Today, the Ministry of Industry Reports the Performance of the Industrial Sector in 2015-2017 as well as the 2018 Industrial Growth Target

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta- The Ministry of Industry will hold a National Seminar on Industry Outlook 2018 which will be held on this day, Monday (11/12/2017) at Hotel Borobudur, Jakarta.

The seminar will be officially opened by Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto and invited Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution to become the keynote speaker.

Furthermore, the activities will be filled with panel discussion, which will present the speakers including Minister of National Development Planning / Head of Bappenas Bambang Brodjonegoro, ESDM Minister Ignasius Jonan, Chairman of KADIN Indonesia Rosan P Roeslani, President Director A.T. Kearney Indonesia Shirley Santoso, and Fithra Faisal Hastiadi as academics. This discussion will be guided by Indef Enny Director Sri Hartati.

Secretary General of Ministry of Industry, Haris Munandar said, "In the seminar, we will report on the performance of the industrial sector for the period of 2015-2017, and the 2018 industry growth target which includes growth and contribution to GDP, employment, investment plans, . "

In addition, according to the Secretary General, it will also deliver priority industrial sectors that contribute to achieving economic growth targets next year, the implementation of national industrial strategic projects to be built in 2018, and a strategy to achieve the industry growth target of 2018.

According to Haris, the purpose of the National Seminar on Industry Outlook 2018 is to improve coordination and harmonization of economic policy implementation in order to accelerate industrial growth, to gather support of all stakeholders to solve problems, obstacles and challenges of the industrial sector, and to capture the ideas and ideas of stakeholders to encourage competitive industry innovation.

Haris asserted, comprehensive industrial development needs basic capital support and prerequisites that must be met first. In Government Regulation No. 14 of 2015 on the National Industrial Development Master Plan (RIPIN), the basic capital needed in the form of natural resources, human resources, and technology, innovation, and creativity.

"While the necessary prerequisite is the availability of adequate infrastructure and financing, and supported by effective policies and regulations," he concluded.