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State institutions fare better, lack leadership
The Administrative Reforms Ministry announced Wednesday that state bodies had performed slightly better in this yearâs state institutions accountability evaluation, with no institution or ministry getting a D grade, the lowest in the annual evaluation
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he Administrative Reforms Ministry announced Wednesday that state bodies had performed slightly better in this year's state institutions accountability evaluation, with no institution or ministry getting a D grade, the lowest in the annual evaluation.
However, since the performance evaluation accountability report, or AKIP, was introduced in 2009, none has achieved the highest score, 'AA'.
Administrative Reforms Minister Azwar Abubakar said the failure was mostly due to the lack of leadership and bureaucrats' commitment.
'[The main obstruction] is either no leadership or the leaders do not care [about their own institutions]. Or, the leaders are unable to delegate [leadership and commitments] to their subordinates,' Azwar said Wednesday after the event at the Vice Presidential Palace where awards were bestowed to representatives of the ministries, state institutions and provincial administrations.
'Such commitment is indeed essential. An administration should be built; it cannot run automatically,' the National Mandate Party (PAN) politician added.
According to Azwar's office, the average accountability of state institutions and ministries increased by 1.04 points this year, from 62.14 points in 2013 to 63.18 points in 2014. As a comparison, in 2009, the average score was only 41.81 points.
This year's result also shows more institutions receiving better grades.
From a total of 83 state institutions surveyed by the ministry for this year's award, seven received an A grade, 43 a B grade, 32 a CC grade and 1 a C grade.
The seven institutions include six that received an A grade in 2013: the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the Finance Ministry, the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the Finance and Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP), the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry and Azwar's office.
The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas), which was graded B last year, joined the top achievers this year.
Yogyakarta and East Java administrations also got an A, while Papua and West Papua remain among the few at the bottom of the list.
The highest score possible is 'AA', followed by 'A' or 'very good', 'B' or 'good', 'CC' or 'adequate', 'C' or 'slightly poor', and 'D' or 'poor'.
As a comparison, last year, from a total of 88 state institutions surveyed, six state institutions were awarded A grade, 33 B grade, 40 CC, three C and two D grade, including the Elections Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) and the Ombudsman.
For the award, state institutions were judged on performance accountability, a concept slightly different to financial accountability. Under performance accountability, state institutions implement planning, budgetary and reporting systems.
In his speech during the event, Boediono said bureaucratic reform 'is a process that takes time and continuous efforts', adding that a reward-and-punishment mechanism would boost the performance of government institutions.
Boediono added that they all should improve bureaucratic reform, saying 'this is not about the ranks A, BB or C; behind the certificate [the award], there is the score.'
