Performance Accountability of Jakarta Administration Improves

Good Governance is the vision and mission of Jakarta administration. This is in line with the President Instruction No 7/1999 on the Performance Accountability of Government Agency.


To implement Good Governance principles starting from 2002 to 2008, the city administration has implemented a performance accountability system by developing a Medium-term Provincial Strategic Plan (Renstra) for 2007 to 2012 period.


The success of Jakarta government in performing its efficient, clear, and accountable administration has resulted in an appreciation from the State Ministry of state Apparatus Empowerment in term of apparatus accountability.


“By this achievement, city administration will keep improving its performance by revitalizing all the existing resources,” told Fauzi Bowo, Jakarta Governor, Thursday (2/11).


Another achievement based on the  Performance Accountability of Government is that in 2008 Jakarta Governor stood in the third rank among 27 provinces assessed. It is better than the previous rank, the tenth rank among 25 provinces.


The assessment is based on five major components of performance management such as planning, measurement, reporting, evaluation and performance.


The performance accountability of Jakarta governor in 2008 shows that the vision and mission has been implemented in the development of Jakarta. And Renstra 2007-2012 is a form of development and implementation of an appropriate clear and legitimate accountability system. LAKIP governor in 2008 is a picture of the performance both macro and micro of Jakarta during 2008. In addition, the Jakarta governor`s LAKIP is a form of the his transparency and accountability in various development pograms based on the vision and mission.


During 2008, many successfully of development has been reached by Jakarta Governor was successful in many fields of development, such as flyover and underpass, mass rapid transportation plan integrated with spatial planning, the East Flood Canal (KBT) completion and cooperation in flood control between Central government and Bodetabek local governments.


"Accountability is an increasing public demand where people are getting more critical to the pattern of governance. It has encouraged efforts in improving the performance accountability system of Jakarta Government," explained Fauzi Bowo.