Day: March 6, 2022

Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy held the Short Film Media Studies workshop (AKSILARASI) in Mandalika, West Nusa Tenggara on March 3-5, 2022.

The event was aimed at improving Indonesian films competitiveness, to bring out creative products that could support the development of selected tourism destinations. Furthermore, it would build a creative economy ecosystem in supporting the national economic revival, the ministry said.

The short film workshop is part of the incubation stage II of the AKSILARASI program in the film sub-sector in Mandalika, where the stage I in 2021 had been done by producing short films by the local communities, Director of Music, Film, and Animation at the ministry Mohammad Amin said in a statement on Sunday.

“In 2021, the film sub-sector of AKSILARASI implementation was conducted in four Super Priority Destinations (Mandalika, Labuan Bajo, Borobudur, and Lake Toba), which resulted short films produced by each local film communities,” Amin explained.

The stage I was then continued with stage II with similar workshops to enrich the local short films. AKSILARASI is a program that trains and mentors local creative communities, especially in Indonesia’s Super Priority Destinations.

Meanwhile, the ministry’s Film Sub-Coordinator, Mauliandini Nur Noviasri, highlighted that the stage II incubation participants will get exposure to media studies.

“So later they will be able to understand the concept and purpose of work creations in the production process of a film,” Noviasri said.

Meanwhile, the West Nusa Tenggara Tourism Office Head, Yusron Hadi, appreciated the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy which has supported the development of the film sub-sector in his province.

“The support given by the ministry in developing creative economy sector of West Nusa Tenggara has given considerable motivation to creative economy players and expose the province’s extraordinary talents. I hope the film sector people can benefit from this workshop to grow the local film ecosystem,” Hadi pointed out.

Source: Antara News

The government is accelerating the process for the Nusantara capital city (IKN) authority to operate, according to Main Expert of the Presidential Staff Office Wandy Tuturoong.

“Indeed, the mandate of the Law on Capital City states that the IKN Authority will operate no later than 2022. However, this does not mean that the operational process will only take place at the end of the year,” he said in a written statement, Sunday.

The Article 9 of the Law (UU) No 3 of 2022 concerning IKN issued on February 15, 2022, states that IKN is led by Authority Chief and assisted by a Deputy. Both are appointed and dismissed directly by the President after consulting with the House of Representatives (DPR).

The government has experiences in establishing ministry-level institutions. According to him, an establishment process of an institution would take time and it usually would fully operate within three or four months.

“So for the establishment and operation of the IKN Authority, it will certainly refer to existing experiences. The government has designed various acceleration mechanisms,” he said.

He said the Presidential Staff Office together with the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) would continue to oversee various discussions and finalization of the draft derivative regulations of the IKN Law, namely the Presidential Regulation (Perpres) on the IKN Authority, the Presidential Regulation on the IKN Master Plan, Government Regulation (PP) on Funding, and Presidential Decree (Keppres) concerning the transfer of functions of Jakarta (the current capital city) to the next capital city, IKN.

“We will do our best to make the transfer of IKN successful because the momentum is now, when the government and the DPR can produce an important agreement, Hence, the gap between Java and outside Java can be overcome immediately, There is no guarantee that a momentum like this will come again after 2024,” he said.

The government estimates that the total budget required for the new capital city construction will reach Rp466 trillion.

Of the total funds, Rp89.4 trillion is expected to be derived from the State Budget (APBN), Rp253.4 trillion from public private partnership (KPBU), and Rp123.2 trillion from the private sector.

Source: Antara News

Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Teten Masduki has encouraged Indonesian consumers to buy domestic products.

“Local products are cool and unique, it’s different from foreign brands,” he said, during a discussion with denim clothing entrepreneur at the 2022 Wall of Fades (WOF) event in Bandung, West Java Province, as quoted in a press statement on Sunday.

The minister said that Indonesia should emulate South Korea whose K-pop music has influenced the world, thanks to their love of domestic culture.

He hopes the Indonesian people will be able to create world-scale trends so that they can influence the global community.

On the occasion, he appealed to darahkubiru denim community, which is the organizer of the WOF 2022 event, to make a proud movement for local brands.

He conveyed the appeal given that many young people are currently more interested in unique local products than foreign products.

“I think nowadays many youths prefer to use unique local products such as shoes, clothes, pants and bags rather than using products from big brands or foreign brands. This may be the first step to create a narrative that is not only accepted domestically but also abroad,” the minister said.

Local denim businesses, he said, could take advantage of the high interest of young people for unique items.

“Artisanal products are unique and different from mass-produced products. Many young people today prefer unique products over mass-produced products,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of WOF 2022 Rizqi Alkautsar said that the event he held at the Roastman Experience, Bandung, from March 4-6, presented 20 local denim brands.

Besides Bandung, WOF 2022 will also be held at Jakarta Senayan Park from 24-27 March 2022 by presenting 60 local denim.

“We are targeting two thousand visits in WOF 2022 held in Bandung and 15 thousand to 30 thousand visits from events held in Jakarta,” said Alkautsar.

Source: Antara News

The Indonesian government has developed export villages to increase rural communities’ self-reliance and welfare, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs said.

“The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs supports the implementation of this cooperation through coordination, synchronization, and control of policies and programs, so that these targets can be achieved,” the ministry’s Deputy for Coordination of the Digital Economy, Employment and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises M. Rudy Salahuddin said in a statement received here on Sunday.

The ministry has facilitated the signing of a joint agreement on Community Economic Empowerment through Export Village Development between the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT) with PT Astra International Tbk. and the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI), some time ago.

The agreement is aimed to build a synergy of programs and activities, commitment and collaborative action, as well as become the basis for related parties in carrying out future cooperation.

“The government prioritizes the improvement of community welfare in rural areas by encouraging the implementation of the Community Economic Empowerment Program, through strengthening community entrepreneurship and MSMEs based on the development of superior products in rural areas,” Salahuddin said.

The strengthening of entrepreneurship and MSMEs based on the development of superior products in the village is expected to increase the productivity of the lower middle class community, create job opportunities for people with low education, and create added value for local potential.

These targets will ultimately increase the income of rural communities in a sustainable manner and reduce poverty.

Meanwhile, PT Astra International Tbk. said it has developed 930 Astra Sejahtera Villages (DSA). Each village produces several kinds of product clusters, including coffee, marine, tourism clusters, creative product and cultural clusters. Through the collaboration with the ministry, Astra hopes that the program they are working on can develop.

Meanwhile, village products under the management of the Ministry of Villages and PT Astra will be curated by the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI). Villages that are selected as Export Villages will be given assistance, training, and guidance, starting from the management aspect, increasing production capacity, product standardization certification, business matching, and financing for exporters.

The Collective Agreement will be followed up with the signing of a Collective Labor Agreement (PKB) between the parties, as well as the preparation of action plans in several selected locations.

Source: Antara News