At the beginning of 2014, coinciding with the New Year’s celebration, the Indonesian people received a gift from the government, namely the National Health Insurance (JKN). With the existence of JKN as part of the National Social Security System (SJSN), it is hoped that in stages all Indonesian citizens will be able to obtain guaranteed …
The passing of the Village Law (UU Desa) brings fresh air to villages in Indonesia because more funds will flow to villages, so it is hoped that residents in the villages can be more prosperous. Article 72 of the Village Law states that the village budget is set at a minimum of 10% of regional …
The low absorption of the budget by the government, both at the central and regional levels (pemda), has always been the theme of the news that surfaced in the media at the end of each year. Until early November 2013, the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) noted that the average absorption of local government budgets …
Judicial Review (Material Test) of Law (UU) number 17 of 2003 concerning State Finance and Law number 15 of 2006 concerning the Supreme Audit Board submitted by the BUMN Forum (State Owned Enterprises), the Legal Bureau of the Ministry of BUMN and the Center for Study of Strategic Issues University of Indonesia (PPMSUI) before the …
At the end of every year, the low budget absorption by government, both at the central and local level, always features significantly in the news. At the beginning of November 2013, the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) recorded local government budget absorption to be at only 68% on average throughout Indonesia. Whilst at the beginning …
Application of the FOI Act and Community Advocacy will Encourage Budget Absorption Read More »
A request for information by a group of residents represented by Agustina Salosa to the Manokwari Regency Health Office of West Papua about the puskesmas service schedule yielded results. Eight days after the request for information was submitted, officers from the Health Service provided the requested documents directly. The document is in the form of …
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The Center for Regional Studies and Information (PATTIRO) asked the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) to pay attention to the allocation of grants submitted by local governments in the 2014 fiscal year. PATTIRO sees that currently, the allocation of grants in the regions tends to increase and it is feared that regional heads will take …
Former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Mahfud MD assessed that decentralization in Indonesia has more construction based on events experienced. For example, regional autonomy that began in 1999 is an antithesis of the centralized style of the New Order leadership. “It should be arranged seriously from his basic ideas,” said the figure who was …
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Until the beginning of November 2013, the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) recorded an average absorption of regional government budget only 68%. Even though this year the central government has transferred funds of Rp 529.40 trillion to the regions. Minister of Home Affairs Gamawan Fauzi said, the low expenditure of the regional government budget was …
The Center for Regional Studies and Information (PATTIRO) assesses that currently there are several events that can be regarded as systemic efforts to eliminate State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) as Public Bodies which have the obligation to provide information to the public in accordance with the provisions of Law number 14 of 2008 concerning Public Information Disclosure …
Global trends show that there has been a significant change in the balance of political power within a country. This change is what Jimly Asshiddiqie calls the emergence of a new ‘Trias Politica’, namely: State, Civil Society and Market. In this new format, strategic collaborations occur in the implementation of public affairs which were originally …
Independent watchdog on state and local budget, Pattiro, says the implementation of gender responsive budgeting (ARG) will accelerate progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015. ARG is a budgeting mechanism which involves men and women simultaneously to actively participate in each stage of the budget process to ensure interests of the two …
Gender responsive budgeting accelerates progress toward achieving MDGs: Watchdog Read More »
