The contribution of west java research and development institutions in post-COVID-19 regional economic recovery through the use of foreign sources

Abstract

West Java is a region with a diversity of natural resources and regional human resources which is an attraction for international investors. Post-Covid-19 regional economic recovery is a challenge for a number of regional officials in West Java, especially for research and development institutions. With the limitation of capacity and capability it has, this institution is demanded to optimize the use of foreign resources for post-Covid-19 regional economic recovery needs through region diplomacy. The West Java Provincial Government has carried out numbers of collaboration with various stakeholders both in the governmental and social spheres. As an effort to optimize regional potential, West Java endeavors to refer to careful planning with research and development results-based to catch up with the necessities and conditions of the community of the pitch. This article aims to identify what efforts have these regional research and development institutions-both in the governmental and social sectors, by foreign investment planning in West Java after Covid-19. This article uses qualitative methods by referring to literature studies and interviews with several relevant informants. This paper finds that there is collaboration carried out by the West Java Provincial Government together with research and development institutions in creating a safe investment environment for investors amidst the institutional limitations of these institutions in West Java, especially when the region diplomacy becomes an instrument to attract foreign investors to invest in West Java where capacity and capability of regional apparatus in West Java is still limited to carry out these activities.