Events

12 & 18 April 2022 - Technical Assistance II

ARISE+ Indonesia is co-hosting kick-off meetings to support Bappenas in developing three Grand Designs on Export Acceleration, Investment and Economic Cooperation. Each Grand Design is being developed in collaboration with a reputed Indonesian think tank. The Center for Economics and Development Studies, Universitas Padjadjaran (CEDS UNPAD) will work on Export Acceleration; the Institute for Economic and Social Research – Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI) will work on Investment; and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia will work on Economic Cooperation. The Grand Designs will enable Bappenas to effectively prepare for the next National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) for 2025-2029. The kick-off meetings will convene key officials in Bappenas and other key related ministries, including the Ministry of Investment and the Ministry of Trade.

14 & 16-18 November 2022 - Technical Assistance I

The Ministry of Trade, with support from ARISE+ Indonesia, holds a series of online training aiming to strengthen the capacity of the functional officers, whose primary role and duty is to provide advice to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). 

17-18 & 28 October 2022 - Technical Assistance I

The Directorate of Trade Defense (DPP) of the Ministry of Trade, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law of the University of Padjadjaran (UNPAD) Bandung, with support from ARISE+ Indonesia, are developing an academic trade remedy module to be used in pre-graduate and post-graduate levels as part of a course on international trade policy (Faculty of Economics) or international trade law (Faculty of Law). The module development aims to increase Indonesia's knowledge of trade remedies and international trade policy and law to create a pool of trade remedy talent from which the MoT Trade Remedy Directorates and the private sector could recruit and consult. 

4-8 July 2022 & 25-28 July 2022 - Technical Assistance II

While the prevalence of tariffs as barriers to international trade has declined due to the tariff reduction efforts at the multilateral and bilateral levels, trade in goods continues to be hampered by non-tariff measures (NTMs). These might include, among others, packaging requirements, labelling requirements, import quotas, etc. UNCTAD-WB (2018) characterises NTMs as the “grey zone where trade policy meets national regulation”. Therefore, reducing bilateral barriers to trade in services and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods should be a key item in the negotiating agenda.