Jakarta, April 24 -- Indonesia and Switzerland has held a soft launch of the 2025-2028 Indonesia-Switzerland Development Cooperation Programme to strengthen their five-decade-long strategic partnership.

Indonesian Deputy Minister of National Development Planning Febrian Alphyanto Ruddyard said in a statement on April 23 that the cooperation programme will be officially launched in October 2025.

This collaboration focuses on three main pillars, namely increasing public sector efficiency and economic competitiveness; strengthening human resource capacity through vocational education; and developing sustainable infrastructure, he informed.

The programme is a concrete manifestation of a shared commitment to realising inclusive, sustainable...