LAN: Civil Servants’ Competence Key to Development in Greater Papua
Jayapura (ANTARA) – Muhammad Taufiq, head of Indonesia’s National Institute of Public Administration (LAN), said the competence of civil servants was key to successful development across Greater Papua. He said it should be strengthened through human resource development and bureaucratic innovation.
“Strengthening civil servants’ capacity in Greater Papua is the most strategic pillar for achieving the national development agenda,” Taufiq said at a strategic meeting between LAN and regional secretaries, heads of regional research and innovation agencies (BRIDA), and heads of provincial human resource development agencies (BPSDM/BKPSDM) from across Greater Papua. The meeting was held at the Papua Governor’s Office in Jayapura on Wednesday.
Development in Greater Papua requires collaboration across regions and an integrated bureaucratic ecosystem supported by competent, ethical officials capable of producing high-quality policies, he said.
“Infrastructure development will be more effective if matched by stronger officials’ capacity and innovation tailored to the needs of people in each region,” he said.
Taufiq said LAN was therefore promoting stronger civil service competencies through the preparation of Human Capital Development Plans (HCDPs) and the development of a Corporate University (CorpU) as an organisational learning ecosystem.
“Through this approach, training, mentoring and knowledge-sharing are expected not only to improve individual capabilities, but also to improve work processes and public service quality, while generating innovations that address community problems,” he said.
He also stressed the importance of improving the quality of regional policies by measuring the Policy Quality Index (IKK), so that local government policies are evidence-based, implemented effectively and evaluated using measurable criteria.
“According to our 2025 data, 10 government agencies in Papua participated in the IKK measurement. We hope this meeting will encourage many more to take part,” he said.
He said LAN also hoped that governments across Papua would not merely receive development programmes, but would grow into national centres of innovation and learning through the sharing of good practices and solutions suited to local social and cultural characteristics.
“Greater Papua must no longer be positioned merely as a recipient of programmes. It must rise and prepare to become an epicentre of innovation and a national centre of excellence in learning,” he said.