INDONESIA - NETHERLANDS INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM III

 

On 30 April 2015, The Embassy of Indonesia in The Hague organized The Third Indonesia-Netherlands Infrastructure Forum (IF III) at Worldhotel Bel Air, Den Haag at 1200 - 1700 hours followed by a networking reception.

For the first time railway become one of the main issues presented at the Infrastructure Forum. It is the follow up of the previous ‘Dutch Indonesia Railway Seminar’ organized in November 24, 2014.  

The event conducted with cooperation from Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Dutch private sectors (Van Oord and Port of Rotterdam), Indonesia Transport Forum (ITF) and Netherland Water Partnership (NWP).

The Third Indonesia-Netherlands Infrastructure Forum focused on strengthening the existing business cooperation between Indonesia and the Netherlands, most notably in seaport, marine, logistic, infrastructure, and railway in accordance with current priorities of Indonesia’s development agenda.

IF III was attended by around 200 businessmen from Indonesia and the Netherlands, including CEOs of Indonesia’s prominent companies from PT Pelindo I – IV, PT KAI, and PT LEN, while from the Netherlands, some CEOs were from Van Oord, Port of Rotterdam, Strukton, BAM, Royal Boskalis, Alstom, Damen, Arcadis, Royal Haskoning DHV, and Witteveen+Bos.

 

 

DUTCH - INDONESIA RAILWAY SEMINAR

 

The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in cooperation with the Indonesia Transportation Forum organized the Dutch Indonesia Railway Seminar: Connecting History to the Future in NS Trefpunt, Utrecht on 25 November 2014. The seminar was supported and sponsored by major railway industries in the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen/NS, Pro Rail, Strukton, VRS Railway Industry, Alstom and Strukton). Experts and representatives from major railway industries in Indonesia and the Netherlands attended the seminar. Presenters from Indonesia are Toni Surakusumah (PT LEN Railway System), Prof. Danang Parikesit (Chairman of Masyarakat Transportasi Indonesia), Prof. Ahmad Munawar (Gadjah Mada University) and Mega Tarigan (PT MRT Jakarta).

In his welcoming remarks, Charge d’Affaires/Deputy Chielf of Mission of the Embassy, Ibnu Wahyutomo, stressed among others the significance of spurring development in the field of transportation in order to support sustainable economic growth in Indonesia. This is in line with the one of the focuses of President Joko Widodo’s administration in infrastructure development. He added that Indonesia targets additional railway lines from 5,500 km to 16,500 km in 2019 to support the mobility of passengers and logistics.

A number of issues were discussed in the seminar such as railway in Indonesia and the Netherlands, development of rail based urban transport in Indonesia, and the state of rail industry in the Netherlands. The results of the seminar will be put on the table during the 3rd Infrastructure Forum between Indonesia and the Netherlands to be held in the Netherlands in March 2015

This year the Netherlands railway celebrated its 175th anniversary while Indonesian railway celebrated its 150th anniversary of its establishment. The theme “connecting history to the future” was chosen for the long history of railway relations shared by the two countries. The seminar is expected to serve as a new milestone in further strengthening the shared historical relations in a form of a more robust cooperation in the future.