PONTIANAK – Some highlighted agendas in the BIMP-EAGA
meeting are the re-opening of the land, air, and water route post-pandemic to
support the trading and tourism; the optimization of food production potency in
the EAGA areas to improve food resilience; and electrical energy integration and
the collaboration of renewable energy development to encourage energy safety in
the sub-regions.
Businessmen as the prime mover of BIMP-EAGA cooperation were
encouraged to more participate in supporting economic integration in the area
of EAGA.
“The private sector is the main encouragement of EAGA
growth through job creation in the regions. However, the government have to
connect the collaboration of G-to-B, so the relations of B-to-B can develop and
the private sector can optimize its potential,” said the Deputy for Coordination
of International Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Economy, Mr. Edi Prio Pambudi
as the Chair Senior Officials BIMP-EAGA, when lead the 30TH BIMP-EAGA
Senior Officials Meeting (SOM), that was held in Pontianak, the Province of
West Kalimantan.
He also appreciated the supporting from Asian Development Bank
(ADB) and ASEAN Secretary for BIMP-EAGA through the capacity strengthening and other
technical assistances.
Specifically, Mr. Edi also hoped that the supporting of
these two partners can be directed in the future to strengthen the system and infrastructure
managements in the regions. “It aims to encourage the creation of seamless
connectivity and movement for trade supply chain,” he said.
