Heaptalk, Jakarta — Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ma’ruf Amin, handed over the evaluation results of bureaucratic reform, performance accountability of government agencies (AKIP), and zones of integrity (ZI) for government agencies. Even though it shows a positive trend with an increase in the average score, Ma’ruf appealed to government agencies to continue to improve ongoing bureaucratic processes.
“Bureaucratic reform has transformed over the past two decades. The percentage of government agencies with the best bureaucratic reform index and performance accountability scores also increased. Hopefully, these achievements will be a driving force to continue improving quality. Various strategic policies for bureaucratic reform and management of the state civil apparatus must proceed massively and sustainably.” He added.
He said that the government continues to encourage bureaucratic reform so that it has an impact that the public can directly feel. Bureaucratic reform will continue to focus on efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness to community needs through digital transformation.
“Accelerating digital transformation is important to facilitate data interoperability between government agencies as a reference in preparing plans and budgets for development programs and formulating quality and targeted policies,” Ma’ruf said in his statement.
Regarding the increase in the average AKIP score, the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB), Abdullah Azwar, delivered that around 499 districts/cities that took part in the evaluation obtained an average AKIP score of 63.36% in 2023. This output is greater than the previous achievement of 62.34% last year. Meanwhile, around 34 provinces that took part in the AKIP evaluation received an average score of 72.17 this year, compared to the former of 71.70 in 2022.
“To encourage the success of poverty alleviation, we have set the focus of the 2023 SAKIP evaluation on the accountability aspect of program management in the regions. In its implementation, we collaborated with the Ministry of Home Affairs to map the poverty budget in SIPID and measure the cost-effectiveness,” concluded Anas.
Translated by Syifa
