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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Fitri Novia Heriani, Robert Sidauruk
The implementation of the 2015 ASEAN Economic Community (2015 AEC) will expose Indonesia to free market competition with other ASEAN countries. To deal with this upcoming challenge, Indonesia needs to strengthen its domestic competitiveness by improving the quality and standards of local products and services. Such efforts are needed to make Indonesia more competitive in international markets and not merely a conglomeration of potential consumers with its population of more than 200 million.
This was the view delivered by Bambang Prasetya, Head of the National Standardization Agency (BSN), during a coordination meeting on managing standardization in Jakarta on Tuesday. Bambang informed that the BSN has prepared a 2015 – 2025 national strategic roadmap as a reference for establishing a standardization framework policy for various industry sectors.
Bambang explained that the roadmap is comprised of proposed targets for strengthening national policy on standardization and infrastructure, development and implementation of a standardization system, as well as an accreditation and conformity assessment system.
Additionally, the roadmap provides for an information management system for standardization processes, the strengthening of cooperation between stakeholders, and research and development on national standards.
Bambang believes that if Indonesia can successfully meet the challenges that 2015 AEC will bring, this will act as a confidence boost to enter broader international markets such as the Asia Pacific Free Trade Zone in 2020. In addition, Bambang also added that Indonesia should then be able to compete in single market competition schemes with stronger business partners such as China, South Korea, New Zealand, India, Japan and Australia.
“2015 AEC will be a starting point for Indonesia to prepare for higher level international market schemes,” said Bambang.
Bambang emphasized, however, that commitments to improving the domestic market through the standardization of products and services must be followed by proper controls by the Government. The Ministry of Industry, other related ministries, and law enforcement institutions must ensure all products and services offered in the market conform with the prescribed national standards.
“BSN only sets the appropriate standards, control and oversight is performed by the Ministry of Industry,” added Bambang.
Responding to the BSN roadmap, Edy Putra Irawady, Deputy IV for Coordination and Trading at the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, asserted that oversight of the implementation of the national standards scheme is carried out by its special division Compliance Team.
Similar to Bambang, Edy hopes that producers will comply with the national standards in order to have competitive products and services and be able to survive against competition in international markets.
(hot/kc)
Fitri Novia Heriani, Robert Sidauruk
The implementation of the 2015 ASEAN Economic Community (2015 AEC) will expose Indonesia to free market competition with other ASEAN countries. To deal with this upcoming challenge, Indonesia needs to strengthen its domestic competitiveness by improving the quality and standards of local products and services. Such efforts are needed to make Indonesia more competitive in international markets and not merely a conglomeration of potential consumers with its population of more than 200 million.
This was the view delivered by Bambang Prasetya, Head of the National Standardization Agency (BSN), during a coordination meeting on managing standardization in Jakarta on Tuesday. Bambang informed that the BSN has prepared a 2015 – 2025 national strategic roadmap as a reference for establishing a standardization framework policy for various industry sectors.
Bambang explained that the roadmap is comprised of proposed targets for strengthening national policy on standardization and infrastructure, development and implementation of a standardization system, as well as an accreditation and conformity assessment system.
Additionally, the roadmap provides for an information management system for standardization processes, the strengthening of cooperation between stakeholders, and research and development on national standards.
Bambang believes that if Indonesia can successfully meet the challenges that 2015 AEC will bring, this will act as a confidence boost to enter broader international markets such as the Asia Pacific Free Trade Zone in 2020. In addition, Bambang also added that Indonesia should then be able to compete in single market competition schemes with stronger business partners such as China, South Korea, New Zealand, India, Japan and Australia.
“2015 AEC will be a starting point for Indonesia to prepare for higher level international market schemes,” said Bambang.
Bambang emphasized, however, that commitments to improving the domestic market through the standardization of products and services must be followed by proper controls by the Government. The Ministry of Industry, other related ministries, and law enforcement institutions must ensure all products and services offered in the market conform with the prescribed national standards.
“BSN only sets the appropriate standards, control and oversight is performed by the Ministry of Industry,” added Bambang.
Responding to the BSN roadmap, Edy Putra Irawady, Deputy IV for Coordination and Trading at the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, asserted that oversight of the implementation of the national standards scheme is carried out by its special division Compliance Team.
Similar to Bambang, Edy hopes that producers will comply with the national standards in order to have competitive products and services and be able to survive against competition in international markets.
(hot/kc)