In the welcome remarks the Regent of Gunung Kidul, Badingah, who was represented by the Deputy Regent, Immawan Wahyudi, hoped that the benchmarking activity for the 2019 BPK Education and Training (Diklatpim) Class I benchmarking to the Gunung Kidul Regency Government (Pemkab) could serve as a bridge for communication between the two agencies. He also expressed his joy when welcoming the Diklatpim participants in the Meeting Room of the Regency Government Office. Gunung Kidul on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The Deputy Regent was pleased that the PKN Education and Training Center chose the Gunung Kidul Regency Government as the learning location for the area of change and innovation agenda.
Gunung Kidul is the largest district in the Province of DI Yogyakarta, which consists of 18 sub-districts and 144 villages with an unequal distribution of population. The main livelihood is agriculture and only during the rainy season. This condition makes the community very participatory to be more active in various activities. They still carry out many activities even though they are not funded by the government.
Gunung Kidul Regency under the leadership of the Regent Badingah has succeeded in carrying out innovations that have resulted in various awards. Through the Department of Communications and Information, Regency Government. Gunung Kidul was ranked first in the TOP IT Implementation of Regency Government 2018 and one of the 100 Regencies/Cities for Smart City development. The Regent also succeeded in being the initiator in the birth of innovations to increase the role and function of the Regional Secretariat as a policy maker through the Specda Application (Regional Secretariat). Another achievement from Bappeda Pemkab. Gunung Kidul is an integrated planning system through an e-planning system by utilizing SIDA SAMEKTA (Village Information System Means to Create Active and Prosperous Village Communities) and SIKAB GUMREGAH (Regency Information System to Realize a Prosperous Gunung Kidul Community).
Tourism development in this area is carried out seriously by the Tourism Office. The Tourism Office program has succeeded in becoming a development locomotive in Gunung Kidul with the development strategy of Community Based Tourism – community-based tourism. District Government Library and Archives Service. Gunung Kidul also collaborated with the Coca-Cola Foundation Indonesia (CCFI) and created the Fun Library program. This program is proven to be able to alleviate poverty and improve people’s welfare. In terms of agriculture and food, the district government has created an Agribusiness Consulting Clinic Program. This program is a direct communication medium by utilizing information technology.
On the same day, the training participants paid a visit to the locus to see firsthand the innovations made by the district government. South Mountain. They have the opportunity to learn and adapt the advantages of locus innovation that has best practice in managing organizational tasks and functions. The participants who took part in this benchmarking activity were 34 people consisting of internal BPK, Bappenas, KPU and the Cabinet Secretariat.
The Head of the PKN Education and Training Agency, Hery Subowo, in his introductory remarks explained that the purpose of implementing this benchmarking activity was to provide opportunities for participants to develop skills in identifying areas of change and innovation agendas at the benchmarking locus. The participants also adopted and adapted the two things mentioned above as inspiration in developing change ideas that would be implemented in their respective organizational units. The Head of the PKN Education and Training Center appreciated the various achievements of the Regency Gunung Kidul Government under the leadership of the Regent Badingah. According to him, the local government of Gunung Kidul has succeeded in realizing the actualization of Value Based Leadership. It became one of the bases in the selection of the benchmarking location this time.
The series of benchmarking activities which took place on 15-19 July 2019 was followed by the creation of an innovation report. The benchmarking results report was submitted by participants in groups and attended by resource persons from representatives of officials from the Regency Government. South Mountain. Each group that presents the report on its innovation changes can have a direct dialogue with the resource persons and other groups. The results of the presentation of the innovation change will serve as a guide for each participant in preparing the change innovation project in their respective work units. (SE)