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Second, the Norwegian wave power plant on Baron Beach. In 1994, the
Indonesia and Norwegian governments signed a loan contract for
developing a wave power plant on Baron Beach, Yogyakarta. The
implementer of the project was a Norwegian company, called Indonor.
The government of Indonesia borrowed money from Norwegian
government to pay the Norwegian company to implement the project.
The implementing agency from Indonesian side was the Agency for the
Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT). The BPPT paid the
total amount to Indonor but, in fact, there was no project at all
implemented in the field. Up to now there has been no indication of any
activity on the development of a wave power plant on Baron Beach,
although the project has been counted as completed. Today, the
Indonesian government is paying the debt, with interest, to Norway, for
a project that never existed.
There are many other cases that indicate fraud and the involvement of
a “mafia” in the area of foreign debt, both from the Indonesian side and
the creditor agencies side. As a result, the poor of Indonesia have to
sacrifice opportunities to climb out of poverty, misery and destitution,
since the government budgets that are expected to support their efforts
to be free from poverty are used to repay the foreign debts that have no
relation at all with the national development agenda. These cases show
that there are foreign loans that are made not to support development
programs, but to fulfill the business interests of the “mafias”, both from
creditors’ side and the Indonesian government side. The actors from the
creditors’ side do not care whether the debts violate the rights of the
people in the debtor countries; they care only about the job security of
the agency’s staff and the profits for the “mafias”. If the governments do
not cancel these debts, it will mean that the governments too are
protecting the “mafias”.
INDONESIA UP DATE
MDGs ACHIEVEMENT
Maternal health targets hard to accomplish
The Jakarta Post, 04/14/2010 - To achieve improved maternal health, in pursuit of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) involves overcoming several hurdles, with the maternal mortality rate still at
2.28 per 1,000 live births. The National Development Planning Agency aims at 1.02 per 1,000 by 2015. Nina
Sardjunani, National Development Planning Agency deputy minister for human resources and cultural
affairs, said that this fifth objective as part of the MDG cluster of social objectives could not be achieved by
2015. “The target to reduce maternal mortality rates by three-quarters between 1990 and 2015 is off track,”
she said on Monday during a public discussion on MDGs in Jakarta. The high maternal mortality rate in
Indonesia is caused by several factors, including the fact that delivery is not always handled by professional
health workers and gender inequality. Other factors cited as causing the high maternal mortality are lack of
transportation, lack of easy access to proper facilities, giving birth too often or at too young an age, and the
patriarchal attitudes entrenched in the culture.
Corruption Crushes Indonesia's NTT - Out of 105 corruption cases, only 18 of them were
brought to court.
Viva News, 05/10/2010 - The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) urged the Anti-graft Commission (KPK)
and the Law Mafia Eradication Task Force to probe into an alleged corruption case in East Nusa Tenggara
(NTT). “[Corruption] is the one that has destroyed NTT,” ICW Coordinator Danang Widoyoko said in Jakarta
on Sunday, May 9. The International Director for NGO Forum on Indonesian Development Don K Marut said
out of 105 corruption cases, only 18 of them were brought to court. “KPK and the Law Mafia Eradication Task
Force haven’t stepped into NTT. Hopefully it would be able to get to officials in Jakarta,” he said. Meanwhile,
Widoyoko assumed it is the corruption allegation that puts NTT in the 31st position in the list of 33 provinces
with the highest level of prosperity. Marut said there were three parties responsible for the downfall, which
are the bureaucracy, the authorities and the contractors. The bureaucracy and the authorities were said to be
having worked together with the contractors for personal gain. “Regional projects were later hampered
because all they could think about is themselves,” he said. According to him, one of the indications is the high
infant mortality rate in the province. “If Indonesia wants to lower the rate, they should start from NTT”. The
mortality rate in NTT has reached 31 for every a thousand deliveries. The number is higher than the national
average rate of 27 for every a thousand births. The data obtained by the Indonesian Budget Center (IBC)
shows the Provincial Budget of NTT was not used for goods and public services-related activities. “Fifty-nine
percent of the budget was spent on things that are irrelevant to goods and public services program,” IBC
Director Roy Salam said.
DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Primair Online, 17/04/2010. 23 NGOs that gather together as Komite Pembubaran Satpol PP strive for
dispersing Satpol PP because of violence during condemning poor-people. Riot between Satpol PP and
Koja (Tanjung Priok) people several days ago become the main case that used for reference. “During their
action, Satpol PP is prefer to serve investors that build commercial infrastructure, so that they have to
condemn people and public infrastructure,” said Agi Fariaksa, Komite Pembubaran Satpol PP spokesman
from LBH in press conference in Kontras Office, Jakarta, Saturday (17/04). Komite Pembubaran Satpol
consists of ANBTI, ARMP, Arus Pelangi, Bingkai Merah, Hammurabi, IKOHI Jabodetabek,
INFID, JCSC, JRMK, Kasum, KM Raya, Kontras, KPI, KSMT, LBH Apik, LBH Jakarta, PRP
Jakarta, Sebaja, Sebumi, Senja, SRMI, and UPCI.
INFID ACTIVITIES
As a part of global consultation, Indonesia held consultation in Yogyakarta in 3-5 May 2010 by INFID,
INDIES, AGRA, and YAKKUM. Consultation was attended by many organizations from various sectors, such
as transparency, gender, health, and also populist organization like farmers and doctor. The main objective of
this event is to formulate development effectiveness principles based on CSO’s perspective. In 3 and 4 May
2010, participants have identified principles and values that become base for CSO activities. The agenda of
the third day is multistakeholder dialog between CSOs, government representatives, and some donor
agencies. The main goal of dialog is to make an open communication space about development
effectiveness, especially in Indonesia.
INFID stands for the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development and was established in June 1985.
INFID is an open and pluralistic network of NGOs from Indonesian and various member countries of the Consultative Group for
Indonesian (CGI) as well as of International organization with an interest in and commitment to Indonesia