Development prioritizing the needs of the people of East Kalimantan

Balikpapan, 7/3/2017. The priority program for the development of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government in 2018 must be Furthermore, East Kalimantan Province Secretary who is a former Head of East Kalimantan Province Bappeda said that the priority development program of the Provincial Government of East Kalimantan will accelerate economic development based on 8 priority areas, among others:
1. Karingau and Buluminung, Balikpapan and PPU Industrial Estates;
2. Firm, Shipping, Industry and Services, Samarinda City;
3. Oil and gas and condensate -based industrial estates, Bontang City; 4. Special Economic Zone Industrial Estate and International Port, Maloy (Maloy Batuta Trans Kalimantan Economic Zones);
5. Derawan Islands Tourism Industrial Estate, Berau Regency;
6. Agricultural Industrial Estate, Paser Regency and PPU;
7. Agricultural Industrial Estates, Kukar and Kubar Regency;
8. Mahakam Ulu Border Strategic Area.

While the Head of the East Kalimantan Province Bappeda, Dr.Ir.H. Zairin Zain, M.Si in his remarks said that the direction of the Regional Development Policy of the Province of East Kalimantan in 2018 with the theme "Strengthening the Economy of the Community Towards Fair and Efforted Welfare". In 2017 in the context of the preparation of the 2018 Regional Government Work Plan (RKPD) with the aim of aligning and sharpening development priority programs between provinces and regencies /cities and national development priority programs. /City in East Kalimantan between Lian: 1). Law Number 25 of 2004, concerning the National Development Planning System; 2). Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government; 3). Permendagri No. 54 of 2010 concerning Implementation of Government Regulation Number 8 of 2008 concerning Stages, Procedures for Preparation, Control, and Evaluation of the Implementation of Regional Development Plans.
Priority Programs & Targets of East Kalimantan Development 2018 < BR />
Based on the development target of the Provincial Government of Kalimantan through the 2013-2018 RPJMD with each fiscal year, the theme of development has been determined from 2014 with the theme "Strengthening Competitiveness Renewable SDA -Based Areas are supported by the Strengthening Management of SD Apparatus " ; 2015 with the theme "Preparation of Industrialization of Regional Superior Products and New and Renewable Energy Development"; 2016 with the theme "Increasing the Economic Value of Economic Product Superior Region and Intra and Inter -Region Connectivity Strengthening"; 2017 with the theme "Strengthening the downstream industry to realize a quality economic structure"; And the last year 2018 with the theme "Strengthening the Economy of the Community Towards Fair and Equitable Prosperity". Improving the quality of education organization
2. Improving the quality of health services 3. Acceleration of poverty alleviation
4. Increasing and expanding employment opportunities 5. Development of people's economy
6. Acceleration of Economic Transformation
7. Fulfillment of environmentally friendly energy needs
8. Agribusiness Development
9. Increased food production
10. Improving the quality of basic infrastructure 11. Bureaucratic Reform and Governance 12. Improving the quality of the environment
Results of the Regency /City Bappeda Coordination Meeting in East Kalimantan

Based on the Minutes of Agreement between the Provincial Government of East Kalimantan through the Regional Apparatus of the Bappeda Province of Kalimantan Province East with Regency /City Bappeda in East Kalimantan based on the results of discussions, responses and input from Bappeda Coordination Meeting participants in East Kalimantan to exposure material delivered by the Province of East Kalimantan is currently still faced with various development problems including: 1. There is still an economic and regional disparity caused by a tendency to decline in economic growth and infrastructure that is inadequate to support connectivity between inland/border regions and between areas of economic growth, this is coupled with the condition of the recovery of the world economy and the main trading partner takes place slowly and tends to be limited , 2. The non -diversification of non -oil and gas export commodities in the development of the added value of East Kalimantan's economic products, 3. The tendency to decrease the fiscal capacity of East Kalimantan caused by a decline in economic growth rates due to a decline in the performance of the mining and oil and gas sector, 4. Income from the Balancing Fund is not proportional to the amount of East Kalimantan's GRDP contribution to the National GDP due to the unproportionate of the central funds transfer policy to the regions which causes the small percentage of central transfer funds to East Kalimantan,
5. There are still a number of districts /cities that have not been optimal in absorbing the development budget from DAK so that it affects the amount of transfer funds to the regions. East agreed, among others:
1. Bappeda Coordination Meeting in East Kalimantan in 2017 is a follow -up to the implementation of the Regional Development Technical Coordination Meeting (Rakortek) between the Center and the Region in Makassar on February 28 - March 3, 2017;
2. The acceleration of the development of East Kalimantan as an effort to strengthen the economy of the community is directed and focused on the development of 8 (eight) priority areas of East Kalimantan; is: 1). Kariangau Industrial Estate and Buluminung Balikpapan City and Penajam Paser Utara Regency; 2). Samarinda City Shipping and Service Industrial Estates; 3). Oil and Gas -Based Industrial Estate Bontang City; 4). Special Economic Zone Maloy Batuta Trans Kalimantan (KEK-MBTK) East Kutai Regency; 5). Derawan Island Tourism Industrial Estate and its surroundings in Berau Regency; 6). Paser Regency Agricultural Industrial Estate and North Penajam Paser Regency; 7). Kutai Kartanegara Regency Agricultural Industrial Estate and West Kutai Regency; 8). Mahakam Ulu Regency Border Strategic Area. 3. Support for the preparation of RKPD in 2018 is carried out in an integrated and joint manner to overcome strategic issues and development problems faced by the East Kalimantan region by taking into account the programs/activities that can be completed in 2018 and focus on supporting the RPJMD of East Kalimantan Province and RKP in 2018 wrong One is the completion of land acquisition in each district /city;
4. Strengthening the role of the private sector in supporting the development of East Kalimantan through the synergy of development financing between the government and the private sector to encourage the achievement of the development target of East Kalimantan; 5. The implementation of the 2017 Regency /City RKPD Musrenbang is done at the latest in the third week of March 2017 and the East Kalimantan Province RKPD Musrenbang in the first week of April 2017;
6. Optimal budget absorption, by taking steps in the form of improving the quality of planning, determining the APBD in accordance with the specified schedule, the determination of the budget manager immediately after the determination of the APBD, the increase in the role of the evaluation team for the acceleration of the Budget Realization (TEPRA) in all districts/cities, and The auction was carried out immediately after the mutual agreement between the regional head and the DPRD regarding the APBD Draft;
7. Regency/City in proposing activities through the source of DAK funds and provincial financial assistance to be consistent with the results of the regional development planning process that meets planning documents such as FS, DED, AMDAL and land readiness/land legality;
8. Provincial Bappeda will finalize the Proposed Programs/Activities of each Regency/City in 2018 in accordance with the theme of Development of Strategic Areas which is an inseparable part of the Minutes of this agreement one week after the current Bappeda Coordination Meeting; 9. The finalization material for the Proposed Program /Activity as referred to by the eighth point will be a discussion material at the Provincial Apparatus Forum which is scheduled in the third week of March 2017;
10. The implementation of Bappeda Coordination Meeting in East Kalimantan in 2018 will be held in Bontang City no later than the first week of February 2018.

(Public Relations Bappeda of East Kalimantan Province /Sukandar, S. Sos).