Data openness and integration are essential to ensure that climate action at the regional level can be monitored and linked to national targets. This was the focus of the discussion “Public Openness of the AKSARA Platform and the Potential for Ecological Fiscal Transfer (EFT) Data Sharing to Support National NDC Targets,” organized by PATTIRO together with PWYP Indonesia, with support from Open Government Partnership- European Union on 31 August 2026 in Jakarta.
AKSARA is a platform for planning and monitoring low-carbon and climate-resilient development actions in Indonesia. It provides data on various government actions and helps connect regional achievements with national development targets. During the discussion, data openness and integration were considered crucial to ensuring that regional contributions to climate targets can be monitored more clearly.
The development of AKSARA is also aimed at improving data quality and interconnectivity, including through the use of disaggregated data, the prevention of duplication, and integration with various reporting systems. As a result, the available data serves not only as reporting material but can also be used to assess the performance and contributions of local governments toward national targets.
At the event, Novi from SDEMP-Bappenas explained that efforts to strengthen reporting and monitoring systems through AKSARA have been underway for quite some time. One of the experiences she shared was the effort to encourage Central Java to adopt EFT. EFT is not only relevant to climate change but can also be applied to other issues such as biodiversity. The discussion was also linked to several regulations on the national planning and development system.
FUNDING CHALLENGES AND THE ROLE OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS
Limited regional budgets are one of the challenges in sustaining climate change actions. Strengthening green financing is therefore not only a matter of budget availability, but also of how funding is directed toward programs that support climate targets and can be openly monitored. In this context, AKSARA can serve as a space for transparency to track regional actions and achievements, while civil society engagement is needed to strengthen monitoring and accountability.
Strengthening green financing was considered an important priority that should continue to be pursued. This concerns not only the amount of funding available, but also how that funding can be directed toward programs that support the achievement of climate targets and can be openly monitored. Collaboration between the government, including local governments, and civil society is needed for these efforts to be more effective.
Ahmad Taufik from The Reform Initiatives highlighted the sustainability of EFT implementation in the regions. According to him, some initiatives are still ongoing, while others have been discontinued. Monitoring should therefore look beyond the number of actions carried out to also consider their sustainability and progress. Data documented through platforms such as AKSARA can help the government and stakeholders identify ongoing actions, achievements, and the challenges faced by regions.
Strengthening AKSARA and the potential for EFT data sharing can be a step toward greater transparency and accountability in regional climate action. Integrating data on funding, implementation, and regional achievements will help show not only what has been done, but also its sustainability and contribution to national development targets and the NDC. This requires funding support, multi-stakeholder coordination, and civil society engagement to ensure that data can be used openly and meaningfully.
Strengthening AKSARA and the potential for EFT data sharing is one step that can help meet these needs. However, its success still depends on funding support, multi-stakeholder coordination, and civil society engagement. With more open, integrated, and sustainable data management, the contributions of regional actions to the national climate change agenda are expected to become more visible.