Ridwan Kamil: West Java First Province Permanent ASN Work Form Anywhere

Governor of West Java (Jabar) M Ridwan Kamil. (ANTARA/HO-West Java Regional Government Public Relations)

West Java (Jabar) Governor M Ridwan Kamil said the West Java (West Java) Provincial Government was the first province to make dynamic work concepts or policies permanent or Work From Anywhere (WFA) for its ASN.

"So West Java Province, the first province to make Work From Anywhere or WFA permanent," said Governor Ridwan Kamil at the Sate building, Bandung City, West Java, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, June 19.

Governor Ridwan Kamil said the policy was permanent based on experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Based on the results of the analysis during the pandemic, there are a number of positions that can work without the need to go to the office.

"The results of the study during COVID-19 showed that civil servants who did not meet the community could be completed without having to go to the office," he said.

So that the benefits, said Ridwan Kamil, can reduce stress, reduce costs and budgets that actually do not need to be spent when the work is fulfilled without having to go to the office.

He said not all employees can get WFA, one of which is employees in public services.

"So that people will continue to carry out services as usual, the West Java Provincial Government will carry out the maximum service from the West Java Provincial Government," he said.

Kang Emil gave an example, such as civil servants whose duties are as conceptors, making speeches, or administrative sections that are usually approved online files.

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with physical interaction," he said.

He said the WFA policy applies to all echelons with a record of having good performance. Each employee has a WFA quota of a maximum of four days a week.

"All echelons and only given to outstanding civil servants. If there is a history of lazy civil servants, rarely comes, automatically it is not given that convenience. So civil servants submit it," he said.

Meanwhile, the Governor's Expert Team for Reform, Bureaucratics and Digitization, Juwanda added, employees who want to get WFA can apply with assessment indicators that are routinely reported through the TRK and K-Mob employee assessment applications.

"The system for the Dynamic Working Arrangement uses the existing employment application. There is a Performance Remuneration Allowance (TRK) application and the K-Mob application," said Juwanda.

The implementation of the policy refers to Pergub 102 of 2022 and Perpres 21 of 2023 concerning working days and working hours of government agencies for State Civil Apparatus employees.

He explained that the policy also had an impact on budget efficiency. Even from the results of the trial, WFA can reduce the budget for eating and drinking, official travel, electricity and water bills by 30 percent.

"So efficiency is assessed from yesterday's experience. For example, in some OPDs, we do research on official trips that save 30 percent, eat and drink because there is no need to go anywhere," he said.

"The savings of 30 percent of the budget for eating and drinking are also saving electricity and water bills. Because people are at home, rooms that are not used are more efficient in electricity," he continued.

He hopes that this innovation can have a good impact on budget efficiency without reducing the quality of employee work.