Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Social Affairs said this year it will focus on improving data quality, enhancing the accuracy of social assistance targeting, and expanding public participation.
Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf, when met here on Friday, said that the President’s first mandate to the Ministry is updating the National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN), which serves as the foundation for all government social protection policies and programs.
The accuracy of the DTSEN is considered crucial in determining the distribution of social assistance.
Therefore, Yusuf said, the President has requested nationwide data consolidation with Statistics Indonesia (BPS) while the Ministry is tasked with supporting continuous data updates. The second mandate is to ensure that the distribution of social assistance becomes increasingly well-targeted through ongoing data improvements.
He noted that the government has shifted more than three million regular social assistance beneficiary families (KPM) to citizens who better meet the criteria throughout this year.
In addition, the government has also reallocated more than 11 million recipients of contribution assistance for the National Health Insurance (JKN) to communities deemed more eligible based on updated socio-economic data.
The third mandate is to open the widest possible space for public participation in the data updating process.
“This means the data are continuously updated every three months. For people who are not accustomed to using applications, the Ministry of Social Affairs has also opened a 24-hour command center service at 021-171 and is preparing a WhatsApp-based service to expand the reach of public participation,” he said.
He expected that the implementation of the three mandates can produce more accurate socio-economic data, so that all programs of the Ministry can really reach people in need.
