East Kalimantan MDGs Achievement 2015

Balikpapan, Thursday 29/10/15. Achieving the MDGs Target for East Kalimantan Province in 2015 is the Responsibility of All Stakeholders Interests include the Government, Business and Community and the East Kalimantan Provincial Government will remain committed to supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, both MDGs in 2015 and Post-MDGs.

Meanwhile, the Regency/City MDGs Secretariat has the responsibility to submit an evaluation report on the implementation of MDGs target achievement to the Provincial MDGs Secretariat per semester.

This was expressed by the Assistant for People's Welfare, Drs.H. Bere Ali, M.Si representing the Governor of East Kalimantan at the opening of the Coordination Meeting for the Acceleration of Achievement of East Kalimantan MDGs Targets in 2015 in the meeting room of the Le Grandeur Hotel in Balikpapan City, attended by approximately seventy-five participants from SKPDs within the East Kalimantan Provincial Government, SKPDs from Regency/City Governments throughout East Kalimantan and NGOs/NGOs.

The background to the 2011 2015 MDGs national program includes:
1. The Millennium Declaration in September 2000 which was attended by the United Nations in New York, Heads of State and Representatives from 189 Countries who agreed to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a form of global shared concern for the welfare of the world community;
2. MDGs are national and global commitments in efforts to improve the welfare of society through reducing poverty and hunger, education, women's empowerment, health and environmental sustainability;
3. To accelerate the achievement of MDGs targets, Bappenas together with Ministries/Institutions have formulated a National Road Map for Accelerating MDGs Achievement;
4. The roadmap has been outlined by the regions in the form of the MDGs Regional Action Plan (RAD) for 2011-2015.

The legal basis for implementing the 2011-2015 MDGs includes:
1. Presidential Instruction Number 1 of 2010 concerning the acceleration of the implementation of national development;
2. Presidential Instruction Number 3 of 2010 concerning equitable development programs;
3. Regional Regulation Number 07 of 2014 concerning the regional medium-term development plan (RPJMD) of East Kalimantan Province in 2013 2018;
4. Instruction of the Governor of East Kalimantan Number 02 of 2010 concerning equitable and sustainable economic development in East Kalimantan Province;
5. Instruction of the Governor of East Kalimantan number 03 of 2010 concerning equitable development programs in East Kalimantan Province;
6. East Kalimantan Governor Regulation number 83 of 2011 concerning MDGs regional action plans (RAD) for 2011 2015.

MDGs

H. Bere Ali added when delivering the presentation that the objectives of the 2011-2015 MDGs include:
1. Poverty Reduction;
2. Basic Education Achievement;
3. Gender Equality;
4. Improvement of Maternal and Child Health;
5. Reducing the Prevalence of Infectious Diseases;
6. Environmental Conservation;
7. Global Cooperation

National & Regional Development Synergy

The Governor of East Kalimantan in his remarks delivered by the Assistant for People's Welfare stated that this meeting was a follow-up to the Provincial SKPD level meeting on July 1 2015.

Considering that the APBD is an important instrument in driving the regional and national economy, apart from the importance of understanding the role of the APBD in the context of regional development, it is also necessary to align it with national development policies, in this case the Province and Regency/City.

Thus, in preparing the Provincial, Regency/City R.APBD for Fiscal Year 2016, it is hoped that regional policies and programs will be in line with national policies and programs, so that synergy between regional and national levels can occur in the implementation of development.

Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 52 of 2015 concerning Guidelines for Preparing Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budgets for the 2016 Fiscal Year is a guideline for Provincial and Regency City Governments in preparing the 2016 Fiscal Year APBD which emphasizes that there is a need to synchronize regional government policies with the government as stipulated in the 2016 Government Work Plan (RKP), this is an elaboration of the second year of the 2015-2019 National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) with theme, Accelerating Infrastructure Development to Strengthen the Foundations of Quality Development

The main targets that must be achieved by the end of 2016 include:
1. Macro Targets;
2. Human and Community Development Goals;
3. Leading Sector Development Targets;
4. Target Dimensions of Equity;
5. Regional and Inter-Regional Development Targets;
6. Political, Legal, Defense and Security Targets.

In accordance with the theme and main targets of the 2016 RKP, including:
1. Economic Growth is targeted to grow at around 6.6 percent;
2. Inflation is targeted in the range of 3.0 percent to 5.0 percent;
3. The number of poor people ranges from 9.0 percent to 10.0 percent;
4. The open unemployment rate is estimated at 5.2 percent to 5.5 percent.

To achieve quality and good financial management in accordance with the general principles of regional financial management in accordance with existing provisions and laws, discipline and joint commitment are needed starting from planning, budgeting, management and implementation as well as accountability.

Therefore, an adequate internal control system is needed that can be accounted for, and the role and supervisory function of the DPRD also influences the performance of regional financial management.

The Provincial Government's evaluation of City Districts throughout East Kalimantan is as follows:
1. SILPA for the 2014 Fiscal Year can be seen as a planning and budgeting capability after the implementation of a quality APBD. We can pay attention to it as in the broadcast, which displays the amount of each SILPA in city districts throughout East Kalimantan
2. Submission of the 2015 APBD Raperda document for evaluation by the Governor of East Kalimantan shows the speed of discussion from RKUA, PPAS to joint agreement. We can pay attention to the broadcast, the fastest in Berau district and the slowest in East Kutai district.
3. The acceleration of the determination of the regional budget regulations shows the ability of districts/cities to synergize between the executive and legislative in a comprehensive manner. We can also see it in the broadcast, for those who are early in West Kutai district and those who are late in East Kutai district
4. The absorption of the APBD for Quarter 1 of 2015 shows that the effectiveness and efficiency of APBD implementation can also be shown in the broadcast, for the highest in Kutai Kartanegara district and the lowest in Mahulu district
5. BPK's opinion on the 2014 financial statements, as shown

Efforts to improve both the aspects of financial management and organizational performance can be seen from the hard work and joint commitment that the BPK RI Opinion was obtained by East Kalimantan Province and 6 Regencies/Cities received the Fair Without Exceptions (WTP) predicate and 3 Regencies received the Fair With Exceptions (WDP) predicate and 1 BPK Regency Did Not Express an Opinion (TMP) for 2014. This Opinion from the BPK RI shows that financial management in the Government environment throughout East Kalimantan shows changes for the better compared to previous year.

In connection with the stipulation of Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 52 of 2015 concerning Guidelines for Preparing APBD for the 2016 Fiscal Year, I ask the attention of all participants present today to properly take advantage of this very valuable opportunity, and if there are things that need to be conveyed to the speakers so that this opportunity can be used as well as possible, because those present in our midst are resource persons who understand exactly this Permendagri Regulation.

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