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17
December

The Head of National Library, Muhamad Syarif Bando - 

 

National Library of Indonesia is currently intensively running the Social Inclusion-Based Library Transformation (TPBIS) program. The aim of this program is so that the library does not become an "ivory tower". The presence and benefits of the library must be felt by the community. One of them, encouraging the improvement of social welfare.

The Head of National Library of Indonesia, Muhammad Syarif Bando, explained, the aim of digital library transformation is to accelerate the formation of superior human beings in technology. Have innovation and creativity.

This program targets marginalized communities. Such as people in slum areas, people in poor areas, small farmers, small fish farmers, laborers, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), to housewives.

"Through this program, the community is given training to improve skills through applied books in the library," Syarif said in a talk show held by the Center for Library Analysis and Development of National Library of Indonesia's Reading Culture, on jawapos TV with the theme "Library Transformation Based on Social Inclusion ( TPBIS) Supports MSMEs", Saturday (17/12/2022)

According to Syarif, training and skills improvement for marginalized communities is very important. This is because they have been poor for four reasons. First, mastery of knowledge is lacking. Second, minimal innovation and creativity. Third, access to capital is lacking. Fourth is the culture of the people who speak more than read.

As for access to capital, Syarif explained, the Government had actually prepared a very large People's Business Credit (KUR). However, when people do not have the skills to produce goods and services, the KUR is not optimally absorbed. For this reason, improving community skills is very important.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Saturday, the library then moves in this field to improve people's skills, namely by providing applied science books. For villages, the National Library of Indonesia hopes that Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) can collaborate in improving community skills through applied science books provided by the library. "So that people can easily create goods and services," he added.

During the four years running, the TPBIS program has touched as many as 2,133,918 community members, who participated in 85,776 community engagement activities in the library. This shows the great public interest in this program. Many people have experienced the positive benefits of this program in an effort to improve their quality of life and welfare.
Indonesia, according to Syarif, has abundant natural resources but has not been optimally managed. Therefore, people need to be equipped with innovation and creativity as well as digital accessibility to increase their knowledge.

Along with the times, the role of the library is now no longer just managing a collection of books. The library paradigm has now changed, namely by prioritizing the transfer of knowledge to the public.
The paradigm built by the library is 10 percent managing collections, 20 percent managing knowledge, and 70 percent transferring knowledge.

Implementation of 70 percent transfer of knowledge is very important. Because, as stated by UNESCO, the last seat for everyone who is no longer in formal education is the library.

"So, for rural communities, of which, on average, 90 percent do not study at tertiary institutions, they can improve their skills and abilities by coming to the library," he said.

Meanwhile, Acting (Pj) Governor of W Sumatra, Akmal Malik agreed with the description submitted by the Head of National Library of Indonesia regarding inclusion-based library transformation.

Inclusion-based literacy is really needed by people in rural areas. This is the right choice in developing skills for farmers, fishermen and housewives.

"Regarding the aspect of capital, the Acting Governor of West Sumatra explained that intelligence is needed in managing the resources they have. "For example, in the maritime community there are coconut trees. Not always sold in the form of fruit only. Even though the fiber can be useful. The shell and the tree are the same."//VOI

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December

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the courts would correct any mistakes in an appeal process after the jailing of Istanbul's opposition mayor, and in the meantime Turks had no right to ignore legal rulings.

In his first direct comments on Wednesday's conviction of Ekrem Imamoglu - a potential challenger to Erdogan who was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison and handed a political ban - Erdogan said he did not care who is the opposition candidate in next year's elections.

Imamoglu was prosecuted for insulting public officials in 2019, when he criticised a decision to cancel the first round of municipal elections that he won against the 25-year incumbent government of Erdogan's AK Party.

"There's still no final court decision yet. The case will go to the Court of Appeals and the Court of Cassation," Erdogan said. "If the courts have made a mistake, it will be corrected. They're trying to pull us into this game."

Imamoglu's conviction has rallied the opposition bloc around what it sees as a fight for democracy, the rule of law and justice. Thousands have gathered at rallies led by Imamoglu, who has said he plans to appeal his conviction.

"There have been many court rulings that we have harshly criticised ourselves, but that doesn't give anyone the right to insult judges or to ignore court rulings," Erdogan told a rally at Mardin in Turkey's southeast.

Critics say Turkey's judiciary has been bent to Erdogan's will to punish his critics. The government says they are independent. (reuters)

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December

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President Vladimir Putin has sought proposals from his armed forces commanders on how they think Russia's military campaign in Ukraine should proceed, during a visit to the operation's headquarters, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

A series of defeats in 10 months of fighting, resulting in Russian withdrawals from areas around the capital Kyiv and Ukraine's second city Kharkiv and most recently from the city of Kherson, have forced Putin to call up reservists and generated rare public criticism from military bloggers and some allies.

Since the appointment in October of Air Force General Sergei Surovikin to lead the campaign, Russian ground forces have focused more on defence than attack, while waves of air strikes on cities have left millions of Ukrainian civilians without heat, light or water for days on end as winter sets in.

In video footage released by the Kremlin on Saturday, Putin presided at a meeting of around a dozen people at a circular table, flanked by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov - both of whom have been heavily criticised by hawkish commentators.

Putin was then shown at the head of another conference table at the joint task force headquarters, inviting suggestions from a row of military commanders.

"We will listen to the commanders in each operational direction, and I would like to hear your proposals on our immediate and medium-term actions," Putin said.

Surovikin was also shown attending the meetings in still photographs on the Kremlin website.

Putin spent the whole of Friday at the task force headquarters, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax news agency.

No other details of Putin's visit or the location of the headquarters were reported. (Reuters)

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December

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Malaysian political parties supporting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday signed a cooperation pact promising to ensure stability, ahead of a confidence vote on the premier next week.

Anwar - who has spent more than two decades as an opposition figure - became prime minister last month, forming a government with rival political blocs after an election that produced a hung parliament.

He has promised to convene parliament on Monday for a confidence vote to prove his lower house majority, after rival and former premier Muhyiddin Yassin cast doubt on his support.

Anwar is Malaysia's fourth prime minister since 2020, after two previous administrations collapsed due to political turmoil. Malaysia this year passed laws to prevent future party defections, but the new rules do not stop political coalitions from switching allegiances as a bloc.

According to Anwar and other coalition leaders, the parties agreed to ensure political stability after years of turmoil, spurring the economy, good governance, and upholding the rights of the country's majority Malay community and Islam as its official religion.

"We agreed on the broad parameters and broad policies including to ensure the government is stable," he said after a ceremony where political party chiefs signed the pact.

"We concede that no party managed to have a clear majority, therefore... it makes a lot of sense that we have to achieve this sort of understanding based on shared principles and policies."

They promised to improve development in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak in Borneo island. Support from Borneo-based blocs is crucial for Anwar to maintain his majority.

His government also includes the previous ruling coalition Barisan Nasional, which he spent much of his political career seeking to overthrow.

Barisan had ruled Malaysia for more than six decades before being voted out in a 2018 election amid widespread corruption allegations.

It returned to power last year, but was ousted again in last month's polls - coming in third to Anwar's and Muhyiddin's coalitions. (Reuters)