On March 16th, 2017, Embassy of India was celebrating the “Indian Alumni Day”. The aim of Indian Alumni Night is to get-together of Indonesian alumni who have availed of the training under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Scholarships. Embassy of India invite Mr. Mukhammad Fahrurozi, Head of Bureau Technical Cooperation – Ministry of State Secretariat to be one of the panelist in Panel Discussion I. The event was initiated by Panel Discussion I and Panel Discussion II which discuss about enhancing skills through ITEC Scheme – A Capacity Building Progamme of the Government of India and India as a Higher Education Destination. Furthermore, Indian Alumni Day continued to valedictory session, cultural performance, presentation by Representative of Indian Alumni Association. Then, address by Ambassador of India, H. E. Mrs. Nengcha Lhouvum.

As Chair of Working Group III of National Coordination Team of South-South and Triangular Cooperation,  Bureau of Foreign Technical Cooperation, Ministry of State Secretariat  conduct two days workshop on Report Writing  from 23 – 24 February 2017 at Hotel Panghegar, Bandung. The Workshop is jointly conducted between the Ministry of State Secretariat and USAID- through  US – Indonesia Partnership for SSTC Component 1 (USIP 1). This workshop is the first activity under Working Group 3  supported by USAID for strengthening  human resources for officials/staffs related stakeholders who involded in SSTC Indonesia not only for  officials/staffs member of NCT but also for line Ministries.

On the opening ceremony, Ms. Siti Shofia Sudarma, Act Director for Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that  in the form of Foreign politcal issues, the implementation of Indonesia SSTC is one of tool of Indonesia’s diplomacy for strengthening cooperation, solidarity among developing countries  for the purpose of national interest and optimum benefit  as well as sustainable diplomacy.  In addition,  she explained that development of integral data base is needed for capturing total contribution from Indonesia, in the form of subtantial and budgeting for the promotion of Indonesia SSTC.   This workshop is one effort  for making effective and integral report .