As a US Faculty member travelling to Indonesia you will have many questions. It’s highly recommended that before you get to far in planning your trip that you:
Click here to view our ‘Travel Tips for Indonesia’
US Faculty travelling to Indonesia usually travel as:
- Guest Speakers at conferences.
- Leaders of program activities such as Education/Study Abroad courses.
- Teachers of short or condensed courses.
- Volunteers to teach in outreach efforts or partnership activities. (See the tab on this www site for Volunteers).
- Researchers working with faculty or former/current students.
- Tourists, sometimes on a ‘working’ vacation.
In the travel tips you will find helpful information including medical requirements, predeparture planning, plane tickets, airport transit information and routing, and presentation and teaching tips.
DO NOTE that invitations from the Indonesian side are often vague on details. In early discussions, be clear with the Indonesian side on:
– dates, times, places, length of presentations, audience size and their ability to understand English, who is in the audience (students versus faculty).
– What costs the Indonesians are covering including air (International air fare? Or only domestic air fare?), hotel and hotel quality, meals, registrations, visa fees, transit hotels. If you will need the help of Indonesians as ‘fixers’ to translate, or book travel include this in your travel estimate.
– Ask if there is an honorarium for your presentation. Honoraria are not common, but when offered may be between $50 (for a seminar to students) up to $500 (for a government sponsored key note). This may help defer some of your travel costs.
– Expect you will be requested to sign an MOU for future work. This frees funds on the Indonesian side. See your College-level International Programs Director to address this issue.
– Expect to be asked to do additional work such as guest lecture, or give a presentation to students. Consider taking power points or other materials with you so that you can respond easily to these requests.
A complete directory of Indonesian partner faculty and staff is available on request if you are looking for collaborators in a particular area of scholarship.