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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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September
The Indonesian Embassy in Caracas held a Diplomatic Reception to celebrate the 76th Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia at Wisma Duta Caracas on Friday (3/Sept). The theme of the event is ‘Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation Commitments, Including Improving Economic Relations with Accredited Countries. The diplomatic reception was held by applying health protocols and it was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela and the ranks of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as ambassadors from friendly countries.
Indonesian Ambassador in Caracas, Imam Edy Mulyono said that the increasing relations between Indonesia and friendly countries is a manifestation of the vision that has been proclaimed by the Founding Fathers of Indonesia through the Preamble to the Indonesian Constitution. Ambassador Iman further explained that Indonesia hopes to continuously increase cooperation with Venezuela and other accredited countries of the Indonesian Embassy in Caracas, by exploring various potentials for cooperation in a bid to improve people's welfare.
As Guest of Honor, Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Capaya Rodriguez hopes to strengthen relations with Indonesia. One of them is the visit plan of the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros to Indonesia. He is willing to visit Indonesia. He said that Indonesia is an amazing country. He wishes the situation in the future will be more conducive, so that this willingness can be materialized. The reception activity was marked by the promotion of Indonesian culture, such as the decoration of many Indonesian cultural objects, the performance of the Tor-Tor Dance from the Indovez dance group, as well as the screening of promotional videos for the beauty of nature and potential of Indonesia's economy.
September
The Indonesian Embassy in The Hague promoted 36 varieties of Indonesian coffee to potential buyers and importers in The Hague, the Netherlands during the 2021 Indonesia Coffee Cupping event. The event was held at the Marriott Hotel, on September 2. The 36 varieties of coffee are produced by 22 coffee farmers from various regions in Indonesia, such as Sumatra, Java and Papua. The 22 coffee producers attended Coffee Cupping 2021 virtually from Indonesia. In addition to buyers and importers, the participants of the Coffee Cupping event, which reached more than 50 people, also consisted of Baristas, Cuppers, Coffee Vloggers, and the media. In the event, the participants evaluated the taste of each coffee variety through cupping techniques and discussed with the farmers.
On that occasion, Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Mayerfas said, the Coffee Cupping event provided a forum for farmers to meet importers and roasters in the Netherlands amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to promotions, the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague also facilitated the 22 coffee farmers to obtain cupping certificates based on tests carried out in the laboratory on each green bean sent by the farmers. The certificate is expected to increase the selling value of coffee products in the Netherlands and Europe.
The Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC held a Webinar with the theme "Industry of Indonesian Food and Seasonings in the United States" on September 1. This webinar was organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Washington D.C. in collaboration with the Indonesian American Association (IAA).
Ad-Interim Charge Affairs’/Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States, Iwan Freddy on that occasion said that the United States has a large market share for spice products from Indonesia. The value of Indonesian spice exports to the United States in 2020 reached US$ 175 million. In the January-June 2021 period, the export value of Indonesian spices to the United States reached US$ 83.25 million. According to Ambassador Iwan Freddy, this proves that the United States market opportunity for Indonesian spice products is still very high. In addition, a consultant to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Agus Setiawan was present at the webinar.
September
Diaspora Entin Gartini’s Batik Collection on Catwalk at Fashion Show in Canada
Written by Maryati
Batik collections by Indonesian designers were shown on a catwalk at a fashion show in Canada, held by the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) and the Indonesian Consulate General in Vancouver, Canada late August. At least, 12 selected collections of batik by Indonesian designer, Entin Gartini, the Indonesian diaspora from Montreal, Canada appeared in this event. Entin Gartini is one of the winners of the "Best Fashion Designer 2021" award from Faces Magazine Ottawa with her work "Waves Motifs" that carries the beauty of the Indonesian sea. The “Trunk Show” Fashion Show is the culmination of the 2021 Indonesian Trade Show series of events with the theme “A Flavorful Journey to Indonesia, Discover Indonesian Diversity and Heritage”.
Head of ITPC Vancouver, Robby Handoko explained that this fashion show aims to introduce and build a positive image of Indonesia and Indonesian products in the Canadian market. In line with the theme 'Indonesian Trade Show 2021', ITPC and the Indonesian Consulate General in Vancouver raised batik products, one of the cultural heritages and works of Indonesian ancestors that have been recognized worldwide. At the end of each session, there was a direct sale of Entin Gartini's collection of clothes to the performance participants. The participants who attended were the public and invited guests from the Province of British Columbia and its surroundings.
Indonesian Consul General in Vancouver, Hendra Halim remaeked that batik products are known as part of the creative economy products, which are dominated by small artisans. Designer Entin Gartini creates batik designs written by artisans from the Bantul area, Yogyakarta and sewn by home industries around Jakarta. Halim also said that Indonesia is ranked 7th as a supplier of textile products in the Canadian market after South Korea, China, the United States, Pakistan, India and Japan. This position must be maintained by diversifying the types of export products. For example, for batik products, besides being able to be used in official events, batik from cotton can be used as daily clothing, especially in summer as beachwear.
September
The tourism and culture of Indonesia are aired on Hainan TV, one of largest television stations in China. Indonesian Ambassador to China, Djauhari Oratmangun in his statement to Antara News Agency in Beijing on Monday (27/8) said that he had recorded for a television program on Hainan TV. He promotes several tourism destinations in Indonesia, particularly Bali. China has contributed the largest foreign tourists’ visit to Indonesia for several years before the Covid-19 pandemic, with an average visit number of more than two million people per year.
Moreover, Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun also promotes various handicrafts, such as batik, gamelan, drums, spices, and various food and beverage products from Indonesia that have entered the Chinese market. The TV program is enlivened by a couple of wife and husband from Central Java who teach at the Conservatory Music School center of China in Beijing. On that occasion, the couple gives examples of the differences in drum beats and Javanese and Balinese dance movements.
Ambassador Djauhari further said that the program, which is packaged on the Mei Qing program Seeing the World: this is Indonesia, will be broadcast on Hainan TV in October 2021. Hainan TV is one of the largest regional media outlets in China owned by Hainan Broadcasting Group, based in Hainan Island.
September
The Indonesian diaspora creative information parade in the form of culinary, SME products, batik and souvenirs as well as Indonesian coffee also enlivened the "Online Joyful Stage" of the Indonesian Consulate General in Hamburg which took place on Saturday (28/8). The Online Joyful Stage was the culmination of a series of 76th Anniversary Celebrations of the Republic of Indonesia at the Consulate General in Hamburg. This event also presented the creative talents of the Indonesian people in the fields of arts and culture in the working areas of the Consulate General in Hamburg, namely Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Tuesday that the event began with remarks by the Indonesian Consul General in Hamburg, Ardian Wicaksono and a joint prayer for Indonesia by M. Erwin Yasin, Chairman of the Indonesisches Islamisches Zentrum (IIC) Hamburg. In his remarks, Consul General Ardian Wicaksono emphasized that this celebration also carried the concern of the Indonesian diaspora towards Indonesian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and became a forum for friendship during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The activity was continued with a short video of a series of celebration activities since July 2021 such as online competitions, coffee tasting with coffee companies and restaurants, relaxing rides, workshops for carrying herbal medicine. Besides enlivening the event, comedian Cing Abdel was a virtual guest who entertained the entire audience via zoom and the Youtube channel of the Indonesian Consulate General in Hamburg.
The entertainment program featured Indonesian treasures such as Keroncong music, dances, folk songs and pop music. Present as performers were: TOFFI Hamburg, Bremen Cultural Studio, Keroncong Sikat Gigi Group, Papuan Community Group in Bremen, Indonesian Nauli Community and The Consulate band. The happy stage event also featured the announcement of the winners of various competitions to celebrate the Indonesian Independence Day, and the 2021 National Children's Day competition, which was collaboration with the Dharma Wanita Persatuan of the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Hamburg and the community organization "Indonesisches Kultur Agentur Team (IKAT)". This activity has succeeded in becoming interesting entertainment for Indonesian citizens in Germany. Even though it was held virtually, this did not reduce the intimacy and meaning of brotherhood among Indonesian citizens in Germany.
September
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Italy, Esti Andayani held a series of work and promotion of Indonesia in Versilia, Italy in order to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between the two countries. At the "Olimpiadi del Cuore" charity music concert in Forte dei Marmi City on Friday (27/8), she explained that Indonesia and Italy have similar viewpoints about how important to foster global cooperation and collaboration is in facing many challenges in the world currently, including facing the Covid-19 pandemic. She further said that access to Covid-19 vaccines must be fair for all countries.
She also rremarkd that the spirit of mutually helping is a part of the character of the Indonesian nation. The spirit of helping and caring for one another, particularly people who are in trouble and in need for help, has also become a part of the personality character of the Indonesian people and nation. Therefore, Ambassador Esti Andayani considered that cooperation and collaboration really need to be improved, especially in facing lots of challenges in the world at present, including dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Besides, Ambassador Esti also hopes that real joint actions need to be continued, such as organizing the charity music concert held at Forte dei Marmi. In addition to attending the charity concert, Ambassador Esti also held a meeting and promoted Indonesia to several parties in the Versilia area on 27 August 2021, including with the ranks of the Forte dei Marmi City Government, Seravezza City Government, hotel and restaurant associations, and other business groups.
Ambassador Esti also explained the potential for investment in Indonesia, information on the Job Creation Law, the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) and encouraged the participation of Italian entrepreneurs to take part in the 36th Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) which will be held online on October 21 - 4 November 2021.
September
Developing Environmentally Friendly Detergents, Unpad FMIPA Students Win International Awards
Written by Maryati
Proud news has returned from the world of education in Indonesia. A student of the Biology Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Padjadjaran University, Riska Kurniawati won an international award at the "International Fair of Youth Research and Education 2021" which was held virtually by the Indonesia Scientific Society on August 21. At the event, Riska obtained a Diploma with the title "Excellent" for the proposed research project. The research project is entitled "Eco-Detergent: Biodegradable Detergent from Corn Stover (Zea mays L.) and Lerak Fruit (Sapindus rarak DC) as a Water Friendly Solution".
In this scientific work, Riska and his supervisor, Dr. Budi Irawan developed an environmentally friendly detergent that is biodegradable from a combination of corn stover and lerak fruit. The development of this research was carried out to replace the use of chemical detergents for daily life. Based on the initial review, chemical detergents are one of the agents that can pollute water sustainability. The chemical content of detergents can cause poisoning and death of living organisms in the water, causing eutrophication events so as to reduce water quality levels. In addition, the water contaminated with detergent will be dangerous if used for the benefit of human life. Furthermore, Riska also explained that the combination of corn stover and lerak fruit containing saponins as surfactant agents can be used as a natural cleanser and can be degraded. The research method used is extraction to produce liquid components, foam test, foam stability test, and acidity test. From the tests carried out, the saponins content in the lerak fruit was 28% with the highest foam height of 2.7 cm in the test tube. The acidity level in the lerak solution is 5, while the acidity level in the lerak foam is 6 and the corn stover foam is 5. These results indicate that liquid detergent from corn stover and lerak fruit can be used as an environmentally friendly product and has the potential to become a biodegradable detergent in the future.
The International Fair of Youth Research and Education 2021 is an international scientific competition which is participated by professional researchers, undergraduate students, and high school students from all over the world. Each participant who is selected has the opportunity to present his/her research before the panelists. Each presenter is assessed based on three predicates, namely “Excellent”, “Very Good”, and “Good Research Project”. This year, the 2021 event was attended by 36 selected teams to present their research projects. Riska had the opportunity to be a presenter with 15 other presenters from Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, Nepal, and Iraq. Meanwhile, the panelist team that attended consisted of 23 people from academia.
August
Indonesia has again participated in the Festival Des Seniors which started taking place in Paris, France on July 19. Friday 27 August was the peak and closing day of the festival. The appearance of Indonesian culture and a number of culinary products from Indonesia also colored the closing ceremony of the festival which were enjoyed by the local residents.
The Indonesian tourism promotion office, VITO France, said on Saturday (28/8) that Indonesia's participation in the closing of the festival was supported by the Sekar Jagat Association and VITO France, as well as collaboration with the government of Paris City. Indonesia offered workshops on traditional dances and served a variety of snacks, such as lapis legit cake, onde-onde, herbs and chocolate. The dances that were also shown and taught to the French public in attendance were Balinese and Poco-Poco dances.
All visitors were very happy to get to know Indonesian culture and taste the Indonesian snacks and products provided during the event. Promotional activities like this are said to be very important to do to maintain the world community's view of Indonesia as a beautiful country and worth visiting.
Although currently Indonesia's tourism is still closed, Indonesia's promotion must continue. Unless, the world will forget about Indonesia and Indonesia will continue to lag behind. This was stated by VITO France. Therefore, the French VITO tourism promotion office strives to continue to carry out Indonesia's promotions to support the promotional activities of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in all situations. Because according to the French VITO, if the promotion of Indonesia stops, it will be difficult for the Indonesian tourism sector to return to echo Indonesia's name in the international arena.
August
Qatar University -QU, one of the best universities in Qatar and the Middle East has expressed its interest in opening a branch in Indonesia. The Indonesian Embassy in Doha in its statement received in Jakarta on Monday (23/8) stated that President of QU, Hassan Rashid Al Derham during a meeting with Indonesian Ambassador to Qatar, Ridwan Hassan stated his readiness to open the branch as long as regulations in Indonesia allow it.
During the meeting, Ambassador Ridwan expressed his appreciation to QU for facilitating Indonesian university students to study at the university. Currently, there are at least 25 Indonesian university students from various levels who study at QU.
Ambassador Ridwan hopes that there will be more Indonesian university students who study in Qatar in the future and vice-versa and there will be more students and teachers from Qatar who will study and teach in Indonesia. President Hassan Rashid Al Derham expressed his interest in collaborating with universities in Indonesia. He said that Indonesia is a country with extraordinary potential.
Based on the request of the Indonesian Ambassador, President Hassan Rashid also expressed his readiness to facilitate the activities of Indonesian university students at QU, including establishing an association or student club to introduce Indonesian language and culture. According to data from the Ministry of Higher Education of Qatar, there are about 2,059 Indonesian students currently studying in Qatar. They are in various levels of education from elementary school to higher education. Most of them are Indonesian diaspora’s children who were born and grown up in Qatar.
August
The application "ParuKu" by UI students wins the People's Choice Award
Written by Maryati
The innovation of the ParuKu application by University of Indonesia (UI) students won the People's Choice Award at the international NUS Medical Grand Challenge 2021 organized by the National University of Singapore. ParuKu is an Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot application that helps accompany Indonesian people in making decisions amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The ParuKu application provides several services in the form of information on vaccination schedules and locations, information on the availability of hospital beds for Covid-19 services, as well as laboratory recommendations for Covid-19 diagnostic tests based on the user's location and the capacity of health facilities. The application is a collaborative work of students from the Faculty of Medicine (FK) and the Faculty of Computer Science (Fasilkom) UI.
On one hand, the idea of creating ParuKu innovation started from a phenomenon in the community who is worried about being infected with Covid-19 when visiting hospitals or other health sectors amid ongoing pandemic. On the other hand, people need to queue for a long time to receive health services, so there is a possibility of being infected. ParuKu is expected to be able to reduce the duration of time that must be provided for the administrative process in receiving health services. In addition, this application allows users to visit health facilities at the right time without having to queue for a long time.
Mutiara Auliya Firdausy, a member of the ParuKu Team hopes that this application can be widely used in many areas and can help accelerate the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The ParuKu application is one of the innovative solutions from the 16 participating teams in the 2021 NUS Medical Grand Challenge competition which is judged by a panel of judges who have expert backgrounds from various industries, such as information technology, health care, and engineering. Each team put their proposals into action and their ideas were judged to have an impact on healthcare, innovation, business strategy, marketing and commercialization.