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practices such as child marriage. Indonesia has been integrated the agendas into the

National Mid-term Development Plan and Government Annual Work Plan at the

national level and Mid-term Regional Development Plan and Regional Annual Work

Plan at the regional level.

Indonesia is also actively involved in international forums on population and

development issues, such as the Commission on Population and Development 54th

Session this year, highlighting the interlinkages of nutrition, food security, and

reproductive health. Ensuring proper nutrition to optimize pregnant women, mothers,

and newborns is also one of our priorities especially preventing newborns from

malnutrition and stunting. The linkages between family planning and reproductive

health on those issues have been made BKKBN as the national coordinator to

accelerate the stunting reduction program in Indonesia mandated by the President of

the Republic of Indonesia to achieve a 14 percent stunting prevalence rate by 2024.

I am sure that the presentation materials, posters, discussions, and exchange of

ideas will enrich the justification of population experts, increase scientific views in

policymaking, and contribute to demographic progress not only in Asia but in the

world. For that, we congratulate and thank the Centre for International Training and

Collaboration (PULIN) BKKBN, APA Secretariat, UNFPA, Gadjah Mada University, and

Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy for organizing this significant

forum in 2021.

Hopefully, the Covid-19 pandemic will end soon so that we can meet each other

physically and face-to-face to discuss directly and enjoy the beautiful exchange of

culture and tourism between countries.

Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb.

Dr. (H.C.) Hasto Wardoyo, MD, OBGYN (c)

Chairperson

BKKBN,the Republic of Indonesia

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