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PATTIRO is a research, advocacy, and community empowerment organization that was officially established on April 17, 1999, and has worked in more than 17 provinces and 70 regencies/municipalities across Indonesia. PATTIRO focuses its attention on governance issues. Through its work, PATTIRO actively promotes the creation of good, transparent, and equitable governance to achieve social welfare for all people of Indonesia.
In addition to conducting research, PATTIRO often provides technical assistance to the government. Moreover, PATTIRO also supports communities in conducting advocacy with both central and local governments to reform policies, improve public services, and strengthen the management of public budgets to be more accountable and oriented toward citizens’ interests. PATTIRO has established a vision, mission, and principles that guide all of its work.
As an important part of its mission, PATTIRO has a strong track record in community empowerment through facilitation and capacity building for civil society. PATTIRO works with civil society organizations, citizen groups, grassroots communities, and local actors to enhance public understanding, skills, and active participation in planning, budgeting, public policy monitoring, and oversight of public services. This approach is carried out through trainings, facilitation, technical assistance, development of participatory monitoring tools, and evidence-based advocacy support, enabling communities to engage meaningfully in public decision-making processes.
PATTIRO has undertaken various activities including research, capacity building, technical assistance, local policy reforms, development of models and innovations for public services and community participation, as well as establishing strategic partnerships at both national and international levels. All these efforts are directed toward strengthening an ecosystem of inclusive, responsive, and just governance.
For its research and policy advocacy efforts, from 2011 to 2020, PATTIRO received recognition from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, as one of the best think tanks. PATTIRO also received the Indonesia SDGs Award 2022 from the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas in the Research Institution category.
Vision
Becoming a center of excellence for better governance.
Mission
- Encouraging the fulfillment of society’s basic rights in the public service delivery and public finance management.
- Strengthening the capacity of society and government officials in creating a participatory public policy making.
- Developing good governance models to create social justice.
Principles
In executing its agenda, PATTIRO relies on principles such as social transformation, accountability, transparency, result-oriented, democratization, and equality.
Context
The year 1999 marked a moment of great change in Indonesia. Preceded by the 1998 Reform movement that ended 32 years of the New Order era in power, Indonesia then entered a period of democratic transition. Demands for greater freedoms and a clean, corruption-free government continue to strengthen. In the same year, the Government of Indonesia issued a regional autonomy policy that changed the pendulum of government management from centralization to decentralization.
The regional autonomy policy can be said to be a response to the increasing demands on regional independence from the center and broad community participation in all fields. This regional autonomy policy gives birth to New Hope for the creation of good governance as a tool to improve public welfare. Regional autonomy is expected to provide greater opportunities for the community to actively participate in determining policies, which is a prerequisite for the birth of good governance. Through decentralization, the management and utilization of resources owned by the community will be more in favor of the interests of the community, especially in the regions.
But in fact, changes in the character of the Central-Local relations in this decentralization policy, does not necessarily result in changes in the pattern of community-State Relations (society-state). The community is still an excluded group in decision-making practices, as well as in accessing public services. The determination of the regional budget (APBD) policy, for example, does not involve community participation, especially vulnerable and poor groups. As a result, access to public services is limited. Meanwhile, the practices of corruption, collusion and nepotism have become something that is common in the bureaucracy, even to local governments.
In this context, PATTIRO was established on April 17, 1999 in Jakarta. PATTIRO (Center for Regional Information and studies) as a non-governmental organization that dedicates its activities to efforts to realize good governance and increase public participation in Indonesia, especially at the local level. In other words, PATTIRO seeks to encourage the realization of the goal of regional autonomy, namely improving the quality of public services that have an impact on improving the welfare of the community.
Focus Area
Good public service is a manifestation of social accountability, which is a condition where service providers actually manage public resources for the public interest. In fact, there are still many service providers who are not accountable. PATTIRO made efforts to strengthen citizens through Community Center (CC) so as to advocate the improvement of public services. To obtain accurate data based, PATTIRO facilitates CC to carry out User Based Survey and Citizen Report Card. At the same time, PATTIRO assists service providers and local governments in managing public expectations of services.
The implementation of quality public services will only be realized with the support of good public budget management. Unfortunately, there are still many local governments that have not shown accountable budget management. PATTIRO strengthens citizens and civil society networks at the city / district level to advocate for pro-people and gender-responsive budgets. At the same time, PATTIRO assists central government, local governments, DPR, and DPRD in managing transparent and accountable regional finances.
Transparency makes it easier for citizens to access information on the implementation of local government. Information disclosure is a prerequisite for the active involvement of citizens in the implementation of local government. PATTIRO seeks to improve the ability of citizens to use the right to obtain information through the establishment and assistance of community groups (Community Center, CC). PATTIRO also assists local governments in implementing public information disclosure up to village. Assistance begins with the formation of Information and documentation management officer (PPID), preparation of Information Service Systems and policies, PPID capacity building, and increasing the effectiveness of PPID functions through the application of information and Communication Technology.