Industrial development and downstreaming

Balikpapan, 27/11/14. One of the items in the Agreement Coordination Meeting of Kalimantan with the theme "Harmonization, Synchronization and

This is an agreement from all Provincial Government in Kalimantan in the Coordination Meeting of Governors in Kalimantan was opened by the Deputy Governor of East Kalimantan, H.M. Mukmin Faisyal HP, SH, MH was attended by the Governor of Central Kalimantan, the Governor of South Kalimantan and the Regional Secretary of the Province of West Kalimantan, while Acting. The Governor of North Kalimantan was not present and was also attended by officials of the Provincial Government in Kalimantan, especially from Bappeda.

The meeting of Governors in Kalimantan is a routine meeting that is incorporated in the forum of the Kalimantan Regional Revitalization Cooperation and Acceleration Forum (FKRP2RK) with the aim of discussing various programs regionally.

The Provincial Government of East Kalimantan as the Coordinator of the Kalimantan Regional Revitalization and Acceleration Cooperation Forum, abbreviated as FKRP2RK in the 2013-2014 period, was led by the Governor of East Kalimantan and the Forum Coordinator would be led by the Governor of Central Kalimantan.

This forum aims as a forum for cooperation to accelerate the improvement of the welfare of the people who are just and sustainable through: 1). Regional coordination and cooperation to accelerate development on the island of Kalimantan; 2). Sustainable economic competitiveness of regional economic competitiveness; 3). Development of the island of Kalimantan in an integrated, effective and efficient manner.

The meeting between Governors in Kalimantan in order to follow up on the direction of the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia at the time of the Presidential Working Meeting together Governor, Kapolda and Kabinda in Indonesia on November 4, 2014, was followed up with the Governor's Working Meeting, the Provincial Leadership Coordination Forum, DPD RI and DRP RI of the electoral district of Kalimantan, Regent/Mayor and Stakeholders in Kalimantan on November 5, 2014 at the Borobudur Hotel Jakarta.

In an effort to accelerate the improvement of the welfare of the community in Kalimantan, development cooperation is focused on 3 (three) fields of development, namely: (1) Increasing connectivity (2) Energy Fulfillment and (3) Food Security.

The focus of development is motivated by the similarity of the problems faced by the island of Kalimantan, namely despite having an abundant natural resource potential (SDA) but intra -connectivity and between regions are still low, as well as access to energy sources, fuel quota, electricity availability, and food availability (rice).

Three focus development was chosen with the intention, the first so that the discussion and proposal of the priority of the program delivered to the central government become more focused and effective and second to overcome the fundamental issue which is a strategic issue of development on the island of Kalimantan.

East Kalimantan Governor conveyed the message represented to the Deputy Governor of East Kalimantan was to ensure that the discussion and proposal for the priority of the central government development needed a special strategy of the governors such as visits to the relevant ministers or visits to the economy and convey the formulation of the results of the Governor's Working Meeting in Kalimantan on November 5, 2014 at the Borobudur Hotel Jakarta. Among other things:
1. The central government must prioritize the development of industrial areas and downstreaming with the aim of equitable development and improving the welfare of the community on the island of Kalimantan; 2. The central government accelerates the supply of electricity energy on the island of Kalimantan through the construction of a plant, connected transmission networks, expanding distribution networks throughout Kalimantan and must be completed no later than 2017; 3. The government must immediately complete the Regional Spatial Planning of the Provincial Regional Salimantan no later than February 2015; 4. Based on the results of the study it is known that there is no relationship between massive coal exploitation on the island of Kalimantan to the welfare of the community, so in the context of controlling coal production for the greatest prosperity of the people, Governors throughout the Kalimantan are considering conducting a moratorium on shipping. coal production outside the area for a certain period of time; 5. Ask for special attention to the central government to immediately provide justice to the people of Kalimantan in all aspects of development; 6. Strengthening the Kalimantan Regional Development Revitalization Cooperation Forum (FKRP2K) so that it can become an effective forum in accelerating development in Kalimantan; 7. In the context of preparation for the meeting of the Governor of Kalimantan with the President of the Republic of Indonesia at the 2015-2020 Regional RPJMN Regional Musrenbang in Tarakan on December 10, 2014, a Governor's meeting will be held on December 9, 2014 in Tarakan for preparation for materials; 8. Related to the 2015-2020 Regional RPJMN Regional Musrenbang in Tarakan the things that will be conveyed to the President of the Republic of Indonesia include: a). Proposed Kalimantan Priority Program; b). Declaration of FKRP2RK as a Joint Forum for Kalimantan in the context of accelerating the development of the Kalimantan regional development in the field of infrastructure; Transportation, Communication and Information; Education; Health, food sovereignty; culture and tourism; Industry; Border area; c). For the border region must become a strategic program and national priority for regional resilience and improve the welfare of the community.

Photo: Doc Public Relations Bappeda Province of East Kalimantan/Sukandar, S. Sos