Neso Indonesia signs StuNed contract for 30 million euro
10 Dec 2009
The contract for managing the 4th cycle of the StuNed scholarship programme was signed at the Dutch Embassy Jakarta on 8 December 2009 between Dutch Ambassador H.E. Dr. Nikolaos van Dam, and Marrik Bellen, Director of Nuffic Neso Indonesia.
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has allocated an amount of Euro 30 million for StuNed, a scholarship programme for post graduate studies in Holland, for the period of 2010-2014.
In his speech, H.E Dr. Nikolaos van Dam mentioned the competitive tender process for this programme which resulted in the choice for Neso Indonesia as the best candidate to manage the new cyclce of the StuNed scholarship programme. He congratulated Nuffic Neso Indonesia for winning the contract and expressed his confidence that the management of StuNed scholarship programme is in good hands. The StuNed scholarship programme has been successfully administered by Nuffic Neso Indonesia for the last 10 years and resulted in more than 2,000 scholarships for Indonesian professionals to study in the Netherlands.
StuNed is a bilateral cooperation between the Netherlands and Indonesia that aims to contribute to human resources development in Indonesia. The target group for the StuNed scholarship programme are Indonesian young professionals. In new programme priority will be given to candidates from Indonesian partner organisations of the Dutch Embassy: ministries, local government, NGOs and also the private sector. The decision to target the Embassy’s partner is because the scholarships are considered as an excellent instrument for developing the human resources and institutional capacity for the partners; and for strengthening bilateral relations between Indonesia and the Netherlands.
StuNed will provide scholarships for Master Degree courses, short courses, tailor-made training and refresher courses.