Through GDA APS No. APS-OAA-12-000003, USAID/Indonesia issues Addendum No. 497-1 to invite the submission of concept papers in respect to a USAID/Indonesia program to foster and impel innovation in Indonesia called the Indonesia Innovation Fund. USAID/Indonesia welcomes GDA ideas that address innovative approaches to increase the access and improve the relevance of vocational and workforce development programs in Indonesia. The focus of the proposed approaches must be on interventions in formal school settings at the upper-secondary level and in the non-formal training and education sectors. All interested organizations should carefully review both this Addendum AND the full GDA APS Announcement, which can be found at http://idea.usaid.gov/gp/aps , as any important information contained in the full APS Announcement is not repeated in this USAID/Indonesia Addendum No. 497-1. Any interested Applicants are required to submit a concept paper not more than five pages to USAID/Indonesia, to the attention of Jay Cody at
[email protected] with a cc to Ms. Johanna Gardjito at
[email protected] before the closing date July 31, 2012. Please annotate all correspondence with regard to this Addendum with the following in subject line of the correspondence/e-mail: "GDA APS-OAA-12-000003 Addendum No. 497-1".