Thursday, 10 October 2024
Bappeda Kaltim Holds a Meeting for Formulating Regional Consultation Forum in Facing Economic Transformation of East Kalimantan
Samarinda, (09/10/2024) – In the context of the process of accelerating economic transformation in East Kalimantan as an implementation of the mandate of the national agenda in realizing a sustainable economy, the East Kalimantan Province Bappeda held a meeting agenda "Plan for Establishing a Regional Consultation Forum" involving various stakeholders.
The stakeholders involved in this agenda include those from central institutions, namely, the Head of Representative of Bank Indonesia for East Kalimantan Province, the Director of Macro Planning at the OIKN Agency and the Director of Macro Planning and Statistical Analysis, Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas. Apart from that, there are elements of Regional Apparatus throughout East Kalimantan Province, Regency/City elements, Academics and other stakeholders.
The plan to establish this forum is related to facing fluctuating global challenges. Where fossil energy will be replaced with renewable energy. This will have a big impact on the economy of East Kalimantan, where East Kalimantan itself is an area that depends on the mining sector. On the other hand, it will also have an impact on mining entrepreneurs and their workers. East Kalimantan's dependence on coal has triggered East Kalimantan's transformation.
Yusliando as Head of the East Kalimantan Province Bappeda, in his speech said, "If we talk about East Kalimantan's current natural resource reserves, including coal, with the current production level, it is estimated that East Kalimantan will run out of new stone by 2060, not to mention if we talk about the international agreement in Paris to no longer use fossil fuels in 2045. This means that under these conditions, East Kalimantan can no longer relying on coal.”
To anticipate this, Bappeda has prepared an economic development planning document for the 2024-2026 period as a basis for navigating the regional economy. As stated in the document, the regional government's main focus is to encourage economic transformation, including manufacturing and increasing regional tourism.
Therefore, the plan to establish a regional consultation forum is very important to carry out as a commitment to gathering all aspirations from stakeholders regarding the acceleration of economic transformation.
"Therefore, in this regional consultation forum, we will discuss what are the obstacles and things that need to be addressed regarding this economic transformation. So that the target in 2045 is that the manufacturing sector dominates the business field in East Kalimantan," concluded Yusliando in his speech.
(SA)
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