Yogyakarta, Indonesia Achieves Highest Sustainable Governance Competitiveness Index Score in 2022

Yogyakarta Special Region was named the region with the highest competitiveness index in sustainable governance in 2022. This is evident in the Sustainable Regional Competitiveness Index (IDSDB) released by the Regional Autonomy Implementation Monitoring Committee (KPPOD) together with Terra Komunika and Kinara Indonesia.

According to the IDSDB, governance plays a crucial role in shaping the development ecosystem. "Accountability of actors, system transparency, and public participation are the elements that support the performance of the public sector in the regions," the IDSDB wrote on its official website on Thursday (23/2/2023).

The IDSDB states that innovative regions use governance as an instrument to compete and overcome backwardness. "Using collaboratively designed policy, institutional arrangements, and public service systems, many resource-scarce regions have proven to be economically prosperous and have high-quality public services," said the IDSDB.

This index aims to measure the achievements of regions in strengthening sustainable competitiveness. The index measurement is a combination of contributions from several documents and findings from various institutions.

There are four main pillars used as benchmarks in the IDSDB, namely sustainable environment, sustainable economy, social inclusion, and sustainable governance.

In the sustainable governance pillar, the IDSDB is measured using the following variables:

* Participation (community participation in regional development).
* Accountability (fairness of financial information, corruption control and prevention, and compliance with public service standards).
* Transparency (electronic-based government system).
* Effectiveness (regional innovation).
* Sustainability (sustainable policies, implementation of ecologically-based district budget transfers/TAKE, and inter-regional cooperation).

The index measurement results are formulated into a score on a scale of 0-100, with the following categorization:

* Score 0 to 30: Low competitiveness
* Score 30.01 to 60: Moderate competitiveness
* Score 60.01 to 80: High competitiveness
* Score 80.01 to 100: Very high competitiveness

Yogyakarta Special Region achieved a score of 77.93 in the sustainable governance pillar. This score falls into the high competitiveness category and is also the best score among the 29 provinces researched.

Next, West Kalimantan ranked second with an IDSDB score of 71.04 in the sustainable governance pillar. This was followed by Bali and Bangka Belitung Islands with scores of 70.99 and 68.11 respectively.

KPPOD hopes that the IDSDB can serve as a basis for national and regional development patterns, as well as a reference for public and non-public incentives for regions.

For further information, the complete Sustainable Regional Competitiveness Index (IDSDB) report can be accessed at this link.