Day: September 24, 2021

BPJS Health insurance shares experiences on health care with India

State-owned health insurance provider BPJS Health shared its experiences with the Indian health care authority to achieve universal health care  (UHC) by developing the National Health Insurance (JKN-KIS) Program. “Our national long-term development plan (RPJMN) has targeted 98-percent health care coverage to our population,” BPJS Health President Director Ali Ghufron

Indonesia Eximbank provides Rp50-billion for Sarinah to support MSMEs

Indonesia Eximbank has offered working capital worth Rp50 billion to the state-owned retail and trade company PT Sarinah (Persero) to support its efforts to promote Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) penetrating the global market. “We agreed to the plan to offer financing to PT Sarinah owing to our common

Industrial Designated Areas to foster growth of regional economy

The Indonesian Ministry of Industry is upbeat that Industrial Designated Areas (KPI) will help to boost regional economic growth. The ministry has issued the Industry Minister’s Regulation Number 30 of 2020 on Technical Criteria for KPIs, as an instrument  for local governments in the planning process and establishment of KPIs

KUNIHIKO HIRABAYASHI appointed as the Secretary General of ASEAN-Japan Centre

The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kunihiko Hirabayashi as the Secretary General of the AJC in Tokyo as of September 1, 2021. Mr. Hirabayashi is the former Regional Advisor Regional Chief of Health, UNICEF East Asian and Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand. He worked

Indonesia is pushing for industrial downstreaming

Investment Minister, concurrently Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Head Bahlil Lahadalia accentuated that Indonesia was currently pushing for industrial downstreaming, as it was entering a new phase. “Currently, Indonesia is entering a new phase. If we used to export raw materials, we are now pushing for industrial downstreaming,” Lahadalia noted in