In the effort to
support MDGs attainments in Indonesia in the past 2015 agenda, the BKSAP of
house had formed an MDGs Working Committee consisting of trans-fractional house
members and trans commissional members under BKSAP with the objective to
enhance awareness of House members on MDGs issues and how to attain them. The
Committee also played the role of parliamentary diplomatic linkage to support
the Government in attaining MDGs goals. This was disclosed by the Public
Relations Dept. of House on Monday (29/6).
The Committee actively monitored and
gave input and recommendations and make sure that the budgeting policy and
legislation was supportive to the pursuit of MDGs in Indonesia. Focus Group
discussion was held on May 27 2015 at the BKSAPO meeting room, at Parliament Hall.
Present as speaker was Nina Sardjunadi of BAPPENAS and special envoy of MDGs
and Torrefy Soetikno of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On that occasion Nina Sardjunadi
disclosed that of 63 indicators targeted by MDGs, 13 indicators were attained
for 2015. However 14 other indicators needed hard world to pursue target of
2015. Other indicators which were still un attained was to lessen death toll of
mothers and infants, cases of HIV/AIDSW and import to GDP ratio.
The Ministry of foreign Affairs
represented by Toffery Soetikno explained some points to be done by Parliament
for MDGS i.e. to enhance implementation of global development agenda,
monitoring of all execution process, to foster synergy of national and regional
development agenda, to voice global development agenda at international forum
and to mobilize domestic resources.
In FGD, chairman of BKSAP Dr.
Nurhayati Ali Assegaf asked the two institutions to coordinate and involve the
Parliament. However to learn a lesson from past experience it was important to publicize
MDGs target and the indicators, considering there were still many regions who
were not aware what MDGs was all about.
Chairman of BKSAP of House also
reminded BAPPENAS and the Ministry of foreign Affairs to respond to the agenda
of Sustainable Development Goals whereby to keep up with national development
priority and to change the name of Global Development Agenda to be better
understood by the public.
Agenda of the Working Committee
which was executed was to appoint Chairman of the Committee and to discus
future agenda. It was decided at the meeting that Chairman, Vice Chairman and
Secretary of the Committee would be form the Demokrat Party fraction, the PDI-P
and the Golkar Party.
As final outcome of the MDGs
committee meeting, a recommendation would be set up a further steps to be taken
by the Government to meet unattained goals. Among the programs set was
Technical Visit scheduled for September 2015.
Besides the MDGs would also scheme
up a workplan i.e. to make a 7-minute Documentary film of the activities
entitled “The role of Parliamentarians in Accelerating the Achievement of MDGs
goals” There would also be a guidebook on Sustainable Development Goals and
other information materials. The MDGS were the focal point in MFD’s affairs in
the respective electoral areas. (SS)
Business News - July 3, 2015
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