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After successfully presenting Archipelageek Pavilion at South by Southwest -SXSW 2017 and 2018 held in Austin, Texas, USA,  Creative Economy Agency -Bekraf is now preparing to be present at SXSW 2019 which will be held on 8-17 March 2019. With the same preparation as previous SXSW, the agency will open registration for the start-up companies which have innovative products and ready to penetrate global market. Registration for the SXSW 2019 will be open on the agency's official website on Monday, July 30th 2018. After the press conference held in Jakarta on Thursday (July 26, 2018), Vice Chairman of Creative Economy Agency -Bekraf, Ricky Joseph Pesik said that SXSW is a very important and prestigious event for startups around the world. Thus, the agency tries to increase the participation of start-up companies in Indonesia every year.

“One of the tipping points of the creative economy sector is the international market hub. One of which, for example, is South by Southwest. We are seriously showing Indonesia. In 2016, we held a survey and then in 2017 we presented it; in 2018, we expand our presence. So, in 2019, we hope that we can present Indonesia greater. Because there are many great opportunities to showcase innovations, and breakthroughs to the world. What can be offered from Indonesia to the world is in line with Indonesia's increasing entry into the world's radar. We repeatedly see in the global media that Indonesia is projected to be one of the leading economy countries in the world,” said Ricky Joseph Pesik.

In relation to innovation products from startups, Ricky Joseph hopes more startup companies in Indonesia to participate in SXSW 2019 to penetrate their products to the global market. In SXSW 2018, Indonesian representatives consisting of five startup companies, namely: Kata.ai, Mycotech, Saft7Robotics, Seruniaudio, Squline, Digital Happiness, Minikino and Vestifarm and also supported by Telkomsel NextDev are well received by visitors from all over the world. The visitors are very enthusiastic with the products on display, giving appreciation to the offer of cooperation. Creative Economy Agency -Bekraf is still carrying the same theme in SXSW 2019, namely Archipelageek inspired by the philosophy of Indonesia as the largest archipelago country in the world. (VOI / Rezha/AHM)

An Economic Research Professor of the Indonesian Institue of Sciences (LIPI),    Sarip Hidayat at the Inauguration of Research Professor at Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Auditorium Jakarta on Thursday  (26/07) said the Regulation of number 22 Year 1999 on Regional Government has given authority for the regional government to organize resources by looking at the potential and regional diversity. Regional Autonomy  is expected to provide holistic authority and responsibility for development and equity. However, he said it needs conceptual reformation so that the policy can answer the existing challenges.

“Conceptual reformation and decentralization policy and Regional Autonomy is pragmatic-parcialistic and it is built based on a series of events. It is assumed that it is difficult to answer the national problems.  The solution of both concepts and decentralization policy and the right Regional Autonomy  is for the sake of the nation and it is not for the government. It is holistic and must be built based on a series of event,” Sarip Hidayat said.

Sarip Hidayat  also explained it needs synergy with mutual supporting policy  between the central and regional governments to build Indonesia. He said the dynamic relation between central and regional governments is also expected  to become the support in creating equity in development. (VOI/Ahmad Faisal/AHM)

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Asian Games Indonesia - Inasgoc, Erick Thohir in Jakarta on Friday reported to the Chief of the Asian Games Steering Committee, who is also concurrently Vice President of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla on various preparations that have already been carried out ahead of the 2018 Asian Games. The preparations include the athletes, the venue as well as a number of supporting facilities. To the press, Erick Tohir said that the whole preparations have run well. The cooperation with the regional governments has also taken place well.

“The regional governments give full support. For example, the Torch Relay where the regional leaders are really very helpful with the activity. Because, we as the organizing committee of the Asian Games cannot be successful if we are not united,” Erick Tohor said.

Erick Tohir further said that the timely arrangement of mobility of Asian Games athletes has been attempted through traffic engineering, the application of odd-and-even vehicle numbers and temporary holidays for school children in Jakarta. (KBRN/Rizki/RHM)

The phenomenon of gadget addiction or gameplay among children is one of the concerns at the National Children's Day Celebration in 2018. Though the use of the devices potentially dangerous to children's growth. This was conveyed by Professor of the Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia (UI) Soedjatmiko to the reporters at Indonesian Ministry of Health Jakarta, on Tuesday (24/7/2018). According to Soedjatmiko, the device can be a tool that directs children to negative things, such as negative information like pornography and hoaxes, violent content that is inconsistent with their age, commercial information or advertising that can harm children and their parents, and the last is a game that often makes them addicted. He said the addiction of children to gadget is influenced by many things, including the influence of their own parents.

“Regarding the addiction to the gadget, that  is influenced by many things. First, an example from a parent, from the environment, from a friend.Second, the lack of control of parents, restrictions, and also less control of the environment, for example from school. Third is no solution he played what. Play what is more fun or just as fun as a gadget. Those three things can cause children addicted to gadgets,” said Soedjatmiko.

Furthermore, Soedjatmiko explained that parents have a very big role related to the effect of the device on children. Parents are expected not only to forbid their children from using the devices alone, they are also expected to reduce the use of the devices in the presence of their children. In addition, parents are also expected to increase the interaction directly with children through various activities that can stimulate child growth. Soedjatmiko said, related to the addiction of children's devices, the current awareness of the negative effects of the device has begun to increase among educators and parents. Gawai is now a prohibited item in a number of schools in Indonesia. Indonesian Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection is currently doing a joint study with Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to prohibit the use of devices in children. (VOI / Rezha/AHM)