An Oversight as One of DPD RI’s Functions and Government Accountability to the Society at Large

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An Oversight as One of DPD RIs Functions

and Government Accountability to theSociety at Large

Presented by

HAMDHANI

Member of The House of Regional Representatives of The Republic of IndonesiaFor Central Kalimantan

Seminar Accountability and Parliamentary OversightHelsinki, Finland, 10 13 November 2008


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PREFACE

Honorable Delegates

Distinguished participants,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It gives me a great pleasure to express our thanks and appreciate to the

Host of this Seminar Accountability and Parliamentary Oversight, the

Parliament of Finland and sponsored by World Bank Institute for the kind

invitation and the honor extended to the present this paper on An Oversight as

One of DPD RIs Functions and Government Accountability to the Society at

Large.

The members of DPD RI are independent figures who are well known to

the public in their respective provinces.

DPD RI is constantly communicating with the public in the regions and

local governments, and consults with experts to formulate improvements in

Governments policy and to ensure their implementations.

Political party officials are forbidden to be the candidates to DPD RI

selection, therefore the DPD RI members are all independent.

In order to the above mentioned facts, the DPD RI among others to do

their duties to oversee the implementation of all laws, including the laws to the

National Budget and Local Budget, adopted by parliament which carried out by

the government (both central and local).

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WHAT CAN DPD RI DO ?

Plan to allocate sufficient budget for the welfare of the people, either in

the central and regional government;

Empower women to make welfare decision for themselves and their first

than others;

Monitor the implementation of all laws in the central and their

constituents, including their budget carried out by respective government(central and local government);

This is priority to the laws that supports women and children to their own

families planning properly done, and;

If applicable ratifying the Official Development Assistance (ODA) that

done between National Government/Local Government, and Foreign

Donators to accelerate the eliminating the poverty.

WHAT CAN GOVERNMENT (CENTRAL AND LOCALS) DO?

Establish a National Plan (work plan) to utilize the fund from the National

Budget as well as the regions for each provinces;

Invest if applicable from ODA or other resources and complimenting with

National Budget for balance, and;

Focus on priority of need such as for mother and children, poverty

eradication, education, economic development, security, environment,impact to climate change matters.

WHAT CAN CIVIL SOCIETY DO?

Take an opportunity to actively approach reciprocally with DPR RI directly

or via Clearing House (Public Aspiration) in each region;

Promote political commitment and accountability to government;

Advocate for short/long term, predictable donor funding;


Call to Action in

Term of Oversight


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Demand that National Government increase budget for the peoples

welfare, and;

Support their effort to provide service equitability.

WHAT CAN DONORS DO?

Ensure adequate, predictable, long term aid flows;

Focus ODA on the higher burden regions, particularly for accelerating the

implementation of MDGs;

Coordinate donor efforts to boost the impact of aid delivered, guided by

country priorities, and;

Invest in better data collection and implementation of research in funding.



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Achievement has been made due to the outcome of oversight as follows:

Bill on Special of Yogyakarta Region had been passed by parliament

Constructive, transparent and accountable financial relation between the central

and regions had been realized. Therefore the horizontal and vertical gap of the

government budget have been minimized and the levying of regional tax have

been efficiently applied

Law number 34 of 2000 on Regional Taxation and Levies had be realized is aim

to Regional Original Revenue (ROR) is the indicator of regions progress,

increased gradually and therefore such an economic program pave the way

contributes to the government effort to build the region

Various development programs that proceed well funded by the Regional Budget

such as school building with its library and laboratory facilities, including the 7

(seven) points priorities

The regional government through their leaders respectively are playing an

extremely vital role in answering the challenge of global energy and food crisis

and as well as climate change of environment. They improve their policies to

transforming challenges into concrete opportunities for the peoples enhanced

well being

Among 199 less-developed regencies consists of 179 non-border border

regencies and 20 border regencies. Currently there are 28 less-developed

regencies liberated from the less-developed status followed by the end of this

year another 30 regencies. Hopefully, the rest of condition will be improved for

following years to be up-graded free from less-developed position

Budget for 2009 will be reformed following the Special Autonomy Fund for Aceh,

Papua and West Papua. Therefore the General Allocation Fund is planned to be

26% of the net domestic income, and which already takes into account the

subsidies for fuel oil, electricity and fertilizer, as a manifestation of sharing the

pain between the Government and Region

Since 1 June 2005 until 20 August 2008, Indonesia had held 414 Regional Head

Elections, whether it be the election of a Governor of Regent/Mayors

Coincide with the result have been reflected as the oversight done by the DPD

RI, the Government has implemented MDGs as follows:

Availability of the poor budget policy due to Eradicate poverty and hunger 20%of National Budget for Education was realized;



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Women participation in politic his expected to be 30% (in DPD RI at next

General Election 2009)

Some of public Health Services in each regency had been developed in order to

reduce charge mortality and improve maternal health

Specified program to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other disease was also

realize

Readiness on environmental sustainability and promote green reconstruction

based on:

- Sustainable development (socially acceptable, economically viable and

environmentally sound)

- Effective management of the natural resource

- Effective participation of local communities and

- Strengthened and decentralized natural resource governance



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PARLIAMENT OF FINLAND

DRAFT November 4, 2008

Accountability and ParliamentaryOversight

Helsinki, Finland, November 10 - 13, 2008

Conference venue:

PARLIAMENT OF FINLAND

ANNEX

Address: Arkadiankatu 3, Helsinki

Monday, November 10

Arrival of participants

18.00 20.00OPENING RECEPTION at the hotel



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Scandic Simonkentt Hotel

Simonkatu 9, Helsinki

Pavilion Room, 8th floor

The hotel is located a few blocks from the Parliament Annexwhere the conference continues from Tuesday, November 11 until

Thursday, November 13.

Tuesday, November 11

8.45 Departure on foot from the hotel for the Parliament Annex

9.15 10.00 INTRODUCTIONS AND REVIEW OF COURSE

Mr. Guy LINDSTRM, Deputy Director, International Department of

the Parliament of Finland

Mr. Rick STAPENHURST, Senior Public Sector ManagementSpecialist,

The World Bank Institute

Introduction of participants

10.00 10.15 Refreshment break

10.15 11.45LEGISLATIVE STRENGTHENING, ACCOUNTABILITY AND

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Mr. Toby MENDEL, Law Programme Director, Article 19

12.00 13.30 Lunch



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Host: Mr. Jarmo VUORINEN, Deputy Secretary General, Parliamentof Finland

Speaker's private dining room

14.00 15.45 LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS AND TOOLS

Mr. Peter LONEY, Adjunct Professor and Executive Director, PublicSector Governance and Accountability Research Centre, La TrobeUniversity, Australia

Dr. Laode IDA, Deputy Speaker, House of RegionalRepresentatives, Indonesia

Representative of Pakistan


16.00 17.45 COMMITTEES

Mr. Samuel SALLAS-MENSAH, Chair, Public Accounts Committee,Ghana

Mr. John CHEYO, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, Tanzania

Senator Ahmad LAWAN, Chair, Public Accounts Committee,Senate, Nigeria

19.15 Departure from the hotel by bus

19.30 Dinner

Restaurant Aino

Pohjoisesplanadi 21



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Wednesday, November 12

9.00 10.30 BRIEFING AND QUESTIONS & ANSWERS BY

Mr. Matti AHDE, Chair, Audit Committee, Parliament of Finland

Mr. Jyrki KASVI, Vice Chair, Committee for the Future, Parliamentof Finland


11.00 12.30 EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS

Ombudsmen and Auditors General

Representative of Pakistan

Representative of Sri Lanka

Mrs. Kuku DORBOR, Co-Chair, Public Accounts Committee, Liberia

12.30 13.45 Lunch

13.45 15.30 BRIEFING AND QUESTIONS & ANSWERS BY

Mr. Petri JSKELINEN, Deputy Ombudsman, Office of theParliamentary Ombudsman of Finland

Mr. Marko MNNIKK, Head of Executive Management Support,on behalf of the Auditor General of the National Audit Office ofFinland


16.00 17.45 SPECIAL COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

Mr. Usman Adamu Mohammed, Chair, Public Accounts

Committee, House of Representatives, Nigeria



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Mr. Songkarn CHITSUTHIPAKORN, MP, Secretary to Committee ofBudget Oversight, Thailand

Mr. K. K. MENSAH, Vice Chair, Public Accounts Committee, Ghana

19.10 Departure from the hotel by bus

19.30 Dinner

Host: Mr. Matti AHDE, Chair of the Audit Committee

Restaurant Sipuli

Kanavaranta 7

Thursday, November 13

9.00 11.00 Tour of Helsinki

Departure from the hotel by bus

11.00 12.30 PLENARY DEBATES OVERSEEING THE LEGISLATURE?

Representative of Sri Lanka

Mr. HAMDHANI, Vice Chair, International Cooperation Committee,House of Regional Representatives, Indonesia

Mr. Zubeir MAULID, MP, Tanzania

12.30 13.30 Lunch

13.30 15.00 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PACs



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15.00 16.00Tour of the Parliament of Finland

Refreshments

16.00 OBSERVE QUESTION HOUR

17.00 WRAP UP AND EVALUATION

17.30 Wine and snacks

Parliament Annex, Atrium



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Mr. Usman Adamu Mohammed, MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, House ofRepresentatives

Mr. Patrick Giwa, Secretary/Clerk, Public Accounts Committee, House ofRepresentatives

Pakistan

Mr. Sardar Bahadur Ahmed Khan Sihar, MP

Mr. Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan, MP

Mr. Jangu Khan, Joint Secretary, Public Accounts Committee

Mr. Sharafat Ali, Section Officer, Public Accounts Committee

Sri Lanka

Mr. Wajira Abeywardena, MP

Mrs. Nirupama Rajapaksa, MP

Mr. Nandasiri Peiris, Assistant Director, Committee on Public Enterprises

Tanzania

Mr. John Cheyo, MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee

Mr. Zubeir Maulid, MP

Mr. Michael Chikokoto, Clerk Assistant

Thailand

Mr. Songkarn Chitsuthipakorn, MP, Secretary to Committee of Budget Oversight

Dr. Chaiwat Khamchoo, Director, College of Politics and Governance, KingPrajadhipok's Institute

Observers

NN, MP, Iceland

NN, Parliamentary Staff, Iceland



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NN, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland

Speakers and experts

Mr. Peter Loney, Adjunct Professor and Executive Director, Public SectorGovernance and

Accountability Research Centre, La Trobe University, Australia

Mr. Adams Fusheini, Information Resource Coordinator, the Parliamentary Centre Africa, Ghana

Mr. Toby Mendel, Law Programme Director, Article 19

World Bank Institute

Mr. Rick Stapenhurst, Senior Public Sector Mgmt Specialist, ParliamentaryStrengthening Program

Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland

Ministry of Finance, Finland

Parliament of Finland

Mr. Guy Lindstrm, Deputy Director, International Department

Ms. Maarit Immonen, Assistant for International Affairs, International Department

Ms. Arja Jokilaakso, Assistant for International Affairs, International Department

Ms. Tiina Virtanen, Information Officer, Information Department

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