InfoSAWIT, TANGERANG – Ministry of Trade did focus group discussion (FGinternally with the theme "Pemetaan Inisiatif Isu-Isu Lingkungan di Kementerian Perdagangan: Volume 2" in Tangerang, Banten Province, Wednesday (3/4).
It was about to escalate the understanding of the officers in the ministry about environmental issues which get more complex in trade sector namely in international level. It was also the follow up from the previous FGD in Desember 2023.
Expert Staff of Minister of Trade in Business Climate and Inter-institutional Relation, Fajarini Puntodewi in the FGD told that it needed to get the right understanding about the position of Ministry of Trade about environmental issue and what it should do in every unit. “The other goal is about to prepare the basic for Ministry of Trade to supervise green trade,” she said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Monday (8/4/2024).
The event was moderated by Nugraheni Prasetya Hastuti, Head of Trade Advocacy Bureau Ministry of Trade and told that the mapping of environmental issue in trade sector should be taken as the response because it gets more massive in trade policy for the other countries as our partners.
Nugraheni also emphasized that it needs to get comprehensive identification to understand many job implementations and functions of the government in trade sector that may have something to do with environment both as the object that needs protection and sources that has economic values.
Novia Widyaningtyas, Expert Staff of Minister of Environment and Forestry in International Trade and Industry was also as the speaker in the FGD. She told about Indonesia’s environmental policy that emphasizes climate changes which are unavoidable. To face it, Indonesia needs to deliver the right message and strategies fot the world, and the strategic things that have been implemented to adapt and mitigate the climate change as the big archipelago within the massive natural diversity.
Novia also emphasized it would be significant for the trade to play its role to realize economy sustainably by hoping the Ministry of Trade would confirm sustainable certificate acceptance to get market access to other countries as the partners.
In the discussion session, Nur Rakhman Setyoko, Head of Plan Bureau Ministry of Trade told that the trade policies have been formulated heading to inclusive and sustainable economic issues for the next five years through the vision "Ekspansi Perdagangan untuk Mendukung Pertumbuhan Ekonomi yang Inklusif dan Berkelanjutan".
In the event, they also discussed about the complexity about environmental issue in the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) in the World Trade Organization (WTO) through plurilateral discussion forum which was specifically discussing particular environmental issues, such as, climate change, renewable energy, and plastic pollution. It ended by summarizing every activity and issue management about environment which every technical unit should concern in the ministry. (T2)
