Event Reports

To finalize the chapters related to taxation and investment recommendations within the draft Transport and Logistics Position Papers, the taxation sub-group of the Transport and Logistics working group met on 13 March 2020. The intention is that this meeting can updates and adjust the position papers recommendations based on latest development in 2019. From this meeting, it was also agreed that EuroCham should further coordinate with the Indonesian Logistic and Forwarders Association (ALFI) to further align advocacy activities. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Sugyanto Halim from DB Schenker as the Deputy Head of EuroCham Transport and Logistics Working Group for Tax, Finance, and Investment issues.

On 12 March 2020, a Task Force within the Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Working Group held a small coordination meeting to discuss on upcoming publication of position paper. Started with talked about the outline of the paper, the group agreed to develop the background in relevant with the President Joko Widodo’s mission, namely Human Resource Development, Acceleration of Infrastructure Development, and Economic Transformation in order to support the healthcare sector. Like a previous position paper, the group also formulated key recommendations on the current challenges and development in the sector, namely Halal Law Implementation, Local Content Requirements, Patent Law, and Public Procurement for Drugs and Medical Devices Commodity.