Research and Analysis
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POLICY BRIEF
[POLICY BRIEF OF RESEARCH PAPER, 2021]
MAKING NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE EQUITABLE IN ACCESSIBILITY TO CITIZENS: MODELS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN INDONESIA
The National Health Insurance Program has been implemented for seven years. In its implementation, however, claiming JKN services remains to be difficult for many JKN members. Reports on the implementation of JKN show various obstacles faced by JKN members in order to access quality and equitable JKN services. At the same time, the government and BPJS Kesehatan implements various interventions to help JKN members navigate JKN system.
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This study was shared with government and non-government stakeholders in Indonesia & is currently in the process of publishing at the international journal (under the topic of patient navigation & digital technology for health insurance financing) and in the WHO Bulletin.
RESEARCH PAPER
[RESEARCH PAPER, 2024] Jaminan Sosial dan Transisi Energi yang Berkeadilan
Penyusun:
- Dr. Fransiscus S Joyoadisumarta
- Dinna Prapto Raharja, PhD
​Rekomendasi untuk Forum Komunikasi Jaminan Sosial Ketenagakerjaan dengan tema: Jaminan Sosial Ketenagakerjaan yang Inklusif dan Adaptif, Guna Peningkatan Produktivitas dan Daya Saing Menuju Indonesia Emas.
[RESEARCH PAPER, 2024]
A Just Transition and Workers' Rights – A Trade Unions’ View
By: Dr. Fransiscus S Joyoadisumarta
Reviewer: Dinna Prapto Raharja, PhD
This research is written by Synergy Policies to represent the views of the Labor Committee for Just Transition in Indonesia, an association of 7 confederations and 20 federations of Indonesian trade unions. It explores the impact of the energy transition on workers, particularly those employed in fossil fuel industries such as coal mining and coal-based power plants. It aims to ensure that the energy transition in Indonesia, driven by global climate change commitments, is just and equitable, protecting the rights and livelihoods of affected workers.
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[RESEARCH PAPER, 2022]
The impact of informal patient navigation initiatives on patient empowerment and National Health Insurance responsiveness in Indonesia
Synergy Policies in collaboration with WHO Geneva & Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research presents Study on informal patient navigation initiatives and how they empowered patient and improve national health insurance responsiveness in Indonesia.
[RESEARCH PAPER, 2022]
Re-territorialization and the governance of ocean frontiers in Indonesia
This article examines the development of Indonesia’s ocean policy, particularly during the presidency of Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo (2014–present). Re-territorialization is the primary driver of Indonesia’s ocean policy under Widodo, enabling the state to create and commodify property regimes within Indonesian-controlled oceans. As a large archipelagic nation with multiple neighbours, Indonesia’s ocean frontiers face numerous challenges, including illegal fishing, cross-ocean trade and transport, and geopolitical tensions, especially in the South China Sea.
[RESEARCH PAPER, 2020]
​KAJIAN PENYELENGGARAAN PROGRAM JAMINAN HARI TUA DAN JAMINAN PENSIUN DI INDONESIA
Bagaimana status keberlangsungan program Jaminan Hari Tua (JHT) dan Jaminan Pensiun (JP) yang ada di Indonesia? Bagaimana pula status terkini proses pengalihan program JHT dan JP yang ada di PT TASPEN dan PT ASABRI kepada BPJS Ketenagakerjaan? Studi yang diselenggarakan dalam waktu kurang lebih dua bulan ini menggunakan perpaduan metodologi kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Untuk mengumpulkan pemahaman penduduk Indonesia tentang program JHT dan JP, dilakukanlah survei secara daring selama satu bulan (4 November – 3 Desember 2020).
ARTICLE
[ARTICLE, 20 November 2024] Urgensi ”Agrifood” Indonesia untuk Menembus Pasar Eropa
Produk agrifood Indonesia butuh hilirisasi; butuh diolah menjadi produk bernilai tambah tinggi yang diakui mutunya di pasar global khususnya Eropa. Indonesia janganlah sekadar menonton. China-lah yang selama ini mengisi kekosongan itu, seperti untuk minyak goreng, daging, dan produk susu. Mengapa Indonesia tidak turut berperan? Mengapa perlu menembus pasar Eropa? Apa yang harus dilakukan?
[ARTICLE, 22 October 2024] Jokowi’s leadership: From successful reforms to hubris syndrome?
Former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who was once known for being straightforward and oriented toward social justice and human rights values, had in his second term shifted to a leadership style oriented toward capital owners and high-risk projects. His ambitious decisions, such as the development of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) project, reflect traits often associated with hubris syndrome.
[ARTICLE, 9 October 2024] Penambahan Kementerian dan Ego Sektoral
Beberapa minggu menjelang pelantikan presiden dan wakil presiden Indonesia, informasi penambahan jumlah lembaga dan kementerian menyebar luas di media sosial. Penambahan ini menimbulkan pertanyaan tentang efisiensi dan efektivitas lembaga-lembaga yang sudah ada saat ini.
[ARTICLE, 19 September 2024] The Inaugural Independence Day Ceremony in Nusantara: A Milestone or a Setback?
Indonesia celebrated its 79th Independence Day with a historic ceremony in Nusantara, the new capital. Outgoing President Jokowi and incoming President Prabowo both took part in the event, symbolizing the shift to a new era. Despite the celebration, the move to Nusantara has sparked mixed reactions and debates. This article explores the background and expectations surrounding Southeast Asia's newest capital city, Nusantara. It delves into the significance of its establishment, the political and social implications, and the hopes for a more equitable future in Indonesia as it transitions to its new administrative center.
[ARTICLE, 16 February 2024] IN THE HANDS OF THE DYNASTIES
More than 204.8 million Indonesian voters elected the president, vice president, parliament and regional representatives on Wednesday. After the first count, the duo Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka received over 58 percent of the votes and are looking forward to being officially proclaimed as the new president and vice president respectively. Most citizens breathe a sigh of relief, but for millions of others the result is depressing.
[ARTICLE, 2023]
INDONESIA AS ASEAN CHAIR 2023: THE DILEMMAS
Indonesia picks up the theme “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”. President Joko Widodo stated that: “ASEAN needs to be stable and peace, an epicentrum for global stability. ASEAN also needs to be consistent in enforcing international law and avoid being proxy to anyone. ASEAN needs to be a region of dignity that upholds high humanity and democracy”. Dinna Prapto Raharja, former Indonesian Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, explores the challenges Indonesia faces as Chair of ASEAN in 2023.
Book
[BOOK, 2022]
HUMAN RIGHTS AT RISK: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, AMERICAN POWER, AND THE FUTURE OF DIGNITY
Human Rights at Risk brings together social scientists, legal scholars, and humanities scholars to analyze the policy challenges of human rights protection in the twenty-first century.
The volume is organized based on three overarching themes that highlight the challenges and risks in international human rights: international institutions and global governance of human rights; thematic blind spots in human rights protection; and the human rights challenges of the United States as a global and domestic actor amidst the contemporary global shifts to authoritarianism and illiberal populism. institutions will find this multidisciplinary volume an invaluable guide to the state of global politics in the twenty-first century.
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[Dinna Prapto Raharja, Ph.D as contributor.]
[BOOK, 2021]
DEMOCRACY AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC:Â A REFLECTION FROM BALI CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA FORUM 2020
When the Bali Civil Society and Media Forum (BCSMF) of 2020 was organized in October and December, there was a debate that some countries may have managed the pandemic better than others. The question was whether being a democracy improves the outcomes of the pandemic handling. Sadly, when the transcript of this book was finalized, the global aura on the pandemic has changed. There was a dangerous spike of cases again across the world. The surge of new variants of the virus hit many countries hard, including the so-called disciplined ones.
[BOOK, 2020]
DEMOCRACY AND INCLUSIVITY:Â A REFLECTION FROM BALI CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA FORUM 2019
Democracy is never isolated from the context where it grows. In last year’s BCSMF book (Wisnu, 2019), it was specifically mentioned about how it takes the world to nurture democracies. That is because democracy learns from one another, about the good and the bad. When leaders of more consolidated democracies are practicing exclusivity, by rejecting the recognition of rights for migrants and practicing disinformation, hate speech, and stereotypes, these become precedents that democracy may eventually prioritize its own narrow self-interest rather than advancing the universal values of democracy.
[BOOK, 2019]
POPULISM, IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE EROSION OF DEMOCRACIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY:Â A REFLECTION FROM BALI CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA FORUM 2018
Against the greater theme of “Democracy for Prosperity”, the BCSMF meeting of 2018 focused on the challenges to democracies that emanate from populism, the use and exploitation of identity politics, hoaxes, sensationalism and political bias. This topic emerged out of a greater concern that democracies around the globe are declining: democracies in established economies continue to resort to protectionism and extreme political parties, their people are becoming less tolerable to differences, resorting to sensationalism and hoaxes instead of public education about the truth, and also the disproportionate use and exploitation of identity politics that divide societies.