Australia Supports Future Leaders Of The Asia-pacific

Australia Supports Future Leaders of the Asia-Pacific

We are pleased to announce the 2009 winners of the prestigious Allison Sudradjat Award.

These awards honour the memory of Allison Sudradjat, the former head of the Australian aid program in Indonesia and senior representative in Papua New Guinea, whose life was tragically cut short in a plane crash in Indonesia on 7 March 2007.

Six scholars, two from PNG and four from Indonesia, are receiving awards.

They were chosen from among the highest-ranked recipients of the Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Scholarships, which offer post graduate scholarships at Australian universities to outstanding individuals.

They will undertake Masters or PhD level courses in a range of areas including health, climate change, business administration and law and justice. They will also receive additional funding for research or a professional work placement.

This week, the six award winners joined more than 150 ALA Scholars at the 2009
Leadership Development Conference in Canberra. The Conference aims to increase
their leadership skills and enhance their understanding of development challenges at a
national, regional and global level.

This unique leadership program is only offered to ALA Scholarships recipients, and is in addition to the scholarship award.

The Government will provide more than $5 million in the fourth round of the ALA Fellowships program for a range of Australian organisations to host 252 Fellows from 22 countries across the region.

Fellows are current and future leaders in their fields. The ALA Fellowships program allows them access to new ideas and expertise in a range of development areas including health, education, climate change, infrastructure and resource management, security and governance.

The ALA Scholarships and Fellowships are funded through the Australian Agency for International Development, AusAID. Further information can be found at
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/default.cfm.

Photos of the Allison Sudradjat awardees can be downloaded at:
www.ausaid.gov.au/media/gallery/scholarships.cfm

Media Contact: Sabina Curatolo (Mr McMullan's Office) 0400 318 205
Andrew Dempster (Mr Smith's Office) 0407 435 157
AusAID Public Affairs 0417 680 590


SOURCE: AusAID