Event Reports

On 14 February 2018, the group met to jointly discuss new policies in the logistics sector, the Transport and Logistics Working Group held its meeting. The meeting also attended by officials from the Indonesia Logistics and Freight Forwarder Association (ALFI), which was represented by Mr. Arman Yahya (Head of ALFI Soekarno-Hatta Region).

The meeting discussed the new cargo manifest regulation, customs bond requirements, new regulation on preferential tariff under FTA Scheme. Furthermore, the meeting also shared updates on implementation of new import policy and post border supervision, as well as development of VAT and Withholding Tax policy for the sector.

The meeting was also the last appearance of Mr. Mathias Ruebke (Panalpina), as the Head of Working Group, who had led and directed all activities in the last 1.5 years. Meanwhile, Mr. Yigit Sariciar (DB Schenker) retains his position as the Deputy Head of the Working Group. 

The Working Group expresses its gratitude to Mr. Mathias Ruebke for his tenure at EuroCham. The position for the Head of Working Group is still vacant until the next election to be held.

The CSR and Sustainable Member Forum held its first meeting in 2018 on Wednesday, 14 February at EuroCham office. Titled “Investing in Social Impact: The Role of Government and Private Sector”, the meeting attended by stakeholders that were relevant in regards to corporate social responsibility.

The Member Forum invited official from the Ministry of Social Affairs, represented by Mrs. Latifah Ningrum (Deputy Director of Business Potential, Kemensos) and Mr. Samuel Tobing (Head of Local Coverage, BNP Paribas)

During the discussion, Mr. Samuel Tobing addressed the Sustainable Finance and Investment, followed by Mrs. Latifah Ningrum who presented government perspective on social impact investment. Mrs. Latifah further encouraged business to support the government in addressing main social issues that still happen in Indonesia.

During the presentation session, Mr. James Kallman, Head of EuroCham CSR and Sustainable Development Member Forum also presented on his experience in social impact investment project.

The meeting also gave opportunity to participants to discuss, asked questions, and also commenting on the speakers’ presentation. Last agenda of the meeting was discussion on member forum activities plan in 2018 which include 3 meetings and 1 seminar.