SKALA Six Monthly Progress Report November 2022 – June 2023

Sinergi dan Kolaborasi untuk Akselerasi Layanan Dasar (Synergy and Collaboration for 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. SKALA supports policy harmonisation at national and subnational level, with a view to improve public financial management and the quality of spending through evidence-based planning and budgeting. SKALA is a continuation of significant investments of the Australian Government in support of Indonesia’s decentralisation policies, including KOMPAK (2015 – 2022), AIPD (2011 – 2015), and ANTARA (2005 – 2010).

SKALA’s head contract was signed on 25 October 2022, and the program entered into its inception phase until the end of June 2023. Due to delays in the signature of its Subsidiary Arrangement (SA), the program operated under an interim arrangement until the SA was signed on 30 March 2023. The interim workplan was developed under this arrangement, with activities proposed by key ministries and approved by DFAT. For accountability purposes, all activities delivered until the end of June 2023 were considered part of the arrangement.