PROMOTING MARITIME CULTURE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYBY :EDY WARDOYO, FAHMI JAMALUDIN, RIO BUDI RAHMANTO, YUNI SURYATI

PROBLEM

Indonesia is promoting its long-lost maritime culture, but there is little

awareness of the international community

OBJECTIVE

How to promote Indonesia’s maritime culture to the international

community?

RECENT DEVELOPMENT

1. Colonial Rule and New Order: Focusing on Land and Agriculture Culture

2. President Jokowi pledges to promote Maritime Culture

3. Existing cultural activities in regional, intra-regional and international forums

POLICY OPTION

a. National Rediscovering Maritime Culture through International Cooperation

b. Regional Mainstreaming maritime culture in various forums

c. Global Organizing or using international events and festivals to promote Indonesia’s maritime culture

RECOMMENDATION

Rediscovering Maritime Culture through International Cooperation(cooperation targeted at strengthening

our own understanding what it means to be a maritime society)

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder

forever”Jacques Yves Cousteau