“Kupang is in a strategic location and well-suited to be a capacity-building center for Timor-Leste officials in legal metrology,” Director of Metrology in the Ministry of Trade’s Consumer Protection and Market Order Directorate Sri Astuti said here Wednesday.
Ten participants from Timor-Leste will take part in the training, which aims to support the development of Timor-Leste’s regulations and oversight systems for measurement tools, standard calibration, and scale verification, similar to practices already in place in Indonesia.
This initiative falls under the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Forum (KSST), which encourages cooperation between developing countries. Sri Astuti noted that as a more experienced country in legal metrology, Indonesia has a duty to mentor neighboring nations.
“Countries like Papua New Guinea have also requested similar training. This is regional solidarity. We might someday need support from more advanced neighbors ourselves,” she said.
The training will be held until October 4, 2025, at the Kupang Metrology Technical Implementation Unit (UPT Metrologi Kota Kupang).
It is supported by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the Institute for Domestic Trade Policy and Supervision (LDKPI), and the Finance Ministry, with the Trade Ministry acting as the implementing agency.
Technical content, including scale verification, calibration, and metrology supervision, will be delivered by Indonesian Trade Ministry experts, with the UPT Metrology Kupang serving as host and facilitator.
Sri Astuti said the Trade Ministry is also focusing on three major programs: expanding export markets, strengthening small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access exports, and securing the domestic market.
Kupang Mayor Christian Widodo welcomed the cooperation, pledging the city government’s full support and emphasizing the need for center-local synergy in metrology services and broader economic opportunities.
“A metrology training center is a great opportunity for Kupang,” he said.
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