SurveyMETER fulfilled the commitments to design, compile, and follow up on the self-initiative (independent) research and mentoring activities. It has been administered for the last 2 years with the support of the Australian AID Knowledge Sector through The Asia Foundation. As stated by its representative Benjamin Davis earlier that the Australian AID Knowledge Sector provided cost support for research institutions in transforming themselves by conducting research unconsidered as a 'client order'.

SurveyMETER conducted four independent studies simultaneously plus one mentoring program in 2013. The five self-reliant agendas currently being worked on were: The Well-Mannered Elderly Health Center Study (SPSL), the Elderly-Friendly City Capacity Assessment Study (SKRL), the Data-Based Policy Study (SKBD), the Nutrition Education Study (SEN), and the Village Mentoring Program. This Village Assistance Program took place in the Bantul district and commenced its activities in December 2012.

To date, the activities of the four studies were still ongoing, such as the SEN and SKBD working in the last week of field data collection while several SKRL teams had already returned from the field. Simultaneously, the SPSL has completed field data collection activities, even according to the coordinator of the study, Sunar Indriati, it passed into the final stage of data cleaning. "We have entered the analysis process that prepared for the writing of the paper in early next March, " said Indra, her nickname. [JF]