This policy brief explores the involvement of universities in enhancing the capabilities of community health centres (Puskesmas) in Bali to control COVID-19. It highlights the collaborative efforts between students, health workers, and military police personnel in tracing and testing activities.
Indonesia’s regulatory framework on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in disaster management is relatively mature. Several laws and regulations have been enacted related to gender and vulnerable groups within disaster management sector.
Traditionally, disaster management in Indonesia has been understood as emergency response. Between 1967-1980, disaster management agencies served primarily as quick response units providing rapid assistance and emergency response for disaster events.
In 2020, SIAP SIAGA undertook research to better understand the processes of and challenges for government communication and decision-making related to disaster management. The overall finding was there was unclear consensus (in law) on who should be responsible for what: Where does planning need to be coordinated? Where does implementation need to be coordinated? And for both questions, how does this happen and who is involved at all stages of the disaster management cycle: preparedness, response, and recovery.
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected the role of strategic communications is to help organizations, including governments and their multi-stakeholder partners, understand how to effectively deliver their message to key audiences.
In 2020, the SIAP SIAGA program commissioned several studies on the disaster management system in Indonesia with the aim of exploring the coherence of the system, including the conflicts and trade-offs between policies across key sectoral actors, clarity of roles and responsibilities for the implementation of disaster management services (both government and nongovernment actors), and assessing the impact these issues have on coordination for planning, budgeting and the quality of disaster management services (both government and nongovernment actors), and assessing the impact these issues have on coordination for planning, budgeting and the quality of disaster management services.
Kristanto Sinandang - SIAP SIAGA CBDRM Experts - reflects on why the TAGANA system occupies a unique place in Indonesia's management of disasters.
The cluster approach was introduced at global level as a part of humanitarian reform in 2005. In Indonesia, this system was first introduced during the response to Yogyakarta Earthquake in 2006.