Government Still Finalizes Incentives For ASN Who Move To IKN
JAKARTA - The government is still finalizing plans for state civil servants (ASN) to move to the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) in East Kalimantan, including simulations of transfers and the number of incentives for moving ASN.Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) Abdullah Azwar Anas explained that the ASN transfer simulations had been prepared for March, July, and August 2024."“We will adjust those who move, including incentives for those who will move to IKN, including the families of children who will live there. This also includes the expensive index and (ongkos) move to IKN,” Anas said when met at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Antara, Monday, November 20.The consideration of providing incentives for ASN who will be transferred to IKN, was even carried out directly by President Joko Widodo, including for the cost of education for children from kindergarten to high school, both national and international standards." “ Thus, ASN who live there children can go to school there, so (ASN) does not need to return to Jakarta every Saturday-Sunday,” said Anas.He admitted that there was indeed a difference in the cost of living at IKN when compared to Jakarta, although it did not mention the amount or estimate.“ But I think (at IKN) it's very fun because the office environment is okay, gets incentives, and later the SPBE system can be done directly there especially when we are cleaning up the ASN&mdash smart system; so that performance assessments don't need many single applications and platforms to be completed. So the work system is much more efficient in IKN,” he said, claiming/claimed.Anas said the number of ASNs who will move to IKN is around 1,200 people to 3,200 people in the first stage, depending on the completion of the construction of government buildings there.
Based on the government's assessment, according to him, in almost every ministry there are officials who have to move, whose readiness has been discussed with each ministry and institution. “ The point is that once the place is ready, we prepare (the move), ” said Anas.