Secretariat Directorate General of Protection and Social Security Wins IKPA Awards

JAKARTA (February 18th 2020) - The Secretariat of the Directorate General of Social Protection and Security received the third rank award in the category of Budget Implementation Performance Indicator (IKPA) with a ceiling of 50 to 200 Billion from the Ministry of Finance at the IKP Awards event of the Jakarta VII State Treasury Service Office (KPPN) Fiscal Year 2019.

The award was handed over directly by the Head of the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Treasury of DKI Jakarta Province, Ludiro and received by the Secretary of the Directorate General of Social Protection and Security, Justina Dwi Noviantari.

"It is not easy to get this nominee because only the best five were selected from a total of 186 work units under KPPN VII. This award is an appreciation to the work units that have managed their budgets well, including the Ministry of Social Affairs. Without hard work and cooperation, it is impossible for this achievement to be achieved, ”explained Noviantari.

IKPA is one of the tools that will become a tool for monitoring evaluation and fostering work unit budget execution. The Ministry of Social Affairs as one of the institutions with the best IKPA score in 2019 received four kinds of awards.

First, the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Social Affairs was awarded the second rank in the IKPA Value category with a ceiling of 200 to 500 Billion received by the Head of the Finance Bureau, Mira Riyati Kurniasih.

Second, the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Social Protection and Security was awarded the third rank in the IKPA Value category with a ceiling of 50 to 200 Billion. The award was received by the Secretary of the Directorate General of Social Protection and Security, Justina Dwi Noviantari.

Third, the Directorate of Poverty Handling Region I was awarded the fifth rank in the IKPA Value category with a ceiling above 500 Billion. The award was received by the Director of Poverty Handling Region I, Andi Muhammad Asnandar.

Fourth, filled by the Social Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Drug Abuse 'Bambu Apus' Jakarta, which was awarded fourth place in the IKPA Value category with a ceiling of less than 50 Billion.

"With the acquisition of these four awards, it further proves that the Ministry of Social Affairs can carry out budget management properly according to budget planning and implementation, compliance with regulations, as well as the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of activities that are indicators in each category," said Ludiro.

Ludiro also emphasized that the achievements obtained by the Ministry of Social Affairs proved that the budget execution was smooth. "This is important to be a common concern because the role of the Ministry of Social Affairs, one of which is social spending, in order to provide social protection to people who are part of the social safety net, which is the government's priority," he explained again.

He said that the distribution of social assistance is closely related to the government's efforts to reduce poverty so that its smoothness needs to be maintained because it has a big impact on society.

"This also has an impact on the poverty rate so that it can continue to decline. Likewise, people's purchasing power is maintained by the various social assistance programs introduced by the government," he concluded.