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President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated that the government will conduct an evaluation of the decrease in Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score.

"That will be our joint evaluation and correction," he stated after visiting Baturiti Market in Tabanan, Bali, Thursday.

On Tuesday, January 31, Transparency International Indonesia (TII) launched Indonesia's CPI data or Corruption Perception Index for 2022, which dropped four points to 34, from 38 in 2021 or is in the 110th position out of 180 countries surveyed.

The CPI draws on eight data sources and expert assessments to measure public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories. A score of 0 is very corrupt and 100 is very clean.

With these results, Indonesia was only able to increase its CPI score by two points, from a score of 32 over the last decade since 2012. In 2021, Indonesia's CPI score was 38, with a ranking of 96.

"This score is the most drastic decrease since 1995," TII's Deputy Secretary General Wawan Heru Suyatmiko stated.

In the ASEAN, Singapore is the least corrupt country, with score 83, followed by Malaysia (47), Timor Leste (42), Vietnam (42), Thailand (36), Indonesia (34), the Philippines (33), Laos ( 31), Cambodia (24), and Myanmar (23).

Meanwhile, at the global level, Denmark is ranked first, with a CPI of 90, followed by Finland and New Zealand (87), Norway (84), Singapore and Sweden (83), and Switzerland (82). At the lowest position were Somalia, with a score of 12, Syria and South Sudan (13), and Venezuela (14).

Indonesia's CPI is the same as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gambia, Malawi, Nepal, and Sierra Leone. Indonesia's score is even lower than Colombia (39), Lesotho (37), Kazakhstan (36), and Sri Lanka (36).

Suyatmiko noted that based on analysis, economic indicators experienced major challenges between the professionalism of companies in implementing the anti-corruption system and state policies that relaxed ease of investment.

"What kind of countries do developing countries want to choose investors from? Is it from countries with high anti-corruption standards or prioritize economic growth?" he questioned.

In terms of political indicators, Suyatmiko observed no significant change because political corruption is still thriving.

"Types of corruption, bribery, gratuities, and conflicts of interest between politicians, public officials, and business actors are still common. Business actors who come to Indonesia are not only at risk in the form of profit and loss but also a political risk," he stated.

Furthermore, law enforcement indicators show that anti-corruption policies have proven to be ineffective in preventing and eradicating corruption. (Antaranews)

Voinews.id,Jakarta: The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Penny Williams PSM stated to just under 15 ACICIS students at morning tea that Australia is starting to reconsider Indonesia as an investment destination.

While the students snacked on lamingtons and drank the free coffee, Ambassador Williams explained that while Australia and Indonesia have a very longstanding, very embedded bilateral relationship that has quite a lot of depth to it, she also noted that Australian and Indonesian economic engagement was not as strong as someone would think, relative to the size of the Indonesian market and relative to the size of their bilateral relationships.

She elaborated this statement while discussing the Indonesian-Australian Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA), which was established in 2020 to help facilitate greater economic ties between the two nations.

Ambassador Williams explained that agreements like IA-CEPA provides Indonesia with tariff free access to Australian markets, along with providing greater market access to both Australian and Indonesian companies.

She stressed that IA-CEPA is really important, but it’s all the other work that gets people to understand the markets of each nation in order to find the opportunities and the synergies.

“Business needs to talk to business, government can take them but business needs to talk to business,” She said.

Ambassador Williams also told the students how “Australia had the largest delegation at the B20, a promising sign that Australians are reconsidering Indonesia as an investment destination. She also discussed how Australian businesspeople and pension funds are now eyeing Indonesia as a next potential investment.

Ambassador Williams stated how the Australian and Indonesian bilateral relationship is currently in a “really strong place,” with Australia enjoying a “deep relationship with its close neighbour,” which she was confident agreements like IA-CEPA will only strengthen. (Gera K/DP)

The Health Ministry is expediting efforts to speed up domestic vaccine logistics through collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

"With the assistance of JICA and the Japanese people, we can pursue vaccinations swiftly. I expect that this logistics system can be maintained all across Indonesia," director general of disease prevention and control at the ministry, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, informed here on Wednesday.

He said that Indonesia has received a grant of 330 vaccine refrigerators from JICA to complete the domestic vaccine management logistics chain.

The refrigerators have been allocated to priority provinces, districts, and cities that have cold chain storage facilities, he informed.

"These vaccine refrigerators are being distributed to 232 districts and cities in 32 provinces in Indonesia. The distribution process has kicked off since December 2022," he said.

During the handover of refrigerators at the ministry's office on Saturday (January 28, 2023), Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that many countries' experiences with expediting vaccination coverage have been influenced by the availability of supporting logistics, including storage facilities.

"We will improve the vaccine logistics chain so that the vaccine distribution runs accordingly and the quality of the vaccines is still well preserved, even all the way to the public health center at the very edge (of the country)," he added.

The allocation of vaccine refrigerators is expected to increase the capacity of cold chains at the provincial level and thereby, support immunization services.

On the same occasion, Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, Kanasugi Kenji, affirmed that JICA has provided US$1.8 million to UNICEF to provide 330 vaccine refrigerators in Indonesia.

"To secure vaccine supply throughout Indonesia, the addition of vaccine refrigerators is important not only to make sure that the vaccines cover all areas in Indonesia, but also to prepare for future pandemics and other diseases," he added.

JICA has conducted training on refrigerator management for medical personnel.

Besides refrigerators, the collaboration between the two countries has involved the provision of 7 million vaccines as well as medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators.

"My expectation from this collaboration is that it can contribute to the welfare of the Indonesian people," Kanasugi added. (antaranews)

Indonesia's digital literacy in 2022 was categorized as moderate with a score of 3.54, based on the 2022 Digital Literacy Index survey initiated by the Ministry of Communication and Information.

"The results of this survey become the basis for us to map the targets and map the community's needs for literacy so that the National Digital Literacy Program can be executed effectively and right on target," the ministry's director general of informatics application Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan said in a written statement released here on Wednesday.

While delivering his remarks at the release of the results of the 2022 Indonesia Digital Literacy Index, Pangerapan informed that the survey was carried out to determine people who need digital literacy improvement, the right learning materials, and to chart an effective strategy for digital literacy improvement.

The measurement of the 2022 Digital Literacy Index was divided into several categories, one of which was the measurement of the digital literacy index by region. The survey results showed that, in general, the literacy index among regions in Indonesia tended to be balanced.

The digital literacy index score in the western part of Indonesia was slightly higher than others at 3.56. Meanwhile, the score in the central part of Indonesia was the lowest compared to others at 3.48.

In the provincial category, Yogyakarta ranked first with a score of 3.64. The province also had the highest digital literacy index score in 2021.

The 2022 Digital Literacy Index survey targeted three groups: the government/Indonesian Military (TNI)/National Police (Polri) segment, the general public segment, and the education segment.

The survey showed that the government/TNI/Polri segment had the highest digital literacy index score of 3.74, followed by the education segment (3.70) and the general public segment (3.50).

The 2022 Digital Literacy Index survey involved 10 thousand respondents from 514 districts and cities of Indonesia and was carried out using the multistage random sampling method. It was conducted from August to September 2022.

The survey had a margin of error of 0.98 percent and a confidence interval of 95 percent.

Data collection was carried out through face-to-face interviews with the target population aged 13-70 years, who accessed the Internet in the three months prior to the survey. (antaranews)