Non-Government Partnership: Lessons Learned from Indonesia The 1 st Asian Public Governance Forum on Public Innovation Jakarta, 12 June 2014 Erny Murniasih

Background Before reformation era (1998) : more engaged with community development (e.g. in 80s the first CSO was YLBHI) After 1998 : more advocacy on good governance, democracy, and promoting transparency Right to know, right to influence, right to claim Main reasons for role changing  Pressures towards a more public participation in policy and development program (as watchdog and provide policy recommendation)  Trigger from public participatory in planning and budgeting (under Law 25/2004 on National Development Plan) >> CSO is considered as “partner”  Other regulations allow CSO engagement : Law 17/2007 on Longterm National Planning >> Outlined guidance for CSO roles in planning, supervision, and evaluation program, Law 14/2008 on Public Information Openness  Donor driven

Innovative Partnerships Community developmentAdvocacy to policy making engage with grassroots level (people in local community, and local government) locally-based project intensive assistance to beneficiaries Local innovations were collected and disseminated engage with grassroots level (people in local community, and local government) locally-based project intensive assistance to beneficiaries Local innovations were collected and disseminated engage with policy making (broader influence to policy making) evidence-based policy recommendation more coordination with policy makers (executive and legislative) multi-stakeholders engagement (citizen, academicians, other stakeholders) Knowledge management engage with policy making (broader influence to policy making) evidence-based policy recommendation more coordination with policy makers (executive and legislative) multi-stakeholders engagement (citizen, academicians, other stakeholders) Knowledge management

Examples of Partnership Planning and Budgeting participatory – Strengthening community on planning and budgeting participatory CSOs provide training, dialogue, FGD to local community. Main objective to increase literacy on planning and budgeting – Policy advocacy (as watchdog and pressures on policy) Evidence-based policy recommendation, critics on budgeting system, public pressures on public spending Open government and transparency – Fight against corruption – Open government partnership – Increase citizen voice – Watchdog on government procurement on goods/services Bureaucracy Reform – Advocacy on policy and implementation for BR (including implementation of law 5/2014 on Civil State Apparatus) – Tracking record for senior executive service candidates (also for legislative)

Examples of Partnership Public Service Delivery – “One stop service” for license (eg. CSO caucus in NTB succeed pressures over establishment of one stop service for license) – Citizen charter – Citizen report card on public service delivery – Community complaint centre MDGs achievement – citizen report card (tools for monitoring on local governments performance to achieve MDGs targets) – Gender literacy on politics – Gender-based budgeting

Lessons Learned CSO close to the subject/grassroots level and independent – With an intensive assistance and facilitation, CSO engagement with local community becomes strong and create trust within community Negative perception on CSOs often occurs, particularly from government Strong participation has not yet fully established due to lack of transparency in government (difficulty in accessing data and information) Many CSOs still struggle to manage competence and capacity due to shifting role from community development to a more engagement in policy advocacy – CSOs have in-depth information but have less capacity to formulate into policy notes Solid coalition for CSO needs to be addressed – Fragmentation among CSOs still existed due to own agenda/priority Innovative approach from community development to advocacy has somehow increase people’s voice and demand a better public service provision from the government >> the Govt has to increase awareness with people’s voice