Full Form of ANTARA

What is ANTARA Full Form?

ANTARA full form is Australia Nusa Tenggara Assistance for Regional Autonomy .

What is Australia Nusa Tenggara Assistance for Regional Autonomy ?

The overarching goal of the Australia Nusa Tenggara Assistance for Regional Autonomy (ANTARA) was to reduce poverty in Nusa Tenggara through sustainable and equitable socio-economic development and improved governance systems. Activities were organised under 3 objectives:

    to improve provincial and district governance
    to improve incomes
    to improve access to and quality of basic services.

Three agendas were planned for implementation:

    promote synergies between Government of Australia (GOA) activities
    pioneer initiatives to test 'what works' in the region
    strategically invest in other existing or emerging Government of Indonesia (GOI) or donor programs.

This Independent Completion Report evaluates the entirety of a program that evolved through a number of phases between 2005 and 2010. Strengths and weaknesses identified in this report reflect performance over the entire period and are designed to highlight lessons learned to support improved quality of delivery in future programs. Initial ANTARA activities, identified by an external Australian Aid program mission prior to the establishment of a strategic framework in 2006, aimed to directly improve basic education and health services by building schools and training teachers, providing surgical services and improving medical supply chain management.