Kupang (ANTARA) - East Nusa Tenggara Governor Emanuel Melkiades Laka\nLena has made reducing stunting the top priority for development\ninitiatives to be implemented in 2027.<\/p>\n
At the Provincial Development Planning Consultation (Musrenbang)\nforum in Kupang on Thursday, the Governor outlined five development\npriorities for 2027, including improving the quality of basic services\nand strengthening human resources through accelerating stunting\nreduction, enhancing health services, education quality, vocational\neducation, social protection, and poverty alleviation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to strive to lower stunting rates with a target\nprevalence of around 30.70% in 2027 from the 2024 achievement of 37%\nbased on SSGI. This can only be achieved through synergy between\ngovernment, families, the education sector, businesses, and society,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The second priority is increasing productivity and economic\ntransformation based on regional flagship potentials. The East Nusa\nTenggara Provincial Government will promote downstreaming in\nagriculture, livestock, fisheries, forestry, and tourism sectors, as\nwell as strengthening MSMEs, cooperatives, village-owned enterprises,\nand the creative economy.<\/p>\n
According to Melki, regional economic development will also be\nbolstered through OVOP (One Village One Product), OCOP (One Community\nOne Product), and OSOP (One School One Product) programmes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want regional flagship products not to stop at raw material\nproduction but to be processed, marketed, and add value. Therefore, we\nstrengthen marketing through NTT Mart in 22 regencies\/cities and\ndigital-based marketplaces,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
The third priority is enhancing connectivity and equitable\ndistribution of basic infrastructure. As an archipelagic region,\nconnectivity is seen as the key to East Nusa Tenggara\u2019s development.<\/p>\n
The government will focus on strengthening inter-regional\ntransportation and logistics, providing clean water, sanitation,\nelectricity, housing, as well as developing strategic areas and border\nregions.<\/p>\n
The fourth priority is strengthening environmental resilience and\nsustainable natural resource management. Local government views climate\nchange, water crises, and disaster threats as challenges that must be\nanticipated seriously.<\/p>\n
Therefore, development is directed towards strengthening adaptation\nand mitigation of climate change, sustainable waste and wastewater\nmanagement, food and water resilience, and increasing regional capacity\nin facing disaster risks.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the fifth priority is strengthening governance and\nregional fiscal capacity through optimising regional revenue,\nstrengthening asset management, accelerating government digitalisation,\nand integrating development data.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want every policy and programme to be implemented on target,\nefficiently, and accountably,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n
Governor Melki is optimistic that implementing these various\ndevelopment priorities will drive stronger, more inclusive, and\nhigher-quality economic growth in East Nusa Tenggara.<\/p>\n
He stated that East Nusa Tenggara\u2019s economic growth in 2027 is\nexpected to increase above the 2025 achievement of 5.14%, with\nconstruction, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, processing industries,\nand accommodation and food-beverage sectors as the main drivers of\nregional economic growth.<\/p>\n
In addition, the government also targets the open unemployment rate\nto be in the range of 2.30 to 2.89%, and to press the poverty rate lower\nthan the 2025 achievement of 17.5%.<\/p>\n
According to Melki, the Musrenbang serves as a strategic forum to\nunify development aspirations from the village to provincial level to\nalign with the national development agenda.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Musrenbang must be able to produce innovative, measurable,\nrealistic programmes with real impacts for society,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/reducing-stunting-as-the-top-priority-for-ntt-governors-development-1778158497", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }