USAID PRESTASI-3 Scholarship Program

Progress Report

Eighth Progress Report covering the period July-September 2016 Contract Number: AID-OAA-I-12-00009 Submitted by: Randy Martin, Chief of Party RMartin@iie.org +62-822-4595-4270 Project Office: Menara Imperium 28th Floor

Kuningan Kav. 1. Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Jakarta 12980 Indonesia

October 28, 2016

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Contents Acronyms I. Introduction II. Project Background III. Project Field Office Administration IV. Program Activities 4.1 Overall review of recruitment methods after selection of Cohort-3 4.2 Outreach and Selection for Long-term Training: Calendar overview of Cohort-3 Selection

4.2.1 Results and Analysis of Applications received for Cohort-3 4.2.2 Analysis of Applications reviewed by PRESTASI and short-listed by USAID for Cohort-3 4.2.3 Interviewees who accepted scholarships for Cohort-3 4.2.4 Interviewees who declined scholarships for Cohort-3 4.2.5 Members of the Interview Panels for Cohort-3 4.2.6 Interview Procedures

4.3 Co-funding of Expenses of Cohort-3 Awardees: cost-share analysis 4.4 Promotion of PRESTASI: Analysis of Website and Social Media Activity for the Quarter 4.5 Training Activities

4.5.1 Cohorts 1 & 2: Pre-Departure Support and Logistics 4.5.2 Cohorts 1 & 2: Arrival Orientation and Support 4.5.3 PhD Scholar Transfers to PRESTASI-3 4.5.4 Cohort-3: Pre-Academic Training (PAT) in Jakarta September 19, 2016-March 31, 2017

4.6 Placement Activities 4.7 Challenges Encountered in Placement

4.7.1 Scholar Issues 4.7.2 Challenges of Transferring Scholars between Projects

4.8 Monitoring & Evaluation Activities for the Period July-August-September 2016 4.9 Activities to Provide Technical Assistance for Scholarship Management 4.10 Reception for PRESTASI Scholars hosted by the Deputy Chief of Mission August 16, 2016 V. Activities anticipated for the next report period October-November-December 2016 Appendix-3 Status of Performance Indicators Appendix-8 Interview Assessment Form

Acronyms

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BAPPENAS BMKG CDCS COP COR DCOP

Ministry of National Development Planning Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics) Country Development Cooperation Strategy Chief of Party Contracting Officer’s Representative Deputy Chief of Party

DOT DRG EAP GCC GOI HELM

Development Objective Team Democracy Rights Governance English for Academic Purposes Global Climate Change Government of Indonesia Higher Education Leadership Management (USAID project 2011-2016)

IIE Institute of International Education IIEF IPB

Indonesian International Education Foundation Institut Pertanian Bogor (Bogor Agriculture Institute)

Jabodetabak KALTIM Kemenkumham Kemristekdikti KITAS KPK KY LIPI LOI LPDP LTT M&E MMAF MOU PAT PNS SEADI STT TA TIRF TO TTI PRESTASI PRIORITAS

The greater metropolitan area of Jakarta Kalimantan Timur (the Province of East Kalimantan) Ministry of Law and Human Rights Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Technology Residence visa Corruption Eradication Commission Judicial Commission Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) Letter of Intent Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education) Long-term Training Monitoring & Evaluation Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries Memorandum of Understanding Pre-Academic Training Pegawai Negeri Sipil (Civil Servant) Support for Economic Analysis Development in Indonesia (USAID project) Short-term Training Technical Assistance Training Intervention Request Form USAID Technical Office Teacher Training Institute Program to Extend Scholarships and Training to Achieve Sustainable Impacts Prioritizing Reform, Innovation and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators and Students (USAID Basic Education program)

RISTEKDIKTI USAID

Research and Technology Department of the Ministry of Higher Education United States Agency for International Development

USG Terminology

Government of the United States of America

Applicant A person who submits an application to participate in a PRESTASI long- or short-term program or activity

Participant A person who has been approved by USAID to participate in a shortterm program or activity

Candidate A person who is approved for a scholarship and in the process of completing the pre-academic training required before departure to the U.S.

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I. Introduction USAID/Indonesia continued the PRESTASI II program, which provided opportunities for academic degrees and technical training to Indonesian professionals, with the award of PRESTASI-3 to IIE. Through the development of the expertise of targeted staff members in key sectors, PRESTASI-3 continues the objective to help organizations and institutions acquire the knowledge, skills, and capacity to support Indonesia’s on-going development and the achievement of the Mission’s development objectives. This program is funded by USAID/Indonesia’s five Development Objective Teams (DOTs) Economic Growth, Education, Environment, Democratic Governance, and Health. The objective is to support the implementation of the Mission’s programmatic strategy to improve, strengthen, and increase Indonesian health systems, management of natural resources, access to and quality of education, democratic governance, and employment opportunities.

PRESTASI-3 implements and manages programs in Indonesia and in the United States. PRESTASI works closely with the Education Office in particular and all Mission Technical Teams in general (Economic Growth, Environment, Democratic Governance, and Health) to do the following:

1. With the DOTs, identify the sectors within their Indonesian partner organizations, and other recommended public and private organizations, where expertise is required for activities and programs to achieve GOI and USAID objectives.

2. Identify key personnel who display both technical aptitude and leadership qualities as participants in long-term and short-term training.

3. Select scholar candidates to pursue graduate degrees in the United States, and participants for short-term technical training in the United States, Indonesia, and in other countries.

II. Project Background

The goal of the USAID PRESTASI-3 Scholarship Program is to improve the performance and leadership skills of Indonesian professionals, which, in turn, will help to promote development in Indonesia and the achievement of the Mission’s Development Objectives under the 2009-2014 Mission Strategic Plan. Specifically, PRESTASI-3 provides training and technical services required to strengthen and expand the base of skilled, high-performing professionals and institutions in Indonesia’s public and private sectors.

The major expected outcomes from the implementation of PRESTASI-3 are to:

1. Create an expanded cadre of skilled leaders and managers who can disseminate new knowledge and skills within priority sectors and therefore advance key development objectives;

2. Develop new and advanced management skills, technical capacity, and knowledge within targeted public/private institutions and GOI ministries which will encourage more efficient, transparent, and accountable practices across the assisted sectors, thereby encouraging greater economic growth;

3. Produce leaders who will 1) apply newly acquired skills at their places of work, and 2) share new skills, knowledge and perceptions with colleagues and the broader community, thereby maximizing the impact of training;

4. Increase coordination among GOI institutions, local institutions, USG Agencies and other donor organizations; 5. Encourage the development of more efficient, transparent, and accountable practices in managing resources, leading

to better service delivery; 6. Increase the level of good will and cultural understanding between Indonesia and the United States, through study and

training in the United States, 7. Increase the number of future Indonesian leaders holding advanced degrees (Masters) from U.S. universities, and 8.

Increase the number of women and individuals from disadvantaged and/or under-represented geographic areas (particularly outside of Java and Bali) participating in the program.

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III. Project Field Office Administration July-September 2016

Office schedule: During this report period the PRESTASI-3 field office was closed on four days in observance of

three Indonesian national holidays: July 6 and 7 Id ul-Fitr August 17 Independence Day September 12 Id ul-Adha IIE field staff hiring:

On August 1, 2016 the project position of IIE Administrative Assistant was filled when Mba Natalia Ajiningtyasasih (“Tyas”) joined the PRESTASI-3 field staff. Working with PRESTASI will be the first time that Tyas works on a USAID project, but her experience in the private sector will allow her to immediately assist the IIE Key Personnel with their administrative and financial tasks.

Right: one of Tyas’ first assignments was assisting with PRESTASI outreach at the booth at the EducationUSA Fair at the Marriott Hotel, September 15, 2016.

IIE US training of IIE invited the finance managers of its 18 international projects and domestic offices to Project Finance participate in the annual IIE Summit Finance Meeting in New York City on July 25-29, 2016. Managers

PRESTASI-3 Finance Manager Reza Simamora met with senior IIE Finance managers and his IIE colleagues who are assigned to USAID projects in many countries. The focus of this year’s training was the use and manipulation of IIE’s new finance system, PeopleSoft, designed to allow customization and to increase efficiency of finance reporting. The training included hands-on exercises for the participants to create budget projections for the next fiscal year, and held seminars on fraud prevention and management

COP out of the (1) COP Randy Martin was on leave in the United States and Iceland from August 04-24, 2016. country During his absence DCOP Yos Sudarso Usman Putra, as Acting COP, supervised the project

activities. (2) The KITAS and work permit covering the COP-s second year (2015-2016) expired on September 30, 2016. On that day Martin departed from Jakarta for Dili, Timor Leste where he applied for a 60-day tourist visa to re-enter the country. The Embassy of Indonesia in Dili informed him that the compilation of his records and review of his file would demand that he remain in Dili for at least an additional 10 work days, sop Martin departed Dili and obtained a 30-day visa while in transit in Denpasar Airport. Although easy to obtain on arrival at the airport, the airport-visa – unlike the Embassy-issued visa -- indicates a tourist status that does not acknowledge a work status in Indonesia. Assuming that Martin is granted a 30-day renewal on his current tourist visa, he will next be required to leave the country on November 27, 2016.

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IIEF field staff: Table 1: Project Field Staff Title Employee Name Start Date 1. Chief of Party IIE Key Randy Martin 2014-October 2. Deputy Chief of Party IIE Key Yos Sudarso Usman Putra 2016-May 3. Finance Manager IIE Key Reza Simamora 2016-April 4. Administrative Assistant IIE Natalia Ajiningtyasasih 2016-August 5. M&E Specialist IIEF Hardini Utami 2015-February 6. Outreach Associate-1 IIEF Irena Hadiwijoyo 2015-February 7. Outreach Associate-2 IIEF Debby Boris Gultom 2014-December 8. Training Specialist IIEF Krystina Mitayani 2014-December 9. Training Associate-1 IIEF Nurwening Surat 2014-December 10. Training Associate-2 IIEF Antje Mariana 2014-December

Table 2: MEETINGS, UPDATES, TRAININGS July 13 Skype coordination with IIE/Washington July 15 USAID debriefing w/ returned SEADI scholar July 19-29 Interview process of Cohort-3 applicants July 26 Skype coordination with IIE/Washington July 29 Biweekly Meeting USAID & PRESTASI-3 Aug 10-12 Outreach to Papua (Technical Assistance) August 16 USAID debriefing PRESTASI-II scholar Paulus Parama August 19 Biweekly Meeting USAID & PRESTASI-3 August 26 Meeting with potential Water/Sanitation candidates: Novid & Merina August 30 Skype coordination with IIE/Washington August 30 Meeting with KPK to discuss the PAT payment mechanism August 31 Meeting with Judicial Commission to discuss PAT payment mechanism September 01 Meeting with Fiscal Policy Agency to discuss PAT payment mechanism September 06 Biweekly Meeting USAID & PRESTASI-3 September 09 Briefing from USAID HELM September 14 Briefing from ELC / Provider BPSDM September 14 Briefing from Dr. Kari Gazdich, Carnegie Mellon University September 15 Skype coordination, IIE/Washington

September 15 PRESTASI booth at US Education Fair September 15 PRESTASI at KEMENKUHAM September 16 Skype coordination with IIE/Washington September 16 Briefing from Robert Coffey/Michigan State & Daniel Whitmen/Indiana Univ September 19 Biweekly Meeting USAID & PRESTASI-3 September 21 PRESTASI at HELM Farewell at DIKTI September 21 PRESTASI at Reception for new USAID Mission Director Erin McKee September 22 Skype coordination with IIE/Washington September 23 Skype coordination with IIE/Washington September 27 PRESTASI booth at IIEF Higher Education Fair 2016 September 28 Meeting with the employer of PHD scholar Virni Arifanti September 29 USAID debriefing returned PRESTASI-II scholar: Indah Sukmawati M. Putri September 30 Re-entry short-term training participants September 30 Briefing from Dr Deddy, Univ East Kalimantan

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IV. Program activities July-September 2016 4.1 Overall review of recruitment methods after selection of Cohort-3:

PRESTASI-3 recruited applicants for Cohort-3 using different methods:

• Open recruitment: Applicants as individuals from the public and private sectors apply for scholarships that are posted on the PRETASI website. Of the 294 applications received for Cohort-3 scholarships, 280 were from applicants who submitted as individuals. USAID awarded 17 Cohort-3 scholarships to applicants who applied in the Open Recruitment method.

• Closed recruitment: Institutions which have been targeted as partners by USAID technical offices nominate employees as applicants. For Cohort-3, USAID approved of closed recruitment for Cohort-3 for four GOI institutions at the national level: the Fiscal Policy Agency, the Corruption Eradication Commission, the Judicial Commission, and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Of the 294 applications received for Cohort-3 scholarships, 14 were received from institutions who submitted the applications for their employees. USAID awarded five Cohort-3 scholarships to applicants who applied in the Closed Recruitment method.

Table 3: Comparison of Benefits and Challenges of Open and Closed Recruitment based on PRESTASI research

Criteria Open recruitment Closed recruitment Potential for co-funding

Low: budgets of GOI institutions, private sector institutions, and NGOs do not often permit funding for scholarships which have not been included in annual budget plans.

High: Co-funding is possible if enough time is allowed for inclusion in the budget; even with budget availability, there are possible delays of payment and set-up of the payment mechanism.

In order to include funding in their annual budgets, GOI institutions demand that USAID allot the institutions quotas of scholarships.

No slots or quota-allocation are required.

GOI institutions require advanced confirmation of scholarship slots/quotas

Importance of an established relationships with the scholarship provider

Optional: developing a close relationship with a targeted institution in advance is not required

Compulsory: developing a close relationship with a targeted institution is a requirement

Formal Agreements MoU/agreement is optional MoU/agreement is compulsory USAID CDCS objectives

Open recruitment can cover the CDCS areas, including remote areas/poor provinces

Closed recruitment is usually centralized in Jakarta/rich provinces

Outreach efforts for a scholarship program

Challenging: scope of target is very wide geographic areas/institutions

Achievable: efforts are focused on specific areas/ institutions/ groups/ individuals

PRESTASI-3 recommendation: The working relationship that USAID would like to establish and maintain with key GOI institutions requires time and commitment. PRESTASI recommends that USAID include funding for scholarships as components of the technical programs designed by the USAID technical offices.

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4.2 Outreach and Selection for Long-term Training: Calendar overview of the selection for Cohort-3

May 31 PRESTASI website announces that applications for Cohort-3 are closed Jun 17 PRESTASI sends short-list of vetted applicants to USAID COR [July 4-8] annual Lebaren holiday

Jun 27 USAID provides PRESTASI with the list of applicants to invite for interviews Jul 15 PRESTASI completes the scheduling, travel, logistics for the 45 interviewees Jul 19-29 Invited applicants interview with USAID panels at the Morrissey Hotel/Jakarta Aug 25 USAID announces the finalized list of applicants awarded Cohort-3 scholarships Aug 26 PRESTASI emails each awardee with the Award Letter and Employer Letter

Sep 01 PRESTASI receives all signed Awards Letters and Employer Letters Sep 17 Awardees from outside Jabodetabek arrive in Jakarta; first group meeting

Sep 19 Awardees begin their pre-academic training 4.2.1 Results and analysis of applications received for Cohort-3

Table 4: Comparison of three cohorts: applications

Cohort

Applications

received

Applications submitted for review by USAID

Technical Offices

Invited to interview

Cohort-1 Cohort-2 Cohort-3

287 377 294

150 97 99

48 47 45

Unlike the application forms for Cohorts 1 & 2, the form available to apply for Cohort-3 scholarships included information on mandatory co-funding. PRESTASI’s concern that the co-funding requirement would discourage potential applicants was unfounded: the number of applications received for Cohort-3 did not differ significantly from those received for Cohorts 1 and 2.

4.2.2 Analysis of applications reviewed by PRESTASI and short-listed by USAID for Cohort-3

Following the close of the application period, the PRESTASI-3 Outreach team reviewed all completed application forms to determine that they fulfilled the basic criteria for a USAID scholarship. One difference in this initial review between Cohorts 1 & 2 and Cohort-3 was that the team paid particular attention to the details of the employer’s confirmation of co-funding. After the initial review was completed, the PRESTASI-3 Outreach Team prepared and sent the list of vetted applicants to the COR who distributed the applications to the appropriate USAID technical offices for evaluation. The total number of available scholarships for Cohort-3 was 30, and USAID selected 45 applicants to interview. The USAID technical officers were more selective in their evaluations of applicants for Cohort-3 as they sought applicants who wanted to conduct research in their graduate programs. In the field of Water/Sanitation, PRESTASI forwarded 11 applications, of which USAID invited only two to interview.

Although funding for 30 scholarships was available and 45 applicants were invited to interview for Cohort-3, the interview panels recommended that only 22 of the interviewees be awarded scholarships. PRESTASI’s follow-up discussions with the panelists found that many of the interviewees in the more technical fields could not answer the interview questions with an appropriate scope of general knowledge in the field. The applicants in question worked in a professional environment that focused so strongly on narrow topics that they were not able to articulate responses to questions asked about the wider scope of their employers’ work, or of provincial and national policy.

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The fields for which candidates were found most unqualified were: Water/Sanitation Available 6: but 1 awarded Marine Studies Available 4: but 2 awarded

  Forestry Studies Available 4: but 3 awarded Table 5: Breakdown of application selection by fields of study

7 Fields of Study

30 scholarships with available

funding

PRESTASIshortlisted 99

applicants from 294 applications

45 invitations to interview from

USAID technical offices

22 awardees

Health Finance 3 5 5 3 Democracy Rights

Governance

3 12

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3

Health Studies 4 30 13 4 Higher Education 6 24 8 6 Water/Sanitation 6 11 2 1

Marine Studies

4

2

4 (including two Cohort-2 alternates)

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Forestry Studies 4 15 4 3 Total 30 99 45 22

4.2.3 Awardees who accepted the scholarship See Appendix 1 for the list of 22 awardees in Cohort-3 who accepted the USAID scholarship. Table 6: Breakdown of the backgrounds of the 22 awardees by USAID scholarship criteria

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4.2.4 Awardees who declined the scholarship Two awardees declined the scholarship following their selection by USAID.

4.2.5 Members of the interview panels for Cohort-3

Table 5: Composition of the 7 Interview Panels for Cohort-3

  Independent USAID USAID observers   Panel Interviewers Technical Office Participant Training Office

Higher Education

Parapat Gultom Raya Soendjoto Peter Cronin

Hanif Saleh

ENV - Forestry Parapat Gultom Raya Soendjoto Peter Cronin

Yanti Rachamawati

ENV - Marine Firman Aji Raya Soendjoto Hafizh Adyas Eva Napitupulu

Jalu Cahyanto

ENV - Water & Sanitation

Firman Aji Raya Soendjoto Nur Endah Shofiani

Yanti Rachamawati

Health Agus Suwandono Raya Soendjoto Edhie Rahmat

Hanif Saleh Bambang Heryanto

Health Finance Wibisana Wibistudi Raya Soendjoto Edhie Rahmat

Hanif Saleh Bambang Heryanto

Democracy Rights

Governance

Dian Rosita, Judicial Commission Dahnil A. Simanjuntak, KPK Eriyanto Nugroho, Kemenkumham

Raya Soendjoto Dondy Sentya

Hanif Saleh

4.2.6 Interview procedures see Appendix 8: Interview Assessment Form

A week before the scheduled interviews, the PRESTASI-3 Outreach team conducted an orientation for the members of the interview panels. The orientation offered instructions on how best to conduct each interview drawing from PRESTASI’s experience with interviews in Cohort-1 and Cohort-2. The following feedback was obtained through the COP’s debriefing of the panelists and the Outreach team’s post-interview debriefing of the interviewees:

• The design of the interview form permitted interviewers to incorporate objective and subjective aspects into their assessments of applicants. The form provided a structure and system for numerical assessments, and allowed space for opinions and impressions.

• The topic of the Critical Thinking question (how to increase scholarships) seemed like a subject that was general enough for applicants from all fields to have an opinion. However, few interviewees were able to provide satisfactory responses, and many confessed that they did not understand the purpose of the question even when translated into Indonesian. Although the applicants were informed beforehand that one of the interview questions was recorded, the fact that a question was recorded rather than

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actually spoken seemed to add a level of complication for the applicant to provide a response. The Outreach team’s records of post-interview applicant-opinions in Cohorts 1-2-3 show that the lowest applicant-performance in all the interview questions was that for the recorded question. PRESTASI’s recommendation is that the recorded question not be a feature in future interviews.

• Many of the applicants who interview for USAID scholarships previously interviewed for

scholarships in other international programs. Interviewees who were later awarded PRESTASI scholarships informed the PRESTASI team that two features of PRESTASI’s administration of the interview process were noteworthy. (1) The PRESTASI team members made themselves available to applicants before the scheduled interviews (electronically), immediately before the interview (individual pre-interview meeting with each applicant), and after the interview (post-interview refreshments and debriefing with the PRESTASI team). (2) Many applicants were impressed that the members of the interview panels introduced themselves, and that the type of questions that the panel asked made it clear that they had studied the application forms.

4.3 Co-funding of expenses of Cohort-3 scholars: cost-share analysis

• The awards to the 22 scholars for Cohort-3 resulted in a gender-selection of 12 males and 10 females, and an employment-selection of 12 in the public sector (PNS) and 10 in the private/NGO sector. Five of the 12 PNS awardees were recruited via PRESTASI’s Closed Recruitment with four GOI institutions (the Fiscal Policy Agency, The Judicial Commission, the Corruption Eradication Commission, and the Ministry of Law and Human Rights). The commitments signed between PRESTASI and each of the institutions included agreements from the institutions to pay for all training expenses and living allowances of each awardee during the six-month in-country pre-academic training.

• Seven of the 12 PNS awardees were recruited via PRESTASI’s website announcements. They were selected

through Open Recruitment and will use USAID funding to participate in pre-academic training, and will receive a small monthly housing allowance. However, the employer of each awardee pays a support-salary (a percentage of the employee’s normal monthly salary) as the institution’s contribution to co-funding.

• The 10 awardees from the private/NGO sector were recruited via PRESTASI’s website announcements. They were selected through Open Recruitment, and will use USAID funding to participate in pre-academic training with a small monthly housing allowance. However, the private/NGO sector employers of these awardees cannot afford to pay support-salaries, so the awardees themselves are required to pay for all personal expenses.

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4.4 Promotion of PRESTASI-3: Website and social media activity for the period July-August-September 2016 Table 7: Numbers of visitors to PRESTASI from media platforms The graph to the left plots the number of

visitors to the media platforms of the PRESTASI website during the period July-September 2016. The results during this period surprised the PRESTASI team. After the June-2016 deadline to submit applications for Cohort-3, the team expected that website hits would decrease as they did after the application deadlines posted for Cohorts 1 and 2. However, the results show an increase in the number of contacts which the team attributes to PRESTASI activities and mention in local and national media: PRESTASI at the Papua Training Center Education Fair in Aug2016, PRESTASI at the EducationUSA Fair and IIEF Higher Education Fair in Jakarta September-2016, and the Reception hosted by the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission for PRESTASI Cohorts 1 and 2.

Table 9: Contacts to the PRESTASI website and other social media platforms

Note: Flickr is indicated in the category Other Website since its function is limited to that of a photo-album viewing tool that provides limited information of its visitors.

Source July Aug Sept Total %

Search engine 3052 5742 5880 14674 74%

Direct link 1133 1701 1691 4525 23%

Facebook 38 56 36 130 1%

Website

  USAID

114 160 165 439 2%

Twitter 10 0 0 10 0%

Other website 81 0 21 102 1%

Total 4428 7659 7793 19880 100%

4569  

7786   7927

0  

1000  

2000  

3000  

4000  

5000  

6000  

7000  

8000  

9000  

July Aug Sept

Table 8: V isitors by Gender

Data received during this report period indicate that slightly more females than males indicated “like” for their interest in PRESTASI.

74 %

23 %

%1 2 % %0.3 1 %

search  engine Direct  link Facebook 

Website  USAID  TwiIer  Other  website

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4.5 Training Activities

4.5.1 Cohorts 1 & 2: Pre-Departure Support and Logistics for Long-Term Scholars During the report period of July-August 2016, the PRESTASI-3 staff in Jakarta and Washington, D.C. worked together to create and submit Training Implementation Plans (TIPs) and Program Budgets for the 30 scholars entering the United States between August and September to begin their long-term training programs (Master’s degrees). After TIPs and Budgets were approved by USAID, the teams worked to secure visas for each scholar, and arranged arrival logistics (flights, airport transportation, and arrival hotels) and initial travel stipends. Each of the 30 scholars arrived safely, and on time for their academic programs. In July, the scholars were introduced to their IIE Program Officers in Washington, D.C. The IIE Program Officers communicated vital pre-arrival information to the scholars, and assisted them in the process of gaining access to university systems, registering for classes, and generally preparing them to meet all university requirements upon arrival at their universities.

4.5.2 Cohorts 1 & 2: Arrival Orientation and Support for Long-Term Scholars At the request of the mission, an orientation program was held in Indonesia before the 30 scholars departed for the United States, instead of upon arrival at IIE in Washington, D.C. Therefore, the scholars traveled directly to their host universities from Indonesia. To supplement the orientation program held in May, the IIE D.C. staff conducted a post-arrival information session with each scholar via Skype that addressed academics, health and emergencies, program allowances and financial policies, and support services available to the scholars both through IIE and on campus. The post-arrival information session gave the scholars the opportunity to review PRESTASI policies and procedures and to ask questions that had come up since the orientation program in Indonesia. IIE D.C. staff were pleased to welcome the following new scholars:

4.5.3 PhD Scholar Transfers to PRESTASI-3 With Modification-3 to the contract, USAID informed IIE that USAID intended to transfer USAID participants completing PhD programs in other USAID programs to PRESTASI-3. In July 2016 IIE worked with Nathan Associates to transfer five PhD scholars to PRESTASI-3 who were studying at different universities in the United States under USAID’s program Support for Economic Analysis and Development in Indonesia (SEADI). One scholar finished his program at Claremont Graduate University and departed the United States as the transfer was taking place. PRESTASI-3 took over the monitoring and coordination of the following four PhD scholars from the SEADI program on August 1, 2016: Prior to this quarter, PRESTASI-3 received five other PhD scholars as transfers from the Washington State University Partnership Program. Two scholars are currently studying in the United States under PRESTASI 3 management at Washington State University: At the end of this quarter, USAID notified PRESTASI-3 that USAID will transfer four additional PhD scholars to the project. These scholars are currently in programs at Oregon State University and Rutgers University.

COR has informed PRESTASI-3 that three scholars are completing their PhD programs in Bogor, Indonesia. It is expected that the scholars will be transferred to PRESTASI-3 for management of their programs by the end of the next reporting period. 4.5.4 Cohort-3: Pre-academic Training (PAT) in Jakarta September 19, 2016-March 31, 2017 • The COR and PRESTASI-3 team welcomed the 22 participants of Cohort-3 as they arrived at the Blue Sky Hotel

in Jakarta on Saturday September 17, 2016. The group spent the weekend in an introduction to program regulations and to the information in the program manual that provides advice to participants on how to locate suitable housing in the Selemba area during the six-month training program.

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• USAID Education Office Director Peter Cronin accompanied by COR Raya Soendjoto and ACOR Hanif Saleh formally welcomed the participants on October 20, 2016. They conducted discussions on USAID’s expectation of the participants, and stressed the importance of networking while studying in the U.S.

• In addition to courses in English, Statistics and Leadership, the PAT for Cohort-3 includes an additional fourth

training component. Because many of the participants seek university placements in technical fields which demand competitive GRE scores, PRESTASI-3 located training options that suit the PAT training calendar. (1) PRESTASI-3 secured invitations for each scholar to participant in the two-day GRE seminar on preparation for the Verbal sections at the American Cultural Center (“@America”) on September 21 and 28, 2016. (2) PRESTASI-3 contracted the Jakarta vendor PT Edupac Prima Sukses to provide training in GRE components from October 10-24, 2016.

• Using institution tests designed to assess written and oral proficiencies, the LBI of the Universitas Indonesia placed the 22 participants into three groups according to proficiency.

• Follow up with University Connect Cohort-1: PRESTASI-3 assisted the IIE team with the compilation of the

documents required for submission to GRANTAX, IIE’s tax service for foreign grantees that received U.S. income. For tax-year 2015, IIE was required to submit the tax statements for the 20 participants from seven universities, and the three Ministry officials, who were members of Cohort-1 of the short-term training of

University Connect at Michigan State University. Completion of the documents was slow as the forms require the signatures of the participants’ employers who were not always available.

4.6 Placement Activities: see Appendix 2 for the List of Scholars and Placements of Cohorts 1 & 2 see Appendix 5 for the map of distribution of scholars in the U.S. see Appendix 6 for Scholar Updates in the field of Environment see Appendix 7 for Scholar Updates in the field of Education

The IIE Placement Team was contacted by the University of Georgia in early August regarding the application of a Cohort-1 scholar whose application to this university was submitted by IIE for the Fall 2016 semester, and previously rejected by University of Georgia. A professor in the Entomology Department expressed interest in interviewing for possible admission to the department in January 2017. USAID concurred with deferring the program to January 2017, and the IIE Placement Team was able to work with the University of Georgia to secure full admission starting spring 2017.

4.7 Challenges Encountered in Placement

4.7.1 Challenges of Transferring Scholars between Projects After working with PhD scholars that have been transferred to PRESTASI-3 from other projects, PRESTASI staff have noted some challenges specific to these situations, and are working on ways to mitigate these challenges:

Challenges Mitigation Strategies Confusion from university partners and administrators about the differences between cooperative agreements and contracts.

• PRESTASI-3 staff hold scheduled phone calls with university administrators and advisers to explain the differences in contracting mechanisms. This is particularly important for financial reasons.

Scholars and university partners do not have a thorough knowledge of ADS regulations governing participant training, making it challenging for PRESTASI-3 to enforce ADS regulations and correct violations of regulations.

• PRESTASI-3 staff sends scholars and university partners a copy of the PRESTASI-3 supplemental handbook, and discuss prevalent regulations (i.e. international travel and driving) during initial scheduled phone calls with all parties.

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Financial oversight is difficult as financial history is not readily available and expenses may exceed budgeted amounts due to program extensions.

• For scholars not funded directly by universities, PRESTASI-3 will put together a cost analysis of past expenses and projection for future expenses for COR review and approval.

• PRESTASI-3 are utilizing budgets provided by previous implementers and will monitor expenses against those budgets for the foreseeable future.

Coordination with university partners. • PRESTASI-3 staff recognize that the university partners hosting many of these scholars are not used to working with an implementing partner as a third party. Therefore PRESTASI-3 is striving to provide unobtrusive support while also promoting greater understanding of the significant regulations.

4.8 Monitoring & Evaluation Activities for the period July-August-September 2016

The primary activities of the PRESTASI-3 Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist during this quarter were:

• Updated the status of the Performance Indicators for the period July-Sept 2016 (Appendix 3)

• Monitored the performances of the individual participants in Cohort-3 using the Participant Monitoring Form in order to report the performance data for in the EAP component of the PAT (Appendix 4)

• Compiled and recorded actual co-funding obtained from Long-term and Short-term participants

• Developed a database for information on Cohort-3 long-term training participants to report to what degree the

interview selection of the awardees matched the USAID selection criteria. Statistics included information on the distribution of gender, employment category, type of employment, employment geographical area, and other fields. (see Table 6)

• Developed and implemented a questionnaire for self-assessment as a tool for participants and their employers to evaluate the benefit of University Connect.

• Completed the evaluation of participants and employers as the follow-up to University Connect Cohort-1

4.9 Activities providing Technical Assistance for Scholarship Program Management USAID informed PRESTASI-3 that $300,000 of the $450,000 targeted for Technical Assistance was transferred to the scholarship earmark of Higher Education to support funding for two scholarships. The reduction of the funding also decreased the potential scope of work for future Technical Assistance (for example, any training would be scheduled in Indonesia, not in the U.S.) and the PRESTASI team revised their projections and discussions with scholarship providers in their survey to identify potential programs for Technical Assistance. PRESTASI research during this quarter was focused on two under-served areas: Papua and Kalimantan. Papua:

Institution: BPSDM Papua (Bureau of Human Resources Management): The PRESTASI Technical Outreach team and the BPSDM managers of the BUP (Papua Provincial Scholarships) met twice during this reporting period, once in BPSDM/Jayapura and once in IIEF/Jakarta. The managers described the situation that BUP scholarship funding is available to non-PNS applicants in Papua Province, but that scholarships often remain un-awarded because of administration issues. They expressed an interest in exploring how PRESTASI can help them address these areas of concerns. The PRESTASI team has determined that while some of the challenges facing the administration of the BPSDM are systemic at the provincial gubernatorial level (funding for

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BUP is from the Governor’s office), others are administrative and may be improved with increased awareness of standard practice and ideas for organization. Action: The team has created a comprehensive list of potential training activities in the areas of scholarship program management. PRESTASI is drawing up a scope of work for a consultant to assist with gathering the information PRESTASI needs to design a training program for the BPSDM. The consultant will identify the training targets: which topics of management are the challenge areas at the BPSDM, which employees would benefit from training, and what logistics are feasible for the BSPDM to implement a training program. The IIE team in Washington is assisting the Jakarta team with the guidelines on preparation of SOWs and of procedures for identifying and procuring local consultants.

East Kalimantan: The Technical Outreach team made four contacts in the province of East Kalimantan September

26-28, 2016. (1) KALTIM Cemerlang: The provincial scholarship provider in East Kalimantan is KALTIM CEMERLANG (“Bright East

Kalimantan”) and operates under the auspices of both the provincial Education Office (Dinas Pendidikan) and of the East Kalimantan Governor’s Office. KALTIM CEMERLANG provides scholarships to non-PNS citizens of East Kalimantan. A unique feature of the program is that it supports the education of awardees from high school through the PHD degree, with options for study in either domestic or international schools and universities.

KALTIM CEMERLANG has collaborated with Russia, Malaysia, Australia and the U.S. All collaborations include co-funding schemes; all scholarships are partnerships. The KALTIM CEMERLANG-U.S. collaboration is with Everett Community College (ECC), where the East Kalimantan governor ambitiously aims to send 100 students to start Bachelor degrees in 2017. The program includes a 10-week bridging course of English preparation in the U.S before the students begin classes. Ibu Hj. Dayang Budiati (Head of the District Education Office) and Bapak Basmen Nainggolan (KALTIM CEMERLANG Director) stated that the KALTIM CEMERLANG collaboration with ECC had been quickly formalized; a visit from a U.S. Embassy representative (they could not recall the person’s name) in the morning was then followed up that afternoon with KALTIM CEMERLANG and ECC signatures on an MoU. Issues with the collaboration:

• Although the MOU was formalized and signed, to date the actual mechanism to make the agreement work does not exist.

• Although the recruitment target is 100 students for Bachelor degrees, to date KALTIM CEMERLANG’s selection process has been able to identify only 9 students.

• The MoU states that the English preparation in the U.S. is for only 10 weeks, but ECC has informed KALTIM CEMERLANG that an additional 10 weeks may be required for KALTIM students to reach minimum English language levels; additional time for language instruction would require additional funding. KALTIM CEMERLANG disagreed with ECC’s proposal for additional funding as KALTIM CEMERLANG’s approved budget allocated funds for only 10 weeks for each participant. KALTIM CEMERLANG stressed that the Ministry of Finance’s budget cuts from all national and provincial budgets this year limited the KALTIM CEMERLANG scholarship budget.

The KALTIM CEMERLANG-ECC collaboration might not be implemented if both institutions cannot reach an agreement. Bapak Basmen also proposed that KALTIM CEMERLANG explore collaboration with government and private institutions to establish a co-funding scholarship program. Conclusions: (1) Director Basman is interested in discussing how KALTIM CEMERLANG and USAID might partner in funding scholarships for KALTIM students (non-PNS) to U.S. graduate programs in academic fields that are targets of the USAID Technical Offices. (2) At this stage, the management of KALTIM CEMERLANG does not need any technical assistance in scholarship-program management from PRESTASI.

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(2) Gerbang Raja Kapupaten Kutai Kartanegara: Kutai Kartenegara is a district in East Kalimantan where the scholarship provider is called

Beasiswa Gerbang Raja (“Main Gate Scholarships”). The scholarship program falls under the auspices of the district Education Office and PRESTASI -3 met with the director of the scholarship program and with the head of the district Education Office, Bapak Wiyono in Kutai Kartanegara on September 27, 2016. PRESTASI -3 learned that the institution provides only domestic scholarships for students from elementary through junior high school. Scholarships at the university level are managed under the Secretariat office of the Regency of Kutai Kartanegara, offering local applicants scholarships for study only in universities in Indonesia. No international scholarships are available. Conclusion: no further action is expected.

(3) Kelautan & Perikanan Districts (DKP), East Kalimantan

PRESTASI-3 Cohort-1 scholar Ibu Heva Hayuqo Yumi (now at the University of Rhode Island) is a staff member in the Marine and Fisheries Office in East Kalimantan Province. PRESTASI -3 met with the Head of the office, Bapak Nursigit, to update him on Ibu Heva’s progress and activities in the U.S. Bapak Nursigit was strongly supportive of Ibu Heva’s enrollment in a graduate course in Marine Recreation & Tourism, in addition to her courses in Port Policy Management, Zoning & Data Specialization, Small Island Management, Mangrove Conservation and Marine Economy. According to Bapak Nursigit, her selection of courses well with the primary work of the East Kalimantan office. He expressed concern that her course in Zoning & Data Specialization will be a challenge for her because Heva does not yet have the basic skills and knowledge about zoning tools. However, Pak Nursigit explained that this area is important for his office’s long-term projects because it is a target at both the provincial and the national levels. He maintains that Indonesia needs people who can accurately interpret raw data and are proficient in applying a variety of methods in order to take zoning measurements. Conclusion: PRESTASI explained that short-term training for office technical staff is an option, and Pak Nursigit intends to contact PRESTASI if his office team drafts a proposal is an area of mutual interest with USAID.

(4) Politeknik Negeri Samarinda (State Politechnic of Samarinda POLTES):

The POLTES managers explained that, even though POLTES does not have a scholarship program, it actively encourages its teaching staff to continue to earn advanced degrees in order to increase the quality of instruction and research. The POLTES managers had recently conducted a needs assessment of the staff and made a list of the skills required to conduct quality academic work at the PhD level. The eight target areas of training below are in order of priority:

1. Research proposal 2. Writing for paper/international journals 3. Workshop SAP/ERP fundamental 4. Workshop SAP/ERP financial

5. Microsoft office (international courses) 6. MYOB (Mind Your Own Business) accounting 7. Technicians and staff admin skills 8. Workshop smart PLS and Mendelay

Target areas and levels of education identified for the staff:

1. Field: Accountancy Level: Master degrees Staff: All departments 2. Field: Accountancy Level: PhD degrees Staff: All departments

POLTES informed PRESTASI that it intends to draft a terms of reference in English and send it to PRESTASI to forward to USAID for consideration of implementation.

Scholarships Programs and the challenges posed by English Language requirements: BUDI (Bapak John Pariwono)

BUDI (Beasiswa Unggulan Dosen Indonesia), the creation of a collaboration between Kemristekdikti and LPDP, is a scholarship program with funding for Indonesian university lecturers to pursue PhD programs. A recent article in the national newspaper, Kompas, featured John Pariwono, Senior Expert at the Directorate General of Resources for

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Science, Technology and Higher Education. The article describes how – despite the increase in scholarships available – the lack of proficiency in English language has become the primary challenge preventing Indonesian professionals from applying to PhD programs in foreign universities. PRESTASI has contacted the senior expert to schedule a meeting at the end of October-2016 to further discuss the limitations faced by BUDI, and to explore how PRESTASI might provide technical assistance to BUDI.

4.10 Reception for PRESTASI Scholars hosted by the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM): August 16, 2016 The

U.S. DCM and USAID Mission Director welcomed all PRESTASI scholars, alumni, and GOI guests to a gala reception at the DCM residence in Menteng, Jakarta. The scholars and guests had the opportunity to meet new Mission Director Erin McKee. The event was attended by USAID officials, PRESTASI current participants and alumni, training partners (Dapur Tulis Media, University of Indonesia, YPB Leadership Foundation), CiFor, and Alpha-I. Dr. Ir. Dodo Gunawan, Director of Central Information of the BMKG and the supervisor for scholars two scholars represented the employers of the PRESTASI scholars. The event was featured in antaranews.com and okezone.com, and jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com. Two scholars were selected for interviews by Kompas Media, Femina, Antara News, and Okezone.

5.0 Activities anticipated for the next report period October-November-December 2016 Campus Visits

Campus visits for the Fall 2016 semester will commence in October and will continue through the next period. Reports for each visit will be provided to USAID. Visits will be made to nine universities:

Ohio University Purdue University University of North Carolina-Wilmington   Ohio State University of Wisconsin Arcadia University

Syracuse University Eastern University Lehigh University

PhD Scholar Transfers

• PRESTASI-3 will identify the three PhD scholars studying in IPB • PRESTASI-3 will work with Oregon State University to transfer three PhD scholars currently in the United States

to PRESTASI 3.

• PRESTASI 3 will also work with Rutgers University to transfer one PhD scholar to PRETASI 3. That scholar is in his fifth year of the PhD program, but is currently conducting field research in Indonesia. The PRESTASI 3 team in Jakarta will work with him on obtaining a J1 visa sponsored by USAID, and J2 visas for his dependents. He will return to the United States in January 2017.

Placement Activities

Academic placement for long-term training participants will begin in November 2016 for the Cohort-3 scholars who will begin their academic degrees in the Fall 2017 semester. IIE’s Placement Team will work in collaboration with the PRESTASI 3 staff to create application submission plans for approval by the scholars and concurrence by USAID in November and December 2016. Once application submission plans are approved, the Program Officers in IIE’s Placement Team will apply scholars to four universities that are in accordance with their professional goals and the objectives of PRESTASI.

Post-Arrival Group Cultural Orientations

PRESTASI 3 Washington, D.C. staff are creating cultural orientation sessions which will be offered in a webinar format to groups of newly-arrived scholars in the United States. These orientation sessions are meant to provide additional insight into U.S. culture, and to discuss the challenges of cultural adaptation. The goal is for a group of scholars to discuss their initial impressions and any questions/concerns that they have after being in the U.S. for 4-6

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weeks. Additional topics will include current events in the U.S., particularly related to the current political climate. Sessions will be held in October 2016.

Monitoring & Evaluation Activities

• Update the status of the Performance Indicators for the period October-November-December 2016 • Assess and evaluate the three components of the Pre-Academic Training completed by Cohort-3 awardees:

1) English for Academic Purposes and Statistics: Evaluate the data on the individual participants’ English for Academic Purposes Participant Monitoring Form to report on the performance of individual participants in the components of the PAT

2) Assist the training team with the preparation of appropriate tools to compile, analyze, and evaluate the opinions of the Cohort-3 participants of the Statistic Training

3) Assist the Training team with the selection of the training provider for the Leadership Component • Assist the Training Team/Jakarta and the IIE Placement Team/Washington with the monitoring, recording, and

archiving of the placement process of each of the Cohort-3 awardees. • Conduct the sixth-month post-training evaluation of participants of Cohort-2 of University Connect using the

Self-assessment questionnaire for the participants and the form for their employers. Outreach Technical Activities

• Follow-up at LPDP with discussions of options for Technical Assistance. • Continue with IIE to develop the tools to design the training program for the Papua Scholarship Program. • Continue discussions with contacts already established with scholarship programs in other provinces.

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Appendix 3: Status of the Performance Indicators Period July-August-September 2016

No Performance Indicator Target Actual %

Achievement Progress

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% of alumni/training participants surveyed who report applying new knowledge and skills within their institutions.

75% 20/24 (83%) 111%

University Connect Cohort-1 (short-term training for Teacher Training Institutes) completed their training in December-2015; PRESTASI conducted the required post-training evaluation six months after training completion (October2016). The evaluation consisted self-assessments through questionnaire from the participants and from their employers. The result was that 20 of the 24 Cohort-1 participants reported that they were able to apply new knowledge and skills within their institutions.

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% of alumni surveyed who report change within their institutions as a result of their new skills.

20% 5/24 (21%) 105%

University Connect Cohort-1 (short-term training for Teacher Training Institutes) completed their training in December-2015; PRESTASI conducted the required post-training evaluation six months after training completion (October2016). The evaluation consisted self-assessments through questionnaire from the participants and from their employers. The result was that 20 of the 24 Cohort-1 participants reported that they were able to apply new knowledge and skills within their institutions.

1.1

Number of USG-funded scholarship and exchange programs conducted through higher education institutions.

174 programs

(LTT) 35 programs 20%

Admissions to U.S. universities with data entered into TraiNET: 2015 December: 1 2016 February: 1 2016 June 2 2016 July-September: 31

5 programs (STT)

4 programs 80%

The University Connect short-term training consists of two cohorts of 25 participants each. The Cohort-1 training period was October- December 2015, and the Cohort-2 training was January-March 2016. USAID sponsored 1 staff from the Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries to a conference in Chile. The Septage Management training in Manila has completed in April 2016 with 19 participants Total number of short-term training programs completed by the end of this period: 4 programs

1.2

Number of host-country individuals trained as a result of USG investments involving higher education institutions

174 participants

(LTT) N/A N/A not applicable for this period

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1.1.1

Number of host-country individuals receiving USG-funded scholarships to attend higher education institutions.

174 participants

(LTT)

35 participants

2%

Admissions to U.S. universities with data entered into TraiNET: 2015 December: 1 2016 February: 1 2016 June 2 2016 July-September: 31

1.2.1

Number of host-country individuals completing USG-funded exchange programs conducted through higher education institutions.

120 participants

(STT)

67 participants

41%

Total number of University Connect Cohort-1 participants is 24, although 1 participant was unable to travel to U.S. due to medical reasons. Total number of University Connect Cohort-2 participants is 25. USAID sponsored Ibu Umi Muawanah from the Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries to a conference in Chile. Total number of participants in Septage Management Training in Manila is 18. Total number of short-term training participants entered into TraiNet by the end of this period: 67

2.1 % of alumni who join the alumni association

100% 47/67

Participants (70%)

70%

All Cohort-1 and Cohort-2 participants of University Connect completed training, and most participants have completed and submitted application forms and to the ALPHA-I Secretariat. 18 participants in Septage Management Training in Manila plus one participant from the Chile Conference have not yet joined ALPHA-1. Total number of short-term training participants who joined the alumni association: 47/67

2.2

% of surveyed alumni who report sharing US culture with colleagues and peers in Indonesia.

75% 75% 100% 18 of 24 Cohort-1 participants of University Connect reported that they have shared U.S. culture with colleagues and peers in Indonesia.

2.1.1

Number of U.S. and Indonesian providers of higher education partnering with PRESTASI

TBD 24 N/A

The target for this indicator is not yet determined. 24 universities have partnered with PRESTASI: Michigan State Univ (LTT and STT) Univ of North Carolina-Wilmington Univ of Massachusets-Lowell UCLA Florida Institute of Technology Ohio Univ Univ of Wisconsin-Madison Univ of Maine Univ. Southern California Purdue Univ Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln Lehigh Univ Western Michigan Univ Eastern Univ Eastern Michigan Univ Brandeis Univ Northern Arizona Univ Arcadia Univ Univ of Rhode Island Ohio State Univ Syracuse University Univ of Michigan Arizona State Univ Oregon State Univ

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2.1.2 Percentage of funding received from Indonesian institutions

10%

USD 126,851/

USD 4,931,049

(2.6%)

26%

Co-funding is calculated by counting the estimates of individual contributions from Longterm and Short-term training participants through September 2016, and then divided by the total estimated training expenses listed in the programs’ TIPs.

2.1.3

Number of Indonesian scholarship providers receiving technical assistance from PRESTASI

5 N/A N/A not applicable for this period

Appendix-8 Interview Assessment Form used by the Interview Panels for the Selection of Cohort-3

Page 1/4

PRESTASI Interview Scoring

Form for Cohort-3

July 2016

Field of Training (circle one)

Higher Education, Water & Sanitation, Health Finance, Health Studies, Forestry Studies, Marine Studies, Democracy Rights Governance

The goal of the interview panel is to determine if a candidate is qualified to be a PRESTASI scholar, based on a review of their application and their performance during the interview. The output is a prioritized list of candidates that the panel recommends to the relevant technical office to receive a scholarship.   Candidate name

Panelist name & signature

Interview date

Scale for scoring: maximum 10 points for each of the 10 questions

Interview Timing: 30 minutes

9 -10 Perfect answer. All points addressed. All points relevant. Good examples.

3 minutes icebreaker question

7 - 8 Good answer. Relevant information. All or most points covered. Good examples.

7 minutes 3 questions: Participant Training

5 - 6 Some points covered. Relevant information given. Some examples given.

7 minutes 3 questions: USAID Technical Office

3 - 4 Some points covered, not all relevant. Some examples given. 7 minutes 3 questions:

independent reviewer

1 - 2 A few good points but main issues missing. No examples/irrelevant examples given.

4 minutes critical thinking recording

0 No answer given or answer completely irrelevant. No examples given.

2 minutes wrap up

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Focus: Motivation Q- 4

Development Office technical question, field specific

Notes:

Points Q4

Q- 5

Development Office technical question, field specific

Notes:

Points Q5

Q- 6

Development Office technical question, field specific

 

Notes:

Points Q6

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Focus: Critical Thinking Recorded question for critical thinking Q- Scholarships to study in graduate programs in foreign universities are important Points Q- 10 opportunities from which Indonesia can obtain new knowledge and expertise for the 10

development of its public and private sectors. However, increasing the number of scholarships is a challenge for many reasons, such as lack of funding, language barriers, and cultural differences. In your opinion, what are ways that these and other challenges may be addressed in order to increase the number of scholarships for Indonesians to study abroad?

Closing Page 4/4 Wrap Is there anything else that Notes:

Discussion Points

Intro

Q-1

Focus: Cultural Adaptability Page 3/4 Q - 7 Universities in the U.S. are

different from those in Indonesia. Other than the obvious language difference, what challenges do you expect you will face while living/studying in the U.S.?  

Notes: Points Q-7

Q - 8

Upon your return to your institution in Indonesia, how do you propose to implement the new knowledge and skills gained from your studies?  

Notes: Points Q-8

Q - 9

Time management is essential to success as a graduate student. Please tell us how you will manage studying while living in a different place, and culture?  

Notes: Points Q-9

up you would like to share with us to help us decide if you would be a good candidate for a PRESTASI scholarship?  

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Q-2

Q-3

Q-4

Q-5

Q-6

Q-7

Q-8

Q-9

Q-10

Wrap up

Total

Interviewer decision (circle): Approved Rejected Recommended for Cohort-2 Interview ranking of the applicants within the field of study: _________ of ________ applicants