Work Visit to Yogyakarta, Commission VIII Wants to Know about Social Welfare Resources

YOGYAKARTA (February 7, 2020) - the Special Work Visit Team of Commission VIII of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) House of Representatives monitors the development of Social Welfare Human Resources in the Ministry of Social Welfare Research and Education (BP3S) of  Ministry of Social Affairs.

On this occasion, the Kunker team chaired by Ace Hasan Syadzily visited one of the Big Centers under BP3S, the Yogyakarta Social Welfare Training and Education Center (BBPPKS).

The presence of Commission VIII was welcomed directly by the Head of BP3S Prof. Syahabuddin was accompanied by the Head of BBPPKS Yogyakarta.

Before conveying the objective and objectives of the visit, the team also had the opportunity to directly inspect the Social Welfare Facilities' infrastructure in terms of supporting Education and Training in BBPPKS Yogyakarta.

Ace Hasan said, during his visit he brought 23 people who were members of the specific team.

The goal and purpose of the visit team is to find out to what extent BP3S through the Central Education and Training Center underneath it in terms of developing Social Welfare HR in the Ministry of Social Affairs.

"The success of social welfare programs in the Ministry of Social Affairs is certainly the key is in BP3S," Ace Hasan said in his speech at the hall of the BBPPKS Yogyakarta. Friday, 2/7/2020.

We, Commission VIII, added Ace, have provided a lot of support, for example the PKH program has increased every year, including the BPNT and other programs in terms of social welfare.

"For this reason, all of this must be supported by adequate human resources without strong human resources from social workers. Of course we do not want these programs to fail," he explained.

On the same occasion, the Head of BP3S also conveyed, related to the duties and functions of BP3S.

"We have a directive from the Minister of Social Affairs Juliari P. Batubara related to policies and programs in the Ministry of Social Affairs, including Social Assistance in the future, all based on research," said the Head of BP3S

In addition to social protection, he also asked the Ministry of Social Research and Development Agency to strengthen research related to social empowerment.