Event Reports

The EuroCham Transport and Logistics Working Group organized a sub-group meeting on Tax, Finance, and Investment on 20 April 2020. The purpose is to provide opportunities for member companies in the sector to exchange updates related to latest fiscal stimulus package that is launched by the government to help manage the negative impact of Covid-19 to the national economy. The meeting was opened by Mr. Edison Bako as the New Executive Director of EuroCham, who introduced his roles at the EuroCham Secretariat. The overall discussion was chaired by Mr. Sugyanto Halim of DB Schenker as the Deputy Head of the Group, and attended by Jop Patinggi from a. hartrodt as Deputy Head of the Group as well as Mr. Marco Pietsch from Logwin Logistics as the Head of the Working Group.

The meeting agreed to collect further inputs and feedbacks from the rest of member companies through a mini survey on other fiscal incentives and facilities that are expected by logistics players from the government to improve the covid-19 management.

On 15 April 2020, representatives of EuroCham Energy Working was invited to a webinar discussion with the delegation from Swedish Energy Agency. The meeting was conducted by Business Sweden and participated by around 19 people connected through a zoom call. Moderated by Paul Westin (Director of R&D Strategy at Swedish Energy Agency), the video conference was also attended by three speakers which are leaders of the EuroCham Energy Working Group, namely Thomas Wagner (Head of Energy Working Group, Chief Representative of South East Asia at Envitec Biogas AG), Eva Pitterling (Deputy Head of Energy Working Group, Project Manager at TUV Nord Indonesia), and Thomas K Dreesen (Special Envoy of Energy Working Group, CEO of EPSCC – ESCO).

The two main topics of the meeting were Energy Business in Indonesia and Ffforts towards Sustainability of Energy Efficiency. The discussion involved the latest current market condition in Indonesia for business to implement energy efficiency in Indonesia.