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VOI News, Jakarta: President  Joko Widodo inaugurated the operation of the Batang Integrated Industrial Estate  in Central Java on Friday (26/7), which can accommodate industries and factories  and create jobs. According to President Joko Widodo as stated in the YouTube account of the Presidential Secretariat which was witnessed in Jakarta on Friday, Batang Integrated Industrial Estate will become an industrial area that is truly efficient and attractive to investors  and open up as many jobs as possible.

“By saying bismillahirrahmanirrahim, I inaugurate the operation of the Batang Integrated Industrial Estate in Batang Regency, Central Java Province,” he said.

Moreover, President Joko Widodo  also conveyed that the Batang Industrial Estate was built because of geopolitical  tension in 2019 between the United States and China.  The President considered  at that time, there was a great opportunity from the condition of many companies flocking to relocate their industries and factories to countries with good economic growth, low inflation  and good stability and politics.  

If Indonesia did not make a quick decision and implement this decision, the opportunity would lost. Moreover,President Joko Widodo   is also grateful that Indonesia ranks 27th in the World Competitiveness Index, due to good economic performance as well as efficiency for businesses in Indonesia. Batang Integrated Industrial Estate is built on an area of 400 hectares in the first phase and is planned to reach a total area of 4,300 hectares which will accommodate industries and factories. It is also projected to absorb up to 250 thousand workers. Currently, investment in Batang Integrated Industrial Estate has reached Rp14 trillion and absorbed around 19 thousand workers. (Secretariat-Mar)/AF/Rahmana)

Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati when giving her speech on Tuesday July 23rd 2024, (Photo : NK-VOI) - 

VOInews, Jakarta : The Indonesian government is committed to strengthening cross-sectoral coordination in strengthening the management of migration of Indonesian citizens. Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati, revealed this at the National Symposium on Migration Governance for Sustainable Goals in Indonesia, at Jakarta, Tuesday (23/7).

According to Penny Dewi Herasati, this effort was carried out, among other things, through training and outreach, so that Indonesian citizens migrate through well-managed procedures. To the media, Penny Herasati explained to measure the effectiveness of the existing migration policy implemented, the Migration Governance Indicator (MGI) is used. 

"Migration governance indicators are a tool prepared by the IOM (International Organization for Migration) where the government is asked to carry out introspection. So this tool is a tool that will measure how effective our migration policy is, from there we can see whether our migration policy is good enough or there is something that needs to be strengthened based on that tool", Penny added. 

Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati, explained that cooperation in strengthening migration governance between the Indonesian Government and UN agencies in Indonesia is one of the good practices of the UN's efforts to support increasing Indonesia's capacity.

National Symposium on Migration Governance for Sustainable Goals in Indonesia is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Agency for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

This activity marks the peak of the progress of the Migration program Governance for Sustainable Development after running for two years//VOI