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From Bali to the Maghreb
Over the last decade Bali Democracy Forum has become one of the most valued and much vaunted platforms of debate and reflection on the best ways and means to promote democracy and good governance in this region.
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View from Byrsa hill showing ancient remains of Carthage and picturesque landscape of Tunis, Tunisia. (Shutterstock/File)
T
oday, Oct. 2 will certainly be remembered as a seminal milestone in the long and fecund history of Indonesia-Tunisian ties. Not only is Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi in Tunis to preside over with her Tunisian counterpart, Khemaies Jhinaoui, the 10th session of the Joint Commission between the two brotherly countries.
But equally important is her inauguration of the Tunisia chapter of Bali Democracy Forum. Over the last decade the latter has become one of the most valued and much vaunted platforms of debate and reflection on the best ways and means to promote democracy and good governance in this region.
I would like to commend the efforts as well as the enthusiasm shown by the professor Siswo Pramono, head of the Policy Analysis and Development Agency along with his collaborators for their professionalism and acumen in, first, initiating and then giving shape to this emblematic project.
Since I set a foot in this beautiful and generous country and started participating in this crucial event of Bali, I was impressed by the constructive and informative tone that characterized the debates of the numerous sessions I had attended.
