Minister Suharso Monoarfa: Refer The New Papua Special Autonomy Fund Scheme

JAKARTA - Minister of National Development Planning Suharso Monoarfa attended the Special Committee meeting for the Bill on the Second Amendment to Law No. 21/2001 on Special Autonomy for Papua Province, at the DPR RI Building, Thursday, May 27. During the meeting he outlined the new scheme of the Special Autonomy Fund (special autonomy) for Papua.

Matters discussed at the meeting included the policy direction of the Special Autonomy Fund, the new scheme for the management of Otsus Papua, and the role of Bappenas in the management of Otsus in the future. The policy direction for the special autonomy fund for Papua and West Papua in 2022 consists of 4 objectives. This is the written statement submitted to VOI editorial, on Thursday, May 27.

First, increasing the use of the Papua Special Autonomy Fund to increase HDI, increasing the competence of indigenous Papuans in all fields of development, reducing poverty, increasing economic growth, growing new economic centers in 7 customary areas, reducing expensive costs, maintaining a sustainable living environment, building life. social inclusion, safety and peace as well as increasing connectivity between regions through the Additional Infrastructure Fund, the amount of which is agreed upon between the DPR-RI on the government's recommendation.

Second, strengthen coordination, cooperation and partnerships between the Provincial Government and district and city governments, Ministries or Institutions, and the community in the distribution, reporting, monitoring, control, and evaluation of the use of funds and the performance achievements of the Special Autonomy Fund.

Then the third, pay attention to the needs and development priorities of each district / city in Papua in stages until the sustainable Papuan Transformation is achieved in 2030.

And fourth, the focus of development is aimed at improving the welfare of Indigenous Papuans (OAP) through economic transformation based on upstream to downstream customary areas, increasing superior, innovative, Papuan character and contextual human resources, improving basic and economic infrastructure, improving governance and security with uphold respect for human rights, improvement of environmental quality and disaster resilience.

In a discussion of the new scheme for the management of Papua's special autonomy. It is known, the special autonomy fund was initially 2% of the total national DAU ceiling each year, to 2.25% annually. Meanwhile, the 1% management scheme for Block Grant is a utilization scenario based on Special Regional Regulations (Perdasus) in Papua and West Papua and to sectors / fields that are specific to Papua, including support from the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) for social contact materials.

The remaining 1.25% is for special schemes (performance dance), namely for utilization scenarios based on the Grand Design for the Acceleration of Development in Papua and West Papua which is holistic, measurable performance indicators and controls and is collaborative with other funding sources.

Improved governance of the Papua Special Autonomy Fund

The role of Bappenas in managing the Papua Special Autonomy Fund in the future was also discussed. Improvements in the governance of the Papua Special Autonomy Fund are carried out by the Ministry of PPN / Bappenas together with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Finance through the preparation of the Grand Design for the Management of the Papua Special Autonomy Fund, with components:

1. Evaluating the use of Otsus funds

2. The sharpening of the strategy and implementation of the development of the Papua region in the areas of human resources, economy, infrastructure, governance and institutions in line with the policies of the RPJMN, RKP, and Presidential Instruction No. 9/2020

3. Reformulation of the budget and allocations for the use of Papua's Special Autonomy funds

4. Monitoring mechanisms and performance-based analysis in the use of Papua's Special Autonomy funds.

Preparation of the RPP for the management of the Special Autonomy Fund that involves Bappenas, with the aim of aligning the points of the RPP regulation on the management of the Special Autonomy Fund with the substance of the Papua Development Grand Design. This was stated by Suharso Monoarfa as Minister of National Development Planning and Chairman of Bappenas.