Knowledge sharing and mobility between Indonesia and Australia
Jakarta, August 2025
The ambition to develop a career pathway for Indonesian nurses wishing to further their skills in Australia has taken another step following a meeting of industry leaders from both countries.
Representatives from the nursing regulatory, training, union and university sectors from both countries attended a two day event in Jakarta to discuss the requirements for a model of work placement and skills exchange.
The industry leaders have been convened by the Australia-Indonesia Centre to design a pilot project which would ensure the support, training and placement of Indonesian nurses seeking global experience. This model would also broaden Australian cultural capability of one of the country’s closest neighbours.
It’s envisaged that the nurses could also help ease workforce gaps in some parts of Australia, such as regional communities.
Commissioned by the government-backed economic cooperation program Katalis, the project follows the AIC’s earlier work with an expert group on market access and standards equivalence. This led to a comprehensive and comparative map on standards and training between the two countries.
The AIC has utilised its extensive network to set up the research advisory panel which is co-led by two leading institutions, Monash University Australia and Universitas Indonesia.
The expert panel will reconvene in Melbourne in mid-September to follow-up on the work done and progress the pilot design.
Information and media inquiries
Ms Helen Brown | +61 417 359 177 | helen.brown@australiaindonesiacentre.org
The Australia-Indonesia Centre
Ms Adhi Fitri Dinastiar | +62 822 2685 4874 | adhi.dinastiar@iacepa-katalis.org
ABOUT THE AIC
The Australia-Indonesia Centre is a consortium of 10 leading research universities in both countries. Its mission is to advance people-to-people links in science, technology, education, innovation and culture.
ABOUT KATALIS
IA-CEPA Katalis is a government-backed initiative to foster trade and investment between Australia and Indonesia under the IA-CEPA free trade agreement.
Caption: Nurse industry leaders and regulators gather at Universitas Indonesia to start drafting a nursing pilot project. August 2025 Image: FIK Universitas Indonesia
