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Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Mosque Council who is also concurrently serving as Deputy Chief of the Indonesian National Police-Polri, Police Commissioner General Syafruddin urged all Muslims in Indonesia to clean the heart before the coming of Ramadan. He insists, not only places of worship such as mosques that must be cleaned, but also the heart. This was disclosed after responding the possibility of mosque as a place of practical politics on the sidelines of the clean-up event of 2,000 mosques to welcome Ramadan at the Istiqlal Mosque in  Jakarta more recently.

“Yes, we are mosque administrators. We are board of Indonesian Mosque Council which only have authority, obligation, and give facility. Therefore, I urge that we are cleaning the mosque physically, as well as our heart as human beings. We are just the facilitators. We should share the same understanding, and the same thought about the mosque,”

Gen. Syafruddin added that previously, many appeals that the mosque is used as a place to convey the message of seizing political messages. Minister of Religious Affairs, Lukman Hakim Saifudin even took decisive action by banning scholars and lecturers to deliver political agenda in places of worship. According to Gen. Syafruddin, it is related to the vulnerability of places of worship to be used for political interests that have the potential to destroy religious harmony amongst the people of Indonesia. (VOI/Rezha/Ndy/RHM)

Italy responds to the challenges faced by the world today by prioritizing dialogue, justice, law and human rights. This was disclosed by Italian Ambassador to Indonesia, Vittorio Sandalli at the Italian Anniversary of Independence in Jakarta more recently. He said that Indonesia and Italy share the same values ​​in the field of peace. Both countries contribute to the UN Interim Force of Peace in Lebanon or UNIFIL. According to him, Indonesia and Italy is currently having bilateral relations at a more advanced stage. This is evident with the intensive political visits by both countries’ high-ranking state officials.

“Following the visit to Jakarta, Italian Minister of Economy  and development, Carlo Calenda was accompanied by delegations of 15 Italian major companies last May; there was a visit to Rome by Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi last Oktober. There were two visits to Italy by Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Ignasius Jonan, and there was a visit to Indonesia by Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs last February marking further stepping stone of our bilateral cooperation,” Vittorio Sandalli said.

Ambassador Sandalli further explained that the cooperation between the two countries is growing in various sectors. In the economic field, the two countries should facilitate economic actors to consolidate the latest trend. In the field of people-to-people contact, there are tourists visits from both countries as well as conducting an interfaith dialogue. In the field of education, Italy has doubled the number of scholarship recipients from Indonesia. In addition to Indonesia, Italy is also committed to strengthening relations with ASEAN countries. (VOI/Skr/Trans by Ndy/RHM)

Harvard University in the USA shares experience with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences -LIPI) in a bid to develop system of scientific data management repository. An analyst of  the Harvard University, Philip Durbin to RRI World Service -VOI on the sidelines of National Seminar on ”Research Data Management to Increase Research Quality’ at LIPI’s Building in Jakarta on Wednesday (09/5) said that synergy for researchers is a must so that science can keep on growing.

“Surely,  it’s important to preserve research data all the time. The existing data today should be available for 20 years from now. We never want to lose the data; we do not want the date to be gone someday. So, it’s important to preserve the platform of the data,” Philip Durbin said.

Philip Durbin also explained that the storage of scientific research data must be supported with technology. So, the data can be easily accessed and reused. He added that the cooperation between Harvard University and LIPI will encourage new research development of scientific data management in the future. (VOI/AF/RHM)

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences-LIPI develops System of National Scientific Repository for researchers. The repository can provide huge benefit for researchers so that they can reuse it easily for their precious research data. This was stated by coordinator of scientific repository development of LIPI, Slamet Riyanto to RRI World Service-Voice of Indonesia on the sidelines of National Seminar ”Research Data Management to Increase Research Quality" at LIPI’s Building in Jakarta on Wednesday (09/5).

“The system is used to manage scientific research  data. The data of the researchers is expected to be used in the repository system. So far, researchers enter their research data on their own personal computers. So, it can lose and damage. Thus, through this repository system, their data  is expected to be safe,” Slamet Riyanto said.

Slamet Riyanto further explained that not all people can access data at the System of National Scientific Repository, except they get permission from the data owners. So, the security at the repository is guaranteed; even only researchers community have the access to enter their research data. (VOI/AF/RHM)