JAKARTA - Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (Menkop UKM) Teten Masduki attended The Netherlands Trade forum, Tourism, & Investment (TTI) Forum organized by the Indonesian Embassy for the Netherlands.
This is done to strengthen economic cooperation, trade in the field of MSMEs and increase the capacity of startups in Indonesia, which have been very well established so far.
Teten said the Netherlands had become a strategic trading and investment partner for Indonesia.
"The success of this collaboration needs to be improved and replicated because there are still many sectors that have a great opportunity to be developed together, especially in the MSME sector, startups to operations in Indonesia. One of the most potential is the agriculture and accultural sector," said Teten in his official statement, Wednesday, May 29.
In addition, the success of the Dutch in developing the agricultural sector with high technology can increase land productivity. Thus, Teten's attention.
During his visit, Teten conveyed that there was an opportunity for cooperation with local Indonesian companies to meet the Domestic Content Level (TKDN) in the procurement expenditure of the Government of Indonesia in the field of agricultural, fishery and plantation equipment technology.
"For us in Indonesia, the cooperation carried out will be an opportunity to transfer knowledge about the latest technology in the field of agri-tech. Meanwhile, Dutch companies will have the opportunity for their products to be marketed in Indonesia," he said.
In addition, there are also discussions about strategic cooperation with the Rabo Foundation for sustainable financing and directly reviewing efforts to increase the capacity of several startup incubators, which are the result of cooperation with Dutch PUMs.
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In addition to attending the TTI Forum, Teten also held a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Trade and the Dutch Development Cooperation Liesje Schreinnemacher.
At a bilateral meeting held with the Minister of Foreign Trade and the Dutch Development Cooperation Liesje Schreinnemacher, it was discussed the opportunities for cooperation in the floating diesel, airport solutions and downstreaming sectors for the energy transition.
In this case, Teten explained that his party is focusing on coaching 500 startups from 2,560 startups to be ready to go global.
"We need support, both funding and further coaching and hope to cooperate with the Dutch government to develop startups," he added.
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