Tuesday, May 20, 2008


 

East Java Government empower Batik designer


Batik is traditional culture from Indonesia that so popular around the world.

Indonesia has million archipelagos with different culture and language so that
you find different batik design in every region. The performance of batik design
follows culture philosophy of the region. It will look different between Pekalongan
batik, Yogya Batik, Sidoarjo Batik, Madura Batik and others.

Traditional culture to design batik using canting, seem not to be interested in by young generations, so that there is no regeneration. Lack of human resources to design batik, make batik production decrease, although few foreigners seem interested in learning batik designing.


Empower Batik entrepreneurs, government try to build village center (Kampoeng Batik). Kampoeng Batik called, specific region that has activity: design batik, showroom, promotion and transaction.
The Kampoeng Batik or center of Batik Home Industry had been built at Surabaya as capital city of East Java and Sidoarjo as popular with volcano mud.

Function government here, giving stimulant, capital, motivation, help to promote
batik product and give information how to get personal right (patent) from Government.


 







Sunday, May 18, 2008


 

The Government tries building entrepreneurship from small village

Few Asia countries try to decrease digital divide problem through brilliant strategies.
India tries building Tele centers that gives public service at open areas. Indonesia
as developing country at south East Asia tries building Digital villages, Mosques
digitals, Libraries digitals, Small Medium Enterprise digitals, tourism digital and school on line at remote area.

The purposes of efforts above to support decreasing digital divide problems,
to achieve World Community information that had been planned by 180 countries
world wide on 2015.

Korea as Asia Country that move faster in ICT than others Developing Countries
in Asia, aid to give improving in human resources.

Through improvement of using Internet Technology, Asian make progress in business.
Marketing uses ICT, can reduce transactions cost while increasing the speed and reliability of transactions.