Seminar planned on Bali handicrafts

Seminar planned on Bali handicrafts

The International Finance Cooperation Program for Eastern
Indonesia SMEs (IFC-Pensa), together with the Indonesian
Handicraft Association and Mitra Pengembangan Bisnis, will
jointly hold a one-day seminar and workshop titled The Future of
the Balinese Handicraft Industry, at Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel
on Jan. 28.

The seminar is aimed mainly at providing input to the Balinese
handicraft industry on the current situation faced by local
producers, and on domestic and global market trends and the
future outlook for the industry.

The seminar will bring together experts, designers, producers,
representatives from a variety of financial institutions, small
and medium enterprise consultants, transportation services and
other related parties.

The main topic of the seminar is to find the right strategies
in the face of global challenges and keen competition from other
handicraft-producing countries.

The meeting will also touch on topical issues including the
improvement of design and quality, the procurement of raw
material and marketing research for export-oriented products.

The seminar will present four speakers, including founder of
PT Out of Asia Warwick Purser, former lecturer of the Bandung
Institute of Technology Fine Arts Department Surya Pernawa,
design and production management consultant R. Susanto and
president of PT Muevo Intersys I. Gede Bagia Arta.

For further information, please contact: Elsa Chandra or Ahmad
Firdaus at the IFC-Pensa Denpasar office on (0361) 265359 -- JP