Sandiaga Uno Reveals Why the Coldplay Concert Was Only Held for a Day

Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno explained why Coldplay only held a one-day concert in Indonesia. In fact, in Singapore, Coldplay will hold a concert for six days.

The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI.

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The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy gave a statement following a closed meeting on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, in Jakarta.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno finally admitted the reason why one of the foreign music groups, Coldplay, only has the opportunity to hold a concert in Indonesia for one day in November. Meanwhile, in other countries, such as Singapore, the Coldplay concert will be held for six days in January 2024.

"One of the reasons why Coldplay only chose one day here and more than one day in other countries, was due to factors such as permissions, both ease of licensing, time of licensing, and also the cost (management process) of the permit," said Sandiaga after attending a closed meeting led by President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (1/8/2023).

The closed meeting discussed permits for cultural and artistic activities and visa-free policy.

Present at the closed meeting were, among others, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, and Minister of Youth and Sports Dito Ariotedjo.

According to Sandiaga, event organizers are complaining about the uncertain process of obtaining permits. Even some permits are only issued a few hours before the event takes place. The costs also vary.

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The stage screen displays the electrical power converted from visitors' jumps in the kinetic area before Coldplay's concert at Hampden Park Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, on Tuesday (23/8/2022).

Because of that, he continued, the government will test the digitization system for permits for arts, culture and sports activities. Trials will be held next September in six arenas. "We will evaluate this, we will expand it. Because of the 3,000 events that we have recorded this year, around IDR 197 trillion will drive the economy. And if this digitization can take place, efficiency will be achieved, (with) an added economic value of around Rp. 17 trillion," he said

The more international-class events, according to him, the more opportunities for business and job openings will increase. He mentioned an open target of 4.4 million new job openings in 2024 from this creative economic growth.

Make one door

Previously, the Minister of Youth and Sports Dito Ariotedjo also explained that licensing for arts and sports activities would begin to be centralized one door in September. Apart from one door, all permits for arts and sports activities can also be submitted electronically or digitally.

The government will try out a system for digitizing permits for arts, culture and sports events.

"So, (through one door) reduces interaction between business actors, organizers of arts and sports activities, with authorities," said Dito when met at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, after attending a closed meeting."

One-door licensing policy and licensing digitalization will be beneficial to ensure that organizers of arts and cultural activities can monitor the stages of event licensing process. In addition, this policy can also shorten time as well as improve transparency and accountability in the licensing process.

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Officials serve residents who come to the BPM-PTSP (One-Stop Integrated Service Center for Investment and Licensing) in Southeast Sulawesi, in Kendari, on Friday (28/1/2022). Several residents are still experiencing difficulties in managing online permits that have been implemented since August 2021.

According to Dito, one-door licensing is the answer to the prayers and dreams of industry players in the event organizer field. "Now, we will create an integrated one-door system. And hopefully in the future this can also encourage the scale of the sports and arts industry, "he added.

It is hoped that the ease of organizing arts and sports activities can also be more measurable. The government could also better monitor the organizers of sports and arts activities. ”So, from a security perspective, we can monitor it more easily. So, we can do the controlling before the event is held. Because this is also one door, the monitoring is very centralized," he said.

Dito hopes that the one-stop licensing policy will also encourage the economy driven by young people. This is because the organizers and performers of arts and sports activities are dominated by productive young people.

This one-door permit will later be under the coordination of the Polri and the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment. In addition to one-door licensing, security will also be centralized from the National Police. "So, this is really the spirit of how we make efficiency and effectiveness so that the substance of organizing arts and sports events can be even more," he added.

With the digitization process, according to Sandiaga, it is targeted that permits for national-class activities have been issued no later than 14 days before the event, while permits for international-class events are no later than 21 days before the event. "The target is to use a digitalization process that cuts the stages so that public services for licensing events will be much better going forward," said Sandiaga.

The permit processing fee is currently still being calculated. One of the elements in calculating the licensing fee is the security fee. "Now the standard is calculated and later during the trial, the plan is for September, we will convey to the pilot project how much the fee will be charged for security, for permits, and the generated PNBP (non-tax state revenue). can be reported transparently," he said.