![]() ![]() PATIRO also needs to facilitate the development of program planning to implement FOINI’s strategic plan within the context of OGI implementation in Indonesia. To carry out the function of a Joint Secretariat for FOINI and OGI’s civil society components, PATIRO needs to set up a joint secretariat with clear organizational structure and working procedures. As the coordinator of two coalitions that promote information transparency in Indonesia, namely the FOINI and PWYP (Publish What You Pay), PATIRO has been appointed by civil society organizations to become the coordinator of the Civil Society OGI Secretariat. Four NGOs are members of the OGI Core Team, namely PATIRO (Center for Regional Information and Studies), FITRA (Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency), ICEL (Indonesian Center for Environmental Law) and Transparency International Indonesia (TII). The government has called the program to implement OGP as Open Government Indonesia (OGI). Indonesia has assumed a co-chair position with the UK since September 2012, and will become the lead chair in September 2013. A key component of OGP in Indonesia is to accelerate the implementation of Freedom of Information Law (FOI Act). OGP started as a collaborative effort of several countries, such as Brazil, USA, the Philippines, South Africa, Mexico, England, Indonesia, and Norway. The collaboration that was launched in September 2011 in New York has attracted 58 countries to join OGP by early 2013. Therefore, demands for public information remain scanty.Īt the global level, there have been efforts to promote information transparency and public information disclosures as well, such as the Open Government Partnership (OGP). On the other hand, civil society groups are not aware of their rights to access public information. ![]() ![]() On the one hand, many local governments still consider budget documents, for example, as government secret, and only a handful of government agencies have appointed Documentation and Information Management Officer (PPID) and developed a system to respond to public demand for data and information. The Law, however, has not been implemented effectively. There have been no other laws in Indonesia that has attracted so much civil society participation since its inception. ![]() In 2004, civil society organizations formed Civil Society Coalition for Freedom of Information to help push the Disclosure of Public Information Bill into a national legislation. After the passing of the Law, the coalition transformed itself into Freedom of Information Network Indonesia (FOINI), which has overseen the establishment of the Central Information Commission and a number of Provincial Information Commissions and provided assistance to public institutions to comply with the Law. 14 of 2008 on Disclosure of Public Information (abbreviated UU KIP) has significantly transformed the governance of the country from closed to open government. ![]()
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