AIDA Business Directory

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In August 2001 IMS was contracted by AusAID (the Australian Agency for International Development) to produce the AIDA Directory of Indonesian Business.

Background

The Australia-Indonesia Development Area (AIDA), encompasses the whole of Australia and Indonesia's eastern provinces, ie all provinces except those in Java and Sumatra (see list). AIDA was launched in April 1997 by Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and the then Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution, Ir Hartarto. AIDA seeks to develop closer economic relations between Australia and eastern Indonesia. A central aim of AIDA is to improve the enabling environment for private sector trade and investment between Australia and eastern Indonesia. Indonesia has accorded AIDA equivalent status with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) sub-regional economic cooperative schemes. Private sector activities are considered the key to sustainable development of business linkages in the AIDA region.

On 25 February 1999, at the second Ministerial meeting on AIDA in Bali, Minister Downer announced that the Australian Government would produce a directory listing businesses operating in the Indonesian part of AIDA, which are potential partners for Australian companies, either through investment or trade. In August 2001 AusAID commissioned Indonesia Management Specialists Pty Ltd (IMS) to produce the directory.

The AIDA Business Directory

Indonesia Management Specialists Pty Ltd has designed and produced a practical, informative and user-friendly directory of businesses that operate in the Indonesian part of AIDA. A main objective of the directory is to assist the matching of potential Australian and Indonesian business partners. The directory should be of particular assistance to small and medium enterprises from both countries. The directory is available in two forms: a printed version published in March 2002 and an on-line version.

Important Note:

IMS designed, published and managed the original web version (2002-2005). The management of the Directory was handed over to the International Finance Corporation's Program for Eastern Indonesia SME Assistance (IFC - PENSA) in February 2005. The new managers have designed and published their own version of the on-line directory, which can be viewed at www.indo-bizlinks.com

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Updated on 17 July 2008.