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Minister Sri Mulyani and Ambassador Beata Stoczynska shake hands after cutting the cake on the National day of Poland (Photo : VOI-NK) - 

Bilateral relations between Indonesia and Poland are getting stronger. This is marked by an increase in the value of trade between the two countries which increase significantly in 2022. 

Indonesia and Poland strengthen their bilateral relations through various sectors including trade. On Poland's independence day which was held on Friday (10/11/23) in Jakarta, the Polish Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Beata Stoczynska, revealed that the Ministers of the two countries carried out various collaborations in various sectors and had recorded a trade value in 2022 of 2 billion US dollars.

"Polish and Indonesian ministers are working to boost the cooperation via bilateral agreements and MOU’s. Energy, transport, green enrgy, lightening, ITC, transport industry are among sectors with a huge potencial. Trade between Poland and Indonesia is increasing and last year has reach the worth volume of 2 billion US Dollars", Ambassador Beata explain. 

Ambassador Stoczynska added that one way to promote various Polish products as well as tourism and culture is through the Poland Festival which will be held in November 2023.

On the same occasion, the Indonesian Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani explained that the investment value between Indonesia and Poland in 2023 has reached 106 projects.

"Poland investment in Indonesia has been a significant increase with 324 projects since 2019. In 2023 alone the investment realisation has reach 106 projects. This is twice as many as the previous year. This will also bring a very encouraging news for both Indonesia and Poland", Minister Sri Mulyani said. 

Minister Sri Mulyani also said that Indonesia and Poland were also exploring cooperation in the renewable energy sector to overcome climate change. Poland is an important partner for Indonesia because currently Poland is a dynamic force for the European Union with the 6th largest economic growth in the European Union and only has a low unemployment rate of 2.9 percent//VOI-NK

Press Conference on National Library held training for Librarian in Asia-Pacific (Photo : VOI-NK) -

The national library collaborates with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of State Secretariat to conduct training for librarians in Asia - Pacific.

In order to strengthen its commitment to implementing the South-South Cooperation and Triangular SSTC programs, the Indonesian government represented by the Ministry of State Secretariat (Kemensetneg) has collaborated with various international organizations, including the Colombo Plan. In a press conference which took place on Friday (10/11/23) at the Jakarta National Library, the Head of the Legal, Organization, Cooperation and Public Relations Bureau of the National Library, Sri Marganingsih, explained that Indonesia had been a member of the Colombo plan since 1953.

"The Colombo plan is a non-profit organization that encompasses the concept of collective intergovernmental efforts to strengthen economic and social development. The member countries below in the Asia - Pacific region are centered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The main focus is on developing human resources and Indonesia has been a member of the Colombo plan since 1953", Sri Marganingsih said. 

Sri Marganingsih added that the Social Inclusion Based library good practice program which will be implemented on 13 - 17 November 2023 is a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemenlu), Ministry of State Secretariat and National Library.

Meanwhile, the Head of the National Library's Public and Special Library Development Center, Nani Suryani, explained the training that would be carried out in the program.

"One of them is training on how to create social media accounts, then how to carry out promotions and branding for libraries like that. It also conveys how to advocate with stake holders, how to approach partners, stakeholders in the field, both at district, city and sub-district levels", Nani Suryani revealed. 

This program will be attended by 17 participants, namely 7 participants from 5 Colombo Plan member countries (Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Vietnam) and 10 other participants are representatives from Provinces/Regencies/Cities in Indonesia//VOI-NK

VOINews, Jakarta: President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will convey Indonesia's position on the current situation in the Gaza Strip, Palestine when he meets the President of the United States, Joe Biden, in Washington, D.C., on Monday (13/11/2023).