Families with adolescent members need special counselling services. Indonesia.

To strengthen counseling for families with adolescent members the Indonesian Government has introduced a special project in 12 districts and 32 subdistricts in the provinces of DKI Jakarta West Java and DI Yogyakarta. Supporting the project are its three pillars; namely counseling centers schools and parents groups. Adolescent reproductive health has been integrated in the activities of all three. The 4-year project which is executed by the Bureau of Non-Physical Family Resilience assisted by seven national nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) completed its pilot phase in December 1999. A technical assistance and backstopping mission fielded in November 1999 cited the contributions made by strong leadership at the provincial level and NGO support to the projects achievement of its objectives. The team which was led by Mr. Francisco Roque Adviser on Adolescent Reproductive Health and Education offered recommendations for future action. Noting that major political and economic crises may have affected the projects outputs the team proposed a 4-year extension in the three pilot provinces. The extension will give the project sufficient time to develop and mature and further strengthen linkages among the BKR schools and counseling centers. The extension will also allow a review of training manuals guidebooks and curricula and the introduction of improvements in project monitoring and supervision and in the production and supply of information education and communication materials to BKRs schools and counseling centers. National/local experts will be approached for their support in the projects implementation and in strengthening the quality of outputs. (full text)