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St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Day in Saint Louis County

The Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Affiliation

Standing from left: John Wright, Board Chairman of St. Louis Center for International Relations, Robert Heuermann, Jr., Executive Director of St. Louis Center for International Relations and World Trade Center Saint Louis, Joe Passanise (between Mr. Heuermann and Mr. Holden), President St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Organization, Honorable Bob Holder, Governor of the State of Missouri (Fmr.), Alexander Soetjipto, Board Chairman and Principal of St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Organization and IndoSuccess, Harry Sutjahjo, Chairman of the Regional Development Agency of Bogor City, Ambassador Arizal Effendi, Director-General for American and European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Maruli Sagala, Director for North and Central American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Ibnu Hadi, Head of Economic Division, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Endang Dewi Mardeyani, Head of Economic Division, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia.

Signing the MOU from left: Honorable Charlie A. Dooley, County Executive of Saint Louis County and Honorable Diani Budiarto, Mayor of Bogor City.

The Charter of St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Affiliation

Contact Us:

SaintLouisBogor@yahoo.com

For more information, please visit the following links:

* About St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Organization

* The Memorandum of Understanding

* The President

* The Board Chairman / Principal

* The Board of Directors

* Support from Local Governments

* American Indonesian Friendship Day in St. Louis County

* American Indonesian Friendship Day in St. Louis City

* Photo Gallery

News:

* Visit of the Indonesian Ambassador to St. Louis and the 3 rd Anniversary of St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Affiliation (New)

* Visit of the Chairman of the Board to the City of Bogor (New)

* Visit of the Director of Center for International Study of UM - St. Louis (New)

* President George W. Bush Visited Bogor, Indonesia

* President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Visited Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

* Indonesian 21 st National Merchandise & Commodity Show

* First Anniversary Celebration

New Project:

* Microfinancing and Mentoring for Small Business Owners (New)

* Trade Delegation To Indonesia

Previous Projects:

* Breakfast Meeting with Indonesian Business

* Indonesian Business Seminar and Market Meetings

President George W. Bush Visited Bogor

President George W. Bush meets President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor Indonesia on November 20, 2006

Celebrating the First Anniversary of St.Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Affiliation

Indonesian 21 st National Merchandise & Commodity Show

Minister of Trade of Indonesia met the Chairman of the Board

The Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, Her Excellency Dr. Mari E. Pangestu with the Chairman of the Board of St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Organization, Alexander Soetjipto.

On April 07, 2006, the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia visited Chicago, Illinois. During this visit the Minister met with the Chairman of the Board of St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Organization, Alexander Soetjipto.

In one on one meeting with the Minister, witnessed by the Indonesian Business Leaders and the advisors of the Minister, Mr. Soetjipto mentioned the planned visit of a Saint Louis Trade Delegation to Indonesia and the planned creation of the Sister State between the State of Illinois and the West Java Province of Indonesia.

The Minister is in support of the two plans. Several suggestions and plans had been discussed during the meeting. The St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Organization is in the process of bringing the plans into reality.

Trade Delegation to Indonesia

Announcement

As the follow up of the Visit by the President of Indonesia, H.E. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to St. Louis and the signing of agreement between the St. Louis County Executive, H. Charlie A. Dooley, and the Mayor of Bogor, Indonesia, H. Diani Budiarto to enhance socio-economic exchanges between the two communities (and countries), which were done on September 12, 2005, IndoSuccess and St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities Committee in cooperation with World Trade Center Saint Louis and St. Louis Center for International Relations with the support from St. Louis County and St. Louis City Governments, Indonesian Consulate General in Chicago, Indonesian Embassy in Washington, DC, and other local, state, and federal entities and businesses are planning to send a trade delegations to Jakarta and Bogor in Indonesia.

As announced by the Director of the World Trade Center Saint Louis, Robert Heuermann, Jr. during a global event “Growing Global 2005” attended by close to 300 international businesses , which was conducted on September 23, 2005 in Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, MO, the trade delegations plan to visit the countries of China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The proposed time for the Delegation to visit Indonesia is October, 2006.

For the mission to Indonesia, the following is the proposed industries: manufacturing, retailing, education (on-line education), agriculture, and tourism. Any businesses and entities from Missouri and Illinois, which are interested in further information regarding this plan, are suggested to contact the World Trade Center Saint Louis. The contact person is Robert Heuermann, Jr. at 314 615 8141. For other activities regarding the St. Louis-Bogor Sister Cities, please communicate with IndoSuccess, LLC. The contact persons are Mr. Joe Passanise at 314 616 4216 or jpassanise@yahoo.com and Mr. Alex Soetjipto at 314 398 9808 or alsoetjipto@yahoo.com for more information. (09/26/05)