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Finance ministers, central bank governors to attend IMF, WB meetings in Bali
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Bank Indonesia assistant deputy governor Nastiti (center) strikes a gong to mark the start of a journalist workshop held by the central bank in Jakarta from Nov.19 to Nov.21. (JP/Fadli)
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round 7,000 participants have been registered to attend the 2018 IMF-World Bank Task Force Annual Meeting scheduled to be held in Bali from Oct.12 to Oct.14.
The meeting’s organizing committee head Peter Jacob of Bank Indonesia (BI) said on Tuesday the number of delegations from 189 countries participating in the annual meeting was predicted to exceed its target.
“If we look at the number of delegations that have been registered as of today, we are optimistic that more participants will attend the meeting. We are expecting 15,000 people to attend the event,” said Peter.
He was speaking to journalists from areas across Indonesia during a workshop held by BI in Jakarta from Nov.19 to Nov.21.
Peter said finance ministers and central bank governors from 189 IMF and World Bank member countries, as well as leaders of financial management institutions across the globe, would attend the Bali meeting.
He said that during an exhibition held by the Tourism Ministry at the 2017 IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting in Washington DC, the US, around 4,000 participants had conveyed their readiness to come to Indonesia for the following year’s meeting.
“We have given the Annual Meeting the tagline ‘Voyage to Indonesia’, because people from 189 countries across the world will make a voyage to Indonesia for the event in October next year,” said Peter.
A successful IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting will strengthen Indonesia’s position as an excellent location for organizing meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE). (ebf)
