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11935
Thu, 07/10/2008 - 09:30
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UNDP PROVIDES US$15-MILLION GRANT FOR RI'S GENERAL ELECTIONS
Jakarta, July 10 (ANTARA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as the coordinator of international donors is providing a US$15 million grant for Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) through the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) in support of the country's 2009 polls.
"We are sure that the international community also has a stake in the 2009 elections as Indonesia is the third largest democracy in the world after India and the United States," National Development Planning Minister/Bappenas Chief Paskah Suzetta said after signing documents on a project dubbed "UNDP Multi-Donor Programme-Support to Indonesia's Democratic Elections" at the Bappenas building here Wednesday.
He said the Indonesian government actually needed about US$30 million in foreign assistance to support the 2009 elections, and had expected that US$21 of the amount would come from UNDP and the rest from bilateral grants.
"Next July 21, we will invite the ambassadors of all countries supporting the elections in Indonesia to a meeting where we hope they can reconfirm their aid commitments." he said.
He said the UNDP technical aid project would run until 2010 with US$10 million to be disbursed in 2009 and US$5 million in 2010.
Suzetta said although UNDP would only give less than the expected US$21 million, the government was still hoping to be able to obtain the US$30 million it needed by mobilizing international assistance.
The UNDP grant this year was lower than the US$200 million the UN agency gave Indonesia in 1999 and the US$32 million in 2004 when the country received a total of US$90 million in foreign assistance.
The minister hoped all the foreign funds would be received through the multi-donor channel so that negotiations and evaluation could be done through a single gate.
"We are sure that the international community also has a stake in the 2009 elections as Indonesia is the third largest democracy in the world after India and the United States," National Development Planning Minister/Bappenas Chief Paskah Suzetta said after signing documents on a project dubbed "UNDP Multi-Donor Programme-Support to Indonesia's Democratic Elections" at the Bappenas building here Wednesday.
He said the Indonesian government actually needed about US$30 million in foreign assistance to support the 2009 elections, and had expected that US$21 of the amount would come from UNDP and the rest from bilateral grants.
"Next July 21, we will invite the ambassadors of all countries supporting the elections in Indonesia to a meeting where we hope they can reconfirm their aid commitments." he said.
He said the UNDP technical aid project would run until 2010 with US$10 million to be disbursed in 2009 and US$5 million in 2010.
Suzetta said although UNDP would only give less than the expected US$21 million, the government was still hoping to be able to obtain the US$30 million it needed by mobilizing international assistance.
The UNDP grant this year was lower than the US$200 million the UN agency gave Indonesia in 1999 and the US$32 million in 2004 when the country received a total of US$90 million in foreign assistance.
The minister hoped all the foreign funds would be received through the multi-donor channel so that negotiations and evaluation could be done through a single gate.
