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Held in the Ketapang Regency Bappeda room on Tuesday, 31 December 2019, Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) signed a partnership agreement with the Regional Government of Ketapang Regency to conduct research, assessment, development, engineering, application, operation, and policy evaluation in Ketapang Regency. The event, facilitated by the Regional Research and Development Agency (Balitbangda) of Ketapang Regency, was attended by Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) within the Regional Government of Ketapang Regency, Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Al Haudl Ketapang, and Politeknik Negeri Ketapang. Politeknik Negeri Ketapang was led directly by the Director of Politap, vice directors, heads of centers, Heads of Departments, and Study Program Coordinators.
Head of Balitbangda of Ketapang Regency, Ucup Supriatna, stated in his opening remarks that this activity was an effort to empower all potentials of Ketapang Regency, including the participation of higher education institutions in realizing the vision and mission of the Regent and Vice Regent of Ketapang Regency—an advanced Ketapang moving toward a prosperous society—so that this partnership between the Ketapang Regency Government and Politap is expected to strengthen every effort to improve public welfare.
Endang Kusmana, Director of Politap, stated in his presentation that the duties and functions of higher education institutions to carry out education, research, and community service continue to develop their synergies. According to him, in the triple helix theory, academia must synergize with industry and government to succeed, making this partnership an endeavor to establish Politap as one of the regional government's partners in achieving its vision and mission.
In his presentation, the Director presented Politap's performance throughout 2019 in education, research, community service, and institutional development. The Director emphasized that the 2019 performance serves as a primary foundation for carrying out Politap's Research and Community Service in 2020, with priority activities aimed at supporting the development of regional potential, especially in supporting village development, empowering Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, and the Regional Innovation Laboratory program.
