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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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February
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Colombia, Priyo Iswanto was awarded Doctorate Honoris Causa (DR. HC) in Social Sciences from the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), with real work consideration in increasing cooperation between Indonesia and Colombia by issuing palm oil as an important factor in achieving the Development Goals Sustainability (SDGs Plus). Ambassador Priyo has succeeded in convincing Colombia to become the first member of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) outside its founders, namely Indonesia and Malaysia.
Based on the SDGs Plus of economic, social, environmental, and moral approaches in his scientific oration, Ambassador Priyo affirmed the importance of the palm oil industry in achieving SDGs no. 1 (no poverty); SDGs 2 (no hunger); SDGs 7 (clean and affordable energy), and SDGs 8 (decent work and economic development). Moreover, he also explained that the negative campaign against palm oil is immoral because in reality, palm oil has various advantages, including being more environmentally friendly compared with other vegetable oils because palm trees require more efficient land, water and fertilizers. He also proposed the importance of strengthening the CPOPC by expanding membership by other palm oil producing countries and also the need to integrate the dynamics of the palm oil industry among three regions of inter- continents, namely Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Indonesian Foreign Affairs Mahendra Siregar representing the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his remarks stated that palm oil is a strategic commodity for Indonesia and Colombia and industry. It has contributed to the implementation success of a peace agreement in Colombia.
February
Unair Students Create Hand Sanitizer from Shrimp Shell Waste
Written by MaryatiWith the experience of seeing the processing of shrimp shell waste, Universitas Airlangga (Unair) students have innovated hand sanitizer products from shrimp shell waste. One of the team members, Arief Rubiana, explained that the idea for innovation came from his experience during the Fieldwork Practices in Thailand. At that time, he took the topic of “Research on Chitosan from shrimp shell waste.
By utilizing shrimp shell waste, this product is claimed to be more environmentally friendly. In addition, chitosan is organic, and it does not contain proteins that can cause allergies. Chitosan is a derived biopolymer compound that is organic in nature. Derivative compounds, that come from three stages, are deproteinization, demineralization, and deacetylation of chitin, which are found in marine animals such as shrimp and crabs.
Because the work on the innovation concept is carried out online, Arief admits that the innovation still needs further development to explore its effectiveness and packaging that must be eco-friendly. The innovation has made the second winner at the National Level in the Product Innovation Competition Category for the 2020 Student Creativity and Innovation Festival, Khairun Ternate University.
January
The Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum Takes Part at the 38th International Fair of Khartoum to increase trade volume between Indonesia and Sudan
Indonesian representatives in foreign countries have duties to continuously carry out economic diplomacy and increase Indonesia's trade with accredited countries. One of the ways done by the Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum was by attending the International Fair of Khartoum (IFK) last Friday (22/1). The IFK 2021 exhibition is a step done by the Government of Sudan to collaborate and promote many potentials of Sudan to friendly countries that are expected to be able to push the economic recovery of Sudan.
During the event of IFK, there was also a Business Forum held to facilitate business contacts of the participants and promote the potential for trade and investment cooperation in Sudan. Indonesian Ambassador to Sudan, Rossalis R. Adenan explained that the political relations between Indonesia and Sudan have been running well for a long time, but it has not been reflected in the economic cooperation because the current trade volume between the two countries is still far under its real potential. It needs joint efforts to continuously increase trade and investment cooperation of both countries.
The Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum keeps on encouraging actively the business actors of the two countries, including by facilitating business contacts between business actors of the two countries to explore various opportunities for cooperation. The Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum also asked for support related to the plan of establishing the Indonesia-Sudan Business Council (ISBC) as a communication platform for business players of the two countries that have been friendly for a long time.
January
Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information Technology and Singapore Discuss IT Cooperation
Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Johnny G. Plate held a bilateral meeting with his Singaporean counterpart, S. Iswaran to discuss the agenda of strengthening cooperation in the telecommunications and information technology sector. This hearing was held on the sidelines of the ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting (ADGMIN) which took place virtually on 21-22 January 2021. Since 2007, Indonesia and Singapore have had a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the telecommunications and informatics sector. In the past year, preliminary assessments had been carried out for updating the MoU to make it more relevant to the latest digital developments, including data protection and sovereignty. In addition to the data protection, the issue of cross-border data flow is also increasingly crucial to discuss comprehensively, considering that this data exchange can encourage the development of a more massive economic sector. As an illustration, more definite policies related to cross-border data exchange will support the expansion of companies and Indonesia to other ASEAN countries. The Memorandum of Understanding between Singapore and Indonesia will also include cooperation in developing digital talent of both countries.
January
Indonesian Ambassador to China, Djauhari Oratmangun expressed his appreciation for the establishment of a tempe factory under the company Seastar Food Co. Ltd. from Indonesia in Shanghai, China last Wednesday (20/1). The company is the first producer of Indonesian tempe in China where the demand is increasing from the local community for this typical Indonesian food.
Ambassador Djauhari stated that the existence of this tempe company has succeeded in paving the way in promoting Indonesian specialties in the Chinese market through Shanghai. The tempe which is produced in the Songjiang District industrial area is sold on the Chinese market under the brand name "Rusto Tempeh."
So far, the food made from soybeans has been marketed through an online shopping platform, Taobao owned by the giant Alibaba. However, the amount is still very limited due to being known only by some Indonesian diasporas and local residents who have lived or visited Indonesia.
Ambassador Djauhari further said that the tempe company is not only a manifestation of the love of the Indonesian people in China, but also one of the archipelago culinary diplomacy strategies in China. Therefore, he hopes for support from all Indonesian people in Shanghai, such as from the Indonesian Consulate General, entrepreneurs and Indonesian representative companies in Shanghai, Indonesian students and university students, as well as diasporas.
January
Indonesia and Cambodia encourage cooperation to handle negative campaigns against palm oil commodities
Indonesia keeps fighting against negative campaigns of palm oil commodities and its derivatives; one of which is through a representative approach to each accredited country. Indonesian Ambassador to Cambodia, Sudirman Haseng visited the State Secretary of the Ministry of Environment of Cambodia, Eang Sophalleth to discuss the issue of oil palm and the economic sustainability of farmers on Friday (15/1).
Besides, Ambassador Sudirman also takes advantages of the meeting to gain support and an active role of Cambodia at the ASEAN-EU Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting which will discuss issues related to vegetable oil, including palm oil at the end of January 2021. He also affirmed that the issues to be discussed at the JWG is very important, particularly for ASEAN, which becomes the largest exporter region of palm oil commodities. Moreover, the issues of palm oil become a systemic negative campaign target done by interested parties.
Meanwhile, State Secretary of the Ministry of Environment of Cambodia, Eang Sophalleth pointed out the important issues discussed in relation to encouraging the implementation of SDGs and a sustainable economy, as well as looking at the opportunities and challenges in vegetable oil production. The meeting also discussed cooperation plans at the ecotourism sector as a potential new destination to educate domestic and international students and tourists related to the advantages, uses and benefits of palm oil, as well as providing a broader understanding in giving various perspectives to combat against negative campaigns to palm oil commodities.
January
Indonesia welcomes the “Joint Working Group on Vegetable Oil” between the European Union and ASEAN towards Increasing Trade
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Indonesia is committed to fulfilling the 17 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs 2030 and has succeeded in achieving significant progress. In this regard, Indonesia rejects discriminatory treatment related to the issue of sustainability of Indonesian palm oil products, amid Indonesia's efforts to raise stricter standards. This was affirmed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Mahendra Siregar at an online seminar with the theme "Sustainable Vegetable Oil: Opportunities for Increased Two-Way Trade" on January 14th 2021. As quoted on the kemlu.go.id page (15/1), in the event, Deputy Minister Mahendra Siregar said, Indonesia emphasized that efforts to achieve SDGs targets require close collaboration with some countries. In this regard, the Government of Indonesia is ready to share dialogue with all partners, both at the regional and global levels.
This webinar activity was organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Stockholm in a bid to encourage discussion on the topic of sustainable vegetable oil and the background of the agreement between the member states of the European Union (EU) and ASEAN to improve relations from a Dialogue Partnership to a Strategic Partnership, as well as the formation of a Joint Working Group on Vegetable Oil at the 23rd EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting to be held on 1 December 2020.
In his opening, Indonesian Ambassador to Stockholm, Kamapradipta Isnomo called for all stakeholders in Indonesia and the people of the European Union and ASEAN to take advantage of the momentum in early 2021 by welcoming the launch of the Joint Working Group towards increasing the two-way trade in vegetable oil. He said that the commitment of the two parties to form a Joint Working Group indicates a common vision to solve environmental challenges and issues in the vegetable oil sector from a more objective and non-discriminatory perspective.
The seminar was attended by two expert panelists in the field of sustainability and vegetable oil based in Sweden, namely Francis X. Johnson, Ph.D., Senior Researcher from the Stockholm Environment Institute, and Fumi Harahap, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Researcher from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. In the presentation and discussion, the points explained were the stages of economic transition to bio-economics, the market share of oil plant use, the potential for energy produced from agricultural crop residues, and opportunities for bio-refinery development to capture the full potential of vegetable resources. Representing the Swedish Government and acting as event moderator was Paul Westin from the Swedish Energy Agency.
Palm oil and its derivatives are one of Indonesia's leading commodities exported to Sweden. Over the last 3 years, the import value of Swedish palm oil from Indonesia has continued to increase, from US$ 14.5 million in 2017 to US $ 32.3 million in 2019. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic and efforts to accelerate national economic recovery, trade vegetable oils, especially palm oil exports abroad, are becoming increasingly important to the Government and the people of Indonesia.
January
Indonesia-Japan Collaboration to Build Capacity of Indonesian Seafarers
The Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is collaborating with the Japan Agency of Maritime Education and Training for Seafarers (JMETS) to build the capacity of Indonesian seafarers in the field of shipping safety.
Director of the Fisheries Business Expert Polytechnic (AUP) - Marine and Fisheries Research and Human Resources Agency, Ilham in a press release, Saturday (16/1) explained that the scope of this collaboration includes navigation research by the Fishing Technology Study Program (TPI) AUP Polytechnic which will be included in the J-Stage journal (Scopus index Q-2).
Currently, the cooperation, which was agreed to until March 31, 2022, is focusing on developing the navigation safety of fishing vessels in Indonesia by understanding radar and other navigation tools for the shipping safety.
The AUP Polytechnic provides data related to the topic of the cooperation, which will be jointly analyzed to become scientific recommendations as a study material in a bid to improve safety for fishing vessels. Later, the data and information as a result of this collaboration will become scientific publications that can be used as literature or educational and training materials to improve navigation safety for fishing and shipping operations for the crew members of fishing vessels on non-conventional vessels, not only in Indonesia but also in other countries.
January
Ambassador Andri Hadi hands over Letters of Credentials to the King of Belgium, Philippe
Indonesian Ambassador to Belgium Andri Hadi handed over letters of credentials to King of Belgium, Philippe in Brussels on Wednesday (13/1) by following the health protocols to prevent the transmission of Covid-19. While meeting the King, Ambassador Andri conveyed the respectful greetings of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to King Philippe, who had met during the visit of the Indonesian President to Belgium in 2016. The meeting at that time was impressed for President Joko Widodo. Therefore, he invited King Philippe to visit Indonesia, if the Covid-19 pandemic condition has been better.
In a statement of the Indonesian Embassy in Brussels on Thursday (14/1), Ambassador Andri stated that as a country with a population of around 270 million, Indonesia faces several challenges in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. However, with the vaccine, it is expected that Indonesia will be able to manage the Covid-19 pandemic. To King Philippe, Ambassador Andri also informed that Indonesia has started a Covid-19 vaccination program, with the first injection given to President Joko Widodo on Wednesday (13/1).
King Philippe expressed his condolences and sympathy of the government and the people of Belgium for the Sriwijaya airplane accident that occurred last week. In a response to the statement, Ambassador Andri explained that the plane's black box had been found for further investigation to find out the cause of the accident. Moreover, Ambassador Andri also conveyed several bilateral issues, such as cooperation in countering terrorism and palm oil.
To King Philippe, Ambassador Andri explained that Indonesian palm oil is a sustainable palm oil product which is strictly regulated and has both national (ISPO) and international (RSPO) certification. King Philippe and Ambassador Andri Hadi agreed for the need of an immediate settlement of Agreement negotiations namely Indonesia-European Union (I-EU CEPA) Comprehensive Economic Partnership in order to optimize the huge potential of both countries.
During the 30-minute meeting, Ambassador Andri Hadi provided an interesting book on the history of Indonesia's independence struggle entitled "Revolusi" which was written by a historian who is also a leading archaeologist in Belgium, David Van Reybrouck. King Philippe appreciated for giving of the book. Moreover, Ambassador Andri Hadi arrived in Belgium on November 11, 2020. Besides serving as the Indonesian Ambassador to Belgium, Ambassador Andri is also entrusted to be Indonesian Ambassador to Luxembourg, the European Union and the World Customs Organization.
January
Indonesian Education Startup obtains Investment at the Beginning of the Year
Written by MaryatiCovid-19 Pandemic changes the order of people's lives, including in the world of education. Online education services are in demand during the corona pandemic. Earlier this year, two Indonesian edutech startups also won funding. Indonesian education startups: Titik Pintar and Zenius received fresh funds in early 2021. Titik Pintar obtained investment from the Indonesia Women Empowerment Fund (IWEF), while funding to Zenius was led by OpenSpace Ventures and Alpha JWC Ventures. This is the first time for Titik Pintar to obtain institutional investment from IWEF. Previously, this startup received grants from the Dutch government, as well as investments from individual investors in Indonesia and abroad.
Titik Pintar provides an EduTainment ecosystem, including customized self-learning services and remote micro lessons from teachers. The material is in Indonesian and English. Lessons and videos are made directly by the teacher on the SahabatPintar.id website. Thereby, teachers can get additional income. Meanwhile, children and parents can independently organize the learning experience and content needed. Currently, Titik Pintar has more than 15 thousand users.
Another educational startup, Zenius also received funding from OpenSpace Ventures and Alpha JWC Ventures. The fresh funds will be used to develop services and applications. Online learning services like Zenius are in demand during the corona pandemic. This has driven the company's revenue to grow 70% year on year / yoy more during the second semester of 2020. The number of users also grew more than 10 times during March to December 2020. Meanwhile, the average number of users in each class is 400 students.