JAJAKI starts national meeting

JAKARTA: More than 40 government institutions, non-government organizations (NGOs), universities, political parties and mass media started a two-day meeting on Tuesday to help create good public policy and push for continuing reform after the 2004 elections.

The groups, under the network called JAJAKI, would debate priorities on public policy to be further debated and finally recommended to the government after next year's election.

JAJAKI was facilitated by the United Nations Facility for Indonesian Recovery (UNSFIR).

Among the institutions that joined JAJAKI were the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the University of Indonesia, Nadhlatul Ulama, Muhammadiyah, and The Jakarta Post.

After the two-day meeting, JAJAKI will continue to hold public debates and meetings to sharpen public policies to be recommended to the government.-JP