SKALA’s Pillar 3 Engagement Strategy focuses on SKALA’s approach to building influence and ensuring that the voices of poor and vulnerable communities are better incorporated into local government processes of planning and budgeting, leading to improved service delivery.

SKALA’s Pillar 2 Engagement Strategy focuses on the program’s subnational level engagement, which primarily covers the Intermediate Outcomes (IOs) of the second end of program outcome with linkages to other program IOs.

SKALA’s Pillar 1 Engagement Strategy is about the program’s national level engagement, primarily with three key ministries: the Ministry of National Development Planning or Bappenas, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

SKALA’s Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) strategy shapes SKALA’s national and subnational engagement by ensuring that interventions are guided by a comprehensive analysis of gender, disability, and social inclusion within Indonesia’s socio-cultural, economic, and political context.

SKALA strongly supports Australia’s immediate strategic priority in Indonesia—assisting the country recover from COVID-19 (as defined in DFAT’s Partnerships for Recovery strategy). SKALA’s support for basic service delivery to less developed regions, especially in the Papua provinces and other disadvantaged areas, will help revive Indonesia’s human development progress and restore inclusive economic growth. This focus is consistent with DFAT’s COVID-19 Development Response Plan for Indonesia, which commits to protecting the most vulnerable communities and promoting their resilience.