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    "data": {
        "id": 1736718,
        "msgid": "youth-urged-to-perceive-opportunities-in-regional-development-1778662549",
        "date": "2026-05-13 15:00:00",
        "title": "Youth Urged to Perceive Opportunities in Regional Development",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Chairman of the Catholic Youth Organisation, Stefanus Gusma, has called on young people to actively identify and seize development opportunities in their regions, particularly in tourism, creative economy, SMEs, and green economy sectors. This message precedes the Advanced Leadership Course I in 2026, hosted in Pangkalpinang by the Bangka Belitung branch, which aims to equip hundreds of cadres with skills for inclusive and sustainable regional development through interactive adult learning methods. The event highlights Bangka Belitung's potential in sustainable tourism and local products, encouraging participants to collaborate with government initiatives for economic acceleration.",
        "content": "<p>Pangkalpinang, VIVA - Young people are urged to be able to read the\ndevelopment opportunities emerging in their respective regions. This was\nstated by the Chairman of the Catholic Youth Organisation, Stefanus\nGusma, ahead of the Advanced Leadership Course (KKL) I for 2026, which\nwill be held from 14 to 17 May 2026 at the Grand Safran Hotel in\nPangkalpinang, hosted by the Bangka Belitung Regional Commissariat of\nthe Catholic Youth. The Catholic Youth is encouraging its young cadres\nto take strategic roles in regional development, particularly through\nthe tourism, creative economy, SME, and green economy sectors. According\nto Gusma, regions are currently becoming centres of new economic growth,\nso young people must be able to read the development opportunities\nemerging in their respective areas. \u201cRegions have great potential to\ngrow through the tourism sector, creative economy, SMEs, to green\ninvestment. The Catholic Youth must be present as a strategic partner to\nthe government in guiding inclusive and sustainable development,\u201d said\nGusma, quoted on Wednesday, 13 May 2026. He emphasised that after\nattending KKL I, the cadres are expected not to stop at discussion\nspaces alone, but to directly engage in promoting regional economic\npotential, including strengthening local tourism sectors, promoting SME\nproducts, and building green economy-based innovations in their\nrespective regions, as well as opening collaboration opportunities with\nstrategic government programmes such as KDMP\/KNMP. The event, themed\n\u201cInclusive and Collaborative Leadership in Guiding Sustainable Regional\nDevelopment and Economic Acceleration,\u201d will be attended by hundreds of\ncadres from Catholic Youth Regional Commissariats across Indonesia who\nhave gone through a selection process, including the preparation of\npapers according to the KKL syllabus. KKL I uses andragogy methods or\nadult learning through group discussions, simulations, case studies,\nsocio-political mapping, role-playing, and the preparation of personal,\ngroup, and cohort-based action plans. Meanwhile, the Bangka Belitung\narea is one that is said to have great strength through beach tourism,\nvillage tourism, local cuisine, creative economy, SMEs, to the\ndevelopment of ecotourism. The Chairman of the Bangka Belitung Catholic\nYouth Regional Commissariat, Bernadus Reco, said that Bangka Belitung\nhas great potential in developing a regional economy based on\nsustainable tourism. \u201cWe hope that participants can directly see that\npotential and bring new ideas for their respective regions,\u201d said\nBernadus.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/youth-urged-to-perceive-opportunities-in-regional-development-1778662549",
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