One of the founder members (joined the alliance in 1994), Indonesia has led a number of initiatives to support South-South cooperation, regionally and inter-regionally. The Minister of State for Population and Chairman for BKKBN had acted as interim chair and key initiator of the Alliance.
- PPD in collaboration with BKKBN organized an one day National South-South workshop in Jakarta on 10th July 2008.
- Indonesia organized International Conference on Muslim Religious Leaders to Support Population and Development to Achieve MDGs in Sanur, Bali from 12 – 16 February 2007. The conference brought together, among others, the senior Muslim Religious Leaders, Islamic Scholars and Jurisprudents from Muslim Countries of Asia and Middle East, who command profound respect and loyalty of their followers in those countries, to deliberate on how they can effectively contribute to the attainment of MDGs.
- PPD in collaboration with National Family Planning Coordination Board (BKKBN) Indonesia organized a training in Jakarta from 24-26th May 2005. It was attended by 22 participants from 7 countries in Asia namely, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and China.
- Indonesia hosted the 8th PPD Board meeting in 2003.
- In 1999, the Indonesian experience in family planning was replicated in Bangladesh.
- In 1999, Indonesia led a project for collaboration with Senegal, Mali, and CAFS to use a family-centred approach to improve existing programmes on RH/FP including adolescent reproductive health interventions.
- Along with Thailand’s National Family Planning Programme, Indonesia’s International Training Programme of BKKBN initiated training programmes in reproductive health to other countries worldwide and organised study tours for 3920 individuals from 92 countries. Both countries helped to create a framework for South-South collaboration under which the Asia Regional Workshop was established in April 1998.
- At the G15 meeting in Malaysia in 1990, Indonesia offered to serve as the core country for collaboration in population, family planning and development fields. Indonesia is home to the Director of Governance, Finance and Administration, 2000-2001, Dr. Pudjo Rahardjo. He was also the first PCC of PPD in Indonesia.
- In 1996, Indonesia organised observation study tours (OSTs) on IEC, FP and Islam for Ethiopia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. In addition, four representatives from Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania were granted 3-month internships on managing community-based programmes in Indonesia.
- Indonesia signed an MOU with Morocco for exchange visits between reproductive health staff to improve the quality of their respective family planning programmes. Indonesia has demonstrated, through its project in Java, the reduction of maternal mortality by active management of the 3rd stage of labour and by the use of misoprostol to control post-partum haemorrhage – a technique that has potential for nationwide application and relevance for other countries as well.