UNDP ICT Programme Officer/Focal Point

ICT Programme Office/Focal Point A

Full Name

Joy Daniel

Designation/Position

ICT Specialist

Station (UNDP Country Office)

UNDP Jakarta, Indonesia

Email Address

joy.daniel@undp.org

Telephone Number

+62-21-3141308, Ext 206

Fax Number

+62-21-3145251

Government Agency(ies) with Primary Responsibility

Ministry/Agency

Ministry of Information and Communication

Contact Person A

Full Name (First, Last)

Dr. J.B. Kristiadi

Designation/Title

Secretary for Ministry of Information & Communication

Email Address

krista@kominfo.go.id

Contact Person B

Full Name (First, Last)

Ir. Roem Lintang TSR, DEA.

Designation/Title

IT Expert

Email Address

roems@kominfo.go.id

National Development Priorities

Please list the Government’s primary developmental and sectoral priorities:

E-Government: The Ministry of Information and Communication has recently prepared a strategy for e-government. This could be downloaded from http://www.kominfo.go.id/Dokumentasi.asp?cid=45 (in Bahasa Indonesia only).

National ICT regulatory body: To develop an independant regulatory body for ICT in the country. Policy Development: Cyberlaw, e-commerce policies, taxation.
 

e-Readiness Assessment

Has the Government (or any third party or donor) conducted a multi-sectoral ICT or e-readiness assessment of the country?

YES

USAID, Indonesia ICT Assesment, Jan 2001.

I think an assessment is required for two reasons: 1. It is close to two years since the assessment by USAID. ICT developments take place in a fast pace and there is need to know the latest developments. 2. There is a need to assess ICT in relation to poverty reduction i.e information access (and not ICT access) relevant for the common man.
 

Existing e-Policies, -Strategies, Acts, Decrees, etc

Has the Government developed, or is the Government planning to develop, ICT policies?

YES

The Government has developed a plan of action but has not covered ICT in particular relevance to the needs of rural masses. For instance, there is a need for development of local content and applications for the common citizen which is much lacking in the action plan.

Moreover, the present action plan is only a set of actions to be implemented by the Government and does not follow a strategy i.e a road map for ICT development in the country.

UNDP may assist in developing partnerships of key stakeholders in ICT and advise on participatory development of a national strategy.
 

Ministry/Agency in Charge of ICT Policy Formulation

Ministry of Information and Communication. http://www.kominfo.go.id/

Scope of ICT Policies

The scope of current ICT policies is very limited and does not cover - cyber-security, health, and gender.

Was the process of ICT policy formulation participatory in nature, and did it involve stakeholders?
YES

Yes and No. It was participatory in the sense that private sector, multilateral donors and government ministries were involved. There was not much participation from civil sector organizations.
 

Does the Government have an official policy on ICT and Gender?
NO

Possibly. UNDP as an advisory role in the development of national strategy could guide the strategy in this direction.
 

Does the Government have an official policy on Open Source Software?
NO

Open source is not rarely used here and there are no major players among the Government or non-Government sector.
 

Access

How is the Government addressing the issue of equitable access to ICT for all of its citizens, especially marginalized groups and those in rural communities?

Yes. The government addresses this issue by encouraging the use of public communication centers known as Wartel (Warung Telpon) and Warnets (Warung Internet). The Wartels run on profit sharing basis with the national telecommunication company - Telkom. Almost 25% of the telephone traffic in Indonesia is through Wartels and they generate 20% of the total revenues. Almost 55% of the Internet users access Internet from Warnets (Cybercafes)
 

What is the Government planning to do to increase local connectivity to the Internet?

Progressively develop national backbone infrastructure and develop local access networksin underserved areas.

Implement universal access program and extend access beyond the market through a range of innovative public access initiatives, including new technologies and telecenters.
 

Has the Government implemented, or is it planning to implement, e-government/e-governance initiatives to better deliver government services through the application of ICT and to improve government transparency and efficiency?
YES

1. A Government Online Project is being implemented by IPTEK (the Internet Service Provider for Government) in cooperation with World Bank. This project envisages connecting all the Government ministries and departments throughout the country by e-mail and Intranet portals to facilitate efficient information exchange.

2. An e-government strategy has been developed by Ministry of Information and Communication. Details are at http://www.kominfo.go.id/Dokumentasi.asp?cid=45

Yes, UNDP office is looking to advise the Government on e-governance particularly in relevance to principles of good governance. Please refer BUILD (http://www.build.or.id) and Good Governance (http://www.goodgovernance.or.id) Websites. BUILD is a project supported by UNDP.
 

Local Content Development and Knowledge Management

Is the Government aware of or is it active in standardization and localization of ICTs (e.g. local input/output conventions and standards for digital exchange, development of local language character sets conforming to international UNICODE and other standards) for fostering local content development and knowledge management?

NO

Indonesia is at an advantage as most people know Bahasa Indonesia and the English script is used for this language. Hence, there is no need to develop local language character sets.
 

Please suggest how UNDP can assist in further developing local content development.

UNDP can assist by packaging development information relevant for the poor. The development organizations such as NGOs, Ministries involved in social welfare etc produce a lot of information that is relevant for the poor. As UNDP partners with these organizations, UNDP has a potential to advise and support the packaging and dissemination of this information for the poor.
 

International Donors of ICT for Development

Please list (in order of total contributions for 2002) the top five donors who have invested in ICT for Development.  DO NOT include UNDP.

Donor

Specific Area of Support

1

World Bank

e-Government, Infrastructure development

2

JICA

ICT education

3

CIDA

Raise awareness among SMEs

4

USAID

ICT assessment, advisory support on policy development

5

AUSAID

ICT to support good governance

Please list (in order of priority) the five top areas of ICT for Development for the donor community.  E.g. e-Government, e-Commerce, e-Learning, ICT policy, etc.

1

ICT Policy

2

e-Government

3

Infrastructure

4

ICT Education

5

e-Commerce

Please list and describe the three primary ICT for Development areas of focus for your UNDP Country Office. 

NOTE: Please DO NOT list actual projects/activities, there is another section for this information.  Please describe the general focus areas (e-policies, e-government, e-commerce, e-learning, etc.) instead.

Area One
National strategy development

Area Two
e-Government

Area Three
Community empowerment

Check List: Please provide additional comments where applicable.

UNDP has played or is playing a crucial role in assisting the national government with ICT policy formulation.
NO
 

ICT for Development is a well established programme area within your UNDP Country Office.
NO
 

The UNDP Country Office requires assistance in identifying UNDP’s potential niche in ICT for Development interventions in the country.
YES
 

The UNDP Country Office is in partnership with the local government in ICT for Development initiatives/projects/activities.
NO
 

Please share with us some UNDP County Office success stories, lessons learned, etc., with respect to the work that you have done in ICT for Development.

Simple technologies with a great impact:

Mailing lists are very simple technologies that need very less expertise to set up and manage.

The Secretariat General of Assembly with cooperation from UNDP has developed a mailing list with the main objective of exchange of information to facilitate public participation in the constitutional ammendments.

Users could subscribe to this mailing list on a voluntary basis and could share their views relating to new or developing constitutional ammendments. This mailing list has now got 37,000 active users including 7000 foreigners.

URL: http://www.mailinglist-mpr.org
 

What are the major external obstacles in delivering ICT for Development outputs, thus far?  And how has the Country Office overcome these obstacles?

Lack of ICT infrastructure in rural areas is a major challenge.

UNDP CO has not done much in this regard except for the provision of satellite based internet connectivity for NGOs in two sites in Mallukku province.
 

What are the major internal obstacles in delivering ICT for Development outputs, thus far?  And how has the Country Office overcome these obstacles?  Please provide suggestions on how to overcome these obstacles.

The negative attitude of people to share information is the biggest challenge. People tend to hoard information rather than exchange with other potential actors in development.

UNDP country office organizes many workshops to raise awareness among the people in the need for exchange of information and the potential of ICT for this. Besides, ICT is complemented with traditional mechanisms for the offline communities.
 

Project/Activity Information

Project Title

Strengthening Disaster Management in Indonesia

Start Date

End Date

Objectives

Main Objective:

To protect socio-economic growth and well-being in Indonesia by addressing disaster management policies and programs as stipulated in REPELITA-VI. 

Immediate Objectives:

·         To enhance the disaster management capacities of the BAKORNAS PB Secretariat and prepare it for implementation of the Government of Indonesia Strategic Plan for Disaster Management.

·         To establish an effective disaster management and planning capacity in the district of Minhasa, North Sulawesi and two pilot sub-districts, Kecamatan Tomahon and Kecamatan Tombariri.

·         To establish an effective disaster management and planning capacity in the district of Sikka, Nussa Tenggara Timor (NTT) and two pilot sub-districts, Kecamantan Alok and Kecamantan Maumere.

·         To evaluate the results of all components of the pilot programmes in Minahasa and Sikka and formulate an appropriate dissemination plan and estimated budget for the 17 additional disaster prone provinces using the results of pilot activities in accordance with the framework outlined in the strategic plan for disaster management.

Description (200 words maximum)

Activities supported by ICT:

·         Develop a fully operational Indonesia disaster management information system (http://www.bakornaspb.or.id)

·         Develop GIS Information prototype for disaster management.

·         Develop the capacity of the staff to develop and maintain the information systems.

UNDP Project Officer

Kristanto Sinandang

kristanto.sinandang@undp.org

National Project Officer

Partners (National)

BAKORNAS PB Secretariat (National Coordinating Body for Disaster Management)

Partners (International)

Cross-Cutting UNDP Themes

Crisis Prevention and Recovery

Geographical Scope

Indonesia

Target Beneficiaries

Governmental Organizations and Institutions involved in disaster preparedness and management. Especially, BAKORNAS PB Secretariat.

Expected Outputs/ Results

Online information system on disaster management.

Project URLs (websites)

http://www.bakornaspb.or.id

Budget (USD)

UNDP Contribution (USD)

National (USD)

Other Donors (USD)

Keywords

Online information system, database, disaster management, crisis prevention.

Additional Comments

Project/Activity Information

Project Title

Parliamentary Support and Public Participation

Start Date

June-2000

End Date

June-2003

Objectives

·         Legislative capacity building: To improve the capability and capacity of the legislators in accomplishing the making of laws and other legislative outcomes with sound supports by the legislation body.

·         Budgetary capacity building: To enhance the capacities of the committees and the supporting institutions in dealing with the budgetary functions both for internal and Governmental processes.

·         Oversight capacity building and transparency: To develop competence and capability of the legislators in implementing their oversight functions.

·         Communication, education and information: To improve the quality and coverage of the communication, education and information function of the House that will increase the accountability of the house and the participation of the public.

·         Institutional capacity building: To build the institutional capacity of the parliament and its supporting units that will maintain the sustainability of the overall capacity building efforts.

Description (200 words maximum)

The project will support the parliamentary reform programme. Substantive technical assistance to be provided includes strengthening capacity of the DPR RI in drafting, scrutiny and finalization of legislation; special support to parliamentary Committees and supporting institutions with responsibilities for scrutiny of budgets and allocations of resources; development of competence and capability of the legislators in imlementing their oversight functions; improvements in the quality and coverage of the communication, education and information function of the House in order to increase the accountability of the House and its outreach to citizens; and overall capacity of the DPR Secretariat to manage the reform programme.

 Activities supported by ICT:

·         Development of a computerized budgeting system for the parliament and its supporting units.

·         Establishment of an effective Media Center that will enable televisions and radio stations across Indonesia to take a feed from the ‘C-Span’ or ‘Parliamentary channel’ service or broadcasting the parliament sessions.

·         Development and maintenance of the parliament Website including special sections on the committees, factions and General Secretariat.

·         Develop video documentation on various kinds of events and facts in the parliament for network and public distribution.

·         Support improvement and enhancement of the database management system and the information network covering the leadership, factions and secretariat general.

·         Develop and automated database management system for the library in the parliament to support the librarian researches.

·         Preparation of information policies and an information management plan for the parliament.

·         Development and maintenance of a database for the programs financed by the cooperation between the Secretariat and donor agencies.
 

UNDP Project Officer

Agung Djojosoekarto

agung.djojosoekarto@undp.org

National Project Officer

Ms. Sitti Nurhajati Daud

Partners (National)

DPR-RI, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto

Partners (International)

Cross-Cutting UNDP Themes

Democratic Governance

Geographical Scope

Indonesia

Target Beneficiaries

Members of the parliament, Committees and factions, various bureaux and supporting units, and parliament staff from the general secretariat and other sections connected to parliamentary affairs, Ministers of the parliament, media, civil-society organizations or institutions and the Indonesian general public.

Expected Outputs/ Results

ICT Related outputs - 1. Parliament Website 2. Computerised budgeting system for the parliament. 3. Increased technical capacity to broadcast parliament sessions to general public

Project URLs (websites)

Budget (USD)

UNDP Contribution (USD)

National (USD)

Other Donors (USD)

Keywords

parliament, good governance, budgeting system

Additional Comments