Mr. Warwick Purser and IACS Students

Mr. Warwick Purser shared his experiences on business

Indonesian Foreign Minister has program to Indonesian overseas, it called Indonesian Arts and Culture Scholarship (IACS). The students who accepted the scholarship will learn about Indonesia, and for this year they will learn about Indonesia in Yogyakarta.

The students who accepted scholarship are come from 10 countries, United States, Russia, Germany, Italy, England, Suriname, South Africa, Tunisia, Netherland, and Australia. They will spend 3 months in Yogyakarta and they study in UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta.

Mr. Warwick Purser gave lecture

As we know, Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Yogyakarta has cooperation with UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta, especially in education cooperation. To strengthen the cooperation, UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta requested Honorary Consul of Mexico, Mr. Warwick Purser, to share about his activities in Indonesia.

Discuss forum are held in Mr. Warwick Purser’s regency on 1 July 2013, in Jalan Parangtritis Km 8.5 Tembi, Sewon, Bantul. All of students from IACS visited to Mr. Warwick Purser’s regency. They was excited with Mr. Warwick activities as Consul or entrepreneur.

Mr. Warwick has joke with Oliver, IACS student from England

The discuss forum has warm atmosphere, because Mr. Warwick presumed that all of students from IACS is his children. The discuss has theme about “Foreign Business in Indonesia”. Mr. Warwick also shared about his activities in business, for example his activities in d’Omah Hotel Jogja and Bali, his activities as Consultant of SMESCO, and his activities as founder of Out of Asia, the largest export craft company in Indonesia.

Mr. Warwick also gave advice to all of students, "Don't be shy to ask anyone".

After discuss forum, all of students also looked at Mr. Warwick’s activities. They feel so interest with Mr. Warwick’s activities and they learned a lot from Mr. Warwick. Not only share his experiences, Mr. Warwick also gave them advices if students of IACS would to have business in Indonesia or their country.

Mr. Warwick Purser and all of Students from IACS, with student and lecturer from UPN "Veteran" Yogyakarta.

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Honorary Consulate of Mexico for Yogyakarta also has cooperation with another institution. Honorary Consulate of Mexico has cooperation with Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta and Universitas Pembangunan Nasional (UPN) “Veteran” Yogyakarta.

The cooperation between of two institutions is cooperation for culture, arts, and education. For this cooperation, Honorary Consulate of Mexico for Yogyakarta could promote the culture or knowledge about Mexico. For another people in Indonesia, especially in Yogyakarta, they do not know a lot story about Mexico. For people in Indonesia, when they heard word “Mexico” they will remember telenovela, film in Mexico.

And so, with this cooperation, Honorary Consulate of Mexico would to promote Mexican’s culture in Indonesia, especially Yogyakarta. By cooperation with education institutions, it will help Honorary Consulate of Mexico to spread culture of Mexico in Indonesia.

Mr. Warwick Purser, Honorary Consul of Mexico for Yogyakarta, with Mrs. Prof. Dr. A.M. Hermien Kusmayati, Rector of Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta, signed the MoU, 21 November 2012

Mr. Warwick Purser, Honorary Consul of Mexico for Yogyakarta, with Mr. Asep Saepudin, SIP., M.Si, Dean of Social and Political Sciences Faculty of UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta, signed the MoU, 13 December 2012

Honorary Consulate of Mexico for Yogyakarta also has plans to make cooperation with Cultural Sciences Faculty of Universitas Gadjah Mada and PPPPTK Yogyakarta.