The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) and the Government Procurement Policy Agency (LKPP) will hold the Indonesia Catalogue Expo and Forum (ICEF) at JIEXPO Kemayoran Jakarta, on 3-5 August 2023.

ICEF carries the theme "Free Shopping for Domestic Products" with the tagline "Become a Hero in Your Own Country by Shopping for Domestic Products", this first-time event aims to encourage the optimisation of domestic product spending (PDN) through the use of electronic catalogues (e-catalogue).

This is in line with Presidential Instruction No. 2 of 2022 to the Head of the Government Goods / Services Procurement Policy Agency (LKPP), that national businesses that produce quality and competitive products and services must continue to be encouraged to accelerate business escalation through the creation of a conducive shopping climate for domestic products by government agencies, institutions, BUMN / BUMD that use the APBN and APBD.

According to data released by LKPP, currently the number of products that have been included in the e-catalogue has reached 5,586,517 products. The increasing number of providers included in the e-catalogue will certainly create a more competitive market, as long as the products are actually purchased by ministries, institutions, SOEs, provincial, city and district governments.

ICEF was presented as an effort, in addition to encouraging the optimisation of the use of Electronic Catalogues, also to support the acceleration of the construction and development of IKN Nusantara 2024 through the procurement of goods and services.

"We need hard efforts to continue to increase economic growth with the potential budget through LKPP being encouraged to buy domestic products," said Head of LKPP, Hendrar Prihadi.

He said ICEF 2023 would also make it easier for the government to get new references for goods and services providers, including updates on information and technology on the best domestic products and services, as well as a business meeting place for goods and services providers with the government.

According to him, the expo will provide more opportunities for government agencies in Indonesia, in this case Ministries/Institutions (K/L) and Local Governments (Pemda), who are looking for and need the best domestic products and services. ICEF 2023 will also serve as a platform for socialisation and literacy related to Domestic Component Level (TKDN) certification and more.

To achieve the target of Rp 500 trillion worth of transactions from 5 million products in e-catalogue by 2023, Kadin Indonesia together with LKPP are ready to work together to encourage capable and competitive business lines to take part in e-catalogue and contribute maximally to national economic growth.

Through this collaboration, Pojka Kadin-LKPP conducted socialisation and Technical Guidance on Boarding Electronic Catalogue Business Actors. In addition, conducting tutorial workshops to make it easier for Kadin Indonesia members including MSMEs, as well as from provincial Kadin, business associations can directly enter or on boarding into the LKPP e-catalogue.

"As a forum for Indonesian entrepreneurs, it is time for Kadin Indonesia to be more active in helping and equalising the nation's economy in order to realise a healthy and orderly national economy and business world based on article 33 of the 1945 Constitution," said Kadin Indonesia Chairman Arsjad Rasjid.

Director of Satue Event-event Organiser ICEF 2023, Bambang Setiawan said, in an area of 2,908 m2, ICEF will be attended by nearly 100 exhibitors from various business sectors, including health, public facilities, tools, vehicles. Then there are telecommunications, office equipment, fashion, food and beverages, technology, medicine, security and safety equipment, and labour services.

Bambang Setiawan said that during the three-day exhibition, which starts at 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, business players and government buyers will interact and negotiate with each other through various events such as seminars, business matching, consultations, workshops, technical guidance, and talk shows. As part of his commitment to advancing the domestic industry, President Joko Widodo is scheduled to directly open the ICEF exhibition.

For information, e-catalogue is an online shopping application developed by the National Public Procurement Agency (LKPP). This application provides a wide range of products from various commodities needed by the government.

The e-catalogue is divided into 3 parts, including the national e-catalogue, sectoral e-catalogue and local e-catalogue which includes other goods and services.

The national electronic catalogue is an electronic catalogue compiled and managed by the LKPP Policy Institute. Sectoral electronic catalogues are compiled and managed by the Ministry. Meanwhile, the regional electronic catalogue is an electronic catalogue compiled and managed by the Regional Government (Pemda).

According to LKPP data, in 2021 there are 5 top commodities for Goods and Services Procurement. First, health facilities at IDR 21,267 billion. Second, office electronic equipment and its supporters IDR 8,029 billion. Third, medicines IDR 5,088 billion. Fourth, internet service providers IDR 1,803 billion and fifth, sectoral agricultural tools and machinery IDR 1,695 billion.