Jakarta (ANTARA) - The 2023 Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Forum high-level meeting -- which will be held by Indonesia in Nusa Dua, Bali, on October 10-11 -- targets the presence of 25 heads of state and government.
Director General of Information and Public Communication of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics Usman Kansong made the statement at a press briefing in Jakarta on Monday.
Kansong remarked that the Indonesian government expects that the 2023 AIS Forum Summit will be attended by participants representing 51 archipelagic and island countries, with a target of 25 representatives at the head-of-state or government level and about 30 to 47 representatives at the ministerial level.
The AIS Forum high-level meeting will also be attended by nine heads of international organizations, including the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
In addition, the forum will be attended by heads or leaders from intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, including the United Nations (UN), the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).
According to Kansong, the main focus of holding this year's AIS Forum high-level meeting is to establish the AIS Forum as an international organization based on a treaty or charter.
The main theme promoted at the 2023 AIS Forum is "Fostering Collaboration, Enabling Innovation for Our Ocean and Our Future."
Furthermore, the forum carries three sub-themes: Blue Economy; Our Oceans, Our Future; and Solidarity.
The "Blue Economy" sub-theme aims to make the blue economy a driver for economic recovery and transformation in archipelagic and island states in order to build community livelihoods based on environmental sustainability.
The "Our Ocean, Our Future" sub-theme aims to emphasize concern about the real threat of climate change that has a crucial impact on the future of the ocean and the future of the population of archipelagic and island countries throughout the world.
Meanwhile, the "Solidarity" sub-theme aims to emphasize the three main principles of interdependence, mutual aid, and mutual benefit. These three principles were adapted from the concept of Indonesia's "gotong-royong," or mutual cooperation.
The 51 countries participating in the AIS Forum are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Cabo Verde, Cook Islands, Comoros, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Tonga, the United Kingdom, and Vanuatu.
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18th September 2023

Screenshot: Director General of Information and Public Communication of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics Usman Kansong speaks at a press briefing about the 2023 AIS Forum in Jakarta on Monday (September 18, 2023). (ANTARA/Yuni Arisandy)
Rabu, 1 Februari 2012 22:51 WIB
pemerintah tolol,.. maunya duit doang gak punya nasionalisme sama sekali. sampe kapanpun kita gak mungkin punya kebanggaan kecuali kirim PTR keluar. bayangkan aja mobil tawon yg udah diijinkan aja gak boleh beroperasi dijakarta padahal sama2 bayar pajak, itu sama aja mau ngatain yg punya mobil tawon wong ndeso. mobil kiat esemka g bakal dapat ijin. pemerintah kita udah diatur ama perusahaan otomotif luar. menangislah karena kita adalah bangsa terjajah, bahkan oleh orang indonesia sendiri.
Minggu, 22 Januari 2012 22:05 WIB
Memang harus didukung, sungguh keterlaluan kalau tdk.
Sebenarnya tdk pakai stnk ( surat resmi ) esermka dapat dipakai angkutan dibandara misalnya atau ditempat instansi yang luas, asalkan tdk kejanalan raya. Hidup esemka!!!
Minggu, 22 Januari 2012 21:35 WIB
Gagalnya mobnas truk perkasa yg sdh dipakai TNI, Habibi dgn Maleo, Tommy dgn Timor krn perusahaan mobil jepang,korea, eropa berhadapan dgn perorangan yg dgn mudah digagalkan oleh pejabat yg gampang disuap, tapi kali ini perusahaan mobil tsb berhadapan dgn kiat-esemka yang di dukung oleh rakyat sukar utk menggalkannya meski demikian perlu digalang gerakan anti produksi luar negeri yg sdh dimuat dlm peraturan dan perlu dukungan pemerintah dan karena kere munggah bale lupa akan asalnya, hanya ingin naik mobil mewah sdh bukan waktunya berpihaklah pd rakyat lihat india sbg negara besar keempat para menterinya naik mobil produk dalam negeri, jangan terulang lagi beli pesawat terbang dari cina yg ringkih sedang kita sdh punya pabrik pesawak pt dirgantara indonesia. Para pemimpin dimana rasa nasionalisme mu. Ingat negara ini bukan milikmu negara ini milik rakyat termasuk rakyat miskin jangan sampai angka kemiskinan menjadi turun menurun.