MoU between Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Yogyakarta with PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya

Mr. Warwick (right) met Mr. Sardi (left), Head of PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya

MoU signing between Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Yogyakarta and Teacher Training Center and Development of Art and Culture, known as PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya, held in PPPPTK’s Head office.

Mr. Warwick, Mrs. Mega and fellows were welcomed by PPPPTK’s Head, Mr. Sardi, and Mr. Rahayu Windarto, the chief of general for PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya.

Discuss about purposes from MoU

The signing ceremony started with Mr. Sardi welcomed speech, introducing PPPPTK’s members who follows the signing ceremony and the art and culture programs by PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya.

From this MoU, Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Yogyakarta and PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya have a lot of purpose to do together. For example, Mr. Warwick as Honorary Consul would to make cooperation with PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya to teach children in Tembi Village make Batik. And from this cooperation, there are a lot of purpose from Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Yogyakarta and PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya.

Signing started with both signing each MoU in bahasa and english and finished with the MoU stamped by both parties.

After signing finish, both parties started to talking about what kind of program can be produce based on this MoU.

There are a lot of options, such as lesson about batik for social program held by Honorary Consulate of Mexico, international art and culture exhibition, promoting batik and textile products from bamboo

After the program conversation both parties went to PPPPTK’s Gallery and Showroom.

MoU was signing by Mr. Sardi and Mr. Warwick Purser

MoU is legal, Mr. Sardi and Mr. Warwick shaked hands for the cooperation

Taken photo with Yahel Castaneda Soto, Mexican who studied in PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya

Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Yogyakarta

Honorary Consulate is one of media for another country in international environment to promote their culture or their country. Honorary Consulate also one of the ways to make cooperation with another country beside from Embassy that opened in another country. Usually, the country that wants to made cooperation they will open the Honorary Consulate first than Embassy. It because of the Honorary Consulate has another destination than political sides. Honorary Consulate usually has destination to made cooperation in culture, trading, economic, art, and education focus, or another destination. That is the reason why sometime there are country has Honorary Consulate but have no Embassy in the same country.

Indonesia and Mexico has cooperation since 1953. Mexico has Embassy in Indonesia and the Ambassador is H.E. Melba Pria. Not only has Embassy in Indonesia, Mexico also has Honorary Consulate. The Honorary Consulate of Mexico took place in Yogyakarta, with Mr. Warwick Rodney Purser as Honorary Consul.

Yogyakarta chosen by Mexico Government because of Yogyakarta is the cultural and tourism city. Yogyakarta has so many cultural villages or tourism village. Yogyakarta also famous to be education city, and there are so many education institutions in this city.

Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Yogyakarta opened on 21 February 2011, and legalized by Ambassador of Mexico in Indonesia, H.E. Melba Pria. General Director for American and European Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Republic, Mrs. Retno Marsudi also attended this moment in d’Omah Hotel, Parangtritis Street Km 8.5 Tembi, Timbulharjo, Sewon, Bantul, Yogyakarta.

Honorary Consulate of Mexico has cooperation with another institution. The examples for cooperation are social cooperation, cultural cooperation, and educational cooperation. For example of educational cooperation, Honorary Consulate of Mexico also opens internship program for student who wants to study more about diplomatic and consulate.

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