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AprilandMaywerebusymonthsfor GovernmentofIndonesiaand Indonesiancivilsociety.Many importantoccasionshappened, celebrated,andcriticized.2011is theyearofIndonesianchairmanship onASEAN.18thASEANSummithas beenheldonMay78,2011and producedcommitmentsamong thosetenmembers.Beside,ASEAN civilsocietyalsoheldASEANPeople Forum/ASEANCivilSociety ConferenceonMay35,2011. Indonesiancivilsocietygivesagreat reactionforthischairmanshipon ASEANandtakesitasamomentum. Forexample,IndonesianPeoples ActiononASEAN,acoalitionconsists ofmassorganizationsandnon governmentalorganizations, demandstostoplandgrabbingand decentwageandemploymentfor thepeoples. AfterASEANSummit,Indonesia announced20112025Indonesia EconomicDevelopmentExpansion andAccelerationMasterPlan.Aplan fromGovernmentofIndonesiato accelerateeconomicdevelopment acrossthecountrysustainablyand equallythroughsynergybuilding involvingallcomponentsinthe centralandregionalgovernments. But,wehopethegovernmentwill notforgetaboutprogramsand approachestoachieveMDGs.The commitmentsforachievingMDGs havebeendeclaredtenyearsago, butingeneraltheprogressisslow evenregress.MDGsachievementfor alltargetsin2015inIndonesiais reallyhardtobeachievedand accomplishedintime.Many conditions,suchaspoverty, malnutrition,maternalhealth, womenempowerment,andwater andsanitation,havenosignificant progressfortheachievement.
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ThereactionofIndonesiancivil societytoASEANwillbethe headlinenewsinthisSNOAprilMay edition.Moreover,thereare EconomicandSocialDataMonthly ReporttakenfromCentralBureauof StatisticsIndonesia,newsabout MDGsachievementinIndonesiaand manyothernewsrelatedtosituation inIndonesia. Haveanicereading!
Free trade agreement on ASEAN, like ACFTA, ASEAN plus 3, and many forms of FTA between ASEAN members or between ASEAN and developed countries, has brought negative impacts for people on ASEAN itself. Oneofthemostvisiblething,basedonRudyHBDaman, Coordinatorof FrontPerjuanganRakyat(FPR),islabor wage grabbing, labor union dispersion, peasants land grabbing for big plantation, export of low wage labor, andclosingdownofsmallmediumenterprises. Beside, based on Rudy HB Daman, remembering that free trade has destroyed peoples life in every sectors, thenASEANlegitimacyshouldbequestioned. ASEAN controls many agreements, from politic, security, economy, social, and culture, but only its commercial aspects that becomes the priority. But, thereisnoagendaaboutprotectionofpeoplewholive in ASEAN society. Actually this is the most important, Rudy said, who also Chief of Gabungan Serikat Buruh Independen(GSBI). RudyalsosaidthatinthenextcommemorationofLabor Day International. Front Perjuangan Rakyat (FPR) will take action on ASEAN. Besides, Indonesian Peoples ActiononASEANwillholdactionrallyonMay8,2011, coincidewith18thASEANSummit.
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Inflation Deflation in April 2011 is 0.31 percent and inflation on 2011 calendar is 0.39 percent. Meanwhile,inflationinMarch2011towardsMarch2010(yony)is6.16percent. GDPGrowth GDPonfirstquarterin2011growths6.5percentcomparedwithGDPonfirstquarterin2010 (yony). GDP on first quarter in 2011 growths 1.5 percent compared with GDP on fourth quarterin2010(qtoq). ExportRate Export rate in March 2011 is US$ 16.29 billion, increasing 13.03 percent compared with exportinFebruary2011,andincreasing27.53percentcomparedwithexportinMarch2010. TheaverageofnonoilandgasexportrateinMarch2011isUS$13.32billion,consistsofUS$ 0.49billionagricultureproduct,US$10.15billionindustryproduct,andUS$2.69billionfor miningandother. ImportRate Import rate in March 2011 is US$ 14.48 billion, increasing 23.23 percent compared with import rate in February 2011 and increasing 31.69 percent compared with import rate in March 2010. The average of import rate based on utilization in March 2011 including consumptiongoodisUS$1.29billion,US$10.53billionforrawmaterials,andUS$2.66billion forcapitalgoods.
EmploymentRate The average of unemployment rate in February 2011 is 8.12 million people, decreasing 0.2 million people from August 2010 (8.32 billion people) and decreasing 0.47 billion people fromFebruary2010(8.59billionpeople).OpenUnemploymentRateinFebruary2011is6.80 percent, lower than in August 2010 (7.14 percent) and also lower than in February 2010 (7.41percent). RiceProduction Estimation of rice production in 2011 based on ARAM I2011 (Forecast Figures I2011) is 67.31 billion tons GKG (Grain Dry Milling), increasing 895.86 thousand tons (1.35 percent) comparedwithin2010,whichis66.41billiontonsofGKG. ForeignTourist The number of foreign tourist in March 2011 is 598.1 thousand people, increasing 5.28 percent compared with in February 2011, and increasing 0.64 percent if compared with in March2010. Source
ANTARA News/ May 19, 2011 A number of interfaith figures on Thursday called on the Indonesian people to rise to fight what they described as "the current national bankruptcy markedbyreligiousintolerance,corruptionandincreasingpoverty". "We must rise to fight national bankruptcy. This must be dealt with together," one of the figures,AhmadSyafiiMaarif,saidatapressconferenceon"ReflectiononNationalAwakening Day" here on Thursday. Indonesia will observe its National Awakening Day on May 20. Maarif, who is the former chief of one of Indonesia`s biggest Islamic organizations Muhammadiyah, said that religious intolerance is now rising marked by hardliners freely spreadingtheirexclusiveideology,committingactsofviolenceandoppressionagainstthose they do not like. The general chairman of the Bishops` Conference, Mgr. D Situmorang, meanwhilesaidtheIndonesiannationiscurrentlyfacingbankruptcyinmorality,nationalism, economyandpatriotism.
Among the interfaith leaders at the conference were Salahuddin Wahid (the chief of Tebu IrengIslamicboardingschoolinJombang,EastJava),thechiefoftheIndonesianCommunion ofChurches,AndreasAYewanggoe,XsTjhieTjayIng(aConfucianistfigure)andAbdulMu`ti, secretaryoftheMuhammadiyahexecutiveboard.
ANTARANews/May27,2011TheIndonesiangovernmentannounced17newinfrastructure projects worth Rp190 trillion as part of its 20112025 Indonesia Economic Development ExpansionandAccelerationMasterPlan. HattasaidtheprojectswerelaunchedinfourlocationsnamelySeiMangkeintheprovinceof North Sumatra, Cilegon in Banten, Lombok Timur, East Nusa Tenggara and Timika, Papua, with funds coming from stateowned companies, national private companies, foreign direct investmentandnationalbudget. HattasaidthelaunchingofMP3EIwouldbethestartof"businessnotasusual"toaccelerate economicdevelopmentacrossthecountrysustainablyandequallythroughsynergybuilding involving all components in the central and regional governments. "The master plan is expected to be able to eradicate various obstacles of development such as `bottleneck` that disruptbusinessclimateandcertainty,"hesaid. FullText
ANTARA News/ April 7, 2011 World Health Organization (WHO) data show that 150,000 people out of 440,000 tuberculosis sufferers in Indonesia died each year for misusing antibiotics,HealthMinisterEndangRahayuSedyaningsihsaidhereonThursday. SpeakingataseminarontheUseofAntibioticsAppropriatelytoPreventBacterialImmunity, theministersaidin2009Indonesiawaseighthamongcountries withMultiDrugResistance (MDR)casescausedbythemisuseofantibiotics.Ofthisnumber,shesaid,6,395newTBcases hadbeenpredictedtoappearinIndonesiaeveryyear. To reduce the number of antibiotic misuse in Indonesia, Endang said her ministry had publishedaGeneralGuidanceBookforAntibioticUseexpectedtobeusefulingivinghealth care services in Indonesia.The minister also suggested people to use antibiotics wisely and followdoctor`sprescriptions. FullText
Accordingtoher,ifwomen,especiallypregnantones,lackednutrition,theywouldsufferfrom anemiaandwormdiseases.Moreover,sheadded,thesediseaseswerethemaincausesofhigh maternalmortality. "Therefore, women should be provided enough knowledge on food diversification, information and advocacy to make them knowledgeable, so they can be decision makers in theirfamilies,"shesaid. FullText
The Jakarta Post/ May 5, 2011 The government says it wants to use private and public investmenttogive67.8percentofthepopulationaccesstopotablewaterbytheendof2014. The Director of Settlements and Housing at the National Development Planning Agency, NugrohoTriUtomo,saidthatthegovernmentwastryingtoprovidepopularaccesstopotable waterinlinewiththeMillenniumDevelopmentGoals(MDG). In 1990, only about 30 percent of the population had access to proper drinking water. According to the MDGs, by 2015, we will have to halve the 70 percent of the population withoutaccess,Nugrohosaid. Nugrohosaidtheagencyplannedtoboostthenumberofpeoplewhohadpotablewaterpiped intotheirhomesfrom8percentto40percentofthepopulationby2014.Hesaid,however, thatinstallingpipeswasnottheonlywaytorealizetheMDG. Therearemanypeoplewhoobtainwaterfromothersources,suchasfromwells.Wehaveto improvethequalityofthewaterfromthosesources,sothatwecanincludethisinourMDG calculations,Nugrohosaid. FullText
ANTARANews/May4,2011The18thASEANSummitshoulddiscusshumanrightissuesas part of efforts to protect the rights and minimize their violation in ASEAN countries, a civil societyactivistsaid. "ThehumanrightsissuehasneverbeendiscussedbyASEANleaders,"saidIndriaswatiDyah Saptaningrum, executive director of the Institute of Community Studies and Advocacy (Elsam),onthesidelinesofaworkshopoftheASEANCivilSocietyConference/ASEANPeople Forum2011hereonWednesday. Protection of human rights is an important prerequisite to improve ASEAN, she said. "How canweimagineademocraticASEANasourgoalwithouttalkingabouthumanrightissues," shesaid."Nodevelopmentcanbeachievedifthehumanrightissueisnotfurtherdiscussedat ASEAN leadership level," she said, adding that the ASEAN leaders` meetings are expected produceusefulrecommendations. FullText
ANTARANews/May23,2011AmnestyInternational`scomplainabouttheimplementationof canning bylaws in Aceh province is overrated, Secretary General to Aceh`s Ulema Council Tengku Faisal Ali said here on Monday. Faisal made the comment in respond to Amnesty International`s recent report suggesting Indonesian government to stop canning bylaws implementation in Aceh because it constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and oftenamounttotorture. Onitsreport,theinternationalorganizationsaidvictimsofcaningexperiencepain,fearand humiliation,andcaningcancauselongtermorpermanentinjuries."Thereportisoverrated. Noonegetspermanentinjuryduetothecanningpunishment.IaskAmnestyInternationalor other organizations not to intervene the syaria law implementation in Aceh. We have the rightstodeterminewhichlawwewillobey,"hesaid. The organization calls on the Indonesian central government to review all such bylaws and localregulationstoensurethattheyconformwithinternationalandIndonesianhumanrights lawandstandards. FullText
ANTARANews/May25,2011Embracingdemocracyandpracticingtransparency,Indonesia isnotahumanrightsviolator,VicePresidentBoedionosaid. "Human rights violation can committed by a state but thanks God Indonesia is not such a country," the vice president said when opening the 3rd Coordination Meeting of National Action Plans for Human Rights for 20112014 at his office here on Wednesday attended by Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono and Justice and Human Rights MinisterPatrialisAkbar. Accordingtothevicepresident,thegovernmentswillpunishpeopleonlyforobviousreasons. ThatiswhyhesaidthatIndonesiahadbeenchosenbytheInternationalcommunityasoneof themembersoftheUnitedNationsHumanRightsCouncil."Weshouldbeproudthatatthis timeIndonesiabecomesamodelinwhichhumanrightsarepracticedwellenough.Anditis markedwiththeselectionofIndonesiaasamemberofUNHumanRightsCouncil,"Boediono said.IndonesiahasbeenelectedmemberoftheUnitedNationsHumanRightsCouncilforthe 20112014period. FullText
countriesinthisregionbutalsoitscivilsociety,shesaid atapressconferenceaheadofthe 2011ASEANCivilSocietyConference/ASEANPeoplesForum(ACSC/APF)titledClaiminga PeopleCenteredASEANforaJustGlobalCommunitytobeheldonMay3to5. Indah said ASEAN needed to pay more attention to the voices of the populations by institutionalizing civil society organizations engagement in ASEAN decisionmaking processes. Only people working at the grassroots levels have the capacities to identify potential impacts that may result from policies delivered during ASEAN decisionmaking processes, said Indah, who chairs the steering committee of the ACSC/APF conference. FullText
ANTARANews/May4,2011Anactivisthopedthe18thASEANSummitherethisweekwould also address migrant workers` problems. Wahyu Susilo from Migrant Care as one of the workshopparticipantsofASEANCivilSocietyConference(ACSC)/ASEANPeopleForumsaid hereonWednesdaytheissuemustbecomeanimportantagendaatthesummit. "TheissuemustnotbediscussedataministeriallevelbutalsoattheASEANsummit,"hesaid here on Wednesday when asked about the issue after the workshop. Wahyu said migrant workersareanimportantissuerequiringanimmediatehandling.Sofar,hesaid,theexisting policy is normative and discussions at ASEAN levels have never progressed. "Meanwhile violencethatoftenhappensonmigrantworkersisincreasinganditisnotovercome.Nowis the right time for Indonesia as chair of ASEAN to make the issue becomse an important agenda,"hesaid. TheworkshoporganizedbyACSC/APFamongothersraisedthethemeofmigrantworkers.In theworkshopparticipantsfromASEANmembercountriesexchangedviewsandexperiences regardingconditionsofmigrantworkersintheirrespectivecountries.Theywereoftheview thatmigrantworkersarenotacommodityandmustbegivenprotection. FullText
ANTARA News/ May 9, 2011 Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said a new approachwouldbetakentosettletheThailandCambodiaconflict. "Indonesiahasofferedawayofsettlingtheproblemwhichwasacceptedbybothcountriesat aforeignministeriallevel,namelythrougha`packagesolution`approach,"Martysaid.Hesaid theapproachdoesnotrequireapartytostepforwardquickerbeforetheothercatchesupbut offerssettlementthroughasynergicprocess. Marty said settlement measures were identified and grouped into clusters which would be referred to the two countries for reaching the settlement of the case. He said the concept would be submitted by the foreign ministers concerned to their respective heads of state. FullText
INFIDACTIVITIES IPAA Media Briefing on Unmasking and Challenging ASEAN-No to Neoliberal-Globalization Scheme on ASEAN: Stop Land Grabbing and Decent Wage and Employment for the Peoples
Indonesian Peoples Action on ASEAN held mediabriefinginMunikCafJakartaonApril 29, 2011. Indonesian Peoples Action on ASEANisthecoalitionofNGOs.Themembers of coalition are INFID, Migrant Care, KPI, YAKKUM, INDIES, IGJ, FMN, AGRA, ATKI, GSBI,FGII,WALHI,GSM,LSADI,LAPAM,and Migrant Institute. The main theme of this eventisUnmaskingandChallengingASEAN No to NeoliberalGlobalization Scheme on ASEAN: Stop Land Grabbing and Decent Wage and Employment for the Peoples. Through this briefing, IPAA stated that ASEAN community should be criticized because the process is too bias for the first world countries interest and Indonesian chairmanship on ASEAN is a momentum that should be benefittedonbuildingthisregionalsovereignty.
The Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness came out from the years of CSO engagementintheglobalaideffectivenessprocess,mainlyfromtheAccraAgendaforAction whichinvitedCSOstoleadaprocesstowardsreflectingontheirowneffectiveness.Thisopen forum is conducted as a preparation and in line with the aim of sustaining and intensifying advocacytowardsthe4thHighLevelForumonAidEffectivenessinNovember2011.Onthis event, Asian CSOs synthesized and analyzed the draft global framework and also presented theirdemandstodonorsandgovernmentsinamultistakeholderdialogue.
INFID, together with SatuDunia, held discussion about innovation in Indonesian NGOs in Retro Caf Jakarta on May 13, 2011.ThemainthemeisIndonesianNGOs Crisis,BeInnovativeorDie!.Therearefive speakers on this discussion. They are WahyuSusilo(ProgramManagerofINFID), DRYanuarNugroho(innovationresearcher from Manchester University), Dian Kartikasari (General Secretary of Indonesian Women Coalition), Arief Wicaksono (senior activist), and Idaman Andarmosoko (knowledge worker in NGOs). The discussion is focus on Indonesian NGOs dependency on donor agencies, problems from thepastregimethathaventbeensolvedlikehumanrightsviolation,andalsoproblemsfaced byNGOsnowadays,suchasneoliberaleconomypenetrationthatispotentialtochangecitizen rightsintoconsumerrightsandecologicaldegradationduetonaturalresourcesexploitation. Therearealsomanystatementsandquestionsfromparticipants duringdiscussionfocusing ondonorintervention,thedifferencebetweenideologyinthepastandpresenttimeforNGOs, NGOsspirit,andNGOscapacitybuilding.
Discussion on Indonesian Chairmanship on ASEAN in ThailandCambodia Border Dispute Solving and the Slowdown of Democratization Process in Burma
INFID, together with Flinders Asia CentreFlinders University, held discussiononIndonesianChairmanship on ASEAN in ThailandCambodia Border Dispute Solving and the Slowdown of Democratization Process in Burma in INFID office on May 23, 2011. The main speaker on this discussion is DR. Priyambudi Sulistyanto, a lecturer from Flinders UniversityAdelaide, South Australia and author of Thailand, Indonesia, and Burma in Comparative Perspective (The International Political Economy of New Regionalism). Participants of the discussion come from various backgrounds that interested with this issue, such as NGOs, media, and university. The discussion is trying to figure out what Indonesia should do as a chair of ASEAN on regionalproblemsolving,especiallyThailandCambodiaborderdisputeandtheslowdownof democratizationprocessinBurma.Mr.SulistyantosaidthatIndonesiacanusemilitaryforce
tofaceThailandCambodiaborderdisputebecauseIndonesiahas anetworkwithmilitaryof CambodiaandThailand.AndfordemocratizationinBurma,hesaidthatIndonesia,inthiscase Marty Natalegawa, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, should get insight from minority group in Burma and also exiles who live outside Burma. Basically, he is pessimistic that Indonesia could solve these two problems because its chairmanship only takes one year. Therearealsomanystatementsandquestionsfromparticipantsduringdiscussion.
INFID stands for the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development and was established in June 1985. INFID is an open and pluralistic network of NGOs from Indonesian and various member countries of the Consultative Group for Indonesian (CGI) as well as of International organization with an interest in and commitment to Indonesia More information please visit: www.infid.org