Evaluation of the Indonesia university partnerships program : phase one, partnerships #1 and #2

In furtherance of this objective, USAID/Indonesia launched the University Partnerships (UP) program in December 2009 to help improve the quality and relevance of higher education in Indonesia. Establishing U.S.-Indonesia university partnerships leverages U.S. universities expertise to strengthen the research and teaching capacity of Indonesian institutions. To date, USAID has made awards to 11 U.S.-Indonesia university partnerships, with the U.S. university as the awardee and the Indonesian university as the sub-awardee; additional UP awards are anticipated in late 2012. The estimated amount of each award is from $600,000 to $1,000,000. The purposes of the evaluation were to: (1) assess the extent of the knowledge and skills transfer that has occurred between the lead U.S. university and the Indonesian university as the sub-awardee; (2) determine the extent or level of the capacity building that has taken place within the partnerships; (3) assess the effectiveness of the project interventions between the partnerships in relation to improve the teaching and research services; (4) assess whether or not the projects are sustainable and have achieved the project objectives; (5) obtain lessons learned from the existing partnerships that can be applied to the future direction of the UP program; and (6) demonstrate how the institutions have achieved measurable improvements in the quality and relevance of their teaching and research services. (Excerpt, modified)