Event Reports

On 12 January 2021, EuroCham was interviewed by consultants designated by the French Development Agency (AFD). The background of this meeting is that the AFD recently launched the Ex Post evaluation for the Fiscal Reform Development Policy Loans, which was co-financed by AFD and the World Bank. The evaluation examines the impact that the loans provided, as well as the associated public policy dialogue and technical cooperation supporting policy formulation and implementation by the Government of Indonesia. Adelante, an international consultancy firm, was commissioned by AFD to carry out the evaluation, in partnership with Tax Centre, University of Indonesia.

The interview was led by Jerome Dendura as the team leader for this evaluation and Director at Adelante, and attended by Dr. Liliek Sofitri (Technical Expert for Public Financial Reforms of the Tax Centre) and Kiki Kartikasari (Project Officer of CER Indonesia). EuroCham was represented in this meeting by Omar Abdulkadir (Head of the EuroCham Tax, Finance, and Investment Working Group).

On 11 January, EuroCham participated in the kick-off meeting of the Government Task Force 6 on Global Health Security and COVID-19 (GHSC). The event was hosted by Strategic ASEAN International Advocacy & Consultancy (SAIAC), a Think Tank (T20) for this Task Force and member of EuroCham. In this inception meeting, Shanti Shamdasani (Co-Chair for TF 6) shared details of the activities planned for this year as well as the organizational structure for TF6. At the end of the meeting, she asked for active collaboration from the EuroCham Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Working Group to contribute to the T20 by bringing together experts from most relevant think tanks to facilitate and communicate research-based policy recommendations to the G20.