High Level Policy Dialogue 2014

The ANU Indonesia Project, in collaboration with FPA MOF and Australian Treasury, conducted the 9th High Level Policy Dialogue Meeting on 16 April 2014 at the Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta. Approximately 80 participants attended, including the Minister and Deputy of the Ministry of Finance, staff from the Coordinating Ministry for Economics and Finance, PLN (Indonesian state-owned electricity company), BAPPENAS, DFAT, the Australian Productivity Commission, World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, the University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada Univeristy and Bogor Institute of Agriculture.

Following an overview of the Indonesian economy and a review of Australia’s experience of structural change and reform, discussions focused on three broad topics: industrial policy and competitiveness, revenue policy, and energy policy. After the dialogue, ANU staff prepared a draft communique and presented it to the Minister of Finance. On 4 August 2014, the Project held the preparatory meeting for the 2015 HLPD, at ANU. Representatives from DFAT, the Australian Treasury, Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance, Bappenas, Bank Indonesia and ANU attended the meeting. Discussions centred around recent developments in the Indonesian economy, the third National Medium Term Development Plan, monetary policy and taxation. The meeting concluded with a discussion of potential topics for the 2015 HLPD. In a subsequent series of exchanges between FPA MOF and ANU, it was agreed that the Jakarta meeting in 2015 would focus on three issues, namely regional fiscal transfers, social welfare and global value chain