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Primaduta Award for Lebanese Businessman (0)
The Indonesian Embassy in Beirut has acknowledged its continued support for trade cooperation improvement between Indonesia and Lebanon. Indonesian Ambassador to Lebanon Hajriyanto Y Thohari gave the Primaduta Award to Lebanese businessman and importer, George R Fattouh. The award was given for his service in helping market Indonesian products in Paris from the Middle East. The award was given at a ceremony at the Indonesian Embassy in Beirut, Thursday (11/1) Fatough, is the owner of George R. Fattouh S.A.L, a business that has been importing Indonesian products since the 1980s. It has a range of products, including: palm oil and its derivatives, oil and fats (including cocoa butter substitute, fat spread, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, and lauric confectionery fats), cardboard, stationary, and school equipment. Some Indonesian products are now even available at famous retail networks, such as Spinney’s and Carrefour. In 2022, the value imported by George R. Fattough S.A.L of Indonesian products, was 981.3 million USD. This was a 149.5 million USD increase when compared to 2021. Fattouh said Indonesian products are known for their quality and are in high demand in Lebanese markets. However, he said, the challenge now is increasing freight costs due to security challenges in the region.
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Garulina (0)
Listeners, a number of delicious dishes were served to the guests of Dhaup Ageng Pura Pakualaman Yogyakarta, at the wedding reception of the youngest son of K.G.P.A.A. Paku Alam X, namely B.P.H. Kusumo Kuntonugroho with Laily Annisa Kusumastuti which was held on January 10, 2024.Head of the Customs and Accommodation Division, Dhaup Ageng Pura Pakualaman, KRT Radyo Wisroyo said that the menu served to guests was quite varied. These menus are typical menus prepared by Pakualaman Pura, Indonesian menus and western food menus were also available. All invited guests including VIP and VVIP guests got the same menu. The first menu served to welcome guests, namely two types of welcome drink, namely lime lemongrass and ginger drink with lime. The welcome drink was given when guests sat down and watched the Bedhaya Sidamukti and Bedhaya Kakung Indrawidagda dance performances. Next, they gotsnacks for appetizer such as croquettes and other light snacks. There is a snack that is considered quite special and rare called Garulina. Garulina was the opening snack at the Pahargyan Dhaup Ageng Pakualaman lunch on the first day. Garulina has been around since the era before Indonesian independence. Garulina is actually not a typical Central Javanese food. It looks like the Lapis Legit layered cake, but there is something different, because there is a special layer like vla which is made from fresh milk, eggs and sugar. To get this sweet snack, Pakulaman Temple has to place a special order from the third generation of makers who have been pioneering since the 1950s. In Jogja, Garulina is very difficult to find and is considered rare because it is not sold every day.
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August
When buying products, especially through online, it is important to know the legality and health safety of the products. Probably, some products have the BPOM logo, but there are some products without the BPOM logo. Therefore, the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency or BPOM has made the BPOM Check application and the cekbpom.pom.go.id website to protect consumer safety from hazardous chemicals. Of course, it makes easy for consumers to know whether the product is safe or not to be consumed or used in the body.
Requirements to check products are relatively easy. Consumers only need to input the registration number, product name, brand, until name of the registrant. So, consumers can already know whether the product has been officially registered or not on the official website of the BPOM. The easiest way when checking the BPOM number of a product is to check based on the brand or product name. Meanwhile, if the BPOM number is already printed on the product packaging, the consumer only needs to match the validity of the product information. Because there are also some products that have fake BPOM number, but the products are still circulating at the market.
Consumers, who find facts of forgery in the field, can immediately report to the BPOM. So, the case is immediately followed up. Of course, there are some data which must be filled by the consumer such as identity of the consumer, filling of the complaint, product acquisition address, until uploading the evidence of the product which is suspected of being dangerous. To conduct the complaint, the consumer can visit website https://ulpk.pom.go.id/, just click the menu “Complaining Form”.
July
Hosiro-Usiro, Robot Made by ITS Students to Help Covid-19 Handling
Written by MaryatiCovid-19 pandemic makes people do various innovations. Competing in the LAI2-Covid 19 event, the Kuybot Team consisting of three students from the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Department of Physics Engineering won the first place in creating the Robot Innovation Application. The name of the robot given is Hosiro-Usiro. Oktaviansyah Purwo Bramastyo as the team leader said that his team wanted to contribute to helping medical staff through their robot creation.
Hosiro, which stands for Hospital Robot System, is a robot system that is devoted to handling Covid-19 in the hospital. Hosiro has a service function in terms of delivery of food and medicine, checking the physical condition of the patient in the form of body temperature and heart rate, and can be used by patients as a medium of interaction. Meanwhile, Usiro which stands for Universal System Robot is a robot that has a service function for independent quarantine patients. The function of Usiro's services can be in the form of interactions with others, buying or taking food from online taxi-bike, and matters relating to interaction. Usiro is also equipped with a treadmill as a robot for road control. Through robot control using this treadmill, patients who do isolation can socialize virtually. So, the effect can reduce the patient's stress when he or she is quarantined independently.
Hosiro and Usiro robots have advantages over other robots, which have two functions or 2 in 1. In addition to serving patients, the Hosiro-Usiro robot can also sterilize themselves and have an automatic door-opening system. In terms of design, this robot has a large storage box to deliver food, medicine, and clothes. It can also be used for communication between medical personnel-patients, measuring patient temperature, detecting blood pressure and heart rate of patients, as well as being a means of recreational media for patients.
July
According to the research of the World Health Organization -WHO, disinfectants with alcohol content contain dangerous heavy metal compounds. Besides skin irritation and skin cancer, disinfectants can also cause lung cancer if inhaled for a long time. Though the use of disinfectants during this pandemic is so huge. Viewing this condition, the Center for Research and Development of Forest Products, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry in cooperation with Producer's Cooperative of Anugerah Bumi Hijau (Koprabuh) has created a natural disinfectant that is proven to be very safe for human health. The result of this National Innovation product is that the product is branded ‘DEASEP’. Made from wood vinegar, this organic raw product is without using alcohol and any chemicals. Therefore, this disinfectant product is not harmful to humans or pets. Even the product can be used as animal feed and plant fertilizer.
Koprabuh CEO, Yohanis Walean explained that wood vinegar or wood acid is a liquid produced by pyrolysis or thermal decomposition of the charcoal production process, with low oxygen levels. After decades of successful use of wood vinegar as a bio-pesticide and bio-fertilizer, the P3HH researchers conducted further research in which the wood vinegar is used to combat Covid-19. Similarly, the results of their products proved to be effective after testing, which is conducted in an environmental laboratory.
Meanwhile, Prof. Gustan Pari along with Ratih Damayanti and the Team have conducted research in which the results of the research shows that wood vinegar has a better ability to inhibit the growth of microorganisms, compared with 70 percent ethanol (alcohol), which has often been used as a basis for disinfectants by Fostered Farmers of P3HH. Disinfectants usually contain of alcohol components such as ethyl and isopropyl alcohol. These chemicals are flammable and can cause skin infections. Alcohol exposure can also cause irritation to the respiratory tract and negatively impact the central nervous system. While the use of the DEASEP as an Out-door and In-door disinfectant is effective in combating COVID 19. DEASEP is not harmful to humans even if being ingested is not dangerous but more effective than 70-percent alcohol.
July
The Monument of Soekarno has been inaugurated in Algiers as an eternal symbol of Friendship between Algeria and Indonesia.
The monument of Soekarno was inaugurated in Algiers, Algeria on Saturday (18/7). The monument proves that friendship between Indonesia and Algeria has existed for a long time. It symbolizes the gratitude of the Algerian people for President Soekarno who has inspired the independence of Algeria internationally to declare independence at the Asia Africa Conference in Bandung, West Java. For Indonesia, the monument is a sincere appreciation from Indonesia to Algeria as a friendly country that continuously voices and supports the principles of world peace and prosperity based on equal rights and independence.
Indonesian Ambassador to Algeria, Safira Machrusah in her remarks stated that the monument of Soekarno will be a reminder for Algerians and Indonesians, particularly the young generation to keep the principles of patriotism, unity, the struggle for independence, peace and world prosperity.
The monument of Soekarno shapes like a crescent moon with five-star pillar in each corner. It symbolizes the moon and crescent shape of the Algerian national flag. In each of its small pillars, there is Bandung Dasasila text or ten principles which were adopted at the Asian-African Conference in 1955, as a joint declaration of Asian and African countries to voice independence, equality and world peace. The monument is expected to become a monumental history that can build a strong belief foundation to develop political, economic and cultural dialogues and other interests bilaterally and multilaterally, especially between Indonesia and Algeria.
July
Minister of Trade, Agus Suparmanto conveyed that his Ministry and the Ministry of Defense are exploring the mechanism of implementing counter trade with several trading partner countries. He also explained that several commodities that are ready to be traded consist of palm oil, rubber, machinery, coffee and its derivatives, cocoa and its derivatives, textile products, tea, footwear, processed fish, furniture, fruits, copra, plastics and their derivatives, resins, paper, as well as spices. The benefits of the counter trade are to overcome exporting obstacles abroad and expand market areas and market new products, provide additional exports, save foreign exchange, and cope with difficulties in imports due to foreign exchange limitations. In addition, this counter trade also accelerates the transfer of technology and knowledge, supports efforts to create a trade balance and payments, and increases production and expands employment opportunities.
The Ministry of Trade through Indonesian Trade Promotion Center of Los Angeles and the Indonesian Center for Export Education and Training held a virtual business matching. The event that took place on Tuesday (7/14) was aimed at boosting national exports amid Covid-19 pandemic. The business matching succeeded in bringing together 12 Small Medium Entrepreneurs of the export-oriented food and beverage sector with US buyers such as Jans Enterprise Corp., Takari International, Belift Coffee, and Beaneka Coffee.
Indonesia’s Diaspora in Britain wants Indonesian culinary to be present in Britain more widely. The recognition of Indonesian culinary opportunities was revealed in a virtual meeting of British Indonesian lovers with the theme "Indonesian Cuisine" organized by the Indonesian Embassy in London in collaboration with The Anglo-Indonesian Society (AIS), in London last Tuesday (14/7). Therefore, the Indonesian Embassy in London and AIS invited Chef William Wongso, Chef Petty Elliott and Sri Owen to share their experiences to the British people in the virtual meeting. The Indonesian Embassy in London also invited local residents from various backgrounds, such as young professionals, culinary lovers, culturalists, and Indonesianists.
July
Indonesian representatives and Permias respond the US policy toward foreign students
All representatives of Indonesia in the United States of America moved quickly to coordinate with the Indonesian Students Association in America (Permias) to respond to local government policies for foreign students who are taking online classes for the Fall semester in 2020. Six Indonesian representatives in America are the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC, Indonesian Consulate General in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. They have also coordinated with related parties, including directly contacting the campus / schools, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (US ICE) and the education association in the United States. Attaché of Education and Culture of the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC, Popy Rufaidah in a written statement on Monday (13/7) stated that to obtain further information as well as find out solutions to the implementation impact of the new policy, the Indonesian Embassy and all the Consulates General in the United States communicate and carry out sustainable coordination with the campus / schools where Indonesian students study.
The quick coordination and response are done as anticipatory and proactive steps, including compiling data and directly monitoring the condition development of Indonesian students and the policies adopted by each campus in all the states of America in a bid to ensure that the study process of Indonesian students in America is not hampered due to the policy. The new regulation stated that foreign students in America who study in the Fall semester 2020 will only take online classes (full online class) and they are not allowed to stay in America.
University students are excepted from the rules when taking regular classes (face-to-face / in-person) or hybrid classes (a combination of online learning and direct methods in class). From the aspect of Indonesian citizen protection, Indonesian representatives in America will continuously facilitate and help find out the best solution for students and Indonesian university students in the country. Coordinator of Function Protocol and Consular of the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC, Theodorus Satrio Nugroho stated that his side also appealed to the students to keep calm, always follow this development from official sources. If they need help, they can contact the hotlines of Indonesian Embassy and Indonesian Consulate General, which are open for 24 hours.
July
Various efforts have been conducted by National Population and Family Planning Agency to prevent baby boom in the future. In addition to “Simultaneous Family Planning’s Service of Million Acceptors” movement which succeeded to be conducted when the 27th National Family Day on June 29, 2020, the Agency also keeps trying to ensure that the chain of contraception tool’s supply is not out of stock or over stock in one province and other provinces throughout Indonesia. Thereby, the agency and Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (JH CCP) through My choice Program develop SIRIKA (Alokon Supply Chain Information System).
SIRIKA is innovation in the process of processing logistical reporting and managing data in a digital warehouse so that the agency has the supply chain which is reliable, and responsive in providing Alokon of Family Planning Service. Head of the Agency, Hasto Wardoyo hopes that the people can use SIRIKA. According to Wardoyo, SIRIKA is important to carry out the success in a bid to increase Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate -MCPR, and improve accountability. SIRIKA will also decrease workload in warehouse operations, including recording and reporting. As a result, it becomes more efficient. The quality of the data and the level of reporting will increase in quality so that it accelerates and strengthens accuracy in the calculation of the need for community services.
Senior Technical Advisor at Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (JHCCP), Robert Ainslie stated that the system focuses on boosting organization’s efficiency and standardization of management practices in accordance with supply chain rules, on Fulfillment of the Needs of Contraceptive Equipment and Drugs for Fertile Age Couples in Family Planning Services. The SIRIKA implementation had been begun through the test in South Sulawesi province in May 2019. Thus, the innovation is implemented in 74 regencies or cities in other provinces, such as Jakarta, Central Java, North Sumatera Utara, and West Java.Furthermore, facility of the health will be conducted until April 2021.
July
On Friday (10/7), Indonesian Ambassador to New Zealand, Tantowi Yahya invited Ambassadors of ASEAN countries and their partners who joined the ASEAN Ladies Circle (ALC) in Wellington to learn to make coffee. The ASEAN Ambassadors in New Zealand and their partners learned from Jaya Argakusuma, a professional Barista who is an Indonesian citizen. The Indonesian Embassy in Wellington regularly holds barista training to the general public every Friday. This event is usually attended by students and Indonesian diaspora in Wellington from various ages and backgrounds. But at the moment, the barista training and the promotion of Indonesian coffee were held for the diplomatic community. Ambassadors of Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand along with their partners, diplomatic staff and representatives from the Filipino community seriously studied the speciality of "coffee". The Indonesian Embassy in Wellington plans to hold this event regularly every month on weekends.
This event will not only be attended by diplomats but also government officials, members of parliament and business people in Wellington.
Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is interested in cooperating with Indonesia in the health sector. He conveyed this when giving briefings and sharing experiences on the orientation of the candidates for the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia. In a written statement on Thursday (9/7), Minister Luhut said that the United Arab Emirates is very interested in cooperating with Indonesian companies to produce 1 million vaccines per year. He added that in the next research and innovation, there will be three countries that will cooperate with Indonesia.
July
Australia will disburse funds worth 2.2 million Australian dollar (about Rp22 billion) to disaster relief agencies of Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) in supporting both organizations in a bid to respond to Covid-19 pandemic. The fund will support community-based prevention activities, build local capacity and ensure food security for households whose livelihoods are disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Gary Quinlan in a written statement on Wednesday (8/7) stated that since the pandemic has been spreading quickly and its long-term impact is still unknown, Australia strongly focuses on giving assistance through local organizations to support the government's efforts in the response and recovery phase. Through the Indonesia Australia Partnership Program for Disaster Preparedness (SIAP SIAGA), Australia will provide assistance worth 1 million Australian dollars for the Institute for Disaster Management and Climate Change of NU (LPBI NU) and 1.2 million Australian dollars to the Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center (MDMC). Chairman of LPBI NU, M Ali Yusuf stated that the collaboration aims at supporting the Indonesian government in strengthening community and household resilience in facing the Covid-19 pandemic and adapting to new normal through based-community preventive effort.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of MDMC, Rahmawati Husein stated that her side will focus on education campaigns and ensure food security for the most vulnerable groups such as layoff-job victims, people who do not receive government social assistance, households led by women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. The SIAP SIAGA program also cooperates with the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and other ministries to support the work of the Task Force for the Acceleration of the Covid-19 handling in Indonesia, which coordinates the response to the crisis.
SIAP SIAGA is a five-year partnership between the Indonesian and Australian governments to foster disaster risk management in Indonesia. Australia has adapted the development program for 2019-2020, which is estimated to reach 298.5 million Australian dollars in Indonesia, and prioritized 44.8 million Australian dollars to support Indonesia's health, humanitarian and economic response to the Covid-19 handling, including 21 million Australian dollars in new initiatives.
July
The Zero Waste Indonesia Community (ZWID) calls for people to be committed not buying new clothes for three months as a slow fashion implementation to reduce fashion waste and textile waste. The "Start from the Wardrobe" movement will take place from July 15 to October 15, 2020. The people who participate are urged to look for alternative new clothes, such as borrowing, renting, exchanging, sewing, or buying used clothes. Even buying new clothes is still legitimate, if you really need it and not just being tempted by trends, especially when buying from sustainable fashion labels or local labels to support entrepreneurs affected by Covid-19 pandemic.
Maurilla Sophianti Imron, a founder of the Zero Waste Indonesia Community, explained that as the time passes by, the fashion industry has developed so fast. Various labels are aggressively releasing new collections in a bid to adjust the trend. Fast fashion becomes something that is in great demand impacting consumerism behavior in which people buy new clothes to follow various trends that exceeding their need. As we are aware, the textile industry is one of the biggest contributors to pollution in the world. If it continues, it will bring about a negative impact on the environment and humans.
Launching from the Global Fashion Agenda, textile waste will be expected to increase by 60 percent between 2015 and 2030. The movement is expected to be followed by at least 5,000 people who register their commitments by July 14 and they can contribute to extending the life of clothing to 9 months and can reduce global carbon emissions by 30 percent. People are urged to become wiser consumers and maximize the available clothing. Even buying new clothes is not a problem, as long as you are driven by needs, not just wants or just following the trend.