Minister Rini Widyantini Praises Three Indonesian Public Service Innovations for International Recognition
Three Indonesian public service innovations have gained international recognition at the United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) 2026 held in Tbilisi, Georgia. The award recipients are the Parepare City Government for its ‘Berdaya Srikandi untuk Srikandi’ (Empowering Women for Women) innovation; the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) and the Ministry of Home Affairs for the Village Financial System (Siskeudes); and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources through its Geological Agency for the MAGMA Indonesia (Multiplatform Application for Geohazard Mitigation and Assessment in Indonesia) innovation.
Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Rini Widyantini expressed her appreciation for the government institutions recognised by the United Nations. She conveyed this during an audience with the award recipients at her office on Monday (29/6/2026). ‘Congratulations to Parepare City, the collaboration between BPKP and the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for receiving the UNPSA 2026 awards. This is a tremendous source of pride because these innovations prove that government institutions are not merely operating as usual, but are delivering real benefits to the public,’ Rini stated in a written release on Tuesday (30/6/2026).
At the UNPSA 2026, the ‘Berdaya Srikandi’ innovation by Srikandi from Parepare City was named the winner in the Gender-responsive Public Services category. Meanwhile, the other two innovations received Honourable Mention status. The Siskeudes innovation by BPKP and the Ministry of Home Affairs was recognised in the Transparent and Accountable Public Institutions to Achieve the SDGs category, and the MAGMA Indonesia innovation by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources was selected in the Delivering Inclusive and Equitable Services to Leave No One Behind category.
‘Indonesia’s achievements at the UNPSA 2026 demonstrate that public service innovations developed by Indonesian government institutions can gain global recognition. This is an important asset to strengthen Indonesia’s position in the international public service reform agenda,’ she explained. She noted that this international recognition shows Indonesia possesses good public service practices worthy of being elevated to both national and international levels. However, the challenge ahead is ensuring these innovations do not stop as individual practices or mere competition achievements.
Rini assessed that the awards should be viewed not only as achievements for each institution but also as momentum to strengthen guidance, documentation, replication, and the expansion of the impact of public service innovation nationwide. She stressed that Indonesia’s success at the UNPSA 2026 must be leveraged to reinforce the national public service innovation ecosystem. Going forward, the development of public service innovations must be directed not only at producing good practices but also at ensuring sustainability, replication, and the expansion of benefits for ministries, agencies, and regional governments.
‘We must not let these good innovations stop after receiving awards. I hope that existing innovations will continue to be maintained, so patterns of collaboration between central and regional government institutions need to be strengthened to ensure innovation remains sustainable,’ she said. She added that the good practices developed through Siskeudes, MAGMA Indonesia, and Berdaya Srikandi must be documented, disseminated, and replicated as national references to strengthen governance and the quality of public services. The sustainability of public service innovation must be continuously reinforced through institutional capacity building, adaptive technology utilisation, and periodic evaluation to ensure innovations remain relevant to the evolving needs of society. The public service innovation ecosystem must always be strengthened through policy development and the replication of good practices to realise public services that are increasingly high-quality, inclusive, accountable, and citizen-centric.