U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia
   


PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION

U.S. EMBASSY
PRESS RELEASE

March 12, 2009 

New U.S. Government-Funded Tool Will Increase Indonesian Competitiveness

 Bahasa Indonesia

Jakarta, March 12 – A new analytical tool funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) called RegMAP (Regulatory Impact Analysis) was launched at a national seminar held at Bappenas. The seminar was organized by Bappenas in coordination with USAID and SENADA.  SENADA is a four-year, USAID-financed project designed to increase Indonesia's economic growth and employment in labor-intensive light manufacturing industries. 

RegMAP collects and conducts preliminary analyses of existing regulations to reform bad regulations impacting the garment, footwear, furniture, and auto parts industries. The need to assess and reform existing regulations in Indonesia stems from the fact that commercial regulations impact competitiveness in the domestic and global economy.  Since mid-2008, Bappenas has worked closely with SENADA to re-examine thousands of regulations issued by local and regional governments.

“While significant macroeconomic progress has been made over the past 10 years, Indonesia still lags behind other countries in regulatory and microeconomic reform,” explained USAID Mission Director Walter North. “With the world economy in a prolonged economic downturn, the need to promote national competitiveness is more urgent now than ever before.”

By July 2009, Bappenas and SENADA will have disseminated and provided training on the RegMAP tool to the local governments of West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java. The same training will also be provided to selected business associations. 

For more information, please contact Widodo Hardjono (widodo_hardjono@dai.com) or Harun Wiranto (harun_wiranto@dai.com) at +62 (21) 5793 2577, or visit SENADA’s website at http://www.senada.or.id.  For more information about the U.S. Embassy Jakarta, please visit our website at http://jakarta.usembassy.gov.

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