The Project for Managing Higher Education for Relevance and Efficiency seeks to create an enabling environment for the evolution of autonomous, and accountable public higher education institutions (HEIs), and to develop effective support mechanisms for the improvement of the quality, relevance, efficiency, and equity of higher education. The project comprises two components: 1) The first component will support the Government in the to implementation of Indonesia's Higher Education Long-Term Strategy (HELTS), by refining the legal framework for higher education, strengthening the management and administration of the Directorate General of Higher Education (DGHE), assisting the BAN-PT- National Accreditation Board - in developing an institutional accreditation program, and developing a strategy to revitalize the Open University. 2) The second component will further support HELTS by improving the quality of higher education through targeted investments, and by strengthening the management and administration of HEIs. This will be achieved through the expansion of competitive grants to HEIs, and through the introduction of institutional management grants, and performance-based contracting for newly autonomous public HEIs.