BISKOM | Jakarta – As a founding member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), Indonesia has reaffirmed its commitment to open governance principles through the launch and dissemination of a White Paper titled “Open Government Partnership as an Instrument to Achieve Asta Cita Development Targets”. This event marks a significant milestone in efforts to strengthen transparency, accountability, public participation, and policy innovation in governance.
Aryanto Nugroho, a White Paper drafting team representative, emphasized that the OGP serves as a strategic tool to promote inclusive and equitable development. “This White Paper provides a concrete guide for central and regional governments to integrate openness principles into every stage of development policy,” he said in Jakarta on Thursday (08/05/2025).
Since joining the OGP in 2011, Indonesia has achieved numerous milestones within the OGP framework. Several international accolades, including the OGP Awards in 2016 and 2021 and first place in the OGP Awards 2023, demonstrate Indonesia’s tangible contributions to strengthening transparent and participatory governance.
The continuously updated National Action Plan (RAN) for Open Government Indonesia (OGI) is the foundation for the government’s commitment to open government values. To date, seven RANs have been issued, with the eighth RAN OGI currently in development. Eight regional governments have joined OGP Local, including West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), West Java, and Yogyakarta Special Region. This regional involvement shows that the spirit of openness is not only a central government agenda but is also being transformed at the regional level.
However, challenges remain. Major obstacles include the lack of binding legal frameworks, suboptimal multi-stakeholder forums, and limited resources. In this context, Aryanto stressed the importance of regulations such as Presidential Decrees and the integration of OGP values into sectoral laws, such as the Draft Law on Information Disclosure and the Draft Law on Public Services.
“Without political support from top leadership and sustained funding, openness will remain merely a slogan,” he asserted. Therefore, mainstreaming OGP values into national and regional budgets (APBN/APBD) and the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) remains a priority.
Maharani Putri S. Wibowo from the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas, who serves as Indonesia’s OGP Point of Contact, explained that the White Paper results from collective reflection among various stakeholders, including civil society organizations. “We aim to build collaborative, open, and solution-oriented governance to address contemporary challenges,” said Maharani.
The Asta Cita themes, which guide national development from 2025 to 2029—such as increasing per capita income, reducing poverty, and lowering carbon emissions—can only be achieved if transparency, inclusion, and innovation are integral to the policymaking process.
With the launch of this White Paper, it is hoped that synergy between the government, society, and the private sector will grow stronger. Establishing inclusive regulations, sustainable participatory forums, and incentive systems for ministries, institutions, and regional governments will be concrete steps to ensure that openness is not just a commitment but also an action.
This launch also serves as an open invitation to the public to engage in the governance process actively. Only through collaboration can sustainable development and a healthy democracy truly be realized.
Source: Biskom