New Cultural Zone of Informative Transparency in Jakarta

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Chairman of the Jakarta Provincial Information Commission (KI), Harry Ara Hutabarat, stated that the informative zone is becoming a new culture of transparency in Jakarta, as by early April 2026, 140 out of a total of 189 informative public bodies have implemented and developed the zone. “We hope that all 189 informative public bodies can develop this zone seriously. Openness is not a trend, but a culture that must be realised,” said Harry in Jakarta on Thursday. According to him, although it has only been running for two years since it was initiated by KI DKI Jakarta, the informative zone has become a source of pride and a real commitment from every public body in building a culture of transparency. Harry explained that the informative zone serves as a symbol of transparency for the Administrative City Governments in the five regions of DKI Jakarta, various departments and bureaus within the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, RSUD hospitals, puskesmas health centres, land offices, district courts, the DKI Jakarta KPU and Bawaslu, as well as hundreds of sub-districts and villages. The presence of this zone, he said, was designed from the outset to expand public access to information, improve the quality of public services, and cultivate a culture of openness within the government environment. The informative zone programme, which is a follow-up strengthening of the results of the e-monev assessment by KI DKI Jakarta, aims to encourage public bodies not only to meet information openness standards but also to provide friendly, easily accessible service spaces that consistently provide information to the public. Harry emphasised that the commitment of public bodies to opening access to information is an important element in building the trust of Jakarta residents. In the future, KI DKI Jakarta will ensure that the implementation of the informative zone becomes one of the main indicators in the monitoring and evaluation (monev) assessment. The seriousness of organisations in building a culture of transparency, including improvements to facilities and infrastructure for public information services, will be part of the assessment aspects. The increasing number of informative public bodies, he added, must be directly reflected in the presence of increasingly quality informative zones as proof that the public’s right to information is truly easily accessible and becomes a new culture of transparency in Jakarta.