Indonesia Launches Online Services for Licensing with Digital Signature
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution , Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukita , along with the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform ( PAN-RB ) Asman Abnur launch online license service with digital signature in Jakarta on Friday ( 23 / 12 )
Beginning January 1 , 2017 , online licensing service with digital signature will come into force effectively . The new service model is expected to reduce faceto-face meeting between the applicant and the licensor . By doing so , the potential for abuse of authority , for example , illegal levies , can be suppressed .
There will be four categories of services , namely licensing of foreign trade , domestic trade , standardization and consumer protection , as well as commodity futures trading .
There are 47 licensing is done via online with a digital signature , in which 34 permits are foreign trade licensing and 13 others are Domestic Trade .
According to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution , this breakthrough is expected to boost the position of Ease of Doing Business ( EODB ) Indonesia .
Currently , Indonesia is ranked 91 . " President Jokowi is targeting Indonesia to achieve rank 40 of 189 countries . With this breakthrough , we hope it will be realized ," Darmin said at the launch on Friday ( 28 / 12 ).
From the information reported through the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs site , there are two important aspects of online and digital signature permits . First is the innovation of services by the government , demanding a new mindset of the state civil apparatus ( ASN ). Second , good service will improve EODB rankings that could boost Indonesia ' s reputation .
To access the online licensing service , simply visit the official site of Ministry of Trade at :
http :// inatrade . kemendag . go . id / index . php / registrasi .
The applicant needs to submit the application online on the website and upload the soft copy of required documents .
The Ministry of Trade will verify and go through the submitted documents before approving the applications . The Ministry of Trade will further send an e-mail notification in which softcopy of the license is attached that may be printed independently by the applicant .
( Source : Indonesian Finance Ministry )
4 Trade & Investment Bulletin | Number IV / January 2017