The Scaling-Up Program will hold a regional conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 4, 2008.The objectives of this event are:

• to promote knowledge sharing among and beyond those who participate in JJ/WBGSP
• to have a dialogue with the development practitioners on current development issues, focusing particularly on the host country and the region, and
• to foster a network of the JJ/WBGSP community, the World Bank and the government of Japan

At the conference, participants will explore how the JJ/WBGSP has contributed to capacity development in Indonesia and in the region and how to further leverage the knowledge and network of development community to address the pressing challenges that development partners face today. Discussions on the current issues of capacity development, knowledge economy, and tax policies will take place with various presentations given by the donors and partners. Outstanding papers written by the recent scholars from the region will be presented and be awarded to provide an opportunity to testify how new knowledge is being generated under the JJ/WBGSP. The conference also will mark the establishments of Indonesian alumni association.

The attendance to this conference will be by invitation only.