National Medium-Term Development Plan 2010‐2014

Plan

Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional 2010-2014

RPJMN

Summary

The National Medium‐Term Development Plan 2010‐2014 (RPJMN 2010‐2014) is the second phase of the National Long-Term Development Plan 2005-2025, aimed at making Indonesia a more advanced, peaceful, and democratic nation.

The RPJMN states the ideal goals for Indonesia for the time period, including: to realise public welfare through economic development; to realise a society, nation and state that upholds the responsibility of freedom; and to realise development that is just and equitable and which can benefit all Indonesian people. The plan informs government agencies in their development of their respective strategic plans to achieve the above goals.

The RPJMN recognises that given the growing challenges of climate change, it is necessary that Indonesian’s economic development mainstreams environmental problems in its strategy through adaptation and mitigation policies. The plan calls for the rehabilitation of forests and lands through government policies, including better management of watershed, controlling of emissions and a reduction in the degradation of the environment. It also says that efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should be focused on forests, peatlands, waste and energy sectors.

Institutional arrangements

The plan continually reiterates the need for good governance of Indonesia, across all sectors. It states that a country that respects human rights must also have governance that is open, participatory, and accountable. It specifically names good governance as one of five national development agendas. The plan names 11 national priorities, including the environment, and states that most resources should be directed towards them. It urges ministries to tackle and solve problems in a holistic way without fragmentation.The emphasis placed on tackling climate change in this plan reinforces the sentiment of the REDD+ National Strategy.

Stakeholder engagement and participation

Inclusive and fair development is reflected in the formulation and development of policies, which must involve all stakeholders to actively participate and cooperate by building up the consensus for having concerns for communities that are still left behind. Affirmative policies must be implemented to overcome discrepancies, the state of being left behind, and poverty, that still characterize the majority of the population. Such affirmative policies can succeed if supported by effective coordination and process of consultation among all stakeholders.

Land tenure arrangements and carbon rights

There is little in the Plan that specifically discusses rights and tenure. However, in the section on the development of the Papua region of Indonesia, the Plan states that traditional land rights should be taken into account in an effort to maintain local social and cultural values.

Forest management

The Plan makes enforcement of the law and the tackling of corruption one of five key development agenda items. It notes that law enforcement is the most important element in the elimination of corruption.