ISSTC NEWSLETTER I 2015
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NEWSLETTER
INDONESIA SOUTH- SOUTH TECHNICAL COOPERATION
60
th
Commemoration
of
Asian African Conference
ISST NEWSLETTER I / 2015
The ISSTC Newsletter I / 2015
Editor in Chief
Rika Kiswardani
Editor in Board
Mukhammad Fahrurozi
Yane Widayanti
Ivan Novianto
Photo Editor
Dwi Mardianto
Dani Ismaya
Secretariat
Samsul Arifin
Mohammad Arief Fadillah
Contributors
Joko Tulodo
Yane Widayanti
Pratiwi Riama Larosa
Astrid Mutiara Ruth
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FOREWORD
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TRENDING TOPICS:
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60th Commemoration of Asian African Conference
SPECIAL REPORT ON 60th COMMEMORATION OF ASIAN AFRICAN
CONFERENCE 2015 ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Bandung Message
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Exhibition South-South Cooperation and Triangular Indonesia
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Asian African Business Summit
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Historical Walk on 60th Commemoration of Asian African Conference
11 Asia Africa Smart City Summit
HIGHLIGHT
12 International Training on Disaster Recovery and Mitigation for Costal Area
(series 2): Making Decision to Minimize Disaster Risks
14 Signing The Implementing Arrangement Between The Government Of
Indonesia And Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
Concerning The World Friends Koica Volunteers Program
15 Coordination Meeting on South-South Technical Cooperation 2015
16 President Joko Widodo Receives JICA President
18 A Colombo Plan Gender Affairs Programme Mission Team To Indonesia
(Preparing Two Collaboration Programmes Between The Government Of
Indonesia And The Colombo Plan)
20 Introduction of GSPA -SNU Scholarship to Indonesia (Knowledge and
22 Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of
Indonesia and the Government of Republic of Korea
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Leadership for the Future)
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/ FOREWORD /
Dear readers,
The first semester of this year was a big moment for Indonesia as we became the host of the Asian-African
Conference 2015, held in Jakarta and Bandung from 18 to 22 April 2015. The historical moment of the first AsianAfrican Conference took place in Bandung 60 years ago at Gedung Merdeka. Back in that time, it was such a
great achievement for Indonesia, a country which just declared its independence in 1945, to gather many
countries from the Asia and Africa region in order to share the same vision, objectives, and views to support
each other and to build a better world.
Therefore, the 60th Commemoration of the Asian-African Conference occured as the trending topic of this
edition. We came up with special reports related to the Asian-African Conference 2015 such as the Bandung
Message, the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Exhibtion, the Asia Africa Smart City Summit, the
Historical Walk on 60th Commemoration of the Asian-African Conference and many more.
We also present several articles related to South-South and Triangular Cooperation programs organized (and
will be held) by the Ministry of State Secretariat such as an International Training Course on Disaster Recovery
and Mitigation for Coastal Area (Series 2), a new cooperation with the UNFPA for organizing a training course on
family planning, and an advanced mission visit from the Colombo Plan Secretariat in order to prepare two
upcoming collaboration training programs between the Government of Indonesia and the Colombo Plan.
Other articles on this edition cover several topics related to a new chapter of Indonesia and Republic of Korea’s
cooperation program as the two parties signed a Minutes of Understanding concerning the Dispatch Experts
Program. We also would like to highlight a Seoul National University Scholarship Program that has been offered
to Indonesia. In addition, a report on the courtesy call of KOICA Resident Representative in Indonesia to Minister
of State Secretariat will be also presented.
Finally, we would like to sincerely thank all our contributors.
We hope you will enjoy reading this newsletter.
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Rika Kiswardani
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/ TRENDING TOPICS /
60th COMMEMORATION of ASIAN AFRICAN
CONFERENCE
Side Event on Maritime Policies, Experiences, and Challenges
in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Commemoration
of the Asian-African Conference
2015, there were several side events
that started before the opening of
the Conference. One of the side
events was a Side Event on Maritime
Policies, Experiences, and
Challenges in Implementing the
SDGs overseen by the Coordinating
Ministry for Maritime Affairs of the
Republic of Indonesia. The purpose
of the Side Event on Maritime
Policies, Experiences, and
Challenges in Implementing SDGs
was to synchronize the maritime
vision that can become one of the
components in SDGs (point 14) and
to propose to each leader to support
the discussion on maritime in order
to adopt it as a part of SDGs
document.
The side event on Maritime Policies,
Experiences, and Challenges in
Implementing SDGs was opened
and lead by Coordinating Minister
for Maritime Affairs of the Republic
of Indonesia, Mr. Indroyono Susilo,
and attended by Ministers, Senior
Ministry officials as well as
representatives from the countries
of Asia and Africa.
c) Rapid increase in gas and oil
exploration has significantly
affected sea ecosystem
sustainability so we need a
global program to prevent and
mitigate sea pollution caused
by activities like waste
disposal and the exploration;
d)
e)
We also need to share the
k n o w l e d g e
a n d
experiences in the field of
maritime.
f)
We should avoid a subsidy
policy which could contribute
towards overcapacity and
over fishing, abolish a policy
which can entail to illegal
fishing, formulate a special
policy to differentiate
treatments for developing and
developed countries. These
are part of WTO negotiations
in the field of fisheries.
g)
Stressing the importance of
increasing economical
benefits for small island states
and least developed countries
through sustainable fishery
management, development of
research capacity, and sea
technology transfer;
h)
Indonesia just has formulated
new policies in the maritime
area accentuated in 5
fundamental pillars as:
maritime culture, maritime
e c o n o m y, m a r i t i m e
infrastructure, maritime
s e c u r i t y, a n d m a r i t i m e
diplomacy.
In his opening remarks, Mr.
Indroyono made main points as
follows:
a)
b)
Transportation and connectivity
by seas and oceans are the
backbone of the world
economy where almost 90% of
the world trades go through sea
transportation;
FAO data show that global fish
production increased around
1.6% while food supply has
been increasing at an average
o f 3 . 2 % a n n u a l l y. F i s h
consumption per capita has
increased globally from 9.9kg
in 1960 to19.2 kg in 2012.
We should do our best to
minimize and mitigate the
impact from sea damage
through scientific researches
and cooperation at every
level;
Several points were raised in the
dialogue as follows:
§ South Africa has proposed an
increase in capacity and
knowledge sharing in the
maritime area, underlined
importance of maritime security
to prevent piracy, and establish
an Asia Africa Center specially for
the maritime area;
§ Vietnam has stressed importance
of maritime management related
to climate change and natural
disaster and supports maritime
discussion as a part of SDGs and
proposed improvement of
cooperation in the maritime area;
§ Thailand mentioned that
prevention of illegal fishing was
one of their national programs
and they emphasized the
importance of cooperation in
handling illegal fishing and
agreements should be made to
arrange the matter. Thailand will
install around 7,000 Vessel
Monitoring System on ships to
monitor fishing movements;
§ The Philippines has stressed the
importance of coastal guard and
marine ecosystem to support
economic growth. They also are
concerned with the South China
Sea reclamation that threatens
coral reefs ecosystem and
supports developing and
continuing the Coral Triangle
Initiatives (CTI) program;
§ Singapore supports the maritime
area as a part of SDGs and the
need to formulate indicators for
its implementation;
§ Madagascar mentioned the
development of a blue eonomy
with maritime basis.
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D uring the 60
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Special Repot on 60
Commemoration of Asian African
Conference 2015
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Bandung Message
Bandung Message is the prime and ultimate document
as the result of the Asian-African Conference 2015. The
document was signed by 3 Asian and African leaders:
H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo, the President of the Republic of
Indonesia; H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, the President of the
People's Republic of China, and King Mswati II from
Swaziland at Gedung Merdeka on 24 April 2015 during
the Commemoration of 60th Asian-African Conference in
Bandung.
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ASIA AFRICA
ALLIANCE
The three leaders signed the document on behalf of
other leaders who participated in the Asian-African
Conference 2015. Mr. Joko Widodo had the honour as
the leader of host country of the conference. While the
background in choosing China and Swaziland was
based on some considerations. China represented the
Asia region and Swaziland represented the Africa
region. China is a large country which has grown into
the second economic power in the world, while
Swaziland is an African country which could keep the
stability of its political and economic growth.
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Bandung Message or “Pesan Bandung” in Bahasa
Indonesia comprised of the vision and mission of the
Asian and African countries. In brief, the Asian and
African countries have agreed to strengthen a new
cooperation and revitalize the partnership between Asia
and Africa in political solidarity, economic cooperation,
and socio- culture relationships. This is known as the
three main pilars of the new commitment of the Asian
and African countries.
The message itself consist of 41 points. One of the
points that is often discussed in the conference is the
commitment of Asia Africa countries to support the
cooperation in gender mainstreaming and women's
empowerment, which will focus on providing an access
to education, health, and job vacacy for women. This is
a good statement since Indonesia also has a special
attention in developing women's empowerment
activities and happens to have some best practices on
that issue which can be shared to other Asian and
African countries under a South-South and Triangular
Cooperation Program.
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In the future, we do hope that the Bandung Message is
not only a “message” which might become a passive
document. Since this message was formulated and
agreed by the Asian and African countries, it is highly
expected that there would be a follow up cooperation
among Asian and African countries, and real programs
will be implemented and bring benefits to Asian and
African countries. The document might also becomes a
trigger to revitalize the relationship among Asian and
African countries as part of establishing a new world
order. Furthermore, may the spirit of the Bandung
Message will last up to the upcoming decades like the
spirit of founding fathers of the Asian-African
Conference 1955.
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A NEW CHAPTER of
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EXHIBITION OF SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR
COOPERATION DURING THE COMMEMORATION
OF THE
ASIANAFRICAN
CONFERENCE
2015
T
he commemoration of the 60th
Asian-African Conference (AAC)
was convened from 19 to 24 April
2015 in Jakarta and Bandung. It was
an important event for Asian and
African countries in encouraging
partnerships more closely for
sharing knowledge and
experiences to improve economic
development of the two regions.
The idea was spelt out in the theme
of the conference as “strengthening
South-South Cooperation to
promote world peace and
prosperity”
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Indonesia, as one of the pioneer
countries for South-South
Cooperation has a strategic role in
improving the welfare of world
peace. In this regard, the National
coordination Team on South-South
and Triangular Cooperation (NCT)
considered it is important to use an
event of the AAC as an opportunity
to improve the visibility of SouthSouth and Triangular Cooperation
Program through exhibition.
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The theme of exhibition of the NCT
was entitled 'New Emerging Partner
in Innovative South-South and
Tr i a n g u l a r C o o p e r a t i o n f o r
Development’s part of the side
events of the 60th conference. The
exhibition promoted the capacities
and cooperation of the Indonesian
government line ministries and
institutions in various activities and
also introduced the NCT more
broadly.
The exhibition had a good reception
and positive responses from the
delegations and participating
countries of the AAC. The success
of the exhibition of Indonesian SSTC
was the result of solid cooperation
between the NCT and the ministries/
institutions` exhibiting their
capacities and activities.
Recognition and appreciation were
addressed to the Ministry of
Industry, the Ministry of Health,
Singosari Artificial Insemination
Center, the Ministry of Agriculture,
Multi Media Training Center
(MMTC), the Ministry of
Communication and Information
Technology, the Ministry of Public
Works and Public Housing, the
Ministry of Marine and Fisheries
Affairs and others that had
participated in promoting their
capacities during the event. In
particular, the Government of
Indonesia expressed its gratitude to
the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP) in Indonesia and
the Government of Norway who
have supported the activities of the
exhibition through the
Strengthening Innovative
Partnership for Development
Cooperation (SIP-DC) project.
Minister of Foreign Affair declared
the opening ceremony of the
exhibition of the AAC held on 19
April 2015 at 10.00 am after the
opening ceremony of side events
for the AAC 2015 by Minister of
Tourism as coordinating institution
of the side events. On this occasion,
the 4-pillar ministers, namely
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister
of State Secretariat, Minister of
National Development Planning,
and Minister of Finance gave their
remarks respectively. The opening
ceremony was also attended by
representatives of development
partners and officials of ministries.
During the exhibition many
dignitaries visited the NCT booth
namely, Prime Minister of Rwanda,
Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Vice
Prime Minister of Qatar, President of
Madagascar, Prime Minister of
Egypt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Myanmar, and Chief Consular of
Jamaica. Aside from this, some of
international media interviewed
officials of the NCT such as
Shanghai TV and Vietnam TV.
ASIAN - AFRICA
BUSINESS SUMMIT (AABS) 2015
Delegates from Asian and African
countries, particularly from the
business sector participated in the
summit. The theme of the Summit
was “Realization of the AsianAfrican Partnership Program and
Prosperity: Overcoming Economic
Challenges”. The summit was
officially opened by H.E. President
Joko :Widodo
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Indonesia, and Chairman of
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry, Mr. Suryo Bambang
Sulistio and Deputy President ofthe
Republic of South Africa, H.E.
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa
delivered their key note messages.
During the summit there were four
dialogue sessions with different
themes:
Theme of Session I: Trade
Resource persons:
Minister of Trade, the Republic of
Indonesia; Executive Director,
the Board of Investment,
Republic of Socialist Democratic
of Sri Lanka; Vice Chairman of
KEIDANREN, Japan; and, Maya
Pada Group, Indonesia.
The results of discussion were as
follows:
§ AAS event is expected to
strengthen the bilateral ties
among Asian and African
Countries:
§ AAS 1995 focused on solving
the problems in the Asia-Africa
region, while, AAS 2015
focused on the development
of public welfare;
§ The Asia-Africa region is the
biggest economic potential in
the world and some of the
countries in the region can
achieve economic growth
quickly;
§ Achieving cooperation in the
public and private sectors in
Asian and African countries;
§ Many Countries have entered
into Free Trade Agreement
(FTA), such as India and
Pakistan;
§ Increasing investment in the
Asia-Africa region;
§ The importance of sustainable
and inclusive growth and
regional integration.
Theme of Session II: Agriculture
sector
Resource persons:
Minister of Industry of the Republic
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As a part of the Asian-African
Conference in Jakarta and Bandung
2015, the Asian-African Business
Summit (AABS) was held on 21 April
2015 at Assembly Hall 2 at Jakarta
Convention Center.
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of Indonesia; Vice Chairman of
CCPIT, People's Republic of
China; Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Jordan Phosphate
Mines Company (PLC); and CEO
Sinar Mas Group, the Republic of
Indonesia
The results of discussion were as
follows:
§ Need to continue discussions
on natural resources:
§ Indonesia has priority on food
and beverages industry;
§ Need to revise industrial
agreements for the purposes
of developing industries
§ Cooperation between
Indonesia and Jordan through
PT Petro Jordan Abadi (PJA)
for production of fertilizers and
utilization of agricultural
phosphate.
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Theme of Session III : Investment
Resource persons:
Chairman of the Investment
Coordinating Board of the
Republic of Indonesia; Secretary
General of the Sudanese
Businessmen and Employers
Federation; Vice President of
FPCCI, Islamic Republic of
Pakistan; and President Director
of PT Pupuk Indonesia.
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The results of discussion were as
follows:
§ Many countries in the AsiaAfrica region depend on oil
and gas:
§ Importance of Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) among
Asian and African countries:
§ Importance of technical
cooperation and transfer of
technology among Asian and
African countries.
Theme of Session IV: Maritime affairs
Resources persons:
Coordinating Minister for
Maritime Affairs of the Republic of
Indonesia; Vice President of
MISC, Berhad, Malaysia; CEO of
Baraka Contracting and Trading,
Arabic Republic of Egypt;
President Director and CEO of PT
Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper
Indonesia
The results of discussion were as
follows:
§ Increase the regional maritime
development in Asia and
Africa by considering natural
marine resources and
through:
- Exclusive Economic Zone:
- Expand sea transportation
in Asia and Africa in order to
control sea transportation
in the world;
- Offshore oil and gas
reserves;
- Diversity of seaweed,
mangrove, and coral;
- Diversity of fish;
- Sea transportation;
- Fisheries and Aqua culture;
- Preservation through the
planet earth, climate
change and mitigation,
e n v i r o n m e n t a l
conservation and blue
economy and zero waste,
and sustainable
development post 2015.
In the closing session the delegates
agreed on a declaration that
contains the following points:
a. Building cooperation and
partnerships in Asian and
African countries;
b. Strengthening collaboration
and partnerships for
investment;
c. Establishment of the AABC
Secretariat in Jakarta,
Indonesia and convene an
annual meeting in a country of
Asia and Africa alternately;
d. The inauguration of the
website www. ASIA-AFRICA
as an effort to expandand
boost trade and investment.
(FAH)
BANDUNG HISTORICAL WALK:
A Walk to Remember
The Asian-African Conference Commemoration 2015 took place in Jakarta and Bandung, 19 – 24
April 2015. This conference was to commemorate the 60th Asian-African conference. Indonesia as
the host country was the place where the Asian-African Conference first held in 1955 in Bandung,
West Java, initiated by the first President of Indonesia , Soekarno.
Earlier in the week, President Joko Widodo hosted
guests from more than 90 countries to a meeting where
they pledged to form stronger ties to build leverage in
setting the rules of global trade and diplomacy. They
also agreed to work together to combat terrorism and
transnational crime and to support an independent
Palestine. China's role as a source of global finance,
which includes its efforts to create a China-led Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank — was also
highlighted.
The Bandung Historical Walk was to reenact a similar
walk done by dozens of leaders from the both
continents during the first Asian-African Conference in
1955. The Leaders of Asian-African countries,
governments, the delegates of member countries and
observers with their First Ladies and spouses left Savoy
Homann and the Preanger Hotels to walk to Merdeka
Building where the first conference was held back then.
This historic moment started around 09:00 a.m. in
Braga area and were warmly greeted with applause and
happy cheering by the people along Asia-Africa road.
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo walked in
the front row, with Chinese President Xi Jinping on his
right and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to his
left. All three were accompanied by their spouses. Also
in the front row were the Indonesian Vice President
Jusuf Kalla and his wife Mufidah Jusuf Kalla, as well as
former President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is also
the daughter of the initiator of the first Asian-African
Conference in 1955, former President Soekarno.
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The Historical Walk, took place in Bandung on April 24th
2015, was the peak of the Asian-African Conference
Commemoration 2015 (AACC 2015). About sixty years
ago, countries from Asia and Africa joined together to
attend the first Asian-African Conference hosted by the
Indonesian's first President, Soekarno. And this year,
Bandung was ready to welcome all the heads of state
and government from various countries in Asia and
Africa. As we know, the High Level Meetings and
Summits were held in Jakarta from 19-23 April 2015.
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A parade of marching band played traditional
Sundanese songs, while traditional dancers also
performed on the street. This parade also was enlivened
by the beautiful ladies from Bandung who threw flowers
to the people along the road.
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produced three important documents,namely the
Bandung Message, the Declaration on Reinvigorating
the New Asian-African Startegic Partnership (NAASP),
and the Declaration on Palestine.
21 heads of state and government attended the AsianAfrican Summit in Jakarta the day before. Some of them,
however, left Indonesia early, skipping Ithe historical
walk and other related events in Bandung. They
included Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jordan's
King Abdullah II, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien
Loong, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Brunei
Darussalam's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The absence of
these leaders, however, did not reduce the important
message of this event.
The Bandung Message document was signed in the
Merdeka building by President Jokowi as the host
together with Swaziland's King Mswati III representing
Africa and China's President Xi Jinping representing
Asia. After the document signing, President Jokowi
explained that the Summit had agreed to declare the
April 24th as the Asia Afica Day, also declaring Bandung
as the Asian-African Solidarity Capital and supported
the establishment of Asian-African Centre. Presiden
Jokowi also signed the Asian-African Monument in front
of all the delegations.
After the historical walk, all the delegations gathered at
the Merdeka Building, where President Jokowi,
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and Myanmar
President Thein Sein delivered speeches. In his speech,
President Jokowi stated that the Summit in Jakarta
After all the series of the historical walk activities, the
heads of state and government and all the delegations
were invited to attend the luncheon at the Pakuan
Building, hosted by the local government of West
Java.All left Bandung after the luncheon. (LRS)
The Asia Africa Smart City Summit:
Opening The Pathway to Establish A Smart City
in the Asia-Africa Region
1. Building a sustainable smart
city by sharing information
through the network among
city governments,
universities, entrepreneurs,
the industry sector, and
communities throughout the
Asia - Africa region:
the Asian - African
Conference 2015, the provincial
government of West Java
organized a side event called ”the
Asia Africa Smart City Summit”.
The event was held from 22to
23April 2015. The opening
ceremony was held at Trans Luxury
Hotel Bandung on 22 April 2015. It
was officially opened by the
Governor of West Java province,
2. Working together to create
environ mentally friendly
Mr. Ahmad Heryawan; the Mayor of
Bandung, Mr. Ridwan Kamil, and
the Mayor of Victoria, Seychelles,
Ms. Jacqueline Moustache-Belle.
There were 25 mayors and 446
participants from 69 cities of 39
Asian and African countries.
cities, smart public services,
sustainable t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
sectors, renewable energy
sources, as well as natural
disaster prevention and
mitigation in the Asia-Africa
region;
At the end of the summit the city
leaders agreed to establish an
alliance and also made a Bandung
Declaration on Smart Cities that
includes the agreeemnt on the
following five points:
3. Promoting investment for
developing a smart
community through
4. Promoting a smart economy
system to encourage youth
c r e a t i v i t y a n d
entrepreneurship in order to
support sustainable growth;
5. Promoting collaboration to
build a smart city by
establishing alliance, forums,
and networking that will play a
significant role in improving
the quality of life in the AsiaAfrica
Although this event was organized
in relation to the 60th
Commemoration of the AsianAfrican Conference, the
participants expected that it will be
held annually. The forum may
mutually appoint a host city.
Furthermore, we hope that the
above 5 points agreed by the city
leaders will be materialized and
implemented into real follow-up
programs and do not remain just
as an agreement in record.
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D uring
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/ HIGHLIGHT /
International Training
Course Disaster on Recovery
and Miltigation for Costal Areas
(series 2)
Making Decisions
to Minimize Disaster Risks
D ecision
making process is
crutial in responding to any kind of
disasters. Decision makers in
governments require accurate
and timely information to make
decisions in the process so that
they can effect emergency
responses soonest to mitigate
disaster impacts. The Ministry of
State Secretariat of the Republic
Indonesia in cooperation with
Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation
Research Center (TDMRC) has
organized the lessons learnt and
experiences from 'ground zero' of
the mega tsunami scene in a
structured training course that can
comprehensively share them to
eager participants.
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Implementation of the training
coures is based on the Indonesian
Government`s commitment to the
Melanesian Spearhead Group
(MSG) Countries during the APEC
Leaders Summit in 2013 and also
the Indonesia's bilateral
commitment to Timor-Leste to
increase capacity building in this
area. The International Training
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Course on Disaster Recovery and
Mitigation for Coastal Areas is
specifically designed for policy
makers who work/have interests in
disaster management. As the
second series of the training, the
participants will be introduced to
several first hand knowledge,
materials and information related to
the policies and regulation in
disaster management. Most of the
training materials are deduced from
in-depth understanding and
lessons learnt from the Indian
Ocean Tsunami in 2004.
For Indonesia and many countries
located in vulnerable are as,
disasters have become more
frequent and occur one after
another. When disaster occurred,
many people died and were injured
due to the delay in bringing in
rescue and medical services in
time, and many people suffered
epidemics in refugee camps due
to poor hygiene and inadequate
measures. We need a faster and
integrated responses in managing
emergency situations when disaster
strikes so that we can minimize its
impact and victims. This training
program will give insighgt into a
better understanding on how to
manage disaster impacts with less
risks and also on mitigation
activities.
The training course is divided into
several moduls, such as: Reviewing
Characteristics of Coastal Hazards
Knowledge capacity is extremely
important in disaster preparedness.
This topic introduces the
participants to the unified model of
knowledge creation proposed by
Mr. Nonaka. The participants also
learn how to apply the model to
develop a knowledge management
strategy that aims at increasing the
disaster knowledge capacity of a
community or an organization. In
addition, examples of local and
indigenous knowledge to cope with
natural disasters and their
intergenerational transmission will
be discussed using the knowledge
management framework. They will
be taught on a method to identify
local and indigenous knowledge
benefit to increase coastal
community's resilience, validation
processes, and transfer the findings
into an effctive media for
dissemination. Lessons learnt from
Indonesia, the Philippines, and
Timor-Leste in using LINK for
increasing coastal community's
resilience will be presented and
discussed.
The participants also learn about
integrated coastal zone
management that enables them to
under stand oceanic and coastal
resources. They will get information
about other resources like oceanic
and coastal areas ( non-living ),
human activity in oceanic and
coastal areas, coastal management
system and tourism activities.
Learning and having in-depth
understanding of various disasters
will increase the capability in
decision making process. The
participants as decision makers will
be trained through several case
studies based on the Aceh Tsunami
experience. They also will have
opportunities to discuss and
explore more on decision making
process with many stake holders
involved in Aceh's rehabilitation and
reconstruction. We should have a
disaster risk mapping that includes
a concept and spatial analysis to
plan an emergency response. This
training adopted a case study on
disaster risk mapping process in
Aceh,which was integrated into the
provincial spatial planning and
disaster management plan.Based
on the knowledge, information,
techniques, and experiences
provided in the training course, the
participants are expected to be able
to manage disaster risks and make
good decisions.
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and their Impacts, Coastal Disaster
Mitigation Concept and Practices,
G e o -Te c t o n i c S e t t i n g s a n d
Evidences around Coastal Areas,
Coastal Community Resilience and
Disaster Recovery,Knowledge
Management Based Approach for
Increasing Coastal Community's
Resilience and Risk Mapping.
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SIGNING
THE IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA AND KOREA
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (KOICA)
CONCERNING THE WORLD FRIENDS KOICA
VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM
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The signing of the Implementing Arrangement by the
Ministry of Education and Culture (by Mr. Ananto
Kusuma Seta, Head of Bureau for Planning and
International Cooperation) and also by the Ministry of
Youth and Sport (by Mr. Ramidin Saragih, Head of
Bureau for Planning and Organization) and Mr. Kim
Byung Gwan, Resident Representative of KOICA
Indonesia Office, witnessed by Mrs. Rika Kiswardani,
Head of Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation,
the Ministry of State Secretariat on 19th June 2015
reflected the commitment to improve bilateral
cooperation between the Republic of Indonesia and
the Republic of Korea in the field of technical
cooperation. The Implementing Arrangement was
signed in the Ministry of State Secretariat at 8 a.m. on
that day.
This Implementing Arrangement is a derivative
agreement, referring to the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of State
Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia and KOICA
concerning the World Friends KOICA Volunteers
Program signed in Jakarta on 30th January 2015.This is
the amendment to the MoU signed in 2008.
The KOICA Volunteers Program is an important
cooperation for the two countries since the era of
1990s. Around 60 volunteers were sent to Indonesia to
teach taekwondo, Korean language, information and
communication technology and also cosmetic to
students in all over Indonesia. This program provides an
opportunity for Indonesian students to study from
Korean experts. The KOICA Volunteers will be divided
into 2 (two) terms for 2015. The first term, consisted
of 9 (nine) volunteers already arrived in Indonesia
in last May 2015, and the next batch, consisted of 15
(fifteen) volunteers will arrive in August 2015.
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Candidates of the volunteers should:
a. Have educational background at the level of
Bachelor or equivalent, and work experience in
requested field of activities:
b. Have the ability to speak Bahasa Indonesia and/or
English language;
c. Good physical and mental health verified by the
result of medical check-up from authorized
doctors.
To ensure the program utilized and runs smoothly,
through this Implementing Arrangement, both the
governmentsagreed to establish a new mechanism of
admission and distribution of the volunteers, by
starting to convene a biannual Joint Coordinating
Committee (JCC).Through this JCC, all the related
parties, including the Ministry of State Secretariat, as
the coordinator of this cooperation, line ministries
such as the Ministry of Education and Culture, the
Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Youth and
Sports, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and also other
representatives of the Government of Indonesia that
have roles in this program,including the Ministry of
Manpower (Kemenaker). The Indonesian National
Police will also be a member of the JCC so that it can
discuss problems occured and also to advice on any
relevant matters.The first JCC will be held on
September 2015.
The rest of Implementing Arrangement between the
Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Ministy of Home
Affairs and KOICA will be signed later this year. (Ast)
Coordination Meeting on South-South Technical
Cooperation 2015
A New Step of Indonesia`s South-South and Triangular Cooperation:
A Single Agency for South-South and Triangular Cooperation
24 participants attended the meeting, consisting of
representatives from the units within the Ministry of
State Secretariat:Bureau for Foreign Technical
Cooperation, Bureau for Planning, Bureau for General
Affairs, and Bureau for Finance.
Mrs. Rika Kiswardani, Head of the Bureau for Foreign
Technical Cooperation officially opened and then
chaired the meeting. The meeting cordially invited
distinguished resource persons and former senior
officials of the Ministry of State Secretariat who were
familiar with the history of the Bureau and had broad
knowledge in technical cooperation.
The first resource person was Mr. A. Husen Adiwisastra.
He was the Head of the Bureau for Foreign Technical
Cooperation from 1996-2000. He was also the man who
knew the history of the Bureau, including its strategic
role and function as the supporting unit to the President.
He shared his experiences while working for the
Bureau, and stated that he was very proud of being a
“family member” of the Bureau. He recalled that since
1980-s actually the Bureau already implemented SouthSouth and Triangular Cooperation Program. It was then
known as “Technical Cooperation Among Developing
Countries” or TCDC.
His story was followed up by the second resource
person, Mr. Suprapto who lead the Bureau from 20062010. Before becoming the Head of the Bureau, Mr.
Suprapto was in charge of TCDC program for quiet a
along time. He explained that during its golden age, the
Bureau was the national coordinator of nearly 40 TCDC
programs every year. This is a huge number,
considering that for the past 3 years the Bureau only
organized 5-7 TCDC programs each year.
There was a time when the policy directives for TCDC
programswere made and issued by the Ministry of State
Secretariat. Unfortunately, nowadays, when TCDC has
been transformed into South-South and Triangular
Cooperation –or well known as SSTC – becomes more
“sexy”, it seems that the role of the Ministry of State
Secretariat has been reduced.
There are “new players” in SSTC. In 2006, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs established the Directorate for Technical
Cooperation whose tasks and functions are similar with
the Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation of the
Ministry of State Secretariat. This new unit has been
supported by a numerous budget allocation to finance
SSTC programs. In 2008, when Indonesia was
categorized as “a new developing middle income
country” and should contribute more to the
development of other developing countries, SSTC was
considered as a tool for accelerating international
development cooperation. As a follow up to that matter,
the National Coordination Team on SSTC was
established in 2010.
As the third resource person, Mr. Adik Bantarso stated in
his presentation that SSTC is a wider terminology than
TCDC because SSTC covered technical cooperation as
well as economic cooperation. From his perspective,
the role of National Coordination Team has not been
quiet effective. This situation might have triggered the
idea of establishing a single agency. However, he
suggested that a preliminary research for establishing
the single agency was needed. It did not matter which
ministry or agency would be appointed as “the single
agency” as long as a decision is based on a proper
assesment.
The second panel discussion session was led by Mr.
Fahrorozi, Head of Division for South-South Technical
Cooperation and Mr. Y. Ricky Syailendra, Head of
Division for Cultural and International Non-Government
Organization (INGO) Technical Cooperation. Mr.
Fahrurozi presented a comparative study on the forms
of development agencies in several countries, while Mr.
Ricky explained the role of INGO in SSTC.
The meeting had been organized satisfactory, and for
the whole day the participants experienced fruitful
discussions. It is expected that the results of the
meeting will be considered as part of the base line
information and inputs as well as recommendation in
preparing the academic paper for establishing the
single agency for SSTC.
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As organized every year, a Coordination Meeting on
South-South Technical Cooperation was held on 9 June
2015 at Presidential Palace in Bogor. This year,
coordination meeting will be held five times with
different themes. As for the first meeting, the topic of
discussion was the preparation for making an academic
paper concerning the single agency for South-South
and Triangular Cooperation.
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President Joko Widodo
Receives JICA President
President Joko Widodo received
President of Japan International
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Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mr.
Akihiko Tanaka in February 2015.
During the visit Mr. Tanaka
conveyed his appreciation to
President Joko Widodo on the
strategic partnership of Indonesia
and Japan that already has been
established and continue growing.
Mr.Tanaka also reiterated JICA`s
commitment to support Indonesia's
infrastructure development plans
proposed in the National Medium
Term Development Plan (RPJMN)
for the period of 2015-2019.
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JICA also has a strong commitment
to support the maritime axis
program, which is one of the
priorities of the government of
President Joko Widodo. JICA`s
assistance and cooperation will
be in line with the priorities of
M r. J o k o W i d o d o a n d h i s
government, which is to focus
on inter-island connectivity in
Indonesia. Japan is interested in
establishing the Maritime Forum
because some 70 percent of
energy resources supplied to Japan
pass through the Indonesian sea
territory.
The initiative to strengthen the
maritime cooperation started at the
end of 2014 from the idea of
establishing the Indonesia-Japan
Maritime Forum lead by the
Coordinating Ministry of Maritime of
the Republic of Indonesia and
counterpart ministry in Japan.The
initiative is part of the on-going
efforts to strengthen the two
countries overall the strategic
partnership. Eestablishment of the
Japan-Indonesia Maritime Forum as
soon as possible is essential in
order to further strengthen and
acceleratethe cooperation in
various maritime issues such as
marine safety, illegal fishing, ship
building, port and fisheries.
As the leader of the country
surrounded and connected by vast
sea and oceans, President Joko
Widodo confirmed that free, open
and safe seas are very important for
peace, stability and prosperity for
all. In order to achieve this goal,
building upon a long standing
history of cooperation between the
two countries, the establishment of
the Indonesia - Japan Maritime
Forum as one of the important
pillars towards enhancing the
bilateral cooperative relationship
must be supported.
Visiting JICA officials discussed
projects that JICA would be
interested in financing, not just ones
in Java but also in rural areas
outside of Javain view of balance
and impartiality. Mr. Tanaka
emphasize that JICA is interested in
various projects in the energy and
maritime sectors, such as power
plants and seaports, as well as
education. JICA may want to
finance the development of
maritime colleges and technoparks in various regions in
Indonesia as well. In particular,
JICA showed its interest in
supporting the development of a
President Joko Widodo also hopes
for cooperation and investment
from Japanto keep increase. Data
from the Investment Coordinating
Board (BKPM) shows that Japan as
one of Indonesia's largest investors,
the investment from Japan
amounted to US$2.7 billion in 2014,
or about 9.5 percent of the total
307 trillion ($24.12 billion) realized
that year.
development were shared with
President Joko Widodo.
Apart from discussing the future
projects, Mr. Tanaka touched on
on-going JICA projects in
Indonesia. The progress and
current situation ofthe JICA
projects that tackle urban issues in
the capital (such as traffic
congestion, flooding and sewage)
and to improve infrastructure
for economic and industrial
One of JICA's on-going projects is a
Rp. 16 trillion Jakarta Mass Rapid
Transit (MRT) project. It comprises a
North-South line that connects
Kampung Bandan in North Jakarta
to Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta.
JICA is expected to continue the
second phase of the project of the
East-West line which should ease
traffic congestion in the city greatly.
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submarine electricity-transmission
cable line connecting Sumatra and
Java.
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A COLOMBO PLAN GENDER AFFAIRS
PROGRAM MISSION TEAM TO INDONESIA
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PREPARING TWO COLLABORATION PROGRAMMES BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA AND THE COLOMBO PLAN
I n the first week of July 2015, the Colombo Plan
Gender Affairs Program (CPGAP) sent a mission team
to Indonesia in order to prepare two collaboration
programs between the Government of Indonesia and
the Colombo Plan. CPGAP Mission Team consisted of
Dr. Sheeba Harma, Director of CPGAP and Ms. Savini
Sirikumara, Program Officer of the Gender Affairs.
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The first program is a training course which has been
implemented for 6 times from 2010 to 2014 under the
Colombo Plan Public Administration Program: “The
Training Course on Empowering Women through
Social, Economic and Cultural Intervention”. As for the
second phase, it will be organized under the CPGAP;
the title was changed to “The Training Course on
Empowering Women through Family Planning and
Economic Development Interventions”. The second
program is a knowledge sharing program called
“Sharing Best Practices on Women's Empowerment
and Child Protection Program.”
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The implementing agency for the first program is the
National Population and Family Planning Board
(BKKBN) while for the second program is the Ministry
of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection.
Both program would be held in Yogyakarta; therefore
the visit to Yogyakarta was organized from 2 to 5 July
2015. Since there were two different programs, the
mission team to Yogyakarta was divided into two
groups.
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The First Group
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The first group consisted of Ms. Vimala Asty from the
Ministry of State Secretariat, Mr. Bawardadi from the
BKKBN, Ms. Rina Setyawati from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Ms. Savini Sirikumara from the
Colombo Plan.
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The groups had several meetings and field visits to
observe the venues that would be visited during the
implementation of the program as follows: meeting
with Head of BKKBN of Yogyakarta Province; field visits
to “Cempaka” Children Under Five Group in KrapyakBantul, “Harjo Santosa” Male Family Planning
Involvement in Bantul, “Ngudi Saras” Adolescent
Group in Sleman and “Ngudi Santoso” Income
Generating Group in Gunung Kidul.
The Second Group
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As for the second group, led by Head of the Bureau for
Planning of the Ministry of Women's Empowerment
and Child Protection, Ms. Valentina Gintings, consisted
of Ms. Yane Widayanti from the Ministry of State
Secretariat, Ms. Nani Dwi and Ms. Susanti from the
Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child
Protection, Mr. Bayu Fajar Nugroho from the Ministry
of Industry and Dr. Sheeba Harma from the Colombo
Plan.
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The group had several meetings with local stakeholders
such as the Agency for Women's Empowerment of
Yogyakarta Province, Integrated Service Centre for
Women and Children, called “Rekso Dyah Utami” and
the Office of Industry and Trade of Yogyakarta Province.
Field visits to observe the venues that would be visited
during the implementation of the program were
conducted at Prima Village, Griya Anyam Ibu Lina and
Tourism Village - Paguyuban Batik Giriloyo Pak Nur.
In between the meetings and preliminary field visits,
the groups gathered for a dinner meeting on 3 July
2015 at Grand Aston Hotel Yogyakarta. They shared the
results of the meetings with the local stakeholders and
field visits to the other groups.
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Visiting Jakarta
.
On 6 July 2015, the CPGAP Mission Team had several
meetings. The first meeting which focused on Sharing
Best Practices on Women's Empowerment and Child
Protection Program was held at the office of the
Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child
Protection, which also was attended by the
representatives from the Ministry of State Secretariat
and the Ministry of Industry. The meeting discussed the
details of the program including the options of
resources persons and field visit venues, tentative
agenda as well as specific topics requested by
Afghanistan. It was decided that the program would be
organized from 5 to 9 October 2015 in Yogyakarta.
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Since it was fasting month of Holy Ramadhan, the
CPGAP team was invited to a breakfasting meeting by
BKKBN at Borobudur Hotel Jakarta. The meeting was
also attended by representatives from the Ministry of
State Secretariat and the National Development
Planning Agency (on behalf of Head of National
Coordination Team on South-South and Triangular
Cooperation). The forum discussed the preparation of
the Training Course on Empowering Women through
Family Planning and Economic Development
Interventions. Since the second semester was already
spaced out for both parties, finally it was decided that
the training would be held from 13 to 19 September
2015 in Yogyakarta.
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In general, the visit of CPGAP mission team to
Indonesia was well-organized. Both parties and the
stakeholders had fruitful discussions in order to
prepare the programmers. Therefore, we have our
finger crossed that the two collaboration program
would run smoothly.
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The second meeting took place at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The mission team had a courtesy call to
Mr. Arko Budiadi, Director of Social Culture and
Developing Countries Organization of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The team had a fruitful discussion on
the way forward for future collaboration program
between the Government of Indonesia and the
Colombo Plan.
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Introduction of GSPA - SNU Scholarship to Indonesia
Knowledge and Leadership
for the Future
T he Graduate School of Public Administration (GSPA),
Seoul National University (SNU), Republic Korea visited
to Indonesia to introduce the GSPA and Global Master
of Public Administration (GMPA) program which is one
of KOICA Master's Degree Scholarship Programs on 6
February 2015.
As explained by the GSPA –SNU delegation composing
of Professor Junki Kim (Ex. Dean of GSPA-SNU),
Professor Hyunsub Kum (Ex. Deputy Dean of GSPASNU), Professor Kilkon Ko (Deputy Director of GMPA
Program) and accompanied by GMPA Student from
Indonesia namely Miss. Lia Aprianti Wirantana and
Miss Desi Kusumaningtyas. The GMPA program has
resulted from the combined effort and dedication of
the GSPA, Seoul national University (SNU) and the
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). SNU
and KOICA signed a bilateral memorandum of
understanding on April 27, 2011 to establish the GMPA
program with a vision to raise capacity-building levels
of developing countries and to enhance their
economic and social development.
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The GMPA program is one of KOICA's flagship
scholarship programs. With a mission to educate
talented students from developing countries, KOICA
invites high-caliber students and helps them gain
professional and systematic knowledge that will help
them to play a key role in their home country's
development. To accomplish this mission, KOICA has
been operating master's degree courses with leading
Korean Universities such as SNU, Yonsei University and
Korea University in the fields of public administration,
economics, women's empowerment, and rural
development.
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KOICA was founded as a government agency on April 1,
1991, to maximize the effectiveness of Korea's foreign
aid for developing countries by improving the
implementation of the government's programs. In the
past, development cooperation efforts were focused
on meeting the Basic Human Needs (BHNs) of
developing countries and on fostering their Human
Resources Development (HRD). However, the focus
has now shifted to promoting sustainable and
enhancing the local ownership of beneficiaries. Due to
the continuously changing trends in development
assistance efforts
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INDONESIA SOUTH- SOUTH TECHNICAL COOPERATION
60
th
Commemoration
of
Asian African Conference
ISST NEWSLETTER I / 2015
The ISSTC Newsletter I / 2015
Editor in Chief
Rika Kiswardani
Editor in Board
Mukhammad Fahrurozi
Yane Widayanti
Ivan Novianto
Photo Editor
Dwi Mardianto
Dani Ismaya
Secretariat
Samsul Arifin
Mohammad Arief Fadillah
Contributors
Joko Tulodo
Yane Widayanti
Pratiwi Riama Larosa
Astrid Mutiara Ruth
Address
Jl. Veteran III No. 9 Jakarta, Indonesia
Phone: +62-21 - 3890 1141 - 38901 139
Fax : +62-21- 3890 1142
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FOREWORD
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TRENDING TOPICS:
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60th Commemoration of Asian African Conference
SPECIAL REPORT ON 60th COMMEMORATION OF ASIAN AFRICAN
CONFERENCE 2015 ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Bandung Message
6
Exhibition South-South Cooperation and Triangular Indonesia
7
Asian African Business Summit
9
Historical Walk on 60th Commemoration of Asian African Conference
11 Asia Africa Smart City Summit
HIGHLIGHT
12 International Training on Disaster Recovery and Mitigation for Costal Area
(series 2): Making Decision to Minimize Disaster Risks
14 Signing The Implementing Arrangement Between The Government Of
Indonesia And Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
Concerning The World Friends Koica Volunteers Program
15 Coordination Meeting on South-South Technical Cooperation 2015
16 President Joko Widodo Receives JICA President
18 A Colombo Plan Gender Affairs Programme Mission Team To Indonesia
(Preparing Two Collaboration Programmes Between The Government Of
Indonesia And The Colombo Plan)
20 Introduction of GSPA -SNU Scholarship to Indonesia (Knowledge and
22 Technical Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of
Indonesia and the Government of Republic of Korea
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Leadership for the Future)
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Dear readers,
The first semester of this year was a big moment for Indonesia as we became the host of the Asian-African
Conference 2015, held in Jakarta and Bandung from 18 to 22 April 2015. The historical moment of the first AsianAfrican Conference took place in Bandung 60 years ago at Gedung Merdeka. Back in that time, it was such a
great achievement for Indonesia, a country which just declared its independence in 1945, to gather many
countries from the Asia and Africa region in order to share the same vision, objectives, and views to support
each other and to build a better world.
Therefore, the 60th Commemoration of the Asian-African Conference occured as the trending topic of this
edition. We came up with special reports related to the Asian-African Conference 2015 such as the Bandung
Message, the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Exhibtion, the Asia Africa Smart City Summit, the
Historical Walk on 60th Commemoration of the Asian-African Conference and many more.
We also present several articles related to South-South and Triangular Cooperation programs organized (and
will be held) by the Ministry of State Secretariat such as an International Training Course on Disaster Recovery
and Mitigation for Coastal Area (Series 2), a new cooperation with the UNFPA for organizing a training course on
family planning, and an advanced mission visit from the Colombo Plan Secretariat in order to prepare two
upcoming collaboration training programs between the Government of Indonesia and the Colombo Plan.
Other articles on this edition cover several topics related to a new chapter of Indonesia and Republic of Korea’s
cooperation program as the two parties signed a Minutes of Understanding concerning the Dispatch Experts
Program. We also would like to highlight a Seoul National University Scholarship Program that has been offered
to Indonesia. In addition, a report on the courtesy call of KOICA Resident Representative in Indonesia to Minister
of State Secretariat will be also presented.
Finally, we would like to sincerely thank all our contributors.
We hope you will enjoy reading this newsletter.
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Rika Kiswardani
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60th COMMEMORATION of ASIAN AFRICAN
CONFERENCE
Side Event on Maritime Policies, Experiences, and Challenges
in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
th
Commemoration
of the Asian-African Conference
2015, there were several side events
that started before the opening of
the Conference. One of the side
events was a Side Event on Maritime
Policies, Experiences, and
Challenges in Implementing the
SDGs overseen by the Coordinating
Ministry for Maritime Affairs of the
Republic of Indonesia. The purpose
of the Side Event on Maritime
Policies, Experiences, and
Challenges in Implementing SDGs
was to synchronize the maritime
vision that can become one of the
components in SDGs (point 14) and
to propose to each leader to support
the discussion on maritime in order
to adopt it as a part of SDGs
document.
The side event on Maritime Policies,
Experiences, and Challenges in
Implementing SDGs was opened
and lead by Coordinating Minister
for Maritime Affairs of the Republic
of Indonesia, Mr. Indroyono Susilo,
and attended by Ministers, Senior
Ministry officials as well as
representatives from the countries
of Asia and Africa.
c) Rapid increase in gas and oil
exploration has significantly
affected sea ecosystem
sustainability so we need a
global program to prevent and
mitigate sea pollution caused
by activities like waste
disposal and the exploration;
d)
e)
We also need to share the
k n o w l e d g e
a n d
experiences in the field of
maritime.
f)
We should avoid a subsidy
policy which could contribute
towards overcapacity and
over fishing, abolish a policy
which can entail to illegal
fishing, formulate a special
policy to differentiate
treatments for developing and
developed countries. These
are part of WTO negotiations
in the field of fisheries.
g)
Stressing the importance of
increasing economical
benefits for small island states
and least developed countries
through sustainable fishery
management, development of
research capacity, and sea
technology transfer;
h)
Indonesia just has formulated
new policies in the maritime
area accentuated in 5
fundamental pillars as:
maritime culture, maritime
e c o n o m y, m a r i t i m e
infrastructure, maritime
s e c u r i t y, a n d m a r i t i m e
diplomacy.
In his opening remarks, Mr.
Indroyono made main points as
follows:
a)
b)
Transportation and connectivity
by seas and oceans are the
backbone of the world
economy where almost 90% of
the world trades go through sea
transportation;
FAO data show that global fish
production increased around
1.6% while food supply has
been increasing at an average
o f 3 . 2 % a n n u a l l y. F i s h
consumption per capita has
increased globally from 9.9kg
in 1960 to19.2 kg in 2012.
We should do our best to
minimize and mitigate the
impact from sea damage
through scientific researches
and cooperation at every
level;
Several points were raised in the
dialogue as follows:
§ South Africa has proposed an
increase in capacity and
knowledge sharing in the
maritime area, underlined
importance of maritime security
to prevent piracy, and establish
an Asia Africa Center specially for
the maritime area;
§ Vietnam has stressed importance
of maritime management related
to climate change and natural
disaster and supports maritime
discussion as a part of SDGs and
proposed improvement of
cooperation in the maritime area;
§ Thailand mentioned that
prevention of illegal fishing was
one of their national programs
and they emphasized the
importance of cooperation in
handling illegal fishing and
agreements should be made to
arrange the matter. Thailand will
install around 7,000 Vessel
Monitoring System on ships to
monitor fishing movements;
§ The Philippines has stressed the
importance of coastal guard and
marine ecosystem to support
economic growth. They also are
concerned with the South China
Sea reclamation that threatens
coral reefs ecosystem and
supports developing and
continuing the Coral Triangle
Initiatives (CTI) program;
§ Singapore supports the maritime
area as a part of SDGs and the
need to formulate indicators for
its implementation;
§ Madagascar mentioned the
development of a blue eonomy
with maritime basis.
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Special Repot on 60
Commemoration of Asian African
Conference 2015
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Bandung Message
Bandung Message is the prime and ultimate document
as the result of the Asian-African Conference 2015. The
document was signed by 3 Asian and African leaders:
H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo, the President of the Republic of
Indonesia; H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, the President of the
People's Republic of China, and King Mswati II from
Swaziland at Gedung Merdeka on 24 April 2015 during
the Commemoration of 60th Asian-African Conference in
Bandung.
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ASIA AFRICA
ALLIANCE
The three leaders signed the document on behalf of
other leaders who participated in the Asian-African
Conference 2015. Mr. Joko Widodo had the honour as
the leader of host country of the conference. While the
background in choosing China and Swaziland was
based on some considerations. China represented the
Asia region and Swaziland represented the Africa
region. China is a large country which has grown into
the second economic power in the world, while
Swaziland is an African country which could keep the
stability of its political and economic growth.
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Bandung Message or “Pesan Bandung” in Bahasa
Indonesia comprised of the vision and mission of the
Asian and African countries. In brief, the Asian and
African countries have agreed to strengthen a new
cooperation and revitalize the partnership between Asia
and Africa in political solidarity, economic cooperation,
and socio- culture relationships. This is known as the
three main pilars of the new commitment of the Asian
and African countries.
The message itself consist of 41 points. One of the
points that is often discussed in the conference is the
commitment of Asia Africa countries to support the
cooperation in gender mainstreaming and women's
empowerment, which will focus on providing an access
to education, health, and job vacacy for women. This is
a good statement since Indonesia also has a special
attention in developing women's empowerment
activities and happens to have some best practices on
that issue which can be shared to other Asian and
African countries under a South-South and Triangular
Cooperation Program.
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In the future, we do hope that the Bandung Message is
not only a “message” which might become a passive
document. Since this message was formulated and
agreed by the Asian and African countries, it is highly
expected that there would be a follow up cooperation
among Asian and African countries, and real programs
will be implemented and bring benefits to Asian and
African countries. The document might also becomes a
trigger to revitalize the relationship among Asian and
African countries as part of establishing a new world
order. Furthermore, may the spirit of the Bandung
Message will last up to the upcoming decades like the
spirit of founding fathers of the Asian-African
Conference 1955.
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A NEW CHAPTER of
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EXHIBITION OF SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR
COOPERATION DURING THE COMMEMORATION
OF THE
ASIANAFRICAN
CONFERENCE
2015
T
he commemoration of the 60th
Asian-African Conference (AAC)
was convened from 19 to 24 April
2015 in Jakarta and Bandung. It was
an important event for Asian and
African countries in encouraging
partnerships more closely for
sharing knowledge and
experiences to improve economic
development of the two regions.
The idea was spelt out in the theme
of the conference as “strengthening
South-South Cooperation to
promote world peace and
prosperity”
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Indonesia, as one of the pioneer
countries for South-South
Cooperation has a strategic role in
improving the welfare of world
peace. In this regard, the National
coordination Team on South-South
and Triangular Cooperation (NCT)
considered it is important to use an
event of the AAC as an opportunity
to improve the visibility of SouthSouth and Triangular Cooperation
Program through exhibition.
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The theme of exhibition of the NCT
was entitled 'New Emerging Partner
in Innovative South-South and
Tr i a n g u l a r C o o p e r a t i o n f o r
Development’s part of the side
events of the 60th conference. The
exhibition promoted the capacities
and cooperation of the Indonesian
government line ministries and
institutions in various activities and
also introduced the NCT more
broadly.
The exhibition had a good reception
and positive responses from the
delegations and participating
countries of the AAC. The success
of the exhibition of Indonesian SSTC
was the result of solid cooperation
between the NCT and the ministries/
institutions` exhibiting their
capacities and activities.
Recognition and appreciation were
addressed to the Ministry of
Industry, the Ministry of Health,
Singosari Artificial Insemination
Center, the Ministry of Agriculture,
Multi Media Training Center
(MMTC), the Ministry of
Communication and Information
Technology, the Ministry of Public
Works and Public Housing, the
Ministry of Marine and Fisheries
Affairs and others that had
participated in promoting their
capacities during the event. In
particular, the Government of
Indonesia expressed its gratitude to
the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP) in Indonesia and
the Government of Norway who
have supported the activities of the
exhibition through the
Strengthening Innovative
Partnership for Development
Cooperation (SIP-DC) project.
Minister of Foreign Affair declared
the opening ceremony of the
exhibition of the AAC held on 19
April 2015 at 10.00 am after the
opening ceremony of side events
for the AAC 2015 by Minister of
Tourism as coordinating institution
of the side events. On this occasion,
the 4-pillar ministers, namely
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister
of State Secretariat, Minister of
National Development Planning,
and Minister of Finance gave their
remarks respectively. The opening
ceremony was also attended by
representatives of development
partners and officials of ministries.
During the exhibition many
dignitaries visited the NCT booth
namely, Prime Minister of Rwanda,
Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Vice
Prime Minister of Qatar, President of
Madagascar, Prime Minister of
Egypt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Myanmar, and Chief Consular of
Jamaica. Aside from this, some of
international media interviewed
officials of the NCT such as
Shanghai TV and Vietnam TV.
ASIAN - AFRICA
BUSINESS SUMMIT (AABS) 2015
Delegates from Asian and African
countries, particularly from the
business sector participated in the
summit. The theme of the Summit
was “Realization of the AsianAfrican Partnership Program and
Prosperity: Overcoming Economic
Challenges”. The summit was
officially opened by H.E. President
Joko :Widodo
Republic of
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Indonesia, and Chairman of
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry, Mr. Suryo Bambang
Sulistio and Deputy President ofthe
Republic of South Africa, H.E.
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa
delivered their key note messages.
During the summit there were four
dialogue sessions with different
themes:
Theme of Session I: Trade
Resource persons:
Minister of Trade, the Republic of
Indonesia; Executive Director,
the Board of Investment,
Republic of Socialist Democratic
of Sri Lanka; Vice Chairman of
KEIDANREN, Japan; and, Maya
Pada Group, Indonesia.
The results of discussion were as
follows:
§ AAS event is expected to
strengthen the bilateral ties
among Asian and African
Countries:
§ AAS 1995 focused on solving
the problems in the Asia-Africa
region, while, AAS 2015
focused on the development
of public welfare;
§ The Asia-Africa region is the
biggest economic potential in
the world and some of the
countries in the region can
achieve economic growth
quickly;
§ Achieving cooperation in the
public and private sectors in
Asian and African countries;
§ Many Countries have entered
into Free Trade Agreement
(FTA), such as India and
Pakistan;
§ Increasing investment in the
Asia-Africa region;
§ The importance of sustainable
and inclusive growth and
regional integration.
Theme of Session II: Agriculture
sector
Resource persons:
Minister of Industry of the Republic
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As a part of the Asian-African
Conference in Jakarta and Bandung
2015, the Asian-African Business
Summit (AABS) was held on 21 April
2015 at Assembly Hall 2 at Jakarta
Convention Center.
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of Indonesia; Vice Chairman of
CCPIT, People's Republic of
China; Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Jordan Phosphate
Mines Company (PLC); and CEO
Sinar Mas Group, the Republic of
Indonesia
The results of discussion were as
follows:
§ Need to continue discussions
on natural resources:
§ Indonesia has priority on food
and beverages industry;
§ Need to revise industrial
agreements for the purposes
of developing industries
§ Cooperation between
Indonesia and Jordan through
PT Petro Jordan Abadi (PJA)
for production of fertilizers and
utilization of agricultural
phosphate.
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Theme of Session III : Investment
Resource persons:
Chairman of the Investment
Coordinating Board of the
Republic of Indonesia; Secretary
General of the Sudanese
Businessmen and Employers
Federation; Vice President of
FPCCI, Islamic Republic of
Pakistan; and President Director
of PT Pupuk Indonesia.
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The results of discussion were as
follows:
§ Many countries in the AsiaAfrica region depend on oil
and gas:
§ Importance of Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) among
Asian and African countries:
§ Importance of technical
cooperation and transfer of
technology among Asian and
African countries.
Theme of Session IV: Maritime affairs
Resources persons:
Coordinating Minister for
Maritime Affairs of the Republic of
Indonesia; Vice President of
MISC, Berhad, Malaysia; CEO of
Baraka Contracting and Trading,
Arabic Republic of Egypt;
President Director and CEO of PT
Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper
Indonesia
The results of discussion were as
follows:
§ Increase the regional maritime
development in Asia and
Africa by considering natural
marine resources and
through:
- Exclusive Economic Zone:
- Expand sea transportation
in Asia and Africa in order to
control sea transportation
in the world;
- Offshore oil and gas
reserves;
- Diversity of seaweed,
mangrove, and coral;
- Diversity of fish;
- Sea transportation;
- Fisheries and Aqua culture;
- Preservation through the
planet earth, climate
change and mitigation,
e n v i r o n m e n t a l
conservation and blue
economy and zero waste,
and sustainable
development post 2015.
In the closing session the delegates
agreed on a declaration that
contains the following points:
a. Building cooperation and
partnerships in Asian and
African countries;
b. Strengthening collaboration
and partnerships for
investment;
c. Establishment of the AABC
Secretariat in Jakarta,
Indonesia and convene an
annual meeting in a country of
Asia and Africa alternately;
d. The inauguration of the
website www. ASIA-AFRICA
as an effort to expandand
boost trade and investment.
(FAH)
BANDUNG HISTORICAL WALK:
A Walk to Remember
The Asian-African Conference Commemoration 2015 took place in Jakarta and Bandung, 19 – 24
April 2015. This conference was to commemorate the 60th Asian-African conference. Indonesia as
the host country was the place where the Asian-African Conference first held in 1955 in Bandung,
West Java, initiated by the first President of Indonesia , Soekarno.
Earlier in the week, President Joko Widodo hosted
guests from more than 90 countries to a meeting where
they pledged to form stronger ties to build leverage in
setting the rules of global trade and diplomacy. They
also agreed to work together to combat terrorism and
transnational crime and to support an independent
Palestine. China's role as a source of global finance,
which includes its efforts to create a China-led Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank — was also
highlighted.
The Bandung Historical Walk was to reenact a similar
walk done by dozens of leaders from the both
continents during the first Asian-African Conference in
1955. The Leaders of Asian-African countries,
governments, the delegates of member countries and
observers with their First Ladies and spouses left Savoy
Homann and the Preanger Hotels to walk to Merdeka
Building where the first conference was held back then.
This historic moment started around 09:00 a.m. in
Braga area and were warmly greeted with applause and
happy cheering by the people along Asia-Africa road.
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo walked in
the front row, with Chinese President Xi Jinping on his
right and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to his
left. All three were accompanied by their spouses. Also
in the front row were the Indonesian Vice President
Jusuf Kalla and his wife Mufidah Jusuf Kalla, as well as
former President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is also
the daughter of the initiator of the first Asian-African
Conference in 1955, former President Soekarno.
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The Historical Walk, took place in Bandung on April 24th
2015, was the peak of the Asian-African Conference
Commemoration 2015 (AACC 2015). About sixty years
ago, countries from Asia and Africa joined together to
attend the first Asian-African Conference hosted by the
Indonesian's first President, Soekarno. And this year,
Bandung was ready to welcome all the heads of state
and government from various countries in Asia and
Africa. As we know, the High Level Meetings and
Summits were held in Jakarta from 19-23 April 2015.
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A parade of marching band played traditional
Sundanese songs, while traditional dancers also
performed on the street. This parade also was enlivened
by the beautiful ladies from Bandung who threw flowers
to the people along the road.
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produced three important documents,namely the
Bandung Message, the Declaration on Reinvigorating
the New Asian-African Startegic Partnership (NAASP),
and the Declaration on Palestine.
21 heads of state and government attended the AsianAfrican Summit in Jakarta the day before. Some of them,
however, left Indonesia early, skipping Ithe historical
walk and other related events in Bandung. They
included Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jordan's
King Abdullah II, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien
Loong, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Brunei
Darussalam's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The absence of
these leaders, however, did not reduce the important
message of this event.
The Bandung Message document was signed in the
Merdeka building by President Jokowi as the host
together with Swaziland's King Mswati III representing
Africa and China's President Xi Jinping representing
Asia. After the document signing, President Jokowi
explained that the Summit had agreed to declare the
April 24th as the Asia Afica Day, also declaring Bandung
as the Asian-African Solidarity Capital and supported
the establishment of Asian-African Centre. Presiden
Jokowi also signed the Asian-African Monument in front
of all the delegations.
After the historical walk, all the delegations gathered at
the Merdeka Building, where President Jokowi,
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and Myanmar
President Thein Sein delivered speeches. In his speech,
President Jokowi stated that the Summit in Jakarta
After all the series of the historical walk activities, the
heads of state and government and all the delegations
were invited to attend the luncheon at the Pakuan
Building, hosted by the local government of West
Java.All left Bandung after the luncheon. (LRS)
The Asia Africa Smart City Summit:
Opening The Pathway to Establish A Smart City
in the Asia-Africa Region
1. Building a sustainable smart
city by sharing information
through the network among
city governments,
universities, entrepreneurs,
the industry sector, and
communities throughout the
Asia - Africa region:
the Asian - African
Conference 2015, the provincial
government of West Java
organized a side event called ”the
Asia Africa Smart City Summit”.
The event was held from 22to
23April 2015. The opening
ceremony was held at Trans Luxury
Hotel Bandung on 22 April 2015. It
was officially opened by the
Governor of West Java province,
2. Working together to create
environ mentally friendly
Mr. Ahmad Heryawan; the Mayor of
Bandung, Mr. Ridwan Kamil, and
the Mayor of Victoria, Seychelles,
Ms. Jacqueline Moustache-Belle.
There were 25 mayors and 446
participants from 69 cities of 39
Asian and African countries.
cities, smart public services,
sustainable t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
sectors, renewable energy
sources, as well as natural
disaster prevention and
mitigation in the Asia-Africa
region;
At the end of the summit the city
leaders agreed to establish an
alliance and also made a Bandung
Declaration on Smart Cities that
includes the agreeemnt on the
following five points:
3. Promoting investment for
developing a smart
community through
4. Promoting a smart economy
system to encourage youth
c r e a t i v i t y a n d
entrepreneurship in order to
support sustainable growth;
5. Promoting collaboration to
build a smart city by
establishing alliance, forums,
and networking that will play a
significant role in improving
the quality of life in the AsiaAfrica
Although this event was organized
in relation to the 60th
Commemoration of the AsianAfrican Conference, the
participants expected that it will be
held annually. The forum may
mutually appoint a host city.
Furthermore, we hope that the
above 5 points agreed by the city
leaders will be materialized and
implemented into real follow-up
programs and do not remain just
as an agreement in record.
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D uring
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/ HIGHLIGHT /
International Training
Course Disaster on Recovery
and Miltigation for Costal Areas
(series 2)
Making Decisions
to Minimize Disaster Risks
D ecision
making process is
crutial in responding to any kind of
disasters. Decision makers in
governments require accurate
and timely information to make
decisions in the process so that
they can effect emergency
responses soonest to mitigate
disaster impacts. The Ministry of
State Secretariat of the Republic
Indonesia in cooperation with
Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation
Research Center (TDMRC) has
organized the lessons learnt and
experiences from 'ground zero' of
the mega tsunami scene in a
structured training course that can
comprehensively share them to
eager participants.
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Implementation of the training
coures is based on the Indonesian
Government`s commitment to the
Melanesian Spearhead Group
(MSG) Countries during the APEC
Leaders Summit in 2013 and also
the Indonesia's bilateral
commitment to Timor-Leste to
increase capacity building in this
area. The International Training
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Course on Disaster Recovery and
Mitigation for Coastal Areas is
specifically designed for policy
makers who work/have interests in
disaster management. As the
second series of the training, the
participants will be introduced to
several first hand knowledge,
materials and information related to
the policies and regulation in
disaster management. Most of the
training materials are deduced from
in-depth understanding and
lessons learnt from the Indian
Ocean Tsunami in 2004.
For Indonesia and many countries
located in vulnerable are as,
disasters have become more
frequent and occur one after
another. When disaster occurred,
many people died and were injured
due to the delay in bringing in
rescue and medical services in
time, and many people suffered
epidemics in refugee camps due
to poor hygiene and inadequate
measures. We need a faster and
integrated responses in managing
emergency situations when disaster
strikes so that we can minimize its
impact and victims. This training
program will give insighgt into a
better understanding on how to
manage disaster impacts with less
risks and also on mitigation
activities.
The training course is divided into
several moduls, such as: Reviewing
Characteristics of Coastal Hazards
Knowledge capacity is extremely
important in disaster preparedness.
This topic introduces the
participants to the unified model of
knowledge creation proposed by
Mr. Nonaka. The participants also
learn how to apply the model to
develop a knowledge management
strategy that aims at increasing the
disaster knowledge capacity of a
community or an organization. In
addition, examples of local and
indigenous knowledge to cope with
natural disasters and their
intergenerational transmission will
be discussed using the knowledge
management framework. They will
be taught on a method to identify
local and indigenous knowledge
benefit to increase coastal
community's resilience, validation
processes, and transfer the findings
into an effctive media for
dissemination. Lessons learnt from
Indonesia, the Philippines, and
Timor-Leste in using LINK for
increasing coastal community's
resilience will be presented and
discussed.
The participants also learn about
integrated coastal zone
management that enables them to
under stand oceanic and coastal
resources. They will get information
about other resources like oceanic
and coastal areas ( non-living ),
human activity in oceanic and
coastal areas, coastal management
system and tourism activities.
Learning and having in-depth
understanding of various disasters
will increase the capability in
decision making process. The
participants as decision makers will
be trained through several case
studies based on the Aceh Tsunami
experience. They also will have
opportunities to discuss and
explore more on decision making
process with many stake holders
involved in Aceh's rehabilitation and
reconstruction. We should have a
disaster risk mapping that includes
a concept and spatial analysis to
plan an emergency response. This
training adopted a case study on
disaster risk mapping process in
Aceh,which was integrated into the
provincial spatial planning and
disaster management plan.Based
on the knowledge, information,
techniques, and experiences
provided in the training course, the
participants are expected to be able
to manage disaster risks and make
good decisions.
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and their Impacts, Coastal Disaster
Mitigation Concept and Practices,
G e o -Te c t o n i c S e t t i n g s a n d
Evidences around Coastal Areas,
Coastal Community Resilience and
Disaster Recovery,Knowledge
Management Based Approach for
Increasing Coastal Community's
Resilience and Risk Mapping.
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SIGNING
THE IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA AND KOREA
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (KOICA)
CONCERNING THE WORLD FRIENDS KOICA
VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM
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The signing of the Implementing Arrangement by the
Ministry of Education and Culture (by Mr. Ananto
Kusuma Seta, Head of Bureau for Planning and
International Cooperation) and also by the Ministry of
Youth and Sport (by Mr. Ramidin Saragih, Head of
Bureau for Planning and Organization) and Mr. Kim
Byung Gwan, Resident Representative of KOICA
Indonesia Office, witnessed by Mrs. Rika Kiswardani,
Head of Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation,
the Ministry of State Secretariat on 19th June 2015
reflected the commitment to improve bilateral
cooperation between the Republic of Indonesia and
the Republic of Korea in the field of technical
cooperation. The Implementing Arrangement was
signed in the Ministry of State Secretariat at 8 a.m. on
that day.
This Implementing Arrangement is a derivative
agreement, referring to the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of State
Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia and KOICA
concerning the World Friends KOICA Volunteers
Program signed in Jakarta on 30th January 2015.This is
the amendment to the MoU signed in 2008.
The KOICA Volunteers Program is an important
cooperation for the two countries since the era of
1990s. Around 60 volunteers were sent to Indonesia to
teach taekwondo, Korean language, information and
communication technology and also cosmetic to
students in all over Indonesia. This program provides an
opportunity for Indonesian students to study from
Korean experts. The KOICA Volunteers will be divided
into 2 (two) terms for 2015. The first term, consisted
of 9 (nine) volunteers already arrived in Indonesia
in last May 2015, and the next batch, consisted of 15
(fifteen) volunteers will arrive in August 2015.
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Candidates of the volunteers should:
a. Have educational background at the level of
Bachelor or equivalent, and work experience in
requested field of activities:
b. Have the ability to speak Bahasa Indonesia and/or
English language;
c. Good physical and mental health verified by the
result of medical check-up from authorized
doctors.
To ensure the program utilized and runs smoothly,
through this Implementing Arrangement, both the
governmentsagreed to establish a new mechanism of
admission and distribution of the volunteers, by
starting to convene a biannual Joint Coordinating
Committee (JCC).Through this JCC, all the related
parties, including the Ministry of State Secretariat, as
the coordinator of this cooperation, line ministries
such as the Ministry of Education and Culture, the
Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Youth and
Sports, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and also other
representatives of the Government of Indonesia that
have roles in this program,including the Ministry of
Manpower (Kemenaker). The Indonesian National
Police will also be a member of the JCC so that it can
discuss problems occured and also to advice on any
relevant matters.The first JCC will be held on
September 2015.
The rest of Implementing Arrangement between the
Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Ministy of Home
Affairs and KOICA will be signed later this year. (Ast)
Coordination Meeting on South-South Technical
Cooperation 2015
A New Step of Indonesia`s South-South and Triangular Cooperation:
A Single Agency for South-South and Triangular Cooperation
24 participants attended the meeting, consisting of
representatives from the units within the Ministry of
State Secretariat:Bureau for Foreign Technical
Cooperation, Bureau for Planning, Bureau for General
Affairs, and Bureau for Finance.
Mrs. Rika Kiswardani, Head of the Bureau for Foreign
Technical Cooperation officially opened and then
chaired the meeting. The meeting cordially invited
distinguished resource persons and former senior
officials of the Ministry of State Secretariat who were
familiar with the history of the Bureau and had broad
knowledge in technical cooperation.
The first resource person was Mr. A. Husen Adiwisastra.
He was the Head of the Bureau for Foreign Technical
Cooperation from 1996-2000. He was also the man who
knew the history of the Bureau, including its strategic
role and function as the supporting unit to the President.
He shared his experiences while working for the
Bureau, and stated that he was very proud of being a
“family member” of the Bureau. He recalled that since
1980-s actually the Bureau already implemented SouthSouth and Triangular Cooperation Program. It was then
known as “Technical Cooperation Among Developing
Countries” or TCDC.
His story was followed up by the second resource
person, Mr. Suprapto who lead the Bureau from 20062010. Before becoming the Head of the Bureau, Mr.
Suprapto was in charge of TCDC program for quiet a
along time. He explained that during its golden age, the
Bureau was the national coordinator of nearly 40 TCDC
programs every year. This is a huge number,
considering that for the past 3 years the Bureau only
organized 5-7 TCDC programs each year.
There was a time when the policy directives for TCDC
programswere made and issued by the Ministry of State
Secretariat. Unfortunately, nowadays, when TCDC has
been transformed into South-South and Triangular
Cooperation –or well known as SSTC – becomes more
“sexy”, it seems that the role of the Ministry of State
Secretariat has been reduced.
There are “new players” in SSTC. In 2006, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs established the Directorate for Technical
Cooperation whose tasks and functions are similar with
the Bureau for Foreign Technical Cooperation of the
Ministry of State Secretariat. This new unit has been
supported by a numerous budget allocation to finance
SSTC programs. In 2008, when Indonesia was
categorized as “a new developing middle income
country” and should contribute more to the
development of other developing countries, SSTC was
considered as a tool for accelerating international
development cooperation. As a follow up to that matter,
the National Coordination Team on SSTC was
established in 2010.
As the third resource person, Mr. Adik Bantarso stated in
his presentation that SSTC is a wider terminology than
TCDC because SSTC covered technical cooperation as
well as economic cooperation. From his perspective,
the role of National Coordination Team has not been
quiet effective. This situation might have triggered the
idea of establishing a single agency. However, he
suggested that a preliminary research for establishing
the single agency was needed. It did not matter which
ministry or agency would be appointed as “the single
agency” as long as a decision is based on a proper
assesment.
The second panel discussion session was led by Mr.
Fahrorozi, Head of Division for South-South Technical
Cooperation and Mr. Y. Ricky Syailendra, Head of
Division for Cultural and International Non-Government
Organization (INGO) Technical Cooperation. Mr.
Fahrurozi presented a comparative study on the forms
of development agencies in several countries, while Mr.
Ricky explained the role of INGO in SSTC.
The meeting had been organized satisfactory, and for
the whole day the participants experienced fruitful
discussions. It is expected that the results of the
meeting will be considered as part of the base line
information and inputs as well as recommendation in
preparing the academic paper for establishing the
single agency for SSTC.
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As organized every year, a Coordination Meeting on
South-South Technical Cooperation was held on 9 June
2015 at Presidential Palace in Bogor. This year,
coordination meeting will be held five times with
different themes. As for the first meeting, the topic of
discussion was the preparation for making an academic
paper concerning the single agency for South-South
and Triangular Cooperation.
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President Joko Widodo
Receives JICA President
President Joko Widodo received
President of Japan International
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Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mr.
Akihiko Tanaka in February 2015.
During the visit Mr. Tanaka
conveyed his appreciation to
President Joko Widodo on the
strategic partnership of Indonesia
and Japan that already has been
established and continue growing.
Mr.Tanaka also reiterated JICA`s
commitment to support Indonesia's
infrastructure development plans
proposed in the National Medium
Term Development Plan (RPJMN)
for the period of 2015-2019.
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JICA also has a strong commitment
to support the maritime axis
program, which is one of the
priorities of the government of
President Joko Widodo. JICA`s
assistance and cooperation will
be in line with the priorities of
M r. J o k o W i d o d o a n d h i s
government, which is to focus
on inter-island connectivity in
Indonesia. Japan is interested in
establishing the Maritime Forum
because some 70 percent of
energy resources supplied to Japan
pass through the Indonesian sea
territory.
The initiative to strengthen the
maritime cooperation started at the
end of 2014 from the idea of
establishing the Indonesia-Japan
Maritime Forum lead by the
Coordinating Ministry of Maritime of
the Republic of Indonesia and
counterpart ministry in Japan.The
initiative is part of the on-going
efforts to strengthen the two
countries overall the strategic
partnership. Eestablishment of the
Japan-Indonesia Maritime Forum as
soon as possible is essential in
order to further strengthen and
acceleratethe cooperation in
various maritime issues such as
marine safety, illegal fishing, ship
building, port and fisheries.
As the leader of the country
surrounded and connected by vast
sea and oceans, President Joko
Widodo confirmed that free, open
and safe seas are very important for
peace, stability and prosperity for
all. In order to achieve this goal,
building upon a long standing
history of cooperation between the
two countries, the establishment of
the Indonesia - Japan Maritime
Forum as one of the important
pillars towards enhancing the
bilateral cooperative relationship
must be supported.
Visiting JICA officials discussed
projects that JICA would be
interested in financing, not just ones
in Java but also in rural areas
outside of Javain view of balance
and impartiality. Mr. Tanaka
emphasize that JICA is interested in
various projects in the energy and
maritime sectors, such as power
plants and seaports, as well as
education. JICA may want to
finance the development of
maritime colleges and technoparks in various regions in
Indonesia as well. In particular,
JICA showed its interest in
supporting the development of a
President Joko Widodo also hopes
for cooperation and investment
from Japanto keep increase. Data
from the Investment Coordinating
Board (BKPM) shows that Japan as
one of Indonesia's largest investors,
the investment from Japan
amounted to US$2.7 billion in 2014,
or about 9.5 percent of the total
307 trillion ($24.12 billion) realized
that year.
development were shared with
President Joko Widodo.
Apart from discussing the future
projects, Mr. Tanaka touched on
on-going JICA projects in
Indonesia. The progress and
current situation ofthe JICA
projects that tackle urban issues in
the capital (such as traffic
congestion, flooding and sewage)
and to improve infrastructure
for economic and industrial
One of JICA's on-going projects is a
Rp. 16 trillion Jakarta Mass Rapid
Transit (MRT) project. It comprises a
North-South line that connects
Kampung Bandan in North Jakarta
to Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta.
JICA is expected to continue the
second phase of the project of the
East-West line which should ease
traffic congestion in the city greatly.
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submarine electricity-transmission
cable line connecting Sumatra and
Java.
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A COLOMBO PLAN GENDER AFFAIRS
PROGRAM MISSION TEAM TO INDONESIA
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PREPARING TWO COLLABORATION PROGRAMMES BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA AND THE COLOMBO PLAN
I n the first week of July 2015, the Colombo Plan
Gender Affairs Program (CPGAP) sent a mission team
to Indonesia in order to prepare two collaboration
programs between the Government of Indonesia and
the Colombo Plan. CPGAP Mission Team consisted of
Dr. Sheeba Harma, Director of CPGAP and Ms. Savini
Sirikumara, Program Officer of the Gender Affairs.
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The first program is a training course which has been
implemented for 6 times from 2010 to 2014 under the
Colombo Plan Public Administration Program: “The
Training Course on Empowering Women through
Social, Economic and Cultural Intervention”. As for the
second phase, it will be organized under the CPGAP;
the title was changed to “The Training Course on
Empowering Women through Family Planning and
Economic Development Interventions”. The second
program is a knowledge sharing program called
“Sharing Best Practices on Women's Empowerment
and Child Protection Program.”
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The implementing agency for the first program is the
National Population and Family Planning Board
(BKKBN) while for the second program is the Ministry
of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection.
Both program would be held in Yogyakarta; therefore
the visit to Yogyakarta was organized from 2 to 5 July
2015. Since there were two different programs, the
mission team to Yogyakarta was divided into two
groups.
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The First Group
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The first group consisted of Ms. Vimala Asty from the
Ministry of State Secretariat, Mr. Bawardadi from the
BKKBN, Ms. Rina Setyawati from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Ms. Savini Sirikumara from the
Colombo Plan.
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The groups had several meetings and field visits to
observe the venues that would be visited during the
implementation of the program as follows: meeting
with Head of BKKBN of Yogyakarta Province; field visits
to “Cempaka” Children Under Five Group in KrapyakBantul, “Harjo Santosa” Male Family Planning
Involvement in Bantul, “Ngudi Saras” Adolescent
Group in Sleman and “Ngudi Santoso” Income
Generating Group in Gunung Kidul.
The Second Group
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As for the second group, led by Head of the Bureau for
Planning of the Ministry of Women's Empowerment
and Child Protection, Ms. Valentina Gintings, consisted
of Ms. Yane Widayanti from the Ministry of State
Secretariat, Ms. Nani Dwi and Ms. Susanti from the
Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child
Protection, Mr. Bayu Fajar Nugroho from the Ministry
of Industry and Dr. Sheeba Harma from the Colombo
Plan.
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The group had several meetings with local stakeholders
such as the Agency for Women's Empowerment of
Yogyakarta Province, Integrated Service Centre for
Women and Children, called “Rekso Dyah Utami” and
the Office of Industry and Trade of Yogyakarta Province.
Field visits to observe the venues that would be visited
during the implementation of the program were
conducted at Prima Village, Griya Anyam Ibu Lina and
Tourism Village - Paguyuban Batik Giriloyo Pak Nur.
In between the meetings and preliminary field visits,
the groups gathered for a dinner meeting on 3 July
2015 at Grand Aston Hotel Yogyakarta. They shared the
results of the meetings with the local stakeholders and
field visits to the other groups.
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Visiting Jakarta
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On 6 July 2015, the CPGAP Mission Team had several
meetings. The first meeting which focused on Sharing
Best Practices on Women's Empowerment and Child
Protection Program was held at the office of the
Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child
Protection, which also was attended by the
representatives from the Ministry of State Secretariat
and the Ministry of Industry. The meeting discussed the
details of the program including the options of
resources persons and field visit venues, tentative
agenda as well as specific topics requested by
Afghanistan. It was decided that the program would be
organized from 5 to 9 October 2015 in Yogyakarta.
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Since it was fasting month of Holy Ramadhan, the
CPGAP team was invited to a breakfasting meeting by
BKKBN at Borobudur Hotel Jakarta. The meeting was
also attended by representatives from the Ministry of
State Secretariat and the National Development
Planning Agency (on behalf of Head of National
Coordination Team on South-South and Triangular
Cooperation). The forum discussed the preparation of
the Training Course on Empowering Women through
Family Planning and Economic Development
Interventions. Since the second semester was already
spaced out for both parties, finally it was decided that
the training would be held from 13 to 19 September
2015 in Yogyakarta.
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In general, the visit of CPGAP mission team to
Indonesia was well-organized. Both parties and the
stakeholders had fruitful discussions in order to
prepare the programmers. Therefore, we have our
finger crossed that the two collaboration program
would run smoothly.
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The second meeting took place at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The mission team had a courtesy call to
Mr. Arko Budiadi, Director of Social Culture and
Developing Countries Organization of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The team had a fruitful discussion on
the way forward for future collaboration program
between the Government of Indonesia and the
Colombo Plan.
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Introduction of GSPA - SNU Scholarship to Indonesia
Knowledge and Leadership
for the Future
T he Graduate School of Public Administration (GSPA),
Seoul National University (SNU), Republic Korea visited
to Indonesia to introduce the GSPA and Global Master
of Public Administration (GMPA) program which is one
of KOICA Master's Degree Scholarship Programs on 6
February 2015.
As explained by the GSPA –SNU delegation composing
of Professor Junki Kim (Ex. Dean of GSPA-SNU),
Professor Hyunsub Kum (Ex. Deputy Dean of GSPASNU), Professor Kilkon Ko (Deputy Director of GMPA
Program) and accompanied by GMPA Student from
Indonesia namely Miss. Lia Aprianti Wirantana and
Miss Desi Kusumaningtyas. The GMPA program has
resulted from the combined effort and dedication of
the GSPA, Seoul national University (SNU) and the
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). SNU
and KOICA signed a bilateral memorandum of
understanding on April 27, 2011 to establish the GMPA
program with a vision to raise capacity-building levels
of developing countries and to enhance their
economic and social development.
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The GMPA program is one of KOICA's flagship
scholarship programs. With a mission to educate
talented students from developing countries, KOICA
invites high-caliber students and helps them gain
professional and systematic knowledge that will help
them to play a key role in their home country's
development. To accomplish this mission, KOICA has
been operating master's degree courses with leading
Korean Universities such as SNU, Yonsei University and
Korea University in the fields of public administration,
economics, women's empowerment, and rural
development.
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KOICA was founded as a government agency on April 1,
1991, to maximize the effectiveness of Korea's foreign
aid for developing countries by improving the
implementation of the government's programs. In the
past, development cooperation efforts were focused
on meeting the Basic Human Needs (BHNs) of
developing countries and on fostering their Human
Resources Development (HRD). However, the focus
has now shifted to promoting sustainable and
enhancing the local ownership of beneficiaries. Due to
the continuously changing trends in development
assistance efforts