By: Hanif Nurcholis, Postgraduate Lecturer at the Open University, Secretary General of the Association of State Administration Scientists. The politics of local government in our country always go back and forth, from decentralized to centralized and vice versa (Bhenyamin Hoessein, 1993). At the beginning of independence, our country adopted a decentralized model (Law No. 1/1945, […]
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Decentralization in Indonesia began on May 7, 1999. The decentralization referred to here is the conception and practice of decentralization in accordance with the Reform Agenda: implementing regional autonomy as wide as possible. This decentralization milestone was marked by the issuance of Law Number 22 of 1999 concerning Regional Government. Since then, the Regional Government
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In the 2013 Global Peaceful Index (GPI) Report, Indonesia is ranked the 54th most peaceful country out of 162 countries in the world, with a score of 0.1879. Indonesia’s ranking is quite high compared to 4 other countries in the ASEAN region, namely Cambodia (115), the Philippines (129), Thailand (130), and Burma (140). In addition
From 2012 to 2015, PATTIRO has been given a mandate by Indonesia civil society, both civil society organizations, which involved in the Freedom Of Information Network Indonesia (FOINI) and CSOs from OGI Core Team, to be the coordinator of the coalition. To run PATTIRO role as national coordinator of both the civil society coalition, PATTIRO
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For the upcoming National Election of President and Vice President, on July 9, 2014, we are faced with two tickets. Both have been officially designated as a candidate for President and Vice President by the Commission. Both of them have also obtained the serial numbers of each candidacy. Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa obtained the
Taking the momentum of the upcoming Open Government Partnership (OGP) Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali on May 6-7, 2014, we, 183 representatives of civil society organizations coming from 31 Asia Pacific countries and beyond came together on the Civil Society Day in Nusa Dua on May 4, 2014 to discuss key issues
Civil Society Joint Communiqué on the Asia Pacific OGP Regional Meeting Read More »
The Regional Center for Research and Information (PATTIRO) questions the government’s commitment to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) movement because until now the government does not yet have a clear and detailed action plan (reaction) to support the open government movement. In addition, the government’s commitment to the OGP movement is not serious and is
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PATTIRO : Supreme Court Judges for Pilkada Disputes cannot be members of political parties Earlier this week (Monday, 19/5) the Constitutional Court (MK) has decided to remove its authority to hear disputes over the results of regional head general elections or regional head general election disputes (Pilkada). In its decision, the Court granted in its
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The Government Must Promote Improvements to the Raskin Program Design A study by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found that the implementation of the cheap rice for the poor (Raskin) program was problematic, prompting the government to respond quickly. The government plans to make improvements to the Raskin distribution plan within 30 days or until
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PATTIRO : The government must serve the community At the end of 2012, the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) stated that there were 290 regional heads and deputy regional heads who were caught up in (legal) corruption cases. Beginning in November 2013 the number had increased to 309 people and until January 2014, the Ministry
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PATTIRO : The Need for Gender Integration in the Planning and Budgeting Process in Indonesia One of the targets of the 2015 MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) which is estimated by many to be difficult to achieve is to reduce maternal mortality. The 2012 Indonesian Health Demographic Survey (IDHS) revealed that the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)
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PATTIRO: The government should stop Raskin temporarily As the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) focuses on the potential for misappropriation of the government’s social assistance program, indications regarding alleged irregularities in the distribution of cheap rice for the poor (Raskin) have also surfaced. Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Suryamin admits that the Raskin program
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