For the percentage, we took 70 percent from province and 30 percent from nationalJakarta (ANTARA) - The National Public Information Openness Index (IKIP) has shown an increase in 2022 compared to the previous year, the Central Information Commission (KIP) has informed.
The IKIP score increased from 71.37 in 2021 to 74.43 in 2022, KIP's research and documentation head, Rospita Vici Paulyn, said during the IKIP National Assessment Council Forum here on Friday.
The score of 74.43 is better than the target score of 72 that was set nationally under the 2022 Mid-Term National Development Program (RPJMN).
In addition, the score is within the medium category out of the five categories in the IKIP's score model: very bad, bad, medium, good, and very good.
The 2022 IKIP score has been obtained from the average score in three dimensions, which comprise the physical and political dimension (74.53), economic dimension (74.84), and legal dimension (73.98).
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The end score of 74.43 has been obtained based on an evaluation by 306 expert informants from 34 provinces across Indonesia and 17 national expert informants comprising KIP's internal and external elements.
"For the percentage, we took 70 percent from province and 30 percent from national," Paulyn explained.
As per the survey, there are three provinces in the good category: West Java, which scored 81.93; Bali with a score of 80.99; and West Nusa Tenggara, which scored 80.49.
Meanwhile, North Maluku, which scored 58.49, has been placed in the bad category. The other 30 provinces are in the medium category.
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"This IKIP survey result can become public information openness guideline in improving the accountability of public institutions' work in fulfilling the people's sovereignty rights to improve participation and information access to the people," she said.
The formulation of the 2022 IKIP started in February and ended with its evaluation yesterday.
The process covered legal foundation formulation, provision of technical assistance to all regional working groups, data gathering, interviews of regional expert informants, and focus group discussions (FGD) in 34 provinces.
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