Event Reports

On 19 May, the Cosmetics Sub-Sector Working Group – part of EuroCham's Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Working Group– convened for their first meeting of the year. The meeting was chaired by Uti Daniawati Mahanani, head of the Cosmetic Sub-Sector Working Group and Personal Care Regulatory Affairs for Global Design Center East, Greater China, Greater Asia (SEA+ JPN + Korea), Indonesia Lead at Unilever.

The meeting focused on regulatory updates and advocacy issues affecting the cosmetics industry, especially halal implementation, CPKB certification, ACSB updates as well as upcoming advocacy plan for the year.

We want to thank all the members for their active participation and engagement in the meeting.

EuroCham had the honour to participate in the International Seminar on Debottlenecking Channel on May 12 at Gedung Dhanapala, Jakarta.

This seminar was jointly initiated by the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Minister of Finance, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, reiterated the importance of a conducive business climate, legal certainty and consistency, and infrastructure readiness to foster foreign investment confidence. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arif Havas Oegroseno, emphasized the significance of economic diplomacy to address practical issues faced by businesses.

Following President Prabowo's mandate regarding a task force on deregulation acceleration within ministries, the government has now presented the 'Debottlenecking Channel' for issues related to licensing and business permits, regulations, taxation, and logistics.