EU – Indonesia Relations
Round-Table Briefing and Discussion
Brussels, Monday 8th November 2004

Photo Gallery

Report of the Meeting (pdf)

Letter of Invitation (pdf)

Speakers Biographies (pdf)

EU – Indonesia Relations: Stability and Prosperity in South East Asia
Round-Table Briefing and Discussion
Résidence Palace, Brussels, Monday 8th November 2004

The EU attaches great importance to the continuing consolidation of democracy in Indonesia under the newly elected President Yudhoyono. As a democratic country with the world's largest Muslim population, Indonesia is a key ally of the EU in promoting equitable, representative and secular governance.

The speakers were:

Wiryono Sastrohandoyo is a Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Jakarta. He is a former Indonesian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna. Most notably, Ambassador Wiryono was the Chief Negotiator for the Government of Indonesia with the Free Aceh Movement (or GAM), and he successfully brokered the Geneva Accord on Aceh, which was signed in 2002. He addressed an EIAS meeting in Brussels in May 2003 noting the fragility of the peace process at the time.

Fu’ad Jabali is a lecturer at the post-graduate studies at the State Islamic University (UIN) and the editor of Studia Islamika, the International Journal of Islam in South East Asia. He is currently engaged in studying Islam in the modern context and is the author of numerous publications.

Shanti L. Poesposoetjipto is the CEO of Praweda Ciptakarsa Informatika and of Soedarpo Informatika Group and Co-Chair of the Executive Board of the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia. She holds key positions in a number of professional organizations and NGO's. She is the recipient of the Women Inspire 2002 Award for IT.

Frans Winarta is a prominent and outspoken commentator on legal affairs in Indonesia. Mr. Winarta is inter alia, member of the Governing Board of the National Law Commission and Council Member of the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association. He is also the Managing Partner of a law practice that he established in Jakarta in 1981.

The meeting will be chaired by Dr Willem van der Geest, Director, EIAS, and concluded by Dr Axel Berkofsky, Senior Policy Analyst, EPC.

Photo Gallery

Report of the Meeting (pdf)

Letter of Invitation (pdf)

Speakers Biographies (pdf)