The JIC talks Series 3 : “Health Management and Social and Economic Recovery”

The Provincial Government through the Jakarta Investment Center (JIC) will assist investors who will invest in Jakarta, starting from the initial stage, applying for permits to the stage of realizing investment. On that basis, the Jakarta Investment Center (JIC) held its third webinar on November 24, 2020, with the theme “Health Management and Social and Economic Recovery”, this webinar is expected to be a solution for investors who wish to invest in Jakarta during the pandemic and become solutions for the community in facing the Covid 19 Pandemic, especially the people in Jakarta.

This webinar was led by Khanti Saras as the Master of Ceremony and Moderated by Lady Malino, who then presented 4 speakers, namely Mr. Anies Rasyid Baswedan, Ph.D. as the Governor of DKI Jakarta, then there was Prof. dr. Amin Soebandrio, Ph.D., Sp.MK as Head of the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, then there is Mrs. Masyita Crystallin Ph, D as Special Staff of the Minister of Finance for Fiscal and Macroeconomic Policy Formulation, then the last one is Mrs. Shinta Kamdani as Deputy Chairperson for Relationships International Kadin Indonesia.

In this webinar, Prof. Amin emphasized that "Hopefully, the first or early second quarter of the vaccine can be submitted to biopharma for immediate clinical trials, and inshallah in 2022 we can get a meter test of the vaccine." a glimmer of hope in facing Covid 19, followed by data from Mrs. Mashita which shows that "Economic Pressure in Developing Countries in Asia is relatively better among others, benefited by the recovering Chinese economy" which indicates that investment opportunities in developing countries, including Indonesia still possible and economic activity is expected to continue to improve.

As a business actor, Mrs. Shinta affirms that "All business actors are experiencing demand shock, or demand continues to increase but the availability of goods or capital continues to run low. However, there must be an adaptation strategy and initiatives of business actors to stimulate the economy during the Covid 19 crisis, including optimizing digital platforms”, indicating that business actors are required to be creative in marketing their goods to support the Indonesian economy, especially Jakarta during the Pandemic.

Then the session of this resource person was closed with Mr. Anies statement that "the government must move quickly, even though it does not know when the peak of the pandemic will be but the set of the policy must be ready to be executed later."