Heaptalk, Jakarta — Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar announced that the government is accelerating policies related to a unified data system in the social and economic sectors during a ministerial coordination meeting on the Draft Presidential Instruction for the National Social and Economic Data (DTSEN) in Jakarta. (13/01)
“The current data management is not yet integrated, leading to overlapping data and ineffective policy interventions,” Muhaimin explained.
Following the directives of President Prabowo Subianto, Muhaimin emphasized the need for data harmonization to establish the National Social and Economic Single Data (DTSEN). This requires a legal framework to be formalized through a Presidential Instruction.
“The key to eradicating poverty and ensuring quality community empowerment lies in having a single data source. DTSEN will reduce and prevent misdirected social programs,” stated Minister Muhaimin.
The draft Presidential Instruction on DTSEN aims to support the cohesion of national development programs and enhance data synergy across government agencies. DTSEN will serve as the foundation for targeting all social programs at the central and regional levels.
Minister Muhaimin outlined that DTSEN integrates three existing types of socio-economic data: the Unified Social Welfare Data (DTKS), the Targeting of the Acceleration of Extreme Poverty Eradication (P3KE), and the Social and Economic Registration. This data will be supplemented with administrative records and validated against population data.
“I urge all government agencies to commit to supporting the development of DTSEN by preparing high-quality data and infrastructure, ensuring that DTSEN can be utilized as a single data source for effective socio-economic government programs,” Muhaimin concluded.
Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Rini Widyantini expressed support for DTSEN’s implementation, aligning it with the government’s digital transformation efforts. DTSEN’s implementation represents a manifestation of the Data Exchange, serving as an information superhighway connecting various applications within the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
“There must be cross-agency orchestration to facilitate data exchange within DTSEN’s implementation. Current inter-agency orchestration must be strengthened, necessitating a shared agreement to create an integrated business process that is also part of digital transformation governance,” Minister Rini explained.
Rini also suggested strengthening the DTSEN draft Presidential Instruction. One recommendation focused on data collection, matching, and management.
“The data collection, matching, and management process must fundamentally and structurally transform in government agencies, leveraging automation and standards. This governance will ensure DTSEN’s sustainable transformation,” she continued.
Minister Rini affirmed that the PANRB Ministry is ready to collaborate to enhance DTSEN’s governance, particularly in facilitating coordination and synchronization related to the government’s digital transformation and formulating cross-agency business process maps related to DTSEN.
The meeting, chaired by Coordinating Minister Muhaimin Iskandar, also included Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi, Minister of National Development Planning/Bappenas Rachmat Pambudy, Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf, and Acting Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti. The DTSEN policy is expected to be finalized soon.
