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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Marcell Sihombing, Kartini L. Makmur
Launch of EU Blue Book 2016. Photo by: RES.
Over the course of the last decade, the European Union (EU) has donated approximately € 500 million to Indonesia in a bid to support the implementation of the government’s Medium-Term National Development Plan (RPJMN). These funds have mainly been channeled into the education sector, as well as into the implementation of the good governance principle, specifically as it relates to legal and justice-related areas.
According to Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) data, cooperation in legal and justice-related areas ranked seventh on the list of cooperation sectors which were actively pursued by the EU and Indonesia over the 2007-2013 period. This period was subsequently extended all the way up to 2019. The various areas of legal cooperation as they stood between the EU and Indonesia during 2015 have now been incorporated into a book entitled Blue Book 2016: EU-Indonesia Development Cooperation, which was officially published in Jakarta on Wednesday, 11 May 2016.
Judicial Reform
Since 2014, the EU has been supporting judicial reforms in Indonesia through the Support for Reform of the Justice Sector in Indonesia (SUSTAIN) program, which is being run by the Supreme Court in cooperation with the UNDP. This program is intended to improve the integrity, transparency, and accountability of the country’s judicial system, including ensuring that judges pay more attention to the protection of women and children who are involved in any trials.
The SUSTAIN program has also been assisting with the formulation and distribution of technical guidelines for all State Administrative Court (PTUN) judges, and by the end of the 2015 period, some 120 judges had already participated in this particular program.
“These technical guidelines perfectly match our needs as judges, as we have to deal with a lot of cases,” asserted Enrico Simanjuntak, a judge at the Serang PTUN, in a written statement.
Corruption Eradication
The EU is also indirectly contributing to Indonesia’s ongoing corruption eradication campaign. Indeed, EU-member Denmark has already donated some € 1.74 million to Transparency International Indonesia (TII) with the final goal in mind of formulating a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) survey.
“The CPI is a benchmark that can measure whether the government’s efforts to eradicate corruption are ultimately proving successful or not,” asserted TII Director, Dadang Trisasongko.
According to the results of the latest international CPI survey published earlier this year, Indonesia managed to successfully improve its ranking on the list of the world’s most corrupt countries. The survey showed that the country’s CPI score had increased by two points from 34 in 2014, to 36 in 2015. This two-point increase means that Indonesia’s overall level of corruption has dropped, thus boosting the country’s position on the CPI list from 107th to 88th out of a total of 168 countries surveyed.
Corruption Prevention
The current EU-Indonesia cooperation also encompasses corruption-prevention measures. With this goal in mind, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) entered into a cooperation agreement with Germany in 2007. To date, the German government has donated € 6.2 million to this cooperation program, which includes the establishment of the KPK’s Anti-Corruption Learning Center (ACLC), which is intended to raise public awareness as regards ways to prevent corrupt practices taking root.
Through the ACLC, the KPK is currently educating members of the general public on the all-pervasive issue of corruption and its prevention via radio broadcasts, video streaming, and also a special, mobile, anti-corruption workshop. This mobile workshop consists of a specially designed vehicle which commutes between various government and private institutions, as well as universities and schools, however this facility is currently only available in Yogyakarta.
Investigations into Illegal Logging
The EU has donated € 1 million since 2013 in order to support regulatory reforms which will hopefully lead to the eradication and prevention of illegal logging practices in Indonesia. This fund is not only being channeled into investigating illegal logging, but also into encouraging Indonesia to adopt the practices of countries which are actively engaged in the preservation of their forests.
“The fact that EU member countries represent one of the largest markets for timber-based commodities in the world has forced our hand as regards contributing to the investigation of illegal-logging practices,” affirmed Vincent Guerend, EU Ambassador/ Head of the EU Delegation to Indonesia.
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Marcell Sihombing, Kartini L. Makmur
Launch of EU Blue Book 2016. Photo by: RES.
Over the course of the last decade, the European Union (EU) has donated approximately € 500 million to Indonesia in a bid to support the implementation of the government’s Medium-Term National Development Plan (RPJMN). These funds have mainly been channeled into the education sector, as well as into the implementation of the good governance principle, specifically as it relates to legal and justice-related areas.
According to Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) data, cooperation in legal and justice-related areas ranked seventh on the list of cooperation sectors which were actively pursued by the EU and Indonesia over the 2007-2013 period. This period was subsequently extended all the way up to 2019. The various areas of legal cooperation as they stood between the EU and Indonesia during 2015 have now been incorporated into a book entitled Blue Book 2016: EU-Indonesia Development Cooperation, which was officially published in Jakarta on Wednesday, 11 May 2016.
Judicial Reform
Since 2014, the EU has been supporting judicial reforms in Indonesia through the Support for Reform of the Justice Sector in Indonesia (SUSTAIN) program, which is being run by the Supreme Court in cooperation with the UNDP. This program is intended to improve the integrity, transparency, and accountability of the country’s judicial system, including ensuring that judges pay more attention to the protection of women and children who are involved in any trials.
The SUSTAIN program has also been assisting with the formulation and distribution of technical guidelines for all State Administrative Court (PTUN) judges, and by the end of the 2015 period, some 120 judges had already participated in this particular program.
“These technical guidelines perfectly match our needs as judges, as we have to deal with a lot of cases,” asserted Enrico Simanjuntak, a judge at the Serang PTUN, in a written statement.
Corruption Eradication
The EU is also indirectly contributing to Indonesia’s ongoing corruption eradication campaign. Indeed, EU-member Denmark has already donated some € 1.74 million to Transparency International Indonesia (TII) with the final goal in mind of formulating a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) survey.
“The CPI is a benchmark that can measure whether the government’s efforts to eradicate corruption are ultimately proving successful or not,” asserted TII Director, Dadang Trisasongko.
According to the results of the latest international CPI survey published earlier this year, Indonesia managed to successfully improve its ranking on the list of the world’s most corrupt countries. The survey showed that the country’s CPI score had increased by two points from 34 in 2014, to 36 in 2015. This two-point increase means that Indonesia’s overall level of corruption has dropped, thus boosting the country’s position on the CPI list from 107th to 88th out of a total of 168 countries surveyed.
Corruption Prevention
The current EU-Indonesia cooperation also encompasses corruption-prevention measures. With this goal in mind, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) entered into a cooperation agreement with Germany in 2007. To date, the German government has donated € 6.2 million to this cooperation program, which includes the establishment of the KPK’s Anti-Corruption Learning Center (ACLC), which is intended to raise public awareness as regards ways to prevent corrupt practices taking root.
Through the ACLC, the KPK is currently educating members of the general public on the all-pervasive issue of corruption and its prevention via radio broadcasts, video streaming, and also a special, mobile, anti-corruption workshop. This mobile workshop consists of a specially designed vehicle which commutes between various government and private institutions, as well as universities and schools, however this facility is currently only available in Yogyakarta.
Investigations into Illegal Logging
The EU has donated € 1 million since 2013 in order to support regulatory reforms which will hopefully lead to the eradication and prevention of illegal logging practices in Indonesia. This fund is not only being channeled into investigating illegal logging, but also into encouraging Indonesia to adopt the practices of countries which are actively engaged in the preservation of their forests.
“The fact that EU member countries represent one of the largest markets for timber-based commodities in the world has forced our hand as regards contributing to the investigation of illegal-logging practices,” affirmed Vincent Guerend, EU Ambassador/ Head of the EU Delegation to Indonesia.
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