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Participants of the Public Sector
Consultation on Defining the Indonesian EPR System and Regulation for
Electronics – 19-20 November 2024, Jakarta, Indonesia
BACKGROUND
Indonesia is the largest e-waste generator in Southeast Asia, ranking as the fourth largest generator in Asia, trailing only China, India and Japan. The Government of Indonesia is currently exploring opportunities to regulate the country's electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) sector through the environmental policy principle of extended producer responsibility (EPR).
ITU is assisting the Government of Indonesia with the transition of the electronics sector in line with its development planning programme for a circular economy for electronics. This technical assistance, supported by FCDO, will focus efforts towards the development of a sound regulatory framework in Indonesia, governing all types of EEE, and based on a financially and administratively sound EPR system for electronics. The objective of the technical assistance provided by ITU to the Government of Indonesia is to prepare an initial, high-level, roadmap for a possible EPR regulatory framework for the EEE sector in Indonesia, taking into consideration the local context, stakeholder inputs and global best practices.
A first phase of consultations took place with government and public sector stakeholders in-person in Jakarta in November 2024. These initial consultations were key to gather inputs to prepare a high-level roadmap, identifying the building blocks for the construction of an EPR system for electronics, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building as well as identifying all relevant stakeholders for establishing an economically viable EPR system for the EEE sector in Indonesia.
The continuation of these consultations is scheduled for February 2025, with the inclusion of more strategic dialogue building off the findings from the initial phase of consultations. This consultation will consist of a technical deep dive into the current post-consumer system in Indonesia and its potential for improvement, It will also include a presentation of the roadmap and a discussion with the directors of the key government stakeholders, in particular testing of the potential recommendations and solutions against potential political priorities.
