The Australia-Indonesia Muslim Exchange Program (AIMEP) is an intensive online and in-person program of intellectual, interreligious, and intercultural exchange that brings together Muslim changemakers, community activists and emerging leaders from across Indonesia and Australia.
Established in 2002, AIMEP is a flagship program of the Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
AIMEP contributes to the AII’s aim of building people-to-people relations between our nations by fostering connections, friendships and mutual understanding between emerging leaders from both countries.
AIMEP has a vibrant and growing network of over 300 alumni. AIMEP alumni include community leaders, educators, scholars, authors, artists, entrepreneurs, politicians, journalists, legal aid advocates, thought leaders and many more inspiring change makers in Australia and Indonesia.
Through shared values and experiences, the AIMEP builds bridges of understanding and goodwill between our two nations, while creating lasting personal and professional networks and connections.
Over more than 20 years, AIMEP has enabled connection, dialogue, and growth for emerging Muslim community leaders and activists across Australia and Indonesia.
Connect and dialogue directly with high profile and inspiring leaders and changemakers, and build a community of like-minded people across the region.
The program in both its online and in-person formats features a rich range of opportunities for in-depth, meaningful learning and dialogue on issues that are important to you and your community.
Join a varied and vibrant alumni network of over 300 dynamic individuals spanning diverse fields. Engage in new collaborations and build lasting professional and personal networks and connections.
Grow your leadership skills as you connect and learn from emerging and established leaders and changemakers from Australia and Indonesia.
Established in 2002, the Australia-Indonesia Institute’s Muslim Exchange Program (MEP) establishes and nurtures the ongoing contact between emerging leaders of Muslim communities in both Australia and Indonesia.
Australian AIMEP delegates reflect on their time in Indonesia – the progressive nature of Indonesian society, the active engagement of women in all spheres of life, and the importance of people-to-people connections.
‘Creating peace and understanding, while finding unity in our differences is no longer difficult when people open their minds to accept each other and stand up tall for tolerance.’
2017 - MCN TV interview with Australian AIMEP delegates
2019 AIMEP Australian Delegates at Golkar Jakarta Office
2019 Muslim Exchange Program participants from Indonesia
2019 AIMEP Australian Delegates visited Komnas Perempuan
Reflecting on the AIMEP Experience with Ahmad Romzi (AIMEP 2017)
2018 AIMEP Delegates at Jakarta Cathedral
Pengalaman Peserta Muslim Exchange Program
Australian Delegates tried Makassar's Traditional Clothes
Australia Indonesia Muslim Exchange Program 2019
Ramadhan in Australia