East Kalimantan Corruption Perception Index Survey

Bontang, Friday 29/8/14. Head of Government and Apparatus Division of BAPPEDA East Kalimantan Province, Siti Sugiyanti, SE., M.Si representing the Head Provincial Bappeda East Kalimantan chaired the Corruption Perception Index (IPK) Survey Implementation Meeting with the Head of the Bontang City Bappeda, Zulkifli, the Indonesian International Transparency Team (TII), represented by Husen from Unmul Samarinda in the pavilion room of the Botang City Manpower Office, Jalan Awang Long, Bontang City, attended by representatives of companies in Bontang City and SKPDs within the Bontang City Government, totaling around 30 people.

Implementation of socialization and continued with the Bontang City Corruption Perception Index (IPK) Survey based on a letter from the Governor of East Kalimantan, DR.H. Awang Faroek Ishak Number 356/4807/B.PA-BAPP/2014, dated 1 July 2014 concerning the Implementation of the Corruption Perception Index Survey addressed to all Company Leaders in Bontang City.

This socialization activity and continued with the IPK survey is in order to follow up on the results of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the East Kalimantan Provincial Government and Transparency International Indonesia (TII) on March 10 2014 Number: 199/2084/BPPWKA/III/2014 concerning Action for the Acceleration and Eradication of Corruption in East Kalimantan Province which was witnessed by the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas, Ministry of Home Affairs, UKP4 and The Corruption Eradication Commission conveys the following:
1. The East Kalimantan Provincial Government in collaboration with Transparency International Indonesia (TII) will carry out a 2014 GPA survey;
2. The GPA survey will be carried out in July and August 2014 with the object of surveying companies in all regencies/cities throughout East Kalimantan;
3. In connection with the above and to make the implementation of the GPA survey a success, you (company) can be a respondent.

The event began with an introduction by the Head of the Bontang City Bappeda, Zulkifli, who said that he had invited as many as 110 companies operating in the city of Bontang and continued with remarks and presentations by the Head of the East Kalimantan Province Bappeda, represented by the Head of Government and Apparatus Division of the East Kalimantan Province Bappeda, Siti Sugiyanti, SE., M.Sc.

B. CONCLUSION

I. Discussion

Based on the results of the meeting participants' discussions, several important points emerged that could be followed up, including:

1. The purpose of this GPA survey is to provide comfort to companies in the city of Bontang, if there is a feeling of discomfort during the company's operations, it means there is a problem with the company;

2. The provincial government really appreciates those who attended this GPA survey event;

3. This instrument, in the form of a questionnaire, was initially used by the BPK and is now used nationally;

4. The questionnaire includes local competitiveness in Bontang Regency with indicators of elements of competitiveness including bureaucratic quality, infrastructure availability, inflation control, quality of health and basic education for workers, higher education and training, goods and services markets, labor markets, financial markets and financial services, technological readiness, maturity of the business sector, business innovation.

5. Instrument "Ease of Doing Business" with indicators including: access to credit and capital, employment, political stability, infrastructure, bureaucracy, corruption, tax rates and taxation systems, inflation, criminalization and theft, land acquisition, relations between government and entrepreneurs, practices of gratification and facilitation payments, integration of regional heads, business licensing;

6. Corruption potential instrument with indicators: 1). The prevalence of corruption includes: bribery and corruption, state officials requesting or receiving bribes, misuse of state finances for personal, group, party or company interests; 2). State Financial Accountability Mechanisms include: the existence of clear and accountable procedures in the allocation of state finances, the existence of special funds whose use cannot be accounted for, the existence of many public officials appointed directly by the government, the existence of independent institutions that audit the use of state finances, the existence of independent courts that try corrupt officials; 3). Indicators of Corruption Motivation include: corruption due to excessive political support (success team), corruption due to preferential treatment, corruption due to security of government projects, corruption due to buying and selling influence, corruption due to unregistered funding for political parties; 4). Corruption Impact Indicators include: corruption in licensing, corruption in basic services, corruption in taxation, corruption in procurement (auction team), corruption in the judiciary, corruption in the issuance of trade certificates, corruption in the police, corruption in credit (banks), corruption in customs, corruption in supervisory and inspection agencies, corruption in the military, corruption in the executive, corruption in the legislature; 5). Indicators for eradicating and preventing corruption include: law enforcement against corrupt public officials, prevention of corruption by the government,

7. The Business Integrity Assessment Instrument in this section discusses the risk of bribery and the design of the company's corruption prevention system;

8. Instrument "Risk of bribery based on business field". This discusses the risk of bribery based on business fields in districts/cities;

9. Instrument "Risk of bribery based on business partner country". This section discusses the risk of bribery based on the country of origin of the business partners of companies in Bontang City;

10. Instrument “Integrity of central services”. Discussing the risk of bribery incidents within central public service providers based on the assessment of each respondent, this information is very important in determining which public service providers need to be reformed to strengthen the design of an effective bribery prevention system to support a competitive business climate;

11. The instrument "Provincial service integrity" discusses the risk of bribery incidents in public service providing agencies in the Province. This assessment is very important to determine which public service providers need to be reformed to strengthen the design of an effective bribery prevention system to support a competitive business climate;

12. The instrument "Integrity of Regency/City services" discusses the risk of bribery incidents in public service providing agencies in Bontang City. This research is very important to determine which public service providers need to be reformed to strengthen the design of an effective bribery prevention system to support a competitive business climate;

13. The "local integrity system" instrument discusses the local integrity system in Bontang City with the indicators being Regional Head, Regional Representative Council, Political Parties, Public Services, Public Procurement, Courts, Supreme Audit Agency, Ombusman, Media, Civil Society Organizations, Anti-Corruption Institutions, Business, Central Government;

14. The instrument "Knowledge of Corruption Crime Laws" discusses the level of knowledge of corruption law by respondents;

15. The instrument "knowledge about strategies for preventing and eradicating corruption" discusses strategies for preventing and eradicating corruption.

II. Discussion

Welcoming speech and briefing by the Head of Government and Apparatus of Bappeda for East Kalimantan Province, Siti Sugiyanti, SE. M.Si representing the Head of East Kalimantan Province Bappeda and explanation from the resource person who is the coordinator of the Indonesian International Transparency Team (TII) Husen as well as the delivery of information about the general conditions of companies operating in Bontang City as well as general social and cultural conditions and climate in the Bontang City Government by the Head of Botang City Bappeda, Ir. Zulkifli.

The participants who attended gave a very positive appreciation with many participants giving various responses and the majority of them gave the opinion that the eradication of corruption in the regions and in Indonesia was very pessimistic, the basis for which was the large number of national and regional cases which were visible to the participants' view, that it was difficult to eradicate because it was ingrained in the flesh.

Based on the participants' opinions, the Head of PA Bappeda for East Kalimantan Province explained that in order to prevent or eradicate corruption at the regional level and at the central government level, data or information related to various potential corruption in all fields is needed as a step to determine what policies need to be taken in order to prevent or eradicate corruption. (Public Relations of Bappeda East Kalimantan Province/Sukandar, S.Sos).