Improving the investment climate is one of the top priorities set by Indonesia’s new government upon taking office one year ago. Investment climate reform has also been on the agenda of many other countries in recent years. In designing and implementing an investment climate reform agenda, Indonesia can therefore benefit both from the experience of neighboring economies in Southeast and East Asia, and from global experience.
The workshop was designed to take advantage of recent international experience with investment climate reform by providing a forum to: (i) discuss key investment constraints in Indonesia, (ii) share regional and global experience, and (iii) discuss reform options. The focus of the workshop was less on the diagnostics of problems and more on how reforms can address existing constraints. Practitioners from other countries that have successfully undertaken reforms were invited to share their experience, along with international experts who presented a global perspective on investment climate reform. The workshop provided a unique opportunity to bring regional and international experience to the attention of Indonesian policy makers. It also provided an opportunity to share analytical work the World Bank Group has done in other countries that may be relevant for Indonesia.Â
The workshop was jointly organized by the Government of Indonesia, and the World Bank Group (the World Bank Institute, Doing Business Team, Foreign Investment Advisory Services, International Finance Corporation, and World Bank Indonesia) with funding support from Dutch Trust Fund.
Target Participants
Government officials from – Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Finance (DG Tax and Customs), Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM and BKPMD), State Ministry for State-owned Enterprises, State Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Medium Enterprises, State Ministry for National Development Planning (Bappenas), Bank Indonesia, Anti-Monopoly Commission (KPPU), Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK);
Parliamentarians – Commission II (Internal Affairs), Commission III (Legal), Commission IV (Agriculture, Forestry, Sea and Fishery, Logistics), Commission VI (Trade, Industry, Investment, SME and SOEs), Commission IX (Labor), Commission XI (Finance, Banking, National Planning and Non-Bank Financial Institutions);
Private sector representatives – Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN), Employers Association (APINDO), International Business Chamber (IBC), AmCham, BritCham, Jakarta-Japan Club (JJC), Bankers Association (Perbanas), Association of Listed Companies, Industry specific associations (textile, shrimp, consumer electronics).
Donor Agencies – CGI Investment Climate working group.
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