Swiss envoy inspects aid program

Swiss envoy inspects aid program

JAKARTA (JP): The head of the Swiss Development Cooperation
Agency is currently in Indonesia to inspect a number of
development projects funded by the Swiss government.

Walter Fust, the agency's director general, who is responsible
for the entire Swiss development assistance and humanitarian aid
program, is in Indonesia between Aug. 1 and Aug. 11, the Embassy
of Switzerland in Jakarta announced yesterday.

Indonesia is one of the main recipients of Swiss aid, which
has financed projects dating back to 25 years ago in such areas
as vocational education and training, urban planning and
development, as well as rural and community development.

The Swiss government has extended grants to Indonesia totaling
over $200 million in the last 20 years, the embassy reported.

Fust is scheduled to meet with a number of Indonesian
ministers and to travel to Bandung and Yogyakarta to directly
inspect some of the Swiss-funded projects. (emb)