PUBLIC CONSULTATION DISCUSSION OF THE INITIAL PLAN RKPD EAST KALIMANTAN PROVINCE 2020

Samarinda, (5/3/2019). "The 2020 RKPD must be able to respond and answer development problems that have not been resolved in the implementation of the 2019 RKPD and can provide policy direction for development targets for the second year of the 2018-2023 East Kalimantan RPJMD in accordance with the vision of the 2018-2023 East Kalimantan Province RPJMD, namely "Dare for a Sovereign East Kalimantan" said the Acting Regional Secretary of East Kalimantan Province Dr. Hj. Meiliana, SE., MM when opening the 2020 RKPD Preliminary Draft Public Consultation Forum.

Taking place in the Ballroom of the Gran Senyiur Hotel Balikpapan, this event was attended by the Chairman of the East Kalimantan Province DPRD Commission, all Assistants within the Provincial Regional Secretariat, all Heads of Regional Apparatus within the East Kalimantan Provincial Government, all Heads of Regency and City Bappeda throughout East Kalimantan, academics, Banking, Provincial Associations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Private, Community Organizations, Community Figures, as well as the Governor's Team for the Acceleration of Development of East Kalimantan Province.

On this occasion, the Head of the Regional Development Planning and Control Division of the East Kalimantan Provincial Bappeda, Charmarijaty, ST, M.Si, in his report as chairman of the committee, said that the aim of this forum was to gather suggestions and input in the form of the latest strategic elements that have an influence on East Kalimantan development planning for 2020, and the targets to be achieved in the implementation of this Public Consultation Forum were mutual agreement on the goals, targets and priority activity programs of the East Kalimantan Government's work targets for 2020, as well as results of analysis of problems and strategic elements faced in the future.

With the theme "Development of Human Resource Competency, Utilization of Technology and Regional Infrastructure that Supports Added Economic Value," the 2020 RKPD focuses on development priorities and policies that are oriented towards increasing HR competency in utilizing and developing technology supported by adequate regional infrastructure to encourage increased added value and continued sustainable economic growth.

Speaking of Human Resources, nationally the East Kalimantan Human Development Index (HDI) is in 3rd place, namely 75.12, however, Meiliana explained that there is still a fairly high gap between the HDI values ​​for city and district areas. The average urban HDI value in East Kalimantan is 79.31, while the average district HDI value is 70.89. Furthermore, regarding the East Kalimantah workforce in 2017, 43% had junior high school education or below. According to Meiliana, human resources are one of the key factors in global competition, namely how to create quality human resources who have skills and are highly competitive. "Globalization demands efficiency and competitiveness in the business world, for this we need human resources who are continuously able to innovate and adapt to change," she said.

Another problem that East Kalimantan is still facing is the problem of equal distribution of development results, based on the Gini index the level of income gap between community income groups in East Kalimantan increased from 0.332 in 2017 to 0.342 in 2018. Therefore, people-based economic development is absolutely necessary so that community welfare is more equitable. According to Meiliana, people-based economic development can be carried out through agricultural development in a broad sense, development in small and medium enterprises, increasing partnerships between large businesses and MSMEs as well as production chain efficiency.

Meiliana further explained that increasing competence is an effort that needs to be carried out together, either through formal or non-formal education, in addition to increasing competence in improving technology, regional infrastructure, especially in connecting production centers to outlets. It is necessary to receive serious attention. The existence of quality regional infrastructure will increase production efficiency so that the economic value enjoyed by business actors will increase in relation to regional economic sovereignty and a just people's economy. The East Kalimantan Provincial Government will focus on building production roads that are sustainable. quality.

The success of East Kalimantan's development requires a harmonized vision and program that is collectively synergistic between the government, private sector and the community, for this reason, Meiliana urges all parties to work together synergistically so that development ideals and goals can be achieved. Several things need to be paid attention to in the 2020 East Kalimantan RKPD Preliminary Draft Public Consultation Forum forum, namely first, determining programs and activities must be oriented towards solving fundamental development problems. Second, set ideal and realistic development targets based on a sharp, comprehensive analysis of problems and taking into account the availability of resources. Third, prioritize integration and coherence of programs both between regions and between sectors as well as between government, private sector and society. Fourth, use budget allocations for priority and strategic programs.

Furthermore, this forum produced 5 (five) agreements which were signed by the relevant parties. The agreement includes:

1. The initial draft RKPD for East Kalimantan Province for 2020 will be refined to the main focus of development which is adjusted to the main problems and regional strategic issues.
2. The aims, targets, strategies and policy directions in the initial draft of the 2020 RKPD for East Kalimantan Province, as stated in the attachment to the minutes, will be further refined based on input and suggestions from forum participants.
3. Determining RKPD performance targets must take into account regional resource capabilities and require consistency between planning and budgeting so that the 2020 RKPD targets can be achieved.
4. The results of the refinement of the initial draft RKPD for East Kalimantan Province for 2020 will then become the guidelines for preparing the RENJA for Regional Apparatus.
5. The implementation of the 2019 Regional/Cross-Regional Apparatus Forum will be held no later than the third week of March 2019. (ft)