In a limited meeting on the transformation and integration of national digital services at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, on Monday (25/3/24,) President Jokowi encouraged ministries and institutions to immediately integrate nine key government services into a unified portal called INA Digital by May 2024, according to reporting from Tempo.
Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Azwar Anas said this policy aims to streamline public access by integrating various institutional and ministerial programs, adding that when this is done, “people will no longer need to go to the sub-district or village to get an IKD (digital identity card), but they will just have to use biometrics to get an IKD.”
Tempo reports that INA Digital, which is managed by state-owned securities paper company Peruri, aligns with Presidential Decree No. 82/2023 concerning the Acceleration of Digital Transformation and Integration of National Digital Services.
“We are moving forward since Presidential Decree 82 was passed in terms of GovTech (government technology) because we see that almost all the top twenty countries in the world that have electronic-based government systems have GovTech,” said Azwar.
Some of the services that will soon be integrated include population, education, health, police, social assistance, and immigration. The government believes that this integration would not only make it easier for the public to access services but would also increase efficiency and transparency, say Tempo.
The Minister also hoped that the full implementation of INA Digital would enable Indonesia to improve its international e-government index significantly. Currently, he said, Indonesia’s international government development index has risen by 30 places, from 107 to 77. “We are optimistic that if this is done, our index will jump again,” he said, according to Tempo.
Source: Tempo
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