The Ministry of Trade saw that
conferences in the effort of finding solutions to various issues in investment collaboration
and trading within the APEC framework departed from the existing ground, i.e. ASEAN
AFTA. The collaboration model within the ASEAN FTA could drive APEC to be more
realistic. “We would discuss the global environment, regulatory discipline issues,
ASEAN FTA would even include other countries to make it FTA plus one, or plus
two or plus three including China” the Director General of International
Collaboration Trading Imam Pambagyo disclosed to Business News (8/2).
The APEC Forum could crystallize subject of
discussion in AFTA Plus, although there was no specific discussion. Indonesia
kept updating all collaboration fora at regional laved including linkages with
New Zealand, Australia etc. Investment collaboration in the Asia Pacific region
encompassed cost cutting in trading facilities because the core of APEC forum
was trade facilities. Expert group was also considering food resilience issues,
climate change and connectivity among 21 members of APEC. “Connectivity for
investment is in building common harbors, and mainstreaming issues and many
more subjects to he dissected in the follow up Senior Official Meeting (SOM) in
Surabaya, Medan and Bali as this year is Indonesia's turn to be in leadership
position."
Indonesia would serve national
interest in the APEC forum at the chain of meetings at the First Senior Officials
Meeting (SOM 1) APEC 2013 to be held on January 25 to February 7, 2013 in
Jakarta. As Chairman of APEC 2013, Indonesia had the objective to promote infra-structure
investment, to empower important groups who had the potential in national
economic development like small business (UKM), women and farmers and to make
sure the market of the ASEAN region would be open for Indonesia’s exported
products.
Indonesia's proposition which had
won support were:
To synergize collaboration
process related to trading and investment in APEC 2013 by preparing the 9th
World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial conference in Bali, December 2013.
To build connectivity system
through physical connectivity, institutional connectivity and people-to-people
connectivity in the Asia Pacific Region.
To foster collaboration in
development and investment in infra-structure through public-private partnership.
Elaboration of maritime issues in
APEC in various collaboration platforms, i.e. food resiliency, connectivity,
trading of sustainable marine products, green transportation and marine
tourism. This collaboration was meant to support inclusive growth, increased
income and employment opportunities especially for the marginal group
including fishermen, which was well balanced by maintaining sea conservation.
Disaster-anticipation through
study and analysis in securing goods transportation safely could be exercised
with the help of disaster-responder instrument in case of danger from the
immigration and custom's perspective.
Promoting collaboration in
education among APEC Economic communities to promote mobility of students, academicians,
and researchers in the Asia Pacific region.
Promoting the role end capacity
of farmers in global food resiliency through Government's partnership, the private
sector and Farmers.
Collaboration in health which
encompassed development of sustainable health system, encourage use of
traditional medicines and health financing.
Collaboration in science, technology
and innovation through conducting Chief Science Advisor Meeting in June/July
2013 in Medan. The meeting was chaired jointly by Indonesia and New Zealand,
involving the Government, busineesplayers and academicians.
In SOM 1 APEC 2013 there had been
accomplished 31 meetings of 26 sub-for and APEC, 4 workshops; 3 policy
dialogue, 13 bilateral meetings end quadrilateral meetings attended by
Indonesia and 60 meetings of APEC economists. SOM 1 APEC 2013 was attended by
1300 delegations of 21 APEC economists.
In that meeting, Indonesia was Chairman for the
Policy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS), Group on Services (GOS), Anti
Corruption Transparency Working Group (ACTWG) Sub-Committee on Customs
Procedures (SCCP) and Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTIF).
Series
of APEC follow up meetings in Indonesia, were among others:
1 SOM 2
in Surabaya, 6-19 April 2013;
2.
SOM 3 in Medan, 22 June — 6 July 2013;
3.
Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) in
Surabaya, 20-21 April 2013;
4.
Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial
Meeting (SMEMM) Bali, September 7, 2013;
5.
High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and
the Economy in Bali, September 7, 2013;
6.
Joint Ministerial Level Meeting on Women
and SME in Bell, September 7, 2013;
7.
Finance Ministers' Meeting (FMM) in Bali,
September 20, 2013;
8.
APEC Economic Leaders' Week in Bali,
October 1-8, 2013, consist of:
Concluding SOM (CSOM), October 1-2, 2013 APEC
Ministerial Meeting (AMM), October 4-5, 2013
APEC CEO Summit, October 5-7, 2013;
ABAC Dialogue with Leaders, October 7,
2013 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting (AELM)/IKTT APEC 2013, October 7-8, 2013.
The Asia -Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) established in 1989 was a regional cooperation forum, i.e.
Pacific Rim with 21 The members of economy, which were: Australia, Brunel Darussalam,
Canada, Chili, Chine, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand,
the USA, Vietnam, China Taipei, Hong Kong and China.
Business News - February 13,2013
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