Partnership Valuation of Membership of Indonesia in Asia Pasific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) with STPLEE

Abstract

: Indonesian membership in Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) refers to the provisions of Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 64 year 1999 on Indonesian Membership and Contributions Government of The Republic of Indonesia at the international organizations, in article 3 that first need to be assessed the benefits to be gained and the contribution to be paid. Indonesia's status as a state signatory to the convention is urgency in this study. Indonesia signed the APSCO convention in 2005 and actively involved in various activities of the organization forum. The purpose of this research is to identify the costs and benefits of Indonesia membership in APSCO. The method used is a descriptive qualitative and quantitative approach to the data sources both primary and secondary data. The results are (i) the membership will have a high cost impact from economic aspect from annual fee, but high benefit from technical aspect if Indonesia active on the programme (ii) the benefits and costs of this membership can be equal, or greater by optimizing action in the organization, (iii) and based on the multicriteria valuation, the technical benefits be the basis of the first priority, followed by sequential economic, legal, political, social and environmental in determining Indonesia's membership in APSCO.