Jakarta – The Legislative Monitoring Committee (Kopel) Jabodetabek Representative, in collaboration with Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia, held a workshop titled “Workshop on Drafting Guidelines for Public Participation in Developing Energy Transition Policies” supported by the European Union Open Government Partnership (EU OGP). The event took place at the Office of the Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN)/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Jl. Taman Suropati, Central Jakarta, on 16 April 2026. This event is
This activity is part of the civil society organizations’ commitment under the Open Government Indonesia (OGI) Action Plan 2025–2027, specifically regarding green financing and a just energy transition. This commitment aims to produce guidelines for public participation in just energy transition policies.
It is hoped that this workshop will serve as a consolidation effort to develop a document explaining the importance of drafting guidelines or technical instructions for implementing public participation in energy transition policymaking. The workshop consisted of a series of panel discussions on the theme “Public Participation in the Planning and Implementation of Policies,” followed by sharpening and drafting of follow-up action plans.
The panel discussion featured speakers, including Yunus Saefulhak, Head of the Bureau for Facilitation of Energy Policy and Sessions of the National Energy Council. In his presentation, Yunus explained the process of drafting Government Regulation (PP) No. 40 of 2025 concerning the National Energy Policy (KEN).
Yunus stated that this regulation was formulated in a participatory manner, involving community groups related to energy policy and business actors in the energy sector. The regulation serves as the national energy policy, implemented at the regional level through the National Energy General Plan (RUEN) and the Regional Energy General Plans (RUED).
Previously, the National Energy Policy was governed by Government Regulation No. 79 of 2014. It has now been replaced by Government Regulation No. 40 of 2025. This change in the National Energy Policy automatically requires revisions to the RUEN to align with the latest substance of the KEN.
“Therefore, the RUEN is currently being revised,” Yunus said.
Another speaker, Sardi Winata, program manager of energy at Penabulu Foundation, presented the perspective of Indonesian civil society on achieving a just and sustainable energy transition.
According to Sardi, public access to information on government energy policies remains very limited. This results in low public knowledge, which directly contributes to low levels of public participation in policymaking and oversight of energy policies.
On the other hand, the implementation of energy policies also shows very minimal involvement of indigenous communities and vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities, as well as communities directly affected by energy sector development. These points are based on findings from the implementation of Penabulu’s energy programs.
In the environmental context, energy projects have led to land conversion, deforestation, and environmental pollution—particularly water pollution. It is therefore crucial to involve the public in both the policymaking process and its on-the-ground implementation, including in driving the energy transition.
“Meaningful involvement of civil society and affected communities is the key to realizing a just and sustainable energy transition, as part of building energy democracy,” he said.
Meanwhile, Firman Mannaga, a member of the Kopel Indonesia Board of Trustees, explained how to build a participatory ecosystem for implementing the National Energy General Plan (RUEN) and Regional Energy General Plans (RUED).
In his view, the implementation of RUEN policies across ministries and institutions is still carried out independently, resulting in programs and activities lacking synchronization in achieving targets. The same issue occurs at the regional level, where relevant agencies implement RUED separately.
Another challenge is that RUED is difficult to translate into concrete local government programs and activities. “Local government organizations (OPD) have a limited understanding of preparing work plans and activities related to RUED targets,” he said.
To build an effective implementation ecosystem, it is important to encourage the involvement of all stakeholders from the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation stages. Inter-ministerial/institutional programs must be measurable and aligned in achieving RUEN targets.
At the provincial level, OPD activities must also be measurable and interconnected to achieve RUED targets. “Furthermore, collaboration with the private sector and public participation at every stage of implementation is needed to meet RUEN and RUED targets. Data and information must be accessible to all parties,” he emphasized.
Author: Ariyansah NK
Reviewer/Editor: Meliana Lumbantoruan