Bandung (ANTARA) - Acting Polish Ambassador to Indonesia Maciej Tumulec said that his party opened up opportunities to bring industry from the European country to invest in West Java in the renewable energy sector, vocational education, and the provision of agricultural machinery.

In his meeting with the Acting Governor of West Java Bey Triadi Machmudin, on the sidelines of the 2024 West Java Investment Summit (WJIS) in Bandung, Thursday, Maciej expressed his interest in investment offers from West Java, such as in the field of renewable energy, especially in solar and geothermal energy which have great potential. .

Then there is cooperation in the vocational education sector in an effort to increase the capacity of vocational schools, including students so they can match with the industrial world. As well as investment in the agricultural machinery sector, one of which is drying equipment as an effort to support the West Java Provincial Government's targets for certain commodities.

When met after the meeting, Maciej admitted that apart from these sectors, he saw that West Java had several other potentials that were very attractive for investors to invest in.

"In the meeting I wanted to explore the possibility of us investing in West Java which I see is very attractive for investors in the future. I see there are several sectors that are also interesting such as tourism, also electric vehicles, the agricultural sector, especially food processing where we are strong there, "Then waste management, I invite the Governor to explore this potential," said Maciej to ANTARA.

Maciej admitted that currently they have invested in various Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, but he still sees Indonesia as an attractive country for Polish industry.

"And through WJIS 2024, we want to show that Indonesia is an interesting country for us because it has a very large population and economic dynamics. Therefore we hope that investors will also come here and see the possible investment potential that exists, including in education such as what was said earlier," he said.

Despite various observations of the existing potential and the hope that investors in his country can invest in Indonesia, Maciej revealed that the decision regarding investment certainty rests with the investors themselves. "However, investors in Poland see Indonesia as a potential country for investing in various fields," he said. It is known that WJIS 2024 will be a presentation event for various strategic projects that are ready to be funded by investors covering various future needs.

These strategic projects include the Water Supply System Project, Environmentally Friendly Energy Project, New Investment Area Project, Downstream Industry Project, as well as Agroindustry and Circular Economy. The investment realization targeted in the 2024 WJIS event is IDR 117.6 trillion, from 40 ready-to-work projects offered by West Java.

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