Synergy of Central & Regional Priority Programs

Tanah Paser, Thursday 4/2/2016. East Kalimantan Province Bappeda held the 2016 East Kalimantan Bappeda Coordination Meeting is an important agenda and strategic in order to identify strategic problems and issues and synergize priority programs between the Central, Provincial, Regency/City Governments throughout East Kalimantan in the preparation of the 2017 East Kalimantan Regional Government Work Plan (RKPD), which is the fourth (4th) year of the 2013-2018 East Kalimantan Province Regional Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMD), which is very decisive for the success of the East Kalimantan Province RPJMD target.

This was conveyed by Plt. Regional Secretary of East Kalimantan Province, DR.Ir.H. Rusmadi, MS representing the Governor of East Kalimantan, DR.H. Awang Faroek Ishak, who was unable to attend, delivered his speech and opened the 2016 East Kalimantan Bappeda Coordination Meeting with the theme "Consolidating Downstream Industry to Create a Quality Economic Structure" attended by approximately 250 participants from SKPDs within the East Kalimantan Provincial Government and Regency/City SKPDs throughout East Kalimantan in the meeting room of the Sandurengas Hotel, Tana Paser, Wednesday 3/2/2016.

H. Rusmadi added that holding this coordination meeting was intended to equalize perceptions in overcoming the identification of challenges and corrective steps according to priority programs and activities to strengthen synergy between the Central, Provincial, Regency/City Governments throughout East Kalimantan and between sectors in order to improve program implementation as well as to obtain input regarding efforts to improve priority programs.

Meanwhile, the aim of this Bappeda coordination meeting throughout East Kalimantan is to synergize priority programs and activities of the Central, Provincial and Regency/City Governments throughout East Kalimantan in overcoming problems and efforts to achieve development targets in the 2013-2018 RPJMD.

Meanwhile, the target to be achieved is the realization of an agreement between the Provincial Government and the Regency/City Government in the context of implementing the priority development program for East Kalimantan Province in 2017.

12 Priority Programs for East Kalimantan Province in 2017

1. Improving the quality of education delivery;
2. Improving the quality of health services;
3. Acceleration of poverty alleviation;
4. Increasing and expanding employment opportunities;
5. Community economic development;
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 government governance;
12. Increasing the quality of the environment.

Informant Presentation

The presentation of the resource persons who were eagerly awaited by the participants who attended the second session after the opening was delivered by 2 resource persons including the Director General of Financial Balance, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, Rukijo, SE., MM with the presentation title "2017 Balancing Fund Policy Plan for East Kalimantan Province" and the second resource person was a political economy observer, DR. Ichsanuddin Noorsy, B.Sc., SH., M.Si with the presentation title "Consolidating Downstream Industry to Create a Quality Economic Structure" which was packaged in the Talk Show agenda guided by an experienced moderator from TVRI Kaltim, Ardhana Riswari.

Presentation Rukijo, SE., MM Director General of Financial Balance, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia said that increasing the Transfer Budget to Regions and Village Funds was based on policies including:
1. The need to strengthen Indonesia's characteristics as a Fiscal Decentralization country.
2. The authority for the Implementation of Government Affairs has been transferred from the Center to the Regions (in accordance with Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government.
3. There is a need to increase the budget allocation for Transfers to Regions and Village Funds to support the implementation of Nawacita, namely the ideals: third: developing Indonesia from the periphery by strengthening regions and villages within the framework of the Republic of Indonesia; fifth: improving the quality of life of Indonesian people; sixth: increasing people's productivity and competitiveness in the international market and seventh: economic independence by driving the domestic sector.
4. The existence of the Village Law has given authority and financial resources to villages, including Village Funds from the APBN.

Improvement of transfer policies to regions (General Transfer Funds)

General Allocation Funds (DAU) are funds sourced from APBN revenues which are allocated with the aim of equalizing financial capacity between regions to fund regional needs in the context of implementing decentralization in accordance with Law Number 33 of 2004 article 1 paragraph 21. As an equalization grant, DAU is a transfer instrument intended to minimize fiscal inequality between regions, as well as equalizing capabilities between regions in accordance with Law Number 33 of 2004 article 1 paragraph 21. Meanwhile DAU allocation is based on a formula with the concept of basic allocation and fiscal gap, namely the difference between fiscal needs and fiscal capacity in accordance with Law Number 33 of 2004 article 27 paragraph 2.

The 2016 DAU (general allocation fund) policy is:
1. Applying the DAU formula consistently through weighting: Basic Allocation; Components of Fiscal Needs; Components of Fiscal Capacity.
2. Increasing the distribution of financial capabilities between regions (as an equalization grant) as indicated by the most optimal Williamson Index, through limiting the basic allocation portion and evaluating the weight of the fiscal needs and fiscal capacity variables, with the aim of reducing fiscal inequality between regions.
3. The amount of the National DAU ceiling is set at 27.7% of the Net PDN stipulated in the APBN.

Meanwhile, the presentation from economic and political expert, DR. Ichsanunddin Noorsy, B.Sc., SH., M.Si is more focused on providing input to the East Kalimantan Provincial Government and Regency/City Governments throughout East Kalimantan in managing natural resources very wisely by paying attention to the sustainability of natural resource deposits in the region.

Furthermore, this economic and political expert provides opinions and input for regions, especially in the development planning sector which can improve the regional economy in order to improve people's welfare, so that Regional Governments have strong economic resilience without having to depend on other regions or even foreign countries.

Ichsanunddin Noorsy added that it is no less important for State administrators in running government, both Central, Provincial and Regency/City Governments, to be honest in making development plans and implementing them without any intervention from any party, even from foreign countries, to utilize natural resources and human resources as best as possible and wisely.

Implementation of the Coordination Meeting of Bappeda throughout East Kalimantan in 2017 in the context of preparing the Regional Government Work Plan (RKPD) for East Kalimantan Province in 2018 in accordance with the agreement of the Head of Bappeda of East Kalimantan Province, DR.Ir.H. Rusmadi, MS together with all the Heads of Bappeda Regency Cities throughout East Kalimantan will be held in Bontang City.

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