The government is preparing a national single data system supported by a single map.
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JAKARTA, KOMPAS —The government is preparing a national single data system supported by a single map. Both are not only used as a foundation for policies but also to provide legal certainty, a spatial framework, equitable distribution of labor and ease of processing business licenses.
One of the main agendas related to the government\'s massive work is to build population data through the 2020 Population Census. The census carried out by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) will provide the number, composition, distribution and characteristics of the Indonesian population.
The government is also compiling one map containing 84 thematic maps. The map will later be compiled and integrated from 19 ministries, agencies and local governments in 34 provinces.
Director general of Population and Civil Registry at the Home Ministry, Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, told Kompas, Friday (22/11/2019), that the single population data of the directorate general had been well arranged. In total, there are 266 million inhabitants or 98.8 percent. "Data is available complete with names and addresses," he said.
The population data is updated every day because someone moved, died, changed their status or changed jobs. It also aims to make sure there is no duplicate data. According to him, everyone who records data twice will be rejected by the system.
What about the number of students? When working on the allocation of village funds, the population is counted.
Zudan agreed the application of one data system followed by one map was very important. "[It’s important for] The accuracy of development planning. How many schools are needed? What about the number of students? When working on the allocation of village funds, the population is counted," he said.
According to him, single population data is used by state institutions for data verification. To date, 1,269 institutions have used that single data. The agency or company that is allowed to access it must meet five criteria, namely public service, development planning, budget allocation, democratization and law enforcement.
Indonesian Fintech Lenders Association (AFPI) spokesman Tumbur Pardede said before a single data policy was realized, the government must first issue a Personal Data Protection Act. The aim is to mitigate the misuse of personal data.
One map
The implementation of the one map policy now enters the synchronization process of geospatial information among existing preliminary map data. This process is expected to take longer than the integration stage, which has reached 99 percent.
Geospatial Information Agency head Hasan Hasanuddin Z. Abidin said a national geospatial information
network had been established and most of it was connected to the geo-portal. This means that geospatial information between ministries/institutions has been interconnected. However, this map data is not open to the public — except disaster maps — because each of them has data in the ministry.
After the geospatial information is collected, the next process is more difficult, namely data synchronization. "Synchronization takes time because of many aspects. For example, a mining business permit overlaps with a plantation business permit, while on the other hand the permit owner has invested. So, this is how it will be resolved," Hasan said.
Investors who apply for business licenses can choose investment locations based on a map of regional spatial plans or detailed spatial plans in an area.
Assistant deputy for spatial planning and strategic economic areas at the Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister, Dodi Slamet Riyadi, said the new one-map geo-portal system could just be accessed by the government because it was still being updated continuously pending all integrated thematic maps. The one map policy is also integrated with a single online submission service. "Investors who apply for business licenses can choose investment locations based on a map of regional spatial plans or detailed spatial plans in an area," he said.
The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) welcomes the one-data and map policy because it facilitates planning for development, provision of infrastructure and the issuance of permits and land rights. Various national policies can also refer to accurate spatial data.
Apindo property and economic zones chairman Sanny Iskandar said the handling of the one data and map system still needed work. Overlapping, for example, prevents entrepreneurs from investing. "In Kalimantan and Sumatra, for example, there is overlapping land use, in more than 50 percent of forest areas," said Sanny. (KRN/ICH/BOW/CAS/MED)