Sister city arrangements between clusters of Gujarat & Indonesia
Updated: Jul 19, 2014 03:25:11pm
Ahmedabad, Jul 19 (KNN) The possibility of cluster twinning between Indonesia and Gujarat to create competitiveness of both economies was discussed extensively between a visiting Indonesian delegation and industrialists from Gujarat.
“17 clusters were identified, which are common between India and Indonesia. It was proposed to sign sister city arrangements between these clusters. The benefit will be joint research and development, sharing of best practices, innovation promotion, SME competitiveness, access to finance, training of manpower for skill development and greater market access to both clusters in each other’s markets,” said Founder and Chief Mentor, Cluster Pulse, Jagat Shah.
Some of the clusters identified in both the countries for sister city arrangements are metal casting, wooden furniture, woven cloth, tile making, brass handicrafts, clove cigarettes, tea processing, tourism and bamboo products among others.
The Indonesian delegation comprised of Acting Consulate General of Indonesia to India, Hariyanta Soetarto, Trade attaché Budi Santoso, Martin Hutabarat, Vijay Tawde and Tapan Chakravarty.
The Indian side was invited to participate in the 29th Trade Expo Indonesia being organized in Jakarta from October-8 to 12.
Cluster Pulse will be organizing a delegation of 20 members from Gujarat to visit the expo for display and one to one meetings. Companies which showed interest in joining the delegation were Electrotherm, M V Omni, Maniar & Co., SLS Machineries, Food processing Co., AKG Marines and TiE. (KNN/ES)
“17 clusters were identified, which are common between India and Indonesia. It was proposed to sign sister city arrangements between these clusters. The benefit will be joint research and development, sharing of best practices, innovation promotion, SME competitiveness, access to finance, training of manpower for skill development and greater market access to both clusters in each other’s markets,” said Founder and Chief Mentor, Cluster Pulse, Jagat Shah.
Some of the clusters identified in both the countries for sister city arrangements are metal casting, wooden furniture, woven cloth, tile making, brass handicrafts, clove cigarettes, tea processing, tourism and bamboo products among others.
The Indonesian delegation comprised of Acting Consulate General of Indonesia to India, Hariyanta Soetarto, Trade attaché Budi Santoso, Martin Hutabarat, Vijay Tawde and Tapan Chakravarty.
The Indian side was invited to participate in the 29th Trade Expo Indonesia being organized in Jakarta from October-8 to 12.
Cluster Pulse will be organizing a delegation of 20 members from Gujarat to visit the expo for display and one to one meetings. Companies which showed interest in joining the delegation were Electrotherm, M V Omni, Maniar & Co., SLS Machineries, Food processing Co., AKG Marines and TiE. (KNN/ES)
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