President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s administration announced on Friday that executive institutions like the ministries managed to complete 127 of the 129 action plans targeted for the first 100-days.
The Presidential Working Unit for Supervision and Management of Development (UKP4) said the 129 action plans were part of 45 target programs for the administrations first 100 days, which according to the administration ended on Feb. 1.
The 45 target programs were grouped into three sectors: 10 political, legal and security programs, 19 economic programs and 16 public welfare programs.
“The President set the final targets, but the ministries themselves set the intermediary ones for the 30th, 50th and 75th day,” UKP4 head Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said.
He added the two plans not achieved were from the Education Ministry and Agriculture Ministry.
The Education Ministry, aiming to enhance the service of an affordable, quality nine-year mandatory education, had targeted to train 30,000 principals and school supervisors. As of Feb. 1, the ministry reported only 93 percent of the target was accomplished, or that 27,768 educators were trained.
“Although on Feb. 3, the ministry reported it had trained another 2,700 people, UKP4 still gave the action plan a red mark,” Kuntoro said.
“It demonstrates that discipline and consistency to achieve an agreed target is important.”
The Agriculture Ministry’s red mark came from the agriculture and fisheries investment climate program. One of the action plans was to launch the Merauke food estate, where the government planned to convert a vast area of deforested land in the Papuan regency into paddy fields.
The ministry reported that the action plan was hampered by technical setbacks.
The remaining 127, however, got a “green” mark. Some of the action plans directly impacted the public, such as the Larasita, or Public Service for Land Certificate Issuance in 150 regencies and municipalities.
UKP4 said monitoring of all action plans was done in a strict and controlled manner. The UKP4 claims that the monitoring team also went to the field to verify the efforts.
“We are a small but efficient team,” Kuntoro said.
UKP4’s current programs following the 100-day program, included streamlining a geothermal power plant project, bureaucracy reform and a railway system project, he said.
“The President said he was happy with our work,” he added.
Highlights of the 100-day action plans
• The opening of citizen service posts at Indonesia’s representative offices in Sydney, Perth and Darwin in Australia, Kuching and Penang in Malaysia, Osaka and Tokyo in Japan and Los Angeles and New York in the US.
• Paring down the passport-issuing service from seven to four days, including for Indonesian migrant workers.
• The return of 2,068 troubled migrant workers from Abu Dhabi, Kuwait City, Riyadh, Singapore, Damascus, Cairo, Jeddah, Hong Kong and Dubai. Provision of 1,379 potable water facilities for communities including community-based water and sanitation provision in 1,026 locations.
• Opening a 24-hour transportation and customs service at four major ports: Belawan in Medan, Tanjung Priok in Jakarta, Tanjung Perak in Surabaya and Makassar.
• Internet installation at 9,937 elementary schools, 5,564 junior high schools, 1,104 Islamic elementary schools and 1,736 Islamic junior high schools.
• Paring down business licenses requirements from 90 days to 17 days.
• Installing telephone access at 25,000 villages.
• Allocating Rp 1 trillion for revamping remand centers and penitentiaries.
• Setting up fast response units for handling disasters at Halim Perdanakusuma and Abdul Rahman Saleh airports in Jakarta and Malang.
