Event Reports

On January 24, EuroCham Indonesia was invited to a meeting with Bapak Taufiek Bawazier, Director General of the Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics Industry and Acting Director General of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Textile Industries, Ministry of Industry.

The meeting was a joint advocacy effort with AmCham Indonesia, the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Indonesia, the Jakarta Japan Club, BritCham Indonesia, and US-ABC. EuroCham was represented by Riva Dwitya Akhmad (Cosmetics Sub-Working Group, part of FMCG), Suryamin Halim (Retail Sub-Working Group, part of FMCG), and Daniel Kandou.

We sincerely thank Bapak Taufiek Bawazier and the team from both DG ILMATE and DG IKFT for taking the time to engage in a constructive discussion with us regarding the recent Ministry of Trade Regulation No. 36 of 2023 and its implementation within the Ministry of Industry, as well as receiving our inputs and acknowledging our advocacy efforts on this matter.

The EuroCham Healthcare Working Group leaders convened for their first meeting of the year on January 23rd. Chaired by the Head of the Working Group, Andri Kusandri (Market Access & Government Affairs Director at Merck Indonesia), the meeting was attended by Deputy Heads Efraim Ariesandy (Head of Market Access at Fresenius Medical Care Asia-Pacific) and Widodo Tri Wibowo (Country Legal Head at Novartis Indonesia). The agenda of the meeting was discussions on advocacy priorities, planned activities for the working group in 2024, and the Healthcare Position Paper.