P a r t n e r s

INSIST has engaged in cooperative projects with a wide range of national organizations--such as the National Commission for Human Rights and the Indonesian Corruption Watch-- regional organizations--such as the South East Asia Committe for Advocacy (SEACA) and the South East Asia Popular Communication Programs (SEAPCP)-- and international organizations --such as UNFPA, Save the Children, PLAN International, NOVIB and HIVOS of Netherlands, DVV-IZZ of Germany, ITD of University of Massachusetts, CSSP of the United States, CUSO of Canada, etc. While some organizations, such as OXFAM-GB, ACCESS Australia, and the Ford Foundation, cooperate bilaterally with some organizational members of INSIST, other organizations have direct cooperation with INSIST as a network. They are as follows:

1. KEPA, Finland
   

   Kepa, Kehitysyhteistyön Palvelukeskus or the Service Centre for Development Co-Operation is a network of over 200 Finnish NGOs involved with questions of globalisation and development. In addition to its work in Finland, Kepa maintains field offices in Indonesia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Thailand and Zambia. Kepa also supports the work of its partner organisations in Brazil and India. Kepa has been involved in a unique partnership with INSIST since INSIST was founded, with one Kepa staff member working permanently at the INSIST office in Yogyakarta.
2. CORDAID, The Netherlands
   

   CORDAID, one of the biggest international funding agencies in the Netherlands, has cooperated with INSIST since 2003 to build the capacity of local organizations in several regions of Indonesia (Papua, North Maluku, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan). INSIST’s network of Social Transformation Schools or “People’s Schools” in these regions were the primary implementors of the program. Papua became a major focus of this program, as CORDAID also requested INSIST to facilitate special training programs for their primary partners in the area, the Secretariate for Justice and Peace (SKP) at several Catholic churches in the area (in Merauke, Jayapura, Timika, Asmat, and Sorong). During the first year of the reconstruction program after the earthquake in Aceh, CORDAID also worked with INSIST and its network (the Natural Disaster Humanitarian Solidarity Committee, KSKBA – Aceh and North Sumatra) to carry out programs in emergency aid and rehabilitation for the victims of the disaster in this area. CORDAID has started a new intitiative with INSIST to design a community and rights-based disaster management education and policy reform over the next 3-5 years.
3. ALTERNATIVES, Canada
   

   ALTERNATIVES is a network of progressive NGOs in Canada focused on developing alternative ideas and actions regarding the dominant, oppressive world system. ALTERNATIVES began working together with INSIST in 2004 through a facilitation program for their local partners in Papua, Central Sulawesi, and West Kalimantan. Now, ALTERNATIVES is facilitating INSIST to work together with D&P (Development and Peace), a Canadian NGO for farmer education and program organization in Java; and with PIPA (Peoples in Peril Association) --an organization of the ordinary people of Slovakia dedicated to giving aid to victims of conflicts, natural catastrophes and human rights violations abroad-- in humanitarian programs for the disaster-struck area of Aceh and North Sumatra. In addition, ALTERNATIVES is facilitating a possible new partnership for INSIST with WITNESS, a formidable human rights monitoring program (founded by, among others, the legendary rock musician and former guitarist of Genesis, Peter Gabriel) to carry out audio-visual media trainings as a human rights violation monitoring tool in Papua. In addition, ALTERNATIVES and INSIST are discussing the possibilities of working together to develop alternative fuels, specifically biodiesel, and a food sovereignty scheme with rural farmers in South, Southeast, and West Sulawesi.
4. IIED, United Kingdom
   

   The International Institute for Environment and Development, located in London, has worked with INSIST since 1999, primarily in organizing activities and training for farmers’ organizations in Java, developing PAR (Participatory Action Research) methodology, and publishing critical books about globalization and neoliberalism. Some IIED books have been translated and published by INSIST Press, and IIED has published research results by INSIST.
5. Third World Network (TWN), Malaysia
   

   The Third World Network, located in Penang, Malaysia, is an international network that consistently critiques the developments of globalization and neoliberalism. TWN has worked with INSIST only since 2005, and cooperation is still limited to INSIST Press publishing TWN books.
6. ZEDBooks, United Kingdom
   

   Zed Books is an influential publishing house in London known for books that sharply critique globalization and neoliberalism. Zed has worked with INSIST by giving INSIST Press the rights to publish their books in Indonesian.
7. Hesperian Foundation, United States
   

   Hesperian is a book publisher known for their consistent rejection of patent rights or intellectual property rights of written and published works. They have worked with INSIST since 1999, when INSIST Press translated and published one of their best sellers, Bila Perempuan Tidak Ada Dokter (When Women Have No Doctors). Since then, Hesperian has given permission to INSISTPress to translate and publish several of their books.