7 Aspects of Papua's Development Acceleration

7 Aspects of Papua's Development Acceleration

The Ministry of National Development Planning / National Development Planning Agency prepares seven aspects of new innovative strategic policies to accelerate the development of the Provinces of Papua and West Papua in an effort to answer the needs of the people in the eastern region of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia.
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"Seven aspects of the acceleration of development in Papua and West Papua have been included in the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020-2024," said Director of Disadvantaged Regions, Transmigration and Rural Development Ministry / Planning Agency Velix Vernando Wanggai on the sidelines of the regional consultation forum for indigenous territories Saereri in Biak on Monday.
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The Ministry of PPN / Bappenas in the 2020-2024 RPJMN document has laid a new breakthrough to accelerate the development of the people of Papua and West Papua Provinces. He hopes, with the seven aspects of developing a strategic program for Papua and West Papua, it is expected to provide a real acceleration to meet the various needs of citizens in the regions of Papua and West Papua.
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From the seven new aspects of innovation, the acceleration of Papua and West Papua, according to Velix, the first is the development of Papua in terms of regional economics to support tourism fisheries in the plantation and production sectors.
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The second aspect, continued Velix, is the development of Papua in the regions and regions of the tourism and rural industrial areas, the third is the development of Papua in the context of national human resources (HR).
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For the design of Papuan human resource development as a third aspect, it must be contextual with the educational needs in Papua. "Development of Papuan human resources through vocational education, higher education or secondary education, to provide applicative training for young Papuans," he said.
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The fourth aspect, the development of Papua in the context of national culture because of the melanesian race that has character and gives color to the national culture of the Indonesian people, so it must be included in the national cultural agenda.
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The fifth aspect of development in Papua and West Papua is in the field of infrastructure and inter-regional connectivity in the land of Papua, especially integrated air transportation, sea and integrated crossings to basic services. "Even in the new innovations to accelerate the development of Papua and West Papua, it is also seen from the acceleration of communication and telecommunications access that will be of concern to the government," said the Papuan-born son of Jayapura.
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While the sixth aspect of developing Papua in the future, namely development of Papua must pay attention to the development of environmental conservation of climate change and disaster management. According to him this is considered important, especially since the Saereri customary area is included in a vulnerable area because it is in the area of ​​the fire ring category prone to earthquakes and tsunamis so as to prioritize disaster mitigation for disaster prevention.
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While the seventh aspect, the development of Papua in the political, defense and political services of the northern region is bordered by the central defense and security system of the Eastern region and the grand strategy of national defense.
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He hopes that through the development consultancy forum in the Saereri customary area, it is expected to be able to provide many inputs and ideas from the district government to enrich the design of the 2020-2024 RPJMN document for the acceleration of Papua and West Papua.
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In relation to strategic policy innovations for the acceleration of development in Papua and West Papua, the Ministry of Development Planning / Bappenas is preparing a new draft regulation of the Presidential Instruction substitute for Presidential Instruction No.9 of 2017 concerning the acceleration of welfare development in the Provinces of Papua and West Papua, said Velix Wanggai.