BATAM (19 November 2019) - The Directorate of Poverty Handling Region II held a Socialization Program for the 2020 Poverty Handling, the Directorate of Poverty Handling Region II, Batam City (19/11). The activity was opened by the Director of PFM Region II, I Wayan Wirawan and attended by the Head of the Riau Islands Province Social Service, the Head of the Provincial and Regency / City Social Service in Region II, representatives of the Coordinating Ministry for PMK and TNP2K.

In his direction, the Director of PFM Region II said that the Poverty Handling in accordance with the mandate of Law

Number 13 Year 2011 is carried out in a directed, integrated manner and carried out by the Central Government, Regional Government, and / or the community, in the form of policies, programs and empowerment activities. assistance and facilitation to meet the basic needs of every citizen.

"In 2019, various successes have been achieved together. In general, it looks like the decrease in the number of poor people from 25.95 million people or 9.82% in 2018 decreased to 25.14 million people or 9.41% in March 2019 or decreased 0.80. million people. In addition, the level of inequality or Gini Ratio has also decreased, from 0.389 in 2018 to 0.382. This achievement is of course the role and contribution of the Provincial and District / City Social Services and their staff who have worked hard to achieve these goals, "said the Director of PFM Region II.

The Director of PFM Region II also said that we would soon enter 2020, a year where we will experience many changes such as changes made by President Jokowi's Cabinet towards a better national progress, a global economic slowdown due to the US-China trade war which caused demand for Indonesian export commodities has decreased, as well as the development of information technology which has entered stage 4.0 which relies more on the role of robotics than humans.

"These changes must be addressed properly and wisely supported by an organization that is flexible, adaptive and responsive, and sensitive to change," said the Director of PFM Region II.

At the end of his direction, the Director of PFM Region II hopes that this socialization activity can be used as a medium in gaining insight into the policies of the Region II Poverty Handling Program in 2020, can build understanding, and take the same steps the Ministry of Social Affairs, Provincial Social Service, Regency / City in the implementation of handling the poor, receiving feedback in improving the implementation of handling the poor and encouraging Provinces, Districts / Cities to carry out the Regional II Poverty Handling Program properly and correctly to meet the target of 6 T (Right Target, Right Amount, Right Price, Right Time, Right Quality, and Right Administration).