in search of innovative local administration: indonesian local government in transition
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In Search of Innovative
Local Administration:Indonesian Local Government in Transition
Presented in “The Indonesia-Japan Local Administration Seminar”, held by National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), Republic of Indonesia,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication of Japan, (MIC), and Japan Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), Singapore
JAKARTA, September 7-8, 2015
Dr. Tri Widodo W. Utomo, MADeputy Chairman for Innovation of Public Administration, NIPA
www.inovasi.lan.go.id
Evolution of LG in Indonesia
The Evolution of LG in Indonesia1
The Problems Remain2
2014: Good Start to Innovate LGs3
How to Innovate LGs?4
LG’s Innovation in Global Contest5
Village Innovation Model6
The Evolution of LG in Indonesia
Law No. 1/1945
Law No. 22/1948
Law No. 1/1957
Law No. 18/1965
Law No. 5/1974
Law No. 22/1999
Law No. 32/2004
Law No. 23/2014
70-year pursuit of Good & Competent Local Government
The Problems Remain …
� Lack of fruitful coordination among LGs and across level of
government;
� Fiscal dependency to CG’s transfer;
� Relatively low quality of public services (HDI, ease of doing
business, weak infrastructure, incidence of poverty, etc.);
� Corruptive mentality of local elites;
� Slow pace of change & reform.
The Problems Remain …
Year HDI GCI Rank EDBPoverty (No
& percent)Gini Ratio
2009 71,76 55 57.76 32,53 (14.15) 0.37
2010 72,27 54 58.47 31.02 (13.33) 0.38
2011 72,77 44 58.76 29,98 (12.36) 0.41
2012 73,29 46 58.10 28,59 (11.66) 0.41
2013 73.81 50 59.15 28,55 (11.47) 0.413
HDI: Human Development Index
GCI: Global Competitiveness Index
EDB: Ease of Doing Business
2014: Good Start to Innovate LGs
� ”LGs are expected to innovate on all forms of government management” (Law No. 23/2014 art. 386);
� Innovation as key determinant to foster competitiveness of LGs.
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got”
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different result”
How to Innovate LGs?POLICY LEVEL STRATEGY
Stipulating new Government Regulation demanding for innovation among regions and institutions
CULTURAL STRATEGY
Conducting yearly competition and exhibition of
innovation
TECHNICAL STRATEGY
Building willingness and ability to innovate through training and advocacy; managing
innovation laboratory; creating champions of innovation in provincial level
LG’s Innovation in Global Contest
No Innovation LG
1
Health-care service: providing assistance from traditional medical resources for mother-giving-birth (in cooperation with formal medical resources)
Aceh Singkil District, Aceh Province
2 The distribution of teachers proportionally Luwu Utara District, South Sulawesi Province
3 Integrated Licensing ServicesBarru District, South Sulawesi Province
4 Civil Registration ServicesSurakarta City, Central Java Province
5 UPIK (Complaint and Information Services Unit)Yogyakarta City, Special Region of Yogyakarta
Village Innovation Model
Cultural &
Tourism village
Law alert village
Smart & Skilled village
Healthy village
Children friendly village
Env’tfriendly village
Entre-preunervillage
Concluding Remarks
� Under Law No. 32/2014, Local Governments will be encouraged not only to be more democratic, but also more innovative � “New Species of LGU”
� Innovation will promote “developmental regime” in local level as well as high-performing organization;
� “Willingness to innovate” and “ability to innovate” among LG officials is relatively weak, so that capacity building programs are substantially required;
� The success in the transition period will determine the future success of LG in Indonesia.
References
Utomo, Tri Widodo, 2014, “Public Service Innovation: International Experiences Based on UNPSA”, Public Administration Innovation Series No. 11, Jakarta: National Institute of Public Administration.
Utomo, Tri Widodo, 2015, “Innovation and Public Sector Performance in Indonesia”, The
International Workshop on Democracy and Innovation for Good Governance, conducted by National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, June 9.
Utomo, Tri Widodo, 2015, “Customized Public Service (CPS): Indonesian Experience on Innovating Public Sector”, The Korea-Indonesia Workshop on New Paradigm of
Government Services, held by National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) and Korean Embassy, Jakarta, August 24.
Thank YouArigatou gozaimashita, yorosiku onegaishimasu …
Dr. Tri Widodo W. Utomo, MADeputy Chairman for Innovation of Public Administration, NIPA
www.inovasi.lan.go.id