Good News From Airlangga, Jokowi Trusts Coordinating Minister For The Economy To Lead Indonesia's Presidency At The G-20 Next Year

Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: Doc. Setkab)

JAKARTA - Indonesia is believed to be the G-20 Presidency which will be held in 2022. For this reason, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appointed the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto to lead the G-20 Sherpa Track.

Later, Airlangga Hartarto will be tasked with leading discussions on non-financial economic issues, such as energy, development, tourism, digital economy, education, labor, agriculture, trade, investment, industry, health, anti-corruption, environment, and climate change.

In order to assist Airlangga's duties, President Jokowi also appointed Foreign Affairs and Deputy Foreign Ministers to coordinate several main tasks in the implementation of the upcoming G-20 Summit.

The appointment decision is contained in Presidential Decree Number 12 of 2021 concerning the National Committee for the Organizing of the Indonesian G-20 Presidency which was set on 27 May 2021.

Coordinating Minister Airlangga said Indonesia's leadership at next year's G-20 will raise a big theme, namely Recover Together, Recover Stronger. According to him, the theme shows Indonesia's hope and readiness to participate in global partnerships, as an effort to overcome the impact of the pandemic and re-increase global confidence.

"Indonesia emphasizes that for a stronger recovery, close cooperation is needed that is focused on boosting productivity, increasing economic stability and resilience, and ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth," he said as quoted from the official website, Monday, May 31.

Airlangga added that the COVID-19 pandemic situation added to the complexity of the challenges faced by this forum and brought expectations for Indonesia to lead strategic steps in solving global problems.

"For this reason, the cooperation of countries in the G-20 forum is very strategic to find solutions to the various challenges faced," he said.

In order to support the readiness of technology infrastructure in preparation for the Indonesian G-20 Presidency, the government has built a Document Management System (DMS) portal to digitally organize meeting substance documents.

To note, according to the agreement of the G-20 Summit in Riyadh in 2020, Indonesia was elected to the G-20 Presidency in 2022. This decision was advanced a year earlier than the original plan in 2023 after India proposed an exchange because it required a longer preparation time.

The G-20 meeting is planned to be held in November 2022 in Bali with an estimated 6,500 delegates attending and implementing strict health protocols.