Day: February 23, 2023

Do not let there be malnutrition and stunting around IKN,

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Head of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP)Moeldokohas said that he wants Indonesia’s new capital (IKN), Nusantara, to become a children-friendly city that is free from stunting and malnutrition.He conveyed his wish during a meeting with representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Indonesia at Bina Graha Building here on Thursday.

“UNICEF needs to think about the strengthening of IKN, especially to expand assistance to regional governments around the North Penajam Paser district area (the location of IKN). Do not let there be malnutrition and stunting around IKN,” he said, according to a press release issued on Thursday.

The Indonesian government has worked hard to achieve the stunting reduction target, in line with the IKN construction target, he said.

“The hope is, in 2024, when we move to IKN, there will be no more stunting and malnutrition cases,” he added.

Moeldoko expressed the hope that a large-scale campaign against stunting will be carried out by UNICEF along with KSP, the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), the Ministry of Health, and several other ministries.

Stunting is one of the issues that have become the main concern of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), he noted.

President Widodo’s stunting reduction policies have shown promising results, with Indonesia’s stunting prevalence declining to 21.6 percent in 2022. The government is targeting to reduce the figure further to 14 percent by 2024.

UNICEF has consulted with the KSP since 2017 regarding the issue of immunization and collaborated with the stunting reduction acceleration task force chaired by Vice President Ma’ruf Amin.

fter the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN agencyhas committed to helping the Indonesian government improve health services provided to the community, which lagged for two years due to the focus on COVID-19 handling.

“Like what has been said by Mr. Moeldoko, UNICEF also wants IKN to become a children-friendly city that is acknowledged by the world through the Child Friendly Cities Initiatives (CFCI),” country representative of UNICEF Indonesia, Maniza Zaman, said.

“UNICEF is very interested to continue the discussion regarding this matter, as well as the digitalization of stunting data to achieve the stunting prevalence target in 2024,” she added.

UNICEF also said that Indonesia needs to show its efforts to handle stunting to the world, following in the footsteps of four countries, namely Peru, Thailand, Vietnam, and Brazil, which have succeeded in documenting their success in reducing stunting prevalence.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The reformation of the financial sector through the implementation of the Law on Financial Sector Development and Strengthening (UU P2SK) will be based on five pillars, Vice Minister of Finance Suahasil Nazarasaid.”Firstly, to strengthen public trust in financial service institutions. Secondly, the logic of the digital financial sector and its innovations,” he said in a statement received in Jakarta on Thursday.

He delivered the statement at a seminar “Dentons HPRP Law and Regulations Outlook 2023: The Omnibus Law on the Financial Sector: Discussing Challenges and Anticipations of the Implementation of the Law No. 4 of 2023 concerning the Development and Strengthening of the Financial Sector (UU P2SK),” which took place here on Monday (February 20, 2023).

The third pillar involves efforts to promote long-term fund accumulation. “Fourthly, the state protection of financial product consumers. And lastly, financial sector literacy and inclusion,” he said.

ccording to the managing partner of Hanafiah Ponggawa and Partners (Dentons HPRP), Sartono, Law No. 4 of 2023 regulates a number of crucial matters.

The UU P2SK is expected to bring larger opportunities for adopting Environmental Social Governance (ESG) in the financial sector.

“The UU P2SK is expected to strengthen the governance of the financial sector and to improve public trust to achieve welfare and consumer protection,” Sartono said.

The seminar on Monday was held to commemorate Dentons HPRP’s 33rd anniversary in Indonesia, where it was established in 1990, he added. The seminar was expected to make a positive contribution to the public and push for a conducive business climate, he continued.

Meanwhile, a senior executive analyst at the Financial Services Authority (OJK), Greta Joice Siahaan, summarized OJK’s priorities in the landscape of financial sector reform, as stipulated in the UU P2SK, namely the spin-off policy and the consolidation of bank sharia units and insurance companies.

“The reform priorities covering the preparation of the implementation of the policy assurance that must be established by 2028, strengthening of the market conduct supervisory. The UU P2SK also gives a new mandate, namely to regulate cooperatives, digital financial assets, and crypto assets,” Greta said.

partner at Dentons HPRP, Erwin Kurnia Winenda, discussed the opportunity for the implementation of UU P2SK from the scope of BPR, as well as regulating the financial instrument management agencies and trustee management of both legal entities and individuals.

“The UU P2SK regulates the trust organizations. Not in a sense of existing trustees, but more on adopting a common loan system. However, the regulation still requires clarification regarding foreign ownership and other aspects as well,” he explained.

t the same event, deputy chair of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), Shinta Kamdani, said that the implementation of ESG is inevitable as business profits no longer solely rely on financial profits and performance.

ccording to her, investors see ESG as a key factor that reduces the risks of investment, along with increased awareness on climate change, human rights, and transparency of consumer protection.

Meanwhile, Dentons Rodyk partner Ipshita Chaturvedi said that by neglecting ESG, the long-term loss could potentially grow larger. In 2021, the fund to tackle the impact of climate change rose from US$850 billion to US$940 billion. The figure reflected an increase of 28 percent to 42 percent from the figure in 2020.

The final speaker at the event, Dentons HPRP partner Fabian Buddy Pascoal said that UU P2SK requires the financial industry sector to implement a sustainable system to integrate environmental conservation, good corporate governance, and people’s social life.

“Both ecological and economic interests must go well together. Humans may forgive, but nature cannot. One thing to remember is that we all live in one boat. We all have the same calling to save the boat and implement ESG,” Pascoalsaid.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN) has started preparing measures to mitigate cyberattack risks, which are expected to rise ahead of the 2024 General Elections, an official from the agency, Anton Setiyawan, has informed.”We pray that we can hopefully repel (cyberattacks) and protect our General Election system,” he said here on Thursday.

ccording to Setiyawan, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has developed a good system for the 2024 elections.

KPU has consistently coordinated with the BSSN to protect cyberspace security, including by forming a task force that involves several stakeholders.

“We have a task force. We cooperate with colleagues that provide infrastructure, colleagues in the industry, and Kominfo (Communication and Information Ministry) as the one responsible for content in cyberspace,” he informed.

The danger of cyberattacks during the 2024 General Elections is not too high, since vote collection and calculation will still be done manually, he explained.

However, cyberattack mitigation efforts need to be prepared thoroughly since the recapitulation will still use a computerized system, he said.

ll the agency has to do is protect the system at the KPU in order to maintain the integrity of the General Election’s recapitulation and results, he added.

The agency also expects that the public and participants of the 2024 election will help the government in protecting the cyberspace.

“For the public, I think that you should use the voting rights well in accordance with the procedure established by the KPU,” Setiyawan said.

He further said he expects the general elections to proceed well, given that there are entities that will handle the election system, as long as they do it based on procedures.

The entities include the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and political actors.

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I am optimistic that the (Independence Day) ceremony in August next year will be held here,

N Penajam Paser, E Kalimantan (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed the hope that Indonesia’s Independence Day in 2024 will be commemorated in the future capital (IKN), Nusantara, in North Penajam Paser district, East Kalimantan province.”This is the area (for the development) of the presidential palace, which, God willing, I am optimistic that the (Independence Day) ceremony in August next year will be held here,” he saidat the IKN’s Central Government Core Area (KIPP) here on Thursday.

He said that he had spoken with the stakeholders, including the designer and executors, of the IKN development project about the completion of the palace next year and they were optimistic that the target would be achieved.

Balinese artist and designer I Nyoman Nuarta has been selected as the designer of the palace, which will be surrounded by trees and buildings arranged in the shape of a Garuda bird — Indonesia’s national symbol — with its wings spread.

“The (overall) design remains the same, but later, there will be slight adjustments in the implementation (of the palace construction),” the President said.

He did not provide details on the progress of the presidential palace’s construction.

Jokowisaid that the project is being run by Indonesia’s best talents.

The presidential palace will immediately be used once it is completed, he said.

Since many people, especially civil servants (ASN), will move to the IKN area, more public facilities will also be built, he informed.

“If there are more people (moving to the IKN), we need (to establish) restaurants, schools — from kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, senior high schools, to universities — (as well as) hospitals, clinics, amusement areas, and malls,” he added.

He said he believed that IKN will attract investors because it is offering a different atmosphere by applying a modern, smart, and environmentally friendly city concept.

The construction of the new capital city is estimated to be fully completed by 2045.

Currently, the government is also preparing 47 apartment buildings for around 16,900 ASN and military personnel at IKN.

In addition, the government is laying a 40-kilometer toll road from Balikpapan city, East Kalimantan province, to the IKN area, which is targeted to be finished by the end of 2024.

The President said that the highway will cut the travel time from Balikpapan city to KIPP to around 30 minutes.

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West Sulawesi’sstunting prevalence, indeed, declined by 6.6 percentage (points). However, West Sulawesiis still one of the provinces that have a high stunting prevalence.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said that stunting reduction efforts must involve all elements of the community, down to the village level.He conveyed this while chairing the “Stunting Reduction Acceleration Coordination Meeting” in Mamuju district, West Sulawesion Thursday, according to a press release received here the same day.

West Sulawesi is one of the provinces that have received attention from the government regarding accelerating stunting reduction, he noted.

Even though, in the past fouryears, West Sulawesi’s stunting prevalence has tended to decline, it is still pegged at 35 percent, which is high, he said.

“In the past 4 years, from 2018 to 2022, in general, West Sulawesi’s stunting prevalence, indeed, declined by 6.6 percentage (points). However, West Sulawesi is still one of the provinces that have a high stunting prevalence,” he added.

Based on the results of the 2022 Indonesian Nutritional Status Survey (SSGI) carried out by the Ministry of Health, West Sulawesi’s stunting prevalence stood at 35 percent.

“It means, there has been an increase of 1.2 percentage (points) from 2021,” he pointed out.

He said that in terms of food security, as measured by the Food Security Index (IKP), West Sulawesi is categorized as a very resilient region.

Thus, there should be no problem in terms of the availability of food to support stunting prevention, he added.

The Vice President expressed his appreciation for the commitment, performance, and efforts made to reduce stunting.

Nevertheless, there are several obstacles to the implementation of the program and several levels of intervention are still considered not good yet, he noted.

Indonesia’s stunting prevalence declined by 2.8 percentage points to 21.6 percent in 2022 from 24.4 percent in 2021, based on the 2022 SSGI. The central government is aiming to reduce stunting prevalence to 14 percent by 2024.

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