JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia chaired the inaugural meeting of the National Energy Downstreaming and Resilience Task Force (Satgas) at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources office.
The several ministers who attended the inaugural meeting included the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Nusron Wahid, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir, Minister of Investment and Downstreaming/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni, Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi and Deputy Minister of Trade Dyah Roro Esti.
Bahlil said the meeting which lasted for two hours discussed strategic steps to increase investment and downstream so that it could trigger economic growth, create jobs and create added value.
"Today we held the inaugural meeting of the Downstream Task Force and Energy Resilience. Alhamdulillah, we had a meeting for about 2 hours," Bahlil told the media crew after the meeting, Friday, January 17.
Bahlil added that the meeting also discussed downstream financing, which was prioritized to come from within the country. He explained that this was intended to eliminate public perceptions regarding the results that were only enjoyed by foreign parties.
"So that perceptions that seem to say that later foreigners will get more results, we will take it too long," he added.
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Bahlil also said that the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources office would become a downstream task force post for the next 5 years.
Previously, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) was appointed by President Prabowo Subianto as Chair of the Indonesian Downstream Task Force. This is stated in the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia No. 1 of 2025 concerning the Task Force for the Acceleration of National Downstreaming and Energy Resilience.
This new regulation states that the formation of this task force is intended to accelerate downstreaming in the fields of minerals and coal, oil and natural gas, agriculture, forestry in marine and fisheries to increase added value in the country.
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