Reverse Linkage

40 REVERSE LINKAGE on Indonesia’s expertise and demand from IsDB’s country members. Exploring the opportunities, Indonesia and IsDB identified four areas of cooperation: agriculture; poverty reduction (through community-driven development and other models); governance on fiscal and macroeconomic management issues; and disaster risk management. Indonesia’s resource centres To further promote the RL programmes, IsDB has facili- tated Indonesia’s efforts in mapping and collecting resource centres (RCs) to provide capacity development solutions for IsDB country members. The output of this activity was a booklet entitled Mapping Indonesia’s Resource Centres , in which selected Indonesian RCs have acted as flagship institutions appointed to represent Indonesian expertise in accordance with the development priority area. The selec- tion of RCs was conducted through the following criteria: • Relevance to Indonesia’s SSTC priorities • Adequacy of human resources (minimum15 qualified staff) • Experience in international cooperation, particularly in activities under the auspice of SSTC • The institution/agency must be established or have been operational for at least five years. Additional criteria include: • Relevance to the country’s priority areas • The country’s structure of governance, organization and management must support the work of the RC • Institutions/RCs must show their capability in terms of adequate human resource and infrastructure support • Institutions/RCs must demonstrate achievement in their areas of competence. This may include innovation and dissemination. There are 22 RCs shared between 12 development priority areas: agriculture; marine and fisheries; health and popula- tion; pharmaceuticals; technical vocational education and training; planning and budgeting; microfinance; transpor- tation; appropriate technology; industry; trade; disaster risk reduction and mitigation. Indonesian RCs are empowered to share development knowledge and experience with other IsDB member countries. Artificial insemination training in Malang, Indonesia, 2015, as part of the Reverse Linkage programme for Kyrgyzstan Image: Bappenas