IPI Initiation Workshop: welcoming dinner

Between 27 and 29 July 2026, the Indonesian Peacebuilding Institute held an Initiation Workshop to begin the activities of the institute. It was attended by officials from Bappenas, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Universitas Padjadjaran, together with 25 prospective IPI trainers from across Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

The workshop started with a welcoming dinner hosted by Erwin Dimas, Deputy for Law, Politics, Human Rights, Defence and Security, Bappenas. In his welcoming speech he underlined the importance of IPI for Indonesian peacebuilding and diplomacy, and thanked the trainers who had travelled to Bandung.