TOKYO – Bureaucratic work that has a direct impact on society continues to be encouraged by the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Abdullah Azwar Anas.
This was no exception when he visited the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday (30/11).
In front of the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Japan Heri Akhmadi and his staff, Minister Anas said that bureaucratic reform (BR) now has a double track, namely general BR and thematic BR.
“There are four areas that are the main focus of the thematic BR, namely poverty alleviation, increasing investment, digitizing government administration, and accelerating the president’s actual priorities,” said Anas.
The four thematic BR areas will be supported by government digitalization through the Electronic Based Government System (EBGS), which will also encourage public services to become more effective.
“Thematic bureaucratic reform is supported by government digitalization. The thematic approach to government digitalization includes transformation in three main pillars: digital structure, digital culture, and digital competence,” he added.
According to him, the work of the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo in bringing investment to Indonesia is in accordance with the focus of thematic bureaucratic reform (BR).
Meanwhile, Ambassador Heri welcomed Minister Anas’ arrival. He hopes that the direction from the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform can spur the performance of ASN at the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo.
“Human resource management, especially ASN, is very important to increase our nation’s competitiveness. We hope that the presence of the minister can have an impact on us, especially boosting our performance,” said Heri.
Apart from that, to ensure public services are available to the community, Minister Anas also checked services at the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo.
During the visit, Minister Anas expressed his praise to the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo for the various service innovations carried out.
“I appreciate the performance and commitment of the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo staff who have worked hard in providing excellent service for Indonesian citizens, maintaining good relations between countries, promoting culture and trade, thereby strengthening ties between Indonesia and Japan,” said Anas.
The Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo is known to have several innovations, namely first, the Jaipong Dashboard (Japan-Indonesia Partnership Lounge) which is an economic diplomacy innovation.
Second, the Bootcamp for Indonesian and Japanese Technopreneurs (BIJTe) which was held to encourage collaboration between Indonesian and Japanese digital talents.
Another innovation is the e-KTP Biometric Record Service. There is also Service Information Dissemination Via Indonesia Friendship Day, which is a trade, tourism and investment promotion activity, as well as integrated public services at the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo which is held in 11 cities, namely in Sapporo, Osaka, Sendai, Kumamoto, Kesennuma, Mito, Yokohama, Fukuoka, Shizuoka, Toyota, and Okinawa.
Still on the same occasion, the former Head of LKPP explained that the bureaucratic paradigm must be changed from the government managing the community to the government working with the community.
“It’s time to change the development paradigm. Now it must be data-based, government programs are designed and implemented based on the needs of citizens or citizen centric, and open to criticism and input,” he explained.
During this visit, Minister Anas was accompanied by Secretary of the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Rini Widyantini and Expert Staff for State Administration Herman.
