Palladium RFQ - Independent Financial Audit INOVASI 23-24 - Indonesia

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TOR 1

Background:

The Innovation for Indonesia’s School Children (INOVASI) Program is a partnership between the Governments of Australia (GoA) and Indonesia (GoI). INOVASI includes Indonesia’s Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC), Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA), the National Development Planning Ministry (Bappenas), and sub-national partners in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan and East Java. The Program seeks to identify and support changes to education practice, systems and policy which demonstrably accelerate improved student learning outcomes. INOVASI is managed by Palladium on behalf of The Government of Australia (GOA), through the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and formally started on 18 January 2016.The eight-year program (2016-2023)supports selected government partners (sub-national and national) to identify and understand systemic problems impacting on teaching and learning outcomes in Indonesia and to develop and implement local solutions. The program has three focal areas for investigation: the quality of teaching in the classroom, the quality of support for teachers, and learning for all. Improved student learning outcomes in basic education provide the foundation for a more skilled Indonesian workforce that will drive economic growth and stability.

Australia is a long-term supporter of the Indonesian basic education sector, with continuous investments supporting education quality improvements for the past two decades, including through the INOVASI program (Phase 1 2016-2020; Phase 2 2020-2023) that focused on supporting acquisition of literacy and numeracy foundational skills in early grades classrooms; exploring local problems and solutions; and generating evidence to inform government policy development and practices.

INOVASI Phase 2 is implemented in 20 districts and cities across Indonesia, in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, East Java. Program is implemented by Palladium on behalf of the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Purpose:

As part of the operational requirements of the INOVASI program, an independent audit is conducted to review the systems, procedures, and financial operations of the program. This audit focuses on ensuring compliance with established guidelines and effective application of procedures. It is not intended to assess the program’s overall effectiveness or evaluate the performance of PT Palladium International Indonesia or the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The audit covers operations at the INOVASI Head Office in Jakarta as well as activities in four provinces.

TOR 2

Background:

Indonesia’s Vision 2045 sets the goal for Indonesia to transition from a resource-based economy towards an advanced service, technology, and knowledge-based economy by the centenary of its independence (2045). The 2025-2045 National Long Term Development Plan emphasizes the urgency of Indonesia’s human resource development to fully realize 2045 goals.

Faced however with persistent low student performance that is emblematic of a learning crisis, significant improvement in student learning will be required to reach Indonesia’s 2045 goals. Government of Indonesia (GoI) has started an ambitious program of education reforms. Successive education ministers have set out to modernize the education system through reforming the national curriculum and teaching and assessment approaches, to produce citizens with strong foundational skills, open minds, and inclusive values.

This third phase of INOVASI (2024-2027) builds upon the existing program’s approach and lessons learned and takes the focus on the development of foundational skills through to the end of the primary grades. Phase 3 will engage with priority issues of Australia’s development policy: gender equality, effective inclusion of children with a disability, responses to the climate change challenge in education. It will focus on the challenge of policy implementation and the gaps that exist between national policies and practices at district and school levels and use the well attested-success of INOVASI’s local problem-based approach to continuously support policy development for effective fit between policy and implementation context.

INOVASI Phase 3 is implemented in 25 districts and cities across Indonesia, in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, East Java, West Java, and Maluku. The program also works in Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN).

The Program is implemented by Palladium on behalf of the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Purpose:

As part of the operational requirements of the INOVASI program, an annual independent audit is conducted to review the systems, procedures, and financial operations of the program. This audit focuses on ensuring compliance with established guidelines and effective application of procedures. It is not intended to assess the program’s overall effectiveness or evaluate the performance of PT Palladium International Indonesia or the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The audit covers operations at the INOVASI Head Office in Jakarta as well as activities in six provinces and IKN.

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