Why Did BGN Use EO Services Worth Rp 113 Billion?

JAKARTA - The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has explained its policy of using event organizer (EO) services with a budget of Rp 113 billion. Why did BGN use an EO? “At this stage, BGN does not yet have fully ready internal resources to handle all the needs of large-scale activities independently,” said BGN Head Dadan Hindayana in Jakarta on (11/4/2026), as reported in a BGN press release on Sunday (12/4/2026). The reason BGN used EO services is that the agency does not have its own EO because BGN is a new institution, yet it requires EO services. Dadan assessed that EOs have expertise that BGN does not yet possess in organising such events. “The use of EO services in this context is a strategic step to ensure that activities run professionally, to standard, and on time. EOs have special expertise in event management, from planning, vendor coordination, on-site technical management, to operational risk mitigation. These aspects require experience and a solid team that realistically BGN does not yet fully possess in its early formation phase,” stated Dadan. “Therefore, the quality of organisation is crucial. EOs play a role in ensuring that the government’s intended message is 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 fields,” he explained. By involving third parties, the procurement of goods and services, vendor payments, and activity reporting can be carried out centrally and systematically. “This actually facilitates the audit process, supervision, and accountability of state budget usage, because all activity components are documented systematically,” said Dadan. From an efficiency perspective, using EOs is considered 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 instantaneous, while the programme must run immediately. “Meanwhile, the needs for programme implementation must run immediately. EOs serve as a bridging solution so that the programme can still be executed without sacrificing quality and time,” said Dadan. All expenditures, including the use of EO services, are carried out in accordance with applicable legal 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 legal regulations, and is open to supervision by internal and external oversight bodies,” stressed Dadan.