Chairman of Civil 20 (C20) Sugeng Bahagijo speaks at the 2022 Bali Democracy Forum on topic “Intersession Bali Civil Society and Media Forum (BCSMF) with Civil Society Organizations” held online here on Monday (May 30, 2022). (ANTARA/ Juwita Trisna Rahayu)
Multilateralism should support economic governance and cooperation as the facilities not the goals, as the goals are standing for the environment that allows more people to not be left behind, so that no one is left behindGroup of 20 or G20 is expected to be inclusive and responsive to multilateralism by focusing on the people’s well-being that has been marginalized, Chairman of Civil 20 (C20) Sugeng Bahagijo stated.
“Multilateralism should support economic governance and cooperation as the facilities not the goals, as the goals are standing for the environment that allows more people to not be left behind, so that no one is left behind,” Bahagijo noted during the 2022 Bali Democracy Forum on the topic of “Intersession Bali Civil Society and Media Forum (BCSMF) with Civil Society Organizations” held online here on Monday.
The second essence of inclusive and responsive multilateralism is to be able to respect economic diversity, for instance, the market economy in Europe or the liberal economy mostly adopted in Anglo-Saxon countries, he noted.
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“All should be recognized as the diversity that is needed,” he affirmed.
The third aspect is multilateralism that allows many parties involved in decision-making and are able to make the most of such a forum.
“This is akin to G20 that is expected to benefit all from the West to East and from North to South since only some parties were involved in taking the decision, thereby ignoring other voices in such a critical process,” he pointed out.
Bahagijo spoke of his intent to coordinate some civil issues to be recommended to G20 leaders as decision makers, thereby issuing better policies for civil society, for instance, the issues on remittance and social insurance for migrants.
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Some of the issues pertain to ways to decrease the level of remittance for migrants, from 12 percent to six percent and ways to ensure them with social insurance abroad.
“Of course, this cannot be decided by Indonesia alone, as this requires mutual decision making. There should be an agreement between Indonesia and the countries that receive our migrants through the umbrella of G20,” he noted.
The last facet of responsive and inclusive multilateralism is to be able to control the global crisis.
“This is what we call as systemic coherence. A pandemic like this necessitates collective actions both from developed and developing countries, G20 members or non-members that not only control but also decrease and minimize the crisis,” he remarked.
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