Monthly KSI Update, January 2017

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“New Year, New Momentum”

Greetings! Entering in to the last 6 months of KSI Phase I, our focus in this period will be on consolidating work on the 6 barriers for a healthy knowledge sector and with a particular focus on building blocks to carry forward the momentum into the second phase. This includes a range of events to support counterparts in highlighting their achievements and in building further collaboration.

Entering into February, we will also be undertaking a series of consultations to begin re-scoping for KSI Phase II, following initial endorsement of the Phase II concept note received in our recent Program Steering Committee meeting, so please don’t be surprised if you are invited to participate in discussions and or surveys to help us develop the Phase II strategy.

Salam KSI!

National Seminar on “Innovative Development, Creative Leaders and Competitive Regions”
“To be blessed with an abundance of natural resources can be a curse. Some resource-rich local governments in Indonesia have not seen the need to be creative and innovate to develop their regions. Innovation is a crucial element to boost sustainable development. We must also not forget that local wisdom plays an important role in leveraging regional innovation.” So said Dr Bambang Brodjonegoro, the Minister of National Development Planning in his opening remarks at the KSI-supported National Seminar on “Innovative Development, Creative Leaders and Competitive Regions”, held in Jakarta on 11 January 2017. (learn more)

Forum Kajian Desa Partners Continue to Engage with Government Agencies
As reported in the December 2016 Update, a number KSI partners have established a Forum Kajian Desa (FKD, Village Research Forum) to improve the quality of research on village development and encourage interaction between policy makers and knowledge producers. In January, the Forum continued with a series of knowledge sharing events, including Sajogyo’s FGD on inter-village and rural development (pembangunan kawasan perdesaan) study; IRE’s research on village democratization; and Kemenko PMK in developing initial ideas for the instrument on monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of Law no 6/2014 on Villages. (learn more)

KSI Knowledge Sharing Session: Commercalization of Research Results & Patent Implementation
On January 19, 2017 at the BPPT office building in Jakarta, KSI held a discussion themed "Commercialization of Research Results & Patent Application". The speakers were Dr Terri Lomax, RTI International’s Vice President for Discovery Science Technology (DST) and Dr Nurul Taufiqu Rochman, Head of Innovation Center at Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). (learn more)

KSI Research Partners meet to Discuss Joint Agendas
Starting the year of 2017, 16 Policy Research Institutes, partners of the Knowledge Sector Initiative (KSI) gathered in Bogor on the 26-27 January to collaboratively analyse effective capacity development interventions as one of KSI’s major themes of work in Phase 1 and also to discuss progress of their activities under the core grants towards the end of Phase 1. (learn more)

Knowledge Sharing Session with Media on a Merit-based System and Open Recruitment in Indonesia’s Civil Service

In response to the Parliament initiative on the revision of the Law No. 5/2014 on Civil Service (UU ASN), the Independent Team for National Bureaucratic Reform (TI-RBN) with support from KSI organized a half-day Knowledge Sharing Session on Merit-based System and Open Promotion for Senior Executive Services (JPT) on 30 January 2017 at Artotel Hotel, Jakarta. (learn more)

Media Discussion on Regional Economic Governance 2016
On 31 January 2017, Komite Pemantauan Pelaksanaan Otonomi Daerah (KPPOD), with support from KSI, organised a media discussion to disseminate the findings of its latest study on Regional Economic Governance 2016, a ranking survey on 32 provincial capitals throughout Indonesia. Held in Jakarta, the event was well attended by some 50 participants from government, the media, NGOs and research. Ir R. Aryawan Soetiarso Poetro, the Director of the Regional Autonomy of Bappenas, Anton J. Supit, the Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) and Petrarca Karetji, a KSI Team Leader, also attended the event. (learn more)

Knowledge Sharing Session: "How do You Evaluate a Mental Revolution?”

On 25th January KSI organized a public knowledge sharing meeting titled "How do You Evaluate a Mental Revolution?”. Fred Carden presented and discussed with the audience a possible framework to evaluate and generate evidence about progress in the changes of attitude and behaviour that are required by President Jokowi's call for a mental revolution across the Indonesian society. (learn more) 

DDD Workshop
KSI is working with KOMPAK, the World Bank on the design and organisation of a two days international workshop to be held on 15-16th March 2017 titled: “Implementing the New Development Agenda”. The objective of the two day workshop is to present, discuss and explore practical applications of Thinking and Working Politically, Doing Development Differently & Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation for development programmes. 

Puskapol Celebrates 10 years with a Book Launch
On January 10th, 2017, Puskapol book-launch and public seminar on research excellence as a fundamental value for a policy research institute.  The book was a social history of the last ten years of Puskapul, written by the Puskapol leadership. Discussants at the seminar were Dani (outgoing Puskapol director, Daniel Dhakidae (editor, Prisma), Ruth Indiah Rahayu (director, INKRISPENA) and Hans Antlov (KSI). The discussion was moderated by Kharisma Nugroho, as part of KSI’s support to KSI. (learn more)

KSI Interview Series: KSI Interview with Azriana, Head of the National Commission on Violence against Women 2015–2019
KSI Program Officer, Mirisa Hasfaria, got a chance to interview Azriana, the Head of the National Commission on Violence against Women 2015-2017, to discuss her changed role from the activist to the head of commission, and her view on how the Commission using data and evidence to influence policy making process, and how to integrate gender perspective into research for policy. (learn more)