Vice President: The Role Of The BKKBN In Building Resilience For Indonesian Families Must Be Revealed

Wapre's Ma'ruf Amin (Photo: IST)

JAKARTA - The family is the smallest unit of society that plays a large role in the development of Indonesian people and nation. For more than 50 years, the government has entrusted the development of family resilience to the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN).

Even in the midst of modernization and changes in the current generation, the role of the BKKBN still needs to be echoed again.

"The role of the BKKBN as a central actor in building the resilience of Indonesian families as a whole must be echoed again," said Vice President Ma'ruf Amin when opening a virtual BKKBN 2022 National Working Meeting, from the Vice President's Official Residence, Jalan Diponegoro Number 2 Jakarta, Tuesday, February 22. .

Furthermore, the Vice President underlined three points that need to be paid attention to by the BKKBN in strengthening the family development program, population, and family planning (the Proud Kencana Program) as well as reducing stunting rates.

According to the Vice President, the first is to instill early understanding of the importance of the role of the family in preparing superior Indonesian people. The Proud Kencana program is expected to be intensified to reach the younger generation to remote areas.

"Early understanding of the importance of building family resilience can be a provision that will determine the quality of Indonesian families in the future," said the Vice President.

Second, continued the Vice President, the aspect of accountability in resource management must always be maintained. This is because stunting management involves many parties and various sources of funding.

"This trust must also be maintained so that the partnership remains lasting," he said.

Third, the Vice President emphasized the convergence between programs. Programs, activities, and budgets are expected to complement each other so that government intervention is truly accepted by target households.

“This convergence is easy to say, but not easy to realise. It requires commitment, hard work, and the willingness of the parties to put aside their interests in order to achieve a common goal," said the Vice President.

Closing his remarks, the Vice President hoped that the BKKBN could carry out its strategic role to create an Indonesian family that is physically and mentally prosperous and harmonious in social life with the support of various parties, both government and non-government.

"I have very high hopes for the BKKBN with its grassroots strength to be able to realize the noble goal of making the Proud Kencana Program a success and accelerating stunting reduction," he concluded. Previously, the Head of the BKKBN Hasto Wardoyo said that the BKKBN would continue to strive to support the government's steps in advancing the nation through programs that have been prepared which are expected to be able to improve people's welfare, especially in reducing stunting rates.

"We hope to support the government's target, especially in accelerating stunting reduction. We will continue to coordinate with relevant ministries/agencies to support the convergence of stunting reduction programs and assist teams to accelerate stunting reduction," said Hasto.

Also attending virtually the event were Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Bintang Puspayoga, Director General of Bangda at the Ministry of Home Affairs Sugeng Haryono, Director General of Rural Development of the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Sugito, as well as line ministries and representatives institution.

Meanwhile, the Vice President was accompanied by the Head of the Secretariat of the Vice President Ahmad Erani Yustika, Deputy for Human Development Policy Support and Development Equity Suprayoga Hadi, and Special Staff for the Vice President Masduki Baidlowi.