The KSP budget in 2021 was at Rp100.4 billion (US$7.02 million), and the budget realization was at 97.01 percent, equal to Rp97.47 billion (US$6.82 million)
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Presidential Staff Office (KSP) head Moeldoko on Monday said that KSP's 2021 budget was used to monitor and evaluate national strategic programs conceived by the government.



“The KSP budget in 2021 was at Rp100.4 billion (US$7.02 million), and the budget realization was at 97.01 percent, equal to Rp97.47 billion (US$6.82 million)," Moeldoko informed Commission II of the House of Representatives (DPR RI) during a working meeting at the Parliament Complex here.



Besides the KSP head, officials from the Ministry of State Secretariat, the Cabinet Secretary, and the Pancasila Ideology Education Agency (BPIP) also attended the meeting.



The budget was spent to monitor and evaluate around 39 national priority programs, as well as manage 9 political communication strategies, 20 information dissemination campaigns, and 204 strategic issues, the KSP head informed.

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The Presidential Staff Office conducted monitoring and evaluation of national priority programs for the improvement of marine and fisheries product's production, quality, and added value; development of start-up businesses and business opportunities; enhancement of tourism destination competitiveness and production industry as well as the development of natural tourism and its supply line, he expounded.


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He further said that the KSP also monitored and evaluated government programs for the improvement of mother and child health, family planning, and reproductive health; agrarian reform; industry cooperation-based vocational education; improvement of airport quality; and development of state civil apparatus management implementation and public service reform.



Regarding political communications and information dissemination, the KSP conceived communication strategies for relevant stakeholders, monitored strategic issues and actors, organized local- and national-level media discussions, designed political communications to pool public and stakeholders' aspirations, and information dissemination contents, Moeldoko said.


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