DDG is interested in identifying candidates who intend to pursue a career in regional government service as demonstrated through current employment in government, prior coursework in public administration or similar topics, volunteer activities, involvement in community organization or relevant NGO work, etc.