Head of BGN Explains Use of EO Services as Part of Professionalism
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, has assured that the use of event organisers (EOs) in various events is part of BGN’s professionalism in building a quality operational system and governance to ensure the success of the Free Nutritious Meals Programme (MBG).
This addresses public scrutiny over the budget allocation of around Rp113 billion for EO services.
“As a new agency established to implement a national strategic programme, it is naturally in the early phase of building systems, organisational structure, and operational governance. At this stage, BGN does not yet have fully ready internal resources to independently handle all the needs of large-scale activities,” said BGN Head Dadan Hindayana in an official statement confirmed in Jakarta on Monday.
According to him, organising events, public campaigns, and national-scale socialisation that are large and complex requires support from professional parties. EOs, Dadan continued, possess expertise that BGN does not yet fully have at present.
“The use of EO services in this context is a strategic step to ensure activities run professionally, to standard, and on time. EOs have special expertise in event management, from planning, vendor coordination, field technical management, to operational risk mitigation. These require experience and a solid team that realistically BGN does not yet fully possess in its early formation phase,” said Dadan.
“This actually facilitates the audit process, supervision, and accountability of state budget use, as all activity components are systematically documented,” he stated.
Dadan also explained that BGN activities handled by EOs are not merely ceremonial events, but part of public communication strategies related to national nutrition issues and other strategic activities, such as technical guidance (bimtek) for food handlers to ensure food security is managed by trained human resources.
“Therefore, the quality of organisation is crucial. EOs play a role in ensuring that the messages the government wants to convey are packaged effectively, attractively, and with broad impact, so that programme objectives can be achieved optimally as well as the management of trained human resources in their field,” said Dadan.
From an efficiency perspective, according to him, using EOs is more rational than building an internal team in a short time. The process of building internal capacity requires time, training costs, and recruitment that is not instant, while the programme must run immediately.
In practice, he continued, EOs also serve as strategic partners that provide input on activity planning, communication strategies, audience management, and budget optimisation to deliver maximum impact.
Nevertheless, Dadan emphasised that BGN remains committed to upholding principles of transparency and accountability in every budget use. All expenditures, including EO services, are carried out in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and are open to supervision by oversight bodies.
“Every expenditure, including the use of EO services, is carried out through mechanisms in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and is open to supervision by internal and external oversight bodies,” said BGN Head Dadan Hindayana.