Gadjah Mada University hosted sixty educators and administrators from the United States and Indonesia on June 16–18 for a workshop to develop new research partnerships, explore potential areas of collaboration, and initiate joint proposals in the areas of sustainable environment and resilient community. The workshop is the first major activity planned by the USIPP Consortium, a bi-national group of twelve colleges and universities committed to advancing U.S.-Indonesia academic collaboration. Launched in May 2013, the USIPP Consortium includes six Indonesian and six U.S. higher education institutions.

The USIPP Consortium is a direct outcome of a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), which funded the U.S. Indonesia Partnership Program that was administered by IIE from 2010–2012.