JAKARTA: Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) conducted technical cooperation with the Ministry of Industry to improve textile quality standard and ensure quality of product testing.
This technical cooperation project needs at least US$1.6 million.
Of the total fund, Resident Representative of Korea International Koica Sungho Choi said it allocated US$1.5 million in the form of laboratory testing equipment assistance, aid expert assistance, and training assistance.
According to him, KOICA will provide 36 types of test equipment, amounting to 45 units to the Textile Center, Bandung.
"We also will send 2 experts and give training opportunities for technicians and management personnel in South Korea," he said on the sidelines of the cooperation signing at the Ministry of Industry, Thursday (02/08/2012).
This cooperation was manifested in the record of discussion (ROD) on Technical Cooperation in International Textile Quality Standard and Textile Testing Quality Assurance that will last until the end of 2014.
Arryanto Sagala, head of the Agency for the Assessment of Policy, Climate and Industrial Quality (BPKIMI) at Ministry of Industry, said Government of Indonesia will allocate a budget of US$ 0.1 million or IDR950 million for DIPA in 2013.
The fund will be used for renovating testing laboratory, operational activities of experts, and seminars and socialization on textile industry.(T03/msw)
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