BKPM Issues Recommendations for 457 Companies to Bring in Foreign Experts

Yuliot, Director of Investment Deregulation at the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), said that many expert workers employed by various companies returned to their home countries when Covid-19 first hit Indonesia, leaving companies unable to continue operations.

As a result, support is needed to get company operations running again, including permits or recommendations to bring expert workers back into Indonesia.

“There are companies whose expert workers are still abroad, having returned to their home countries at the start of Covid-19, so they cannot carry out their operations and need support,” he said during the INDEF Mid-Year Review on Tuesday (21 July).

Between 24 April and 17 July 2020, BKPM issued recommendations for 457 companies to bring in expert workers, including investors. These covered 2,603 expert workers as well as 155 investor visits for investment exploration activities.

“This is a facility we are providing to help mobilise investment. There is also interest from several investors in carrying out investment activities, particularly those related to industrial relocation,” he added.

Of the 457 companies, the potential investment mobilised reaches Rp 859.7 trillion, with employment absorption of up to 237,269 people. “If this is mobilised, it will certainly create wider job opportunities for Indonesian workers,” Yuliot concluded.