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VOINews, Jakarta - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy held a One Data Forum for Tourism and Creative Economy to optimize data provision in the tourism and creative economy sectors.

The Ministry's Head of Data Center and Information System, Norman Sasono, in his remarks at the One Data Forum for Tourism and Creative Economy III Year 2023 said that this forum is part of a series of activities to improve data governance in the Ministry, as well as a form of socialization of the use of the One Data Portal for Tourism and Creative Economy.

"This forum is also part of the implementation of One Data within the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, therefore, we hope that in this forum all participants, especially PIC data producers in the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, will increasingly understand and realize the importance of determining priority data in the One Data Indonesia scheme," he said at Harris Hotel & Convention Ciumbuleuit Bandung, Friday (19/10/2023).

The One Data Portal for Tourism and Creative Economy is a follow-up to Presidential Regulation No.39 of 2019 concerning One Data Indonesia.

Every agency or institution is obliged to realize the integration of development planning, implementation, evaluation, and control by having data that is accurate, up-to-date, easily accessible, and shared, and is managed carefully, integrated, and sustainable.

Following up on this, the Ministry issued Regulation of the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Number 8 of 2022 concerning One Data for Tourism and Creative Economy which regulates the governance of data owned by the Ministry within the framework of One Data for Tourism and Creative Economy.

"Pusdatin (Center for Data and Information Systems) as one of the work units that has duties and functions in data and information management, I think is still not optimal in providing data related to tourism and the creative economy. Therefore, we at Pusdatin have developed the One Data Portal for Tourism and Creative Economy," said the Head of Pusdatin in his speech.

The One Data Portal for Tourism and Creative Economy can be accessed through the link https://satudata.kemenparekraf.go.id. This portal can be accessed by the public because it does not contain state secrets, personal secrets, or other similar things.

Satu Data for Tourism and Creative Economy provides various data related to the tourism sector and creative economy, such as tourist data, labor data, to GDP and export data for the creative economy.

Meanwhile, Chief Data and Governance Officer of Satu Data Indonesia Bappenas/PPN, Dini Maghfira, hopes that through the Satu Data forum for Tourism and Creative Economy will find various agreements in providing data.

"This forum is not only a forum for communication, but it can also find agreements, especially in cross-ministerial agreements," said Dini.

The One Data Forum for Tourism and Creative Economy will last for three days from October 18 to 20, 2023. (Ministry of Tourism)

VOINews, Jakarta - Indonesia has exported gold jewelry worth US$286.98 million to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the 49 days since the implementation of the Indonesia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IUAE-CEPA).

On September 8, 2023, Indonesia exported its first shipment of gold jewelry, worth US$6.98 million, under the IUAE-CEPA framework. On October 19, gold jewelry exports from Indonesia were valued at US$280 million, taking the total value of exported gold jewelry to US$286.98 million.

During the signing ceremony of the Indonesian gold jewelry export contract with the UAE in Tangerang on Thursday, the Indonesian Ambassador to the UAE, Husin Bagis, said that the implementation of the IUAE-CEPA has forged a closer bilateral relationship between the two countries, especially in trade and investment.

“The coming years are a momentum that should not be missed by business actors and stakeholders in Indonesia to be able to implement strategic partnership projects,” he added in a press release issued by the Indonesian Embassy in Abu Dhabi.

Muhammad Khomaini, head of the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) in Dubai, said that Indonesia is currently ranked seventh among suppliers of jewelry to the UAE market after India, Turkey, Italy, France, Singapore, and Malaysia.

With the IUAE-CEPA in place, it is hoped that Indonesian businesses will take advantage of the momentum to boost the exports of jewelry and other leading products, thus helping Indonesia’s products become more competitive, he added.

The IUAE-CEPA, which came into force on September 1, covers various areas, including trade in goods, trade in services, investment, and digital trade.

The agreement is expected to boost the total trade value of both countries to more than US$10 billion within 3 years.

According to ITC Trademap data, Indonesian jewelry exports to the world have grown by 16.6 percent a year over the past five years and reached a value of US$3.78 billion in 2022.

The top five export markets for Indonesian jewelry in 2022 were Switzerland (US$1.6 billion), Singapore (US$605 million), Jordan (US$443 million), the United Arab Emirates (US$364 million), and the United States (US$330 million).

Based on data from the Ministry of Trade, the total trade between Indonesia and the UAE in 2022 was recorded at US$5.06 billion.

Of the total, Indonesia’s exports to the UAE were pegged at US$2.30 billion and its imports from the UAE were recorded at US$2.76 billion.

Indonesia’s exports to the UAE are dominated by products such as jewelry, footwear, textiles, and agricultural products. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s imports from the UAE are dominated by products such as crude oil, petrochemical products, and plastic products. (Antaranews)

VOINews, Jakarta - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) invited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to jointly stop the escalation of conflict in Gaza to prevent it from increasing.

"Indonesia strongly condemns Israeli attack on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza which resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties," he stated during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud, at the Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

As quoted from a statement from the Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat received here on Friday, at Thursday's meeting, Jokowi expressed Indonesia's concern about the increasingly worsening situation in Palestine. He emphasized Indonesia's stance that strongly condemns all attacks that impact humanity in the country.

The president also encouraged the problems in the Palestinian and Israeli conflict areas to be resolved immediately in accordance with the provisions that have been agreed upon.

"This is the time for the world to stand together to stop escalation, prioritize the humanitarian issue, and resolve the root of the problem according to the international parameters that have been agreed upon," he stated.

Earlier, President Jokowi had sent Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi to attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers' extraordinary meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.

The meeting was held to respond to an Israeli air strike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza that killed at least 471 people and injured 342 others.

At the meeting, Marsudi urged the organization to send a strong message and mobilize international support in handling the worsening conflict situation in Gaza.

Indonesia then called on the OIC to urge all relevant parties to create humanitarian corridors in Gaza and ensure that international humanitarian laws are respected. (Antaranews)

VOINews, Jakarta - Promoting business cooperation between Indonesia and the Indonesian Consulate General Cape Town's Accreditation Area, the Indonesian Consul General Cape Town met the CEO of Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC), Denise van Huyssteen in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape Province (19/10). Gqeberha is 754 km from Cape Town, which can be reached in 8 hours by road.

During the meeting, the Consul General was accompanied by Economic Function Staff and Consular Protocol Consul. While the CEO of NMBBC was accompanied by the Chief Operations Officer (Ashwin Daya) and Acting Director Trade and Investment Economic Development, Tourism and Agriculture (Jeremy Dobbin).

The Consul General said that in 2024 RI-South Africa diplomatic relations will reach 30 years, the two countries have also had a strategic partnership since 2017. The special relationship is an important capital for strengthening cooperation in various fields such as trade, education, health and culture.

The Consul General encouraged concrete efforts to improve relations and cooperation between Indonesia and the Eastern Cape Province which can be started from "low hanging fruits" in order to bring tangible results in the near future.

Meanwhile, the CEO of NMBBC conveyed various advantages of the Eastern Cape in attracting investors and business partners, such as environmentally friendly green energy, pharmaceuticals and medicines, transformation of fossil fuel automotive to environmentally friendly, and climate change.

The NMBBC CEO was also enthusiastic about the planned release of the first container of Cap Lang products to Cape Town on October 26 in Jakarta, which will be attended by the representative of the Indonesian Consulate General in Cape Town. In addition, Indonesian palm oil companies are expected to partner with the Eastern Cape Province. In this regard, it was agreed to plan a workshop meeting by inviting Indonesian palm oil companies (online or offline) in the near future.

The successful Indonesian People's Market in Cape Town is expected to be held in Gqeberha around April 2024. The Indonesian People's Market has attracted the interest of a number of parties, in addition to Gqeberha, the Mossel Bay Municipality has also invited the Indonesian Consulate General in Cape Town to participate in a similar activity at the end of March 2024.

In addition, the CEO of NMBBC is interested in seeing the new capital city of IKN with the concept of green city or forest city which is in line with the mission of green economy and climate change mitigation.

A number of cooperation plans were recorded, including the Indonesian People's Market, a workshop on palm oil business cooperation in Cape Town, pharmaceutical industry cooperation, green economy, and the discourse of establishing an Indonesian Trading House for the promotion and marketing of Indonesian products in the Eastern Cape.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)