Minister Brings Significant Issue as Indonesian Representative in OECD
- Kemenko Perekonomian
Paris – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto represented Indonesia at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ministerial meeting in Paris, France. On this occasion, minister brought three sinificant issues.
In front of OECD member ministers, Minister Hartarto revealed the first issue was related to the sustainable development agenda.
“We're talking about sustainable development, and also related to Indonesia's programs related to the environment, energy transition, and Indonesia's achievements in the future to build an environmentally friendly economy,” the Minister said in a statement on Sunday.
Second, the Minister conveyed Indonesian point of view regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI). He admitted that Indonesia was asked for its views regarding AI by the OECD.
Menteri Koordinator Bidang Perekonomian, Airlangga Hartarto
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Indonesia emphasizes the need for responsible AI and supports the Hiroshima Initiative by the Japanese Government.
“We see that the OECD will soon make regulations related to AI, and also mitigate its impact, both on the public, government, and stakeholders,” the Minister remarked.
Minister Hartarto stated that third issue presented by Indonesia in front of OECD member countries was related to data freeflow with trust.
Regarding this issue, the OECD asked Indonesia to provide the first response about what Indonesia and ASEAN have done.
The Minister said in his speech, the chairman of the OECD session who is also Japan's Minister of Digital Transformation Taro Kono said the OECD should learn from Indonesia and Japan regarding this issue.
“ASEAN with the digital framework agreement that has been launched by Indonesia. And in that includes interoperability of data, then, cross-border data with trustworthy, and third, we have even moved beyond with the data," Kono remarked.
"We have done local currency seatlement with payment systems in five ASEAN countries. And from there they want to learn from ASEAN countries,” he concluded.
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