Open Discussion is one of the work programs of the Ministry of Social Politics in the JayaKarya Cabinet. The purpose of this Open Discussion is to broaden students' knowledge, develop students' abilities in discussion and as an intellectual medium to general students regarding the current state of the Indonesian economy.
In this activity, students will be freed to exchange ideas about the topic that we raise, namely Economic Discussion with the theme "Observing the Post-Job Creation Economy". This activity is carried out online through a face-to-face application, namely Zoom Meeting.
All Semarang State Polytechnic students and general students can take part in this activity. Considering the main purpose of this Open Discussion is as a way for BEM KBM POLINES to provide opportunities to hone students' soft skills during discussions. There were 72 students who took part in this activity. Registration for this activity is done through an online registration form in the form of a google form which is shared by the committee through social media.
The Open Discussion activity itself was held for approximately three hours on November 1, 2020. Where the participants took part in activities in the same zoom meeting link to receive remarks from the Student President and the chief executive of the Open Discussion activity. Then the event was started by the MC, and the discussion session was led by a moderator who was a Minister of Social Politics BEM KBM POLINES Jayakarya Cabinet. Then it was continued with the delivery of material on Omnimbus Law from an economic point of view by Dr. Hari Susanta Nugraha, M.Sc. who is a lecturer in Macro Sector & Policy at the Faculty of Economics, UNDIP and its impact from the lower middle class community by Syamsudin Arif who is a staff of LBH Semarang 2020.
The presentation was carried out for 45 minutes by the speaker, followed by a 45 minute discussion session. Participants are welcome to give arguments, refute or ask questions based on the material presented by the speaker. After that this activity closed at 12:15 WIB and the event ended well.
This Open Discussion work program is held online due to limitations in the current Covid-19 pandemic situation, the 2020 BEM KBM POLINES cannot carry out the Open Discussion work program with the theme "Observing the Post-Job Creation Economy" offline.