Terima Sekjen OECD Di Istana, Prabowo Bahas Kelanjutan RI Masuk OECD

President Prabowo Subianto. (Instagram @prabowo)

JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto received the Secretary General of the Mathias Cormann Economic and Development Cooperation Organization (OECD) at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Thursday, November 28.

"Yes (assisting the President to receive the Secretary General of OECD)," said Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Thursday, November 28, confiscated by Antara.

Airlangga said this meeting was a continuation of Indonesia's efforts to enter OECD membership.

"Yes, it's part of the accession process," said Airlangga.

According to Airlangga, the meeting will also be delivered regarding the OECD economic report which expresses optimism in achieving Indonesia's economic growth target of 5.2 percent.

To note, Indonesia is currently an accession country for OECD along with Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru, Romania, and Thailand.

Indonesia is currently in the process of self-evaluating policies, regulations, and national standards compared to the OECD instrument, which is further submitted in the Initial Memorandum document.

On the previous occasion, Airlangga said that currently Indonesia continues to intensively reform various sectors carried out by a number of related ministries to adjust the OECD standard.

In addition, with these various reforms, the relevant ministries will also adjust their budget and structure, so that the OECD task force will also immediately make structural adjustments related to this.

Meanwhile, Secretary General Cormann explained that the accession process would bring benefits to Indonesia and OECD.

OECD will gain a lot of learning in new sectors, one of which is the digital economy with Indonesia becoming a pioneer through the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement.

Furthermore, Secretary General Cormann also hopes that the OECD membership efforts currently being pursued by Indonesia can support the achievement of the vision to become a developed country with a high income economy in 2045.