Preparing for Pacific Parliamentary Partnership, Committee for the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation (BKSAP) Holds Discussions with IPB University’s Water Security and Maritime Economy Experts

To prepare for the Pacific Parliamentary Partnership activities, the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation (BKSAP) held discussions with three experts on water security and the maritime economy of IPB University. The experts are Prof Budi Indra Setiawan, Prof Tridoyo Kusumastanto, and Prof Luky Adrianto.

The discussion was held in preparation for continuing dialogue with Pacific countries to organize the second Indonesia Pacific Parliamentary Partnership (IPPP) meeting in August 2024. The activity aimed to gather feedback from the academic community, local government, international organizations, youth and community leaders. The event was held at IPB University Vocational School, Bogor, on 22/1.

Prof Ernan Rustiadi, Vice Rector for Research, Innovation and Agromaritime Development said, “IPB University by its knowledge has experts whose information is needed by Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation (BKSAP). IPB University is consistently included in the top 100 universities in the world and is the number 1 university in Southeast Asia,” said Prof Ernan.

Head of the Bureau of Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation and International Organizations, Endah TD Retnoastuti, said that the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation (BKSAP) is tasked with providing advice and recommendations to the leadership of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI) on issues of inter-parliamentary cooperation, study of current issues discussed, as well as fight for and promote national interests.

“As a result, the role of Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation (BKSAP) is increasing today along with the development of a world that has a high interdependence. This encourages the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation (BKSAP) to get closer to the Indonesian people to capture aspirations and develop multi-perspectives in the application of parliamentary diplomacy,” Endah said.

Prof Tridoyo Kusumastanto, Chairman of the Board of Trustees (MWA) IPB University and an expert in the discussion, emphasized the importance of the maritime economy as a whole. “There is no world economic growth without a sea transportation economy, so the contribution of world economic growth is determined by goods transported by sea,” Prof Tridoyo said.

Meanwhile, Prof Budi Indra Setiawan spoke about water management, explaining how water resources must be managed from upstream to downstream and how many factors influence it, such as climate, land use, and who the users are. Meanwhile, Prof Luky Adrianto explained about the maritime economy in the framework of Indonesia’s Blue Economy Transformation 2045. (dh/Lp) (IAAS/FAE)