This brief summarizes how strategic Government of Indonesia processes have been strengthened, with the support of SKALA between July 2023 and June 2024, to improve the effectiveness of provinces to deliver inclusive services. Five entry points were identified to strengthen these processes and all processes benefit from intensive efforts to mainstream Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion.

This report reflects the second implementation period following the development of SKALA’s initial annual work plan and details SKALA’s context, progress and achievements between January 1 and Jun 30, 2024.

The SKALA Annual Work Plan for 2024-2025 outlines strategic actions to strengthen Indonesia's capacity to deliver inclusive basic services in underdeveloped regions. Focusing on four key areas—Data and Analytics, Gender Equality Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Minimum Service Standards (MSS), and Public Financial Management (PFM)—the plan integrates government priorities to foster cross-ministerial collaboration.

This report reflects the first implementation period following the development of SKALA’s initial annual work plan and details SKALA’s context, progress and achievements between July 1 and December 31, 2023.

Synergies and Collaboration for Basic Service Delivery Acceleration (SKALA) is an Australia-Indonesia Partnership program designed to help Indonesia address regional disparities in development. SKALA aims to strengthen selected elements of Indonesia’s large and complex decentralised government system responsible for the delivery of basic services, focusing on accelerating the improved delivery of services in less developed regions, particularly for vulnerable groups, including women and people with disabilities. This reports details SKALA’s context, strategies, achievements, lessons, challenges and risk management during the period November 2022 until June 2023.