REMARKS BY
H.E. MR. MOHAMMAD HATTA
AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
TO THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND,
AT THE FIRST WORKSHOP ON SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP INDONESIA AND THAILAND
EASTIN HOTEL, BANGKOK
22-24 JANUARY 2009 Honorable Srivika Mektawatchaikul, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Thailand,
Honorable Wahdi S.A. Yudhi, Deputy Director, SEAMEO Secretariat Bangkok, Thailand,
Honorable Gatot Hari Priyowirjanto, Director, SEAMEO SEAMOLEC Jakarta, Indonesia,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen, A Very Good Morning, It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to be here to address the First Workshop on Schools Partnership Indonesia and Thailand, Eastin Hotel, Bangkok, 22-24 January 2009. Allow me first to express my sincere gratitude to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Thailand for giving its support and attention to this workshop. I would also like to extend my deep appreciation to the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) that has lent its support through its Regional Open Learning Center (SEAMOLEC) in Indonesia so that this workshop can be held today. Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen, Over the years, Indonesia and Thailand have enjoyed well-established cooperation in various sectors, particularly education sector such as student exchange program, dual degree program and other undertakings regarding high learning institution between two countries. In this context, a number of Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) had also been signed by universities in the two countries to boost cooperation. At the regional level, Indonesia and Thailand as the founding members of ASEAN have also taken measures aiming to create ASEAN Community which rest on three pillars, namely ASEAN Political and Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. In the context of human development in the region, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community will address the promotion of improved standards and better access to education through networking and institutional collaboration among member states under the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Plan of Action. In this regard, the Indonesian Embassy welcome the initiative to nest the First Workshop on Schools Partnership Indonesia and Thailand, as it is in conjunction with one of the mission of the Embassy which is to support and promote further people-to-people contact through means of Soft Power Diplomacy. Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my fervent hope that this First Workshop on Schools Partnership Indonesia and Thailand will formulate measures of cooperation between schools in Indonesia and Thailand portrayed in a draft Plan of Action, for the benefit of improving the capacity of human resources, not only for both countries but also for ASEAN students and teachers, mainly for the preparation of the establishment of ASEAN Community Year 2015. With this note of conclusion, I hope to see more school partnership being established between Indonesia and Thailand in the near future. And the Embassy of Indonesia in Bangkok stands ready to work with all relevant stakeholders both in Thailand and Indonesia for the realization of our shared interest and common goal, that is schools partnership. Thank you. CONTENTS -
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The demands of the globalization era have placed information as a very influencing resource. This globalization context is also unavoidable in the development of the national education policy that must be understood by university students, abroad scholars and Indonesian society in Thailand.
