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On 6 August 2019 EuroCham launched a study on Transforming Indonesia Economy – Making Indonesia Industry 4.0. The study aims to support efforts by the government of Indonesia in achieving Industry 4.0. The study offers not only the illustration of how the EU member states transformed and promote changes in Europe, but also identified policy tools and offers recommendations for the government of Indonesia related to four of the country’s priority sectors, namely manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceutical, and renewable energy sector.

The Chair of EuroCham, Ms. Corine Tap in her opening remarks stated that through this study, EuroCham continues to align ourselves with the development of the government priority sectors. This alignment shall elevate our partnering with Indonesian government to progress Indonesia through a stronger and sustainable economy and environment. EuroCham hopes that this study can be used as a reference for further discussion and policy making purposes to achieve the goal of Making Indonesia Industry 4.0.

As a response, the Minister of Industry H.E. Airlangga Hartarto in his keynote when presenting his views on the government commitment to industry 4.0 stated that the government welcomes the positive inputs from Europe to develop regulations related to Industry 4.0. The Ministry of Industry has the same views and therefore these inputs are expected to help the development of policy frameworks. What have been done by the Ministry of Industry is actually aligned with EuroCham. Indonesia in the era of Industry 4.0 has prepared five priority manufacturing sectors which includes the foods and beverages, automotive, electronics, chemical and textile. EuroCham in this study also add renewable energy as a priority.

The complete findings from the study was presented by Ms. Lauren Farrow (Country Director of Vriens & Partners Indonesia), followed by a panel discussions with invited speakers from both the government and private sectors, namely Mr. Ngakan Timur Antara (Head of Industrial Research and Development Agency of Ministry of Industry), Mr. Hari Santoso (Head Section of Corporate Income Tax of Directorate General of Tax), Mr. Alan Rantelino (Digitalization Application/Cloud Specialist for ASEAN Region of Siemens Indonesia), Mr. Fadli Hamsani (Digital Transformation Senior Manager of Schneider Indonesia). The overall discussion was moderated by Mr. Antoine Schweitzer (Research and Development Director of IDEMIA) who is also the Head of EuroCham Technology Working Group.

On 30 July 2019 EuroCham participated in a focus group discussion organized by the Provincial Government of Jakarta jointly with the support from the UK-Indonesia bilateral Regulatory Reform Programme. The group discussion is mostly attended by officials from the Jakarta’s Integrated One Stop Services (PTSP), but also attended by representatives from the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, as well as relevant ministries and few representatives from the business sector. The overall discussion was moderated by Ms. Zoe Dayan as the Regulatory Reform Attache from the British Embassy in Jakarta. EuroCham in this meeting share its views on latest reform to simplify licensing process by the government, and also challenges experienced by member companies in the arrangement of business licensing, especially in the regional government level.