A Look into Indonesia’s ESG and Future initiatives with Indonesia Chef de Mission for Paris Olympic 2024 and CEO of Bakrie & Brothers, Anindya N Bakrie
Post Event Summary 8th March 2024
CONNECT SERIES: DEVELOPING INDONESIA FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY FUTURE
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OVERVIEW
As we celebrate the success of GIPA’s domestic introduction this year GIPA will commit to creating an ecosystem for Indonesian professionals through the establishment of our Indonesia Hub GIPA's Indonesia Hub’s first initiative is the creation of the Global Connect Series, a platform of networking events for inbound Indonesian professionals to connect and share knowledge on Indonesia’s professional environment
The Global Connect Series: Developing Indonesia for a more Sustainable and Health Future (8th March 2024) hosted by GIPA and supported by Kemenpora and Bakrie Center Foundation, delved into the look of Indonesia’s strategic positioning for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024 as well as Indonesia’s ESG and future initiatives.
This event is the second installment of the Global Connect Series in Jakarta, which aims to empower returning overseas professionals by offering them the resources that would help them acclimate to the Indonesian workforce
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The event was attended by professionals from all backgrounds, genders, and career stages who are passionate about empowering Indonesia’s Future towards Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
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PRESS COVERAGE
Indonesia’s Path to Paris Olympics 2024 and Beyond: GIPA’s Global Connect Series Explores Dynamic Paths in Sports and ESG Initiatives
8 March 2024, Jakarta Indonesia’s Chef de Mission (CdM) for Paris Olympics 2024, Anindya Bakrie, highlighted the importance of Indonesia’s CdM on GIPA’s event, the Global Connect Series (GCS): Developing Indonesia for a more sustainable and healthy future. This event delved into the look of Indonesia’s strategic positioning for the Paris Olympics 2024 as well as Indonesia’s ESG and future initiatives.
“It’s the first Olympics after COVID-19, therefore the world will come together to celebrate,” Anindya Bakrie said.
This year ’ s olympics is unique as it is held during the biggest ‘election year ’ of the world. As Indonesia just recently finished outs, it’s a good time for everyone to unify again for our athletes.
The discussion event was hosted by the Global Indonesian Professionals’ Association (GIPA) and is the first installment of GIPA’s Global Connect Series in 2024. The event featured other household names in Indonesia’s ESG industry such as Hamdan Hamedan, Special Advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports, and Ferro Ferizka Aryananda, Executive Director at Pijar Foundation.
Mr Bakrie’s aim for the CdM is to “memasyaratkan olahraga, mengolahragakan masyarakat” by making the athletes hero for the country in the Paris Olympics and making the government invest more money in Indonesian sports.
The CEO of Bakrie & Borthers continued saying that the Paris Olympics will feature four new sports, namely surfing, skateboarding, breakdancing, and speed climbing, all which the Indonesian team have potential to compete
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Hamdan Hamedan, Special Advisor for the Minister of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora), said that the government are pursuing more physical activities for their people.
“Other countries invests around 10% for sports from their respective GDPs, Indonesia only invest 0 8%,” Mr Hamedan said “Sports should be the main fulcrum of Indonesian government and people ”
Research prove that Indonesian people are less active and therefore, the government is advocating a healthier environment through the Minister of Youth and Sports, Kemenpora
The event also discussed about sustainability and ESG opportunities in Indonesia Mr Bakrie is very optimistic in Indonesia’s ESG as he believes there are many clean energy opportunities due to Indonesia’s biodiversity.
Ferro Ferizka, Executive Director of Pijar Foundation, agreed that Indonesia’s resources are very rich and we must utilise it
Mr Ferizka also noted on how 2034 is a very important year for the goal of Indonesia Emas 2045 as our demographic bonus will expire
“Therefore, our window of opportunities are only ten years, ” Ferro Ferizka said. “If we fail to capture these opportunities, we will fail forever.”
GIPA represent white-collar Indonesians working across the G20 and ASEAN countries with eight hubs across Europe. Hilmi Kartasamita, GIPA’s Head of Indonesia, said to look forward to GIPA’s various initiatives that will contribute to building a healthier Indonesia Emas 2045.
WRITTEN BY Raffa Athallah, Press & Communications Manager at GIPA
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SPEAKER BIOS
Anindya Bakrie
CdM for Paris Olympics 2024
CEO of Bakrie & Brothers
Anindya Bakrie is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bakrie & Brothers, one of the largest and oldest conglomerates Mr Bakire is also a serial entreprenuer with various passions, especially sports, currently holding position as Chef de Mission (CdM) for Paris Olympics 2024.
Hamdan Hamedan
Special Advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora)
Hamdan Hamedan is Special Advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports Previously he has served in multiple Indonesia diaspory community, holding positions as Executive Director for Indonesia Diaspora Network-United.
Ferro Ferizka
Executive Director of Pijar Foundation
Ferro Ferizka is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pijar Foundation, run several programs related to talent upskilling, innovation incubation, and policy advocacy Having diverse backgrounds in business and informatics, he has previously worked in several notable company such as IBM, Microsoft, and others.
Steven Marcelino Chairman of GIPA
Steven is responsible for shaping the strategy and for establishing external partnerships. Prior to GIPA, Steven founded and led YIPA UK for 5 years where he played a key role in securing +25 partners from both public and private sectors He is the Managing Partner of Equatorise Advisory, a London headquartered boutique consulting firm in Indoneisa. Previously Steven worked at Accenture Strategy, London office
Hilmi Kartasasmita
Head of Indonesia and Strategic Initiatives at GIPA
Hilmi is responsible for developing relationships with stakeholders in Indonesia and mapping areas where GIPA can contribute He spent significant time in the UK and Greater China Currently, Hilmi is a professional at The Executive Office of The President specializing in Political, Legal, and Security Affairs
Difa Farzani Head of Public Advocation
Difa is responsible for advocating key Indonesian professionals and executives abroad by collecting aspirations and producing white papers in GIPA She worked as a Strategic Planning and Advocacy Senior Officer for the PMO of Kartu Prakerja at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
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ABOUT GIPA
GIPA aims to promote business and investment links overseas through highly talented Indonesian professionals and executives – a true partner for Indonesia’s economic diplomacy and human capital development
GIPA represents Indonesian professionals and executives in eight key industries across G20 and ASEAN, encompassing 80% of the world's GDP and 60% of the world's population The eight key industries represented are: (1) Financial Services, (2) Healthcare and Life Sciences, (3) Technology, (4) Professional Services, (5) Public Sector and International Organizations, (6) Industrials, Products, and Logistics, (7) Infrastructure, Energy, and Resources, (8) Creative, Communication, and Media
GIPA champions three Centre of Excellences (CoE) on Professional Development (PD), Public Relations (PRA), and Economic Diplomacy (EcD).
GIPA has been a long-standing partner to the Indonesian-based stakeholders among others, the Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN), B20 Indonesia, and the Ministry of Health on some of their overseas missions, business and investment roundtables, and policy focus group discussions
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GIPA'S INDONESIA HUB
Following the successful Global Human Capital Summit (GHC Summit) in Aug 2022 as a side event to B20 Summit and supported by Indonesia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN), GIPA sees the need to launch a platform for returning Indonesian professionals and executives who worked abroad for some time GIPA's Indonesia Hub was then launched in February 2023 to take this initiative forward with the aim of 3C: Connect, Collaborate, and Consolidate
One of Indonesia Hub’s initiative is the creation of the Global Connect Series, a platform of networking events for inbound Indonesian professionals to connect and share knowledge on Indonesia’s professional environment.
GIPA's Indonesia Hub aims to:
1. CONNECT
Connect like-minded Indonesian overseas professionals who returned home, being their go-to network outside work
Collaborate with key stakeholders to advance Indonesia’s economic diplomacy and human capital development 2. COLLABORATE
3. CONSOLIDATE
Consolidate supports system for Indonesians going global by introducing them to the growing overseas professionals’ hubs across the world
ABOUT GIPA
The first Global Connect Series (February 2023): Bringing the latest perspective on the reflections from G20 Presidency and the year ahead with Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship.
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