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Borobudur temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, and the world's largest Buddhist temple. Image: iStock | swissmediavision — Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. © iStock | swissmediavision

Welcome to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Indonesia Office!

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is a private German non-profit organisation, which is committed to the ideas and values of Social Democracy. Please browse through our website to learn more about our organisation and work in Indonesia. More

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Indonesia Office

Jl. Kemang Selatan II No. 2A
Jakarta Selatan 12730
Indonesia

+62 21 7193711
+62 21 71791358

info(at)fes.or.id
indonesia.fes.de

Our Profile

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is the oldest political foundation in Germany with a profound democratic tradition dating back to its foundation in 1925. The foundation owes its formation and its mission to the political legacy of its namesake Friedrich Ebert, the first democratically elected German President. Ebert, a Social Democrat from a humble crafts background who had risen to hold the highest political office in his country, in response to his own experience in political confrontation had proposed the establishment of a foundation to serve the following aims:

furthering political and social education of individuals from all walks of life in the spirit of democracy and pluralism,
facilitating access to university education and research for gifted young people by providing scholarships,
contributing to international understanding and cooperation.

The work of our political foundation from the very beginning focuses therefore on the core ideas and values of social democracy – freedom, justice and solidarity. This connects us also to the German and international social democratic family. As a non-profit institution however, we organize our work autonomously and independently.

Social Security & Welfare State

In Indonesia one of the biggest welfare states worldwide is evolving. The National Social Security System (SJSN) is a national program aimed to ensure social protection for all Indonesian people – in the formal and informal sector. Under the SJSN, all people are prospectively expected to obtain sufficient protection against any loss of or reduction in their income as a result of illness, work accidents, advanced or retirement age and death. More

Sustainable Economic Development

For an inclusive society and economy in Indonesia as well as elsewhere a balance between economic development, social justice and progress as well as ecological sustainability has to be defined. This transformation process has to be shaped politically and has to be broadly anchored within society. Issues like industrial policies and relations, the education system, just taxation and economic inequality play therefore an important role. More

Social Transformation on City Level

The rapid increase in the proportion of the urban population goes worldwide hand in hand with ballooning concerns over affordable housing, social segregation, social mobility, inter-generational justice, social space, access to public goods as well as traffic congestion. The urban development concept Social City takes account of these social aspects of urbanization. More

International Cooperation in the Region and beyond

Indonesia´s geographical location in ASEAN and between two oceans has a significant economic but also geostrategic relevance. The countries foreign policy positioning through priority projects like maritime axis, the engagement in regional and international fora as well as a national culture of solidarity and plurality are important references for just and peaceful development in the region and beyond. More

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Together – 50 Years FES in Indonesia Reception (1968 - 2018).

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The FES Connect portal sources and shares the most compelling debates and stories published across the international network of ... More