Event Reports

On Friday, 20 August 2021, the members of the Food and Beverages Working Group met to discuss several updates on latest development in the industry. The meeting was chaired by the Head and Deputy Head of Working Group, Doni Wibisono Wiroto (Frisian Flag Indonesia) and Dendy Borman (Diageo Indonesia). Topics covered in the meeting including policy updates related with COVID-19 Pandemic; and sectoral regulations in the food and beverages sectors. This meeting also discussed on implementation of the Indonesia National Standard (SNI) as well as Halal Certification that also impacted food and beverages sector. As the last agenda, an election was held for the Head of the Working Group. The member of the working group during this meeting agreed to elect Ruly Rahman (Frisian Flag Indonesia) as the new head of the Working Group, who will be replacing the former working group head Doni Wironto (Frisian Flag Indonesia), who has stepped down from the leadership position as per 20 August 2021.

On 20 August 2021 EuroCham along with other foreign chambers and associations is invited by the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs to a Webinar on Risk Based Approach Business Licensing Process, Investment Priority List and the Online Single Submission System. The systems were introduced and enacted as part of effort to ease doing business in Indonesia, and in line with Indonesia’s economic transformation process. Keynote speech was provided by H.E. Airlangga Hartato (Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs) which was followed by presentations by senior officials from the Coordinating Ministry. Elen Setiadi (Expert Staff to the coordinating minister for Regulation, Legal Enforcement and Economic Resilience) presented Indonesia’s regulatory economic transformation. Lestari Indah (Expert Staff to the coordinating minister for Productivity Development and Economic Competitiveness) shared the main changes introduced by the risk-based approach for business licensing process and online single submission. Susiwijono (Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry) presented latest changes in the investment regime introduced by the Investment Priority List.