BNPP Names Four Strategies To Develop Border Areas

Restuardy David

JAKARTA - Secretary of the National Border Management Agency (BNPP) Restuardy Daud mentioned four strategies for developing border areas as an effort to catch up with community backwardness, poverty in isolated areas, and inequality between countries. and safeguarding national borders. The second strategy is to create centers of economic growth in sub-districts in underdeveloped and isolated areas. Third, to provide infrastructure for livable settlements, clean water, electricity, and places for business activities that are in accordance with the resources. including means of transportation.

Fourth, he continued, empowering communities to tackle poverty, and finally increasing human resources in border areas. Restuardy conveyed the four strategies during an education and training management strategy for implementing development for sub-district heads for border areas between countries. Meanwhile, Head of BPSDM Ministry of Home Affairs, Teguh Setyabudi explained that the training was aimed at increasing knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the civil service sector for sub-district heads in border areas. That way, he said, they were able to carry out their roles as leaders, government coordinators, and community mediators to support the optimization of local government administration, in particular. in the border areas between countries. The training was attended by 41 sub-district heads in the border areas of Indonesia. Participants came from seven provinces, namely Riau, Riau Islands, West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).