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National-Level Communication Strategy and Approaches

7 September 2016
The Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project Phase II in Indonesia focused its communication activities at the national level on members of parliament, key law enforcers, and key judicial officials. The communication strategy was developed early as a project requirement as public awareness…

Community-Focused Communication Strategies

7 September 2016
A unique element in the design of the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project Phase II in Indonesia was its decentralized model focusing on community-based resource management. This required a substantial investment in social mobilization to organize community groups and foster behavior…

Review of Retail Electricity Tariffs

5 September 2016
Electricity subsidies are often paid out if government budgets exceed all spending on education, healthcare, and rural support. In order to subsidize low residential customer prices, governments impose higher prices on industrial customers, which discourages new investment and encourage…

Geospatial Planning for Universal Electricity Access in Indonesia

1 September 2016
This presentation analyzes the features of geospatial electrification planning in the context of Indonesia. It also discusses the salient aspects as well as the technical and social challenges of this planning approach.

Preventing Early Marriage in Bondowoso, East Java

28 April 2016
Maternal mortality and teenage pregnancy occur significantly more frequently in Indonesia than in neighboring Asia-Pacific countries. It is estimated that 48 of every 1,000 live births in Indonesia in 2015 was to a teenage mother. Teenage pregnancy is also one of the driving causes of maternal…

Realizing the Goal of “23% Renewables by 2025” via Technology Innovation and Bioenergy

17 December 2015
Biofuels, while seen as a favorable solution to the economic recession, are not all drought- and saline-resistant, and can also be expensive. A promising and cost-effective biofuel source is sweet sorghum, though there is no significant bioethanol production that currently exists for the crop.

Center of Excellence for Clean Energy in Indonesia

16 December 2015
Accelerating the development of new and renewable energy (NRE) in Indonesia is necessary given the vast availability of these national resources. Complementary to this endeavor is the establishment of a Center of Excellence on Clean Energy that aims to combine various efforts in the development and…

Linking Freedom of Information and Open Data for Better Access to Information

24 November 2015
In Indonesia, a governance program called KINERJA helped improve public service delivery. It works with local governments to make service delivery more responsive to the needs of its users. KINERJA also works with civil society, communities, and the media to build their capacity to demand better…

Experience in Making Open Government Real at Local Level through Partnerships

24 November 2015
The open data and freedom of information in Banda Aceh, Indonesia was a journey from being a reactive to proactive government. Public information as the type of data processed was differentiated into open information and exempt information.

Civil Society Organization Participation in Ensuring Proactive Disclosure of Data

24 November 2015
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can participate to determine priority data that will be provided by the government, resulting to a more responsive data provision. Increasing the capacity of CSOs to use open data and improve the quality of service information to the government also boosts the…