Day: November 12, 2022

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture emphasized that fathers have an essential role in becoming role models for their children and supporting children’s growth.

“National Father’s Day which is commemorated every November 12 has reminded the importance of fathers’ role in supporting the growth of children,” the ministry’s Acting Deputy for the Improvement of Education Quality and Religious Moderation Aris Darmansyah Edisaputra said on Saturday.

He explained that fathers are role models for their family members.

“For that reason, the role of fathers is very significant, including in building children’s characters and supporting religious education for children so that their children can grow as excellent and quality generation,” he said.

Edisaputra noted that National Father’s Day is the right momentum to improve the role of fathers, especially in supporting their children’s education.

“For example, fathers can take the time to assist their children when doing homework,” he said.

He also highlighted that families play key roles in building children’s characters.

“Therefore, the role of fathers and mothers are significant in supporting the realization of a quality golden generation,” he remarked.

Academician from Jenderal Soedirman University Wisnu Widjanarko stated that fathers have a significant role as role models in health protocol implementation for their family members to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In addition, fathers also have a role in giving emotional support to their children in facing the current situation, he added.

“During the pandemic, fathers have a role in inspiring their families to maintain health protocols and giving emotional support to children so that they are not anxious and tired in facing the current situation,” he explained.

Widjanarko, who is a lecturer for Family Communication and Communication Psychology, added that the way fathers can do as role models is to spend time interacting and exchanging stories with their families, including discussing the importance of health protocols.

 

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President Joko Widodo said that developing countries strive for the right to pursue downstreaming of raw natural resources in order to achieve added value and adequate profits.

“Do developing countries get adequate profits from raw material exports?   The answer is no. Thus, developing countries continue to fight for downstream rights,” the president said at the 2nd ASEAN Global Dialogue: Post COVID-19 Comprehensive Recovery, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Sunday, as quoted in a statement issued by the Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat.

World trade must be regulated by considering the development rights of developing countries, he opined. He also pointed out at difficulties impeding developing countries when they want to pursue downstreaming.

The development right of developing countries is one of the three main focuses conveyed by Jokowi to ASEAN to face regional economic challenges.

“Although the average economic growth projection is still positive, in the future, the regional economic challenges will be even more severe, moreover with the threat of a recession. Thus, I want to focus on three things,” Jokowi said.

Another focus is the improvement of ASEAN member countries’ fiscal situation. He said that fiscal opportunity must be made to establish financial stability.

Additionally, spending efficiency and budget allocation for crisis mitigation programs, including safety nets for the poor, must be prioritized, he noted.

“Support in sectors which have an impact on the regional economy must also be prioritized. ADB (Asian Development Bank) has identified them, such as tourism, agro-processing, and textiles. These sectors are vital because they involve MSMEs, which represent 90 percent of the ASEAN business sector,” he said.

The third focus is improvement of international financial support. President Jokowi emphasized the crucial role of international financial institutions in addressing the crisis and suppressing the impact it caused through flexible financial instruments.

“There are instruments (meant for) emergencies, so they can be used immediately during a crisis, and more importantly, there needs to be instruments that function to prevent crises. This support is important for ASEAN to anticipate the worsening of the crisis in the future, one of which is by improving financial infrastructure in the region, including financial policy synergies,” he noted.

At the end of his remarks, he once again stressed  the importance of extensive collaboration to deal with the current crisis.

 

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Deputy for Economy at the National Development Planning Ministry/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti encouraged investors to use a blended finance scheme in contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Blended finance is an optimal financing scheme that combines several sources of funding or financing in one project such as from the budget of the government, the private sector, and donors.

“Indonesia’s commitment is to increase efforts for innovative financing such as blended finance as a source of funding to achieve the SDGs,” she said at the Tri Hita Karana (THK) Blended Finance of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency in Nusa Dua, Bali Province, on Sunday.

Blended finance is needed because the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2021 study estimated that the SDGs financing gap would increase by 70 percent from US$2.5 trillion to US$4.2 trillion.

To this end, Widyasanti ensured that the Indonesian government would continue cooperating with all stakeholders, including international organizations, multilateral development banks, philanthropic organizations, and investors.

This effort is made to achieve the Decade of Action towards 2030 which is in line with the inclusive principle of SDGs.

Indonesia itself has become one of the pioneer countries by developing the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) which encourages the use of blended finance to achieve SDGs.

Blended finance is also optimized through SDG Financing Hub, which aims to synchronize financial and non-financial resources for investment in line with the SDGs program.

The blended finance mechanism should be called a public-private partnership because it opens up more economic potential in any country.

In this case, she assessed that private parties could bring industry-specific expertise and resources to help achieve sustainable impact at a more significant speed and scale.

Apart from that, government partners should also bring capital to the program, which later, the private sector can get greater social or environmental benefits from the investment.

 

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Communication and Informatics Minister Johnny G Plate noted that Internet connectivity in Indonesia is much better, as shown by increase in Indonesia’s position in the 2022 e-Government survey.

“Our Internet is now much better than past years, one of the parameter is in terms of the e-Government index,” he said on the sidelines of the opening of the Digital Transformation Expo technology exhibition at the Nusa Dua Convention Center, here on Sunday.

He mentioned that Indonesia’s e-government index had increased by 11 levels in the last two years.

Based on the 2022 e-Government Survey, the UN places Indonesia at 77th place for performance in the development and implementation of an Electronic-Based Government System (SPBE).

Thus Indonesia’s position move up by 11 ranks from its 2020 position at 88th rank.

The data was quoted from the official website of the Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry.

The minister opined that the increase in Indonesia’s rating was inseparable from the distribution of digital or telecommunications infrastructure which ever expanded all across the country.

This was in accordance with President Joko Widodo’s commitment to develop telecommunications infrastructure in underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost areas, he stated.

“And this is not an easy (thing). Of course, collaboration, cooperation from (everyone) is required, both from the government and the public, and the ecosystem must work together,” he noted.

Plate had said that G20 members –Indonesia included– were committed to building upstream level information and communication technology infrastructure throughout the region.

“The Indonesian government and G20 members will continue to develop, or at least prepare policies to pursue upstream ICT infrastructure throughout their respective countries, including Indonesia,” he stated in Jakarta on October 7.

Among infrastructure development which had been done by Indonesia were installation of main fiber optic network, construction of base transceiver station (BTS) towers, and satellite capacity provision.

Indonesia also plans to launch two high-throughput satellites next year, setting them to orbit.

“We keep on building BTS in all regions so that at the same time internet usage in Indonesia grows,” he concluded.

 

Source: Antara News