{"id":812,"date":"2020-06-09T04:58:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T04:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lspr.edu\/caprs\/?p=812"},"modified":"2020-12-10T05:17:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T05:17:30","slug":"the-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-of-the-republic-of-indonesia-and-lspr-held-a-webinar-on-the-development-of-covid-19-handling-in-asean-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caprs.lspr.ac.id\/index.php\/2020\/06\/09\/the-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-of-the-republic-of-indonesia-and-lspr-held-a-webinar-on-the-development-of-covid-19-handling-in-asean-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and LSPR held a Webinar on the Development of COVID-19 Handling in ASEAN & the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jakarta, 3 June 2020 \u2013 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), c.q.
\nSecretariat of the Directorate General of ASEAN Cooperation with Centre For ASEAN Public
\nRelations Studies (CAPRS) LSPR Communication & Business Institute, held a public lecture
\nthrough online media (webinar) on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The theme of the webinar is
\nthe Development of COVID-19 Handling in ASEAN and the European Union . The Director of
\nAmerican and European Intra-regional and Inter-regional Cooperation Masni Eriza, and the
\nDirector of ASEAN Socio-Cultural Cooperation Riaz Januar Putra Saehu, were present as
\nspeakers representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and LSPR Academician Sri Tunggul
\nPannindrya as reviewer. The event was hosted by the Head of CAPRS LSPR Communication
\nand Business Institute Yuliana R. Prasetyawati.<\/p>\n

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\nMasni explained about partnership and solidarity between Indonesia and the European
\nUnion and cooperation with the United Nations, international financial institutions, G7 and
\nG20 to form a coordinated multilateral response. The European Union and ASEAN countries,
\nincluding Indonesia, have helped each other regulate the return of their nationals stranded
\nabroad due to territorial restrictions. &quot;The European Union in the context as a unit or as a
\nlarge entity, where the European Commission as an executive agency, helps its member
\nstates obtain medical equipment. Also funding joint research, in order to accelerate the
\ndiscovery of vaccines to temporarily suspend borderless travel, and compile joint policy
\npackages such as stimulus packages to ensure economic impacts and reduce social impacts
\n& he said.<\/p>\n

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\nMeanwhile, Riaz conveyed information related to responses and policies taken by ASEAN
\nmember countries in handling COVID-19 in ASEAN. Among them, the application of the
\nCOVID-19 emergency status, restrictions on foreign arrivals, prohibition of mass meetings,
\nclosure \/ reduction of flight frequencies, restrictions on domestic mobility, independent
\nisolation policies, and the imposition of additional requirements for new migrants. He added
\nthat in the ASEAN collective response, member countries had held the Special ASEAN
\nSummit on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on May 14, 2020, and several other
\nsectoral coordinating meetings to accelerate the resolution of the COVID-19 issue. &quot;Study
\nmaterial related to biodiversity and zoonosis is also an important matter as input for socio-
\neconomic policy making. This is an effort to prevent and mitigate a pandemic &quot;, he stressed.
\nIn this webinar, reviewers from the LSPR Communication &amp; Business Institute Academics
\nsuggested that the concept of Coordinated Multilateral Response should be emphasized and
\nstudied further in international relations. Tunggul stated, &quot;The concept emphasizes the
\nneed for coordination in the multilateralism order so that the handling of an international
\nissue, such as pandemic prevention and mitigation, can run synergistically and
\nharmoniously 866 participants joined this webinar, consisting of LSPR students and students from various
\nUniversities in Indonesia, both Strata-1 (S1) and Strata-2 (S2) levels. In addition, academics,
\nmedia, professionals and alumni of the 2019 ASEAN-Indonesia Young Ambassador were also
\npresent as participants. This activity is a follow-up to the National PSA conference in
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Yogyakarta last December 2019, and a Memorandum of Understanding between the
\nDirectorate General of ASEAN Cooperation and LSPR Communication &amp; Business Institute on
\ncooperation in the fields of education, research \/ scientific studies and community service.
\nThe video recording of this webinar can be accessed at the following link:<\/p>\n