Public Policy Analysis on Watershed Governance in Indonesia

This paper, which is focused on evaluating the policies and institutional control of the Brantas River Basin, East Java, Indonesia, aims to review government regulations on watershed governance in Indonesia. A qualitative approach to content analysis is used to explain and layout government regulations regarding planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, and accountability of the central and local governments in managing the Brantas watershed, East Java, Indonesia. Nvivo 12 Plus software is used to map, analyze, and create data visualization to answer research questions. This study reveals that the management regulations of the Brantas watershed, East Java, Indonesia, are based on a centralized system, which places the central government as an actor who plays an essential role in the formulation, implementation, and accountability of the Brantas watershed management. In contrast, East Java Province’s regional government only plays a role in implementing and evaluating policies. The central government previously formulated the Brantas watershed. This research contributes to strengthening the management and institutional arrangement of the central government and local governments that support the realization of good governance of the Brantas watershed. Future research needs to apply a survey research approach that focuses on evaluating the capacity of the central government and local governments in supporting good management of the Brantas watershed

Systematic Review on Public Services in the Implementation of Smart City Using VOSviewer

This research focuses on the development of online services using Artificial Intelligence (AI) created to build a concept of smart city based on E-Government. The focus of this research is to answer the question: Is the implementation of smart city effective in improving the quality of public services? The impact of smart city implementation on the development of public services is also discussed. The results of this research show that governments in the Asian region are increasingly utilizing AI for ubiquitous connectivity, and a range of other technologies to help solve the most pressing urban issues, ranging from population growth and congestion to environmental sustainability as well as improving administrative effectiveness. The use of chatbots is also utilized by the governments in Asia to assist conversations with AI technologies in managing service issues. These findings shed light on an important theoretical foundation focused on human-computer interaction and clarify the benefits of using AI technologies

Kebijakan Pemerintah Indonesia Dalam Menyikapi COVID-19 Antara Pendekatan Adaptif Dan Saintifik

This study describes the Indonesian government's policy options in dealing with COVID-19. To explain research policy options using a scientific and adaptive approach in making policies for handling COVID-19. The Indonesian government's response to the handling of COVID-19 is considered slow due to the policy choices taken. In three years, the handling of COVID-19 has faced different policy choices and policy focuses. This study uses a qualitative approach to review government policies through a narrative policy framework analysis by selecting policies at the macro level to find out the government's steps in handling COVID-19. The findings of this study indicate that the approach used by the Government of Indonesia in handling COVID-19 tends to be adaptive. The adaptive policy is seen from the policy goals that are quite a lot that causes the handling of COVID-19 to be slow. This approach option is different from the scientific approach, which tends to have consistent goals and chooses to look at the conditions of the crisis that occurred. The use of this adaptive approach ignores the political process, which is slow and hinders the policymaking process.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan pilihan kebijakan pemerintah Indonesia dalam menangani COVID-19. Negara-begara yang terdampak COVID-19 telah menambil Langkah dengan pendekatan yang logis untuk menurunkan angka COVID-19, sedangkan Indonesia sejak kasus COVID-19 pertama ditemukan pemerintah tidak mengambil Langkah antisipasi yang cepat. Untuk menjawab masalah tersebut penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan descriptive analytic untuk menemukan pilihan kebijakan yang dominan oleh pemerintah Indonesia. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bawah pemerintah Indonesia telah banyak membuat kebijakan untuk menanggulangi krisis kesehatan yang terjadi, kebijakan tersebut terbagi menjadi beberapa focus aspek, aspek ekonomi dan aspek kesehatan. Sejauh ini aspek kesehatan masih menjadi aspek yang dominan dalam kebijakan yang dihasilkan. Namun temuan kamu menunjukkan terjadi  kebijakan yang hadir cendrung dipengaruhi oleh political process, dimana kebijakan diambil berdasarkan hirarki politis pemerintah sehingga kementerian dengan position yang utama tidak dapat menggunakan pendekatan scientific dalam menangani kasus COVID-19 di Indonesia