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On the one hand, there is a ban on political activity and run security. But on the other hand, the Government provides insurance protection to foreign workers.
Indonesia is a country prone to disaster! Warning that repeatedly echoed, especially after the Aceh tsunami disaster a few years ago. AB Susanto management experts stressed that the country as a disaster, the people of Indonesia can assign. But it does not mean submission to bersimpuh without action. Disaster and it must be faced, prevented, and the impact be minimized.
When the introduction to his book gives Disaster Management Affairs in disaster-prone, AB Susanto said that the handling of the disaster can not be relied on spontaneity. Spontaneity means without the plan. Therefore, the Government must manage well with the disaster planning that well.
In the context that the government finally issued a package of disaster management policy in the form of Government Regulation (PP). Third, regulation is the PP. 21 of the Disaster Relief Organization, PP. 22 on Funding and Management of Disaster Assistance, and the PP. 23 on the Role of International Institutions and Foreign Institutions Non-Government in Disaster Relief. Third PP was published 2008 and has been effective since two months ago. The umbrella of this policy is the Law. 24 Year 2007 on Disaster Relief.
One of the interesting is highlighted for the PP. 23/2008. At the time of the tsunami Aceh and Nias, both foreign institutions and international organizations of foreign non-government organization (NGO foreign) race-race help. Until now, impressions overseas institutions that are still visible in the earth Serambi Mecca. But not clear how much money is the flow of foreign aid since the tsunami disaster until now. Understandably, some foreign agencies directly working with their partners in Indonesia.
Now, if later repeated similar disasters, both foreign institutions and international organizations and foreign NGOs can not directly vain provide assistance to local NGOs. They also can not the road alone because there are obligations to adjust the policy of the government version of disaster management.
PP 23 firmly stated: "In terms of international institutions or non-government institutions of foreign assistance funds must be delivered or sent directly via BNPB." BNPB is the National Disaster Relief Agency, which is non department. In the eyes of Aminuddin Kirom, Project Officer of Community Disaster Relief Indonesia (MPBI), the provisions of these policies in line with the spirit of a door in disaster management. This policy is intended to avoid any assistance that is not controlled and potentially misused.
In addition to the assistance fund should send directly to the account BNPB, international agencies and foreign NGOs is still burdened a line of other obligations. For example, prepare proposals, create and sign MoU, plus a work plan. In preparing the proposal, foreign institutions have to consult with representatives of Indonesia overseas. Questions agreement, but must be carried out under the coordination BNPB, involving Deplu. Meanwhile, concerning the work plan, BNPB can be arranged together with international agencies and foreign NGOs. This requirement, a requirement could actually diterobos if conditions in the emergency response.
If in such conditions, international agencies and foreign NGOs to the list of the number of personnel, logistics, equipment, location and activities. Soon, the approval or rejection of foreign agencies is the former head of BNPB. If approved, the PP 23, the Government will provide protection for foreign workers to run its work in Indonesia. However, not explained in more detailed form of protection referred to.
Even if protected, the Government has to provide unequivocal line. The foreign workers are prohibited from conducting activities that background or political security. What categories of activities that enter the political and security determined by the Head of BNPB with intelligence and security agencies. One that is not less important, international agencies and foreign NGOs should consider and respect the social culture and religion, local residents where they work.
[4/4/08]
http://www.hukumonline.com
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Claims Society in the case of Lapindo
Mud and Legal Problems
Lapindo hot mud spurt in the first Siring village, Porong Subdistrict, Sidoarjo regency of East Java on Monday 29 May 2006 at around 06.00. Spot spraying is located about 100 meters west Well Banjar Panji 1 owned by PT Lapindo Brantas. In a calligrapher (Kompas published in the Wednesday 6 September 2006) Eep Saefulloh Fatah stated that: while researchers from the University of Airlangga, Dr. Suparto Wijoyo, that Lapindo Brantas has been violation of the law dozen industry, konserasi, environment, roads, traffic, oil and gas, spatial, mining, agrarian, health, water resources, even terrorism. In another paper, Fredrik J. Pinakunary stated that the use of the Law No. 23 of 1997 on Environmental Management (Law PLH) is not appropriate. System of criminal responsibility that requires the public or omission of the day is not very profitable for many people who have become victims mud.
Pinakunary According to the criminal responsibility of the system only requires absolute knowledge and acts of the accused. This means that the act is the defendant knows or is aware of the potential losses for other parties, the situation is enough for the demands of the criminal pertangungjawaban: "Kongkretnya not need to be proven whether Lapindo has the elements of negligent or accidental, but the drilling activities that ultimately cause the mud flood damage the environment is sufficient to penalize the company "(hal.219). In this case, the judges function as a 'living interpretator' that can capture the spirit of community justice. Pinakunary cite Thohari in his writings in the Kompas some time before, stated that law enforcement is not just important, but enforcement was made (p. 220).
Mud and the Weak Governance
At the beginning of the disaster the government behave very slow. No disaster management coordination between the central and local governments. Saefulloh Fatah stated that the problem of mud in the face of this government is very weak and not able to deal with both. "During the almost two years of work, the government Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) - Muhammad Jusuf Kalla (JK) as the government is good and correct, but failed to prove they are strong." (P. 191). According to Saefulloh Fatah cases involving the mud is a contradiction various interests, also has interests pertumbukan internal governance. This means that the interest to take reasonable steps in, firmly, quickly and comprehensively dealing with the interest of saving themselves from the possibility liable in the political and legal. However, the problem is the Bakrie group should be responsible financially in very large scale. However, tire
respect the halt the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare will have a firmness and strength to take the necessary policies. Truly wretched if confidence, firmness and courage of President and Vice President any doubt (p. 192).
In the end date of 24 June 2007 screaming victims receive envoy mud in Cikeas Bogor. The victims describe macetnya compensation payment according the Government's decision. Found that the regulations do not traveled with the president is correct, eventually SBY is decided over three days in Sidoarjo. Of course, this attitude should be the President diapresiasi as a strength of the President to defend the victim. Emha Ainun Najib said that when he was writing the epilog on 18 September 2008, the number of victims who paid 20 percent advance in accordance with the Education Yes. 14 news events of 9463 a total area of land and buildings. This means more than 94 percent of the amount of the victim's family has received advance payment of 20 percent - not much different from the agreed deadlines Education. The remaining 80 percent of the amount that must be paid by Lapindo should be paid at the latest in May 2008. Currently, after more than 2 years and the disaster happened, and exactly one year after
This book was published, we hope matters indemnity payment money has been finished completely.
Conclusion: as the Public Access Control
However, based on data from the official site Lapindo victims, Chairman of the Ad Hoc team of human rights violations Lapindo mud, Syafrudin Ngulma Simeulue said there has been no development means that after the signing of the agreement with the victims of Lapindo and the government on Aug. 29. Even as news of the Jakarta Post quoted the site, up to the Idul Fitri and new, Lapindo victims of the refugees still have not received clarity when the remaining compensation will be paid 80 percent. One refugee, Muhayatin (38) who were interviewed stated that he has received 20 percent down payment of 42 million rupiah 2 years ago. However, the money is already out for the day-to-day needs. Meanwhile, according to the Head of Public Relations BPLS (Lumpur Sidoarjo Management Agency) Ahmad Teorima, payment of the remaining 80 percent will be slow to most dituntaskan later in 2010. From the description of the last victims of Lapindo above, the scheme of payment per 20:80
cents a clearly defined government does not benefit the victims Lumpur Lapindo to set up their lives again.
Similarly, prevention efforts are not luberan mud could be. Discard the mud to the sea via rivers or Scone with piped disposal, have various problems that must be dituntaskan. Some time ago the residents of villages into exile rejected the Porong river of mud that resulted pendangkalan at risk of river and cause flooding when the rainy season.
This book is a collection of coverage, writing or opinions, and the Title Plan which was published in Kompas daily between 2006 and 2007 about Lumpur Lapindo and the efforts of handling. This book is full enough with the results of the data writing Kompas journalists and observers. Reading the books again this year after issuance, as if to invite us to check and recheck the top of the mud disaster penuntasan this problem. Unfortunately the government did not create a system where the public can have broad access to monitor each time the efforts penuntasan disaster problems. Monitoring by the public can ensure and protect the victims to be treated fairly. This becomes important in the current system of capitalism media, large corporations easier to control public opinion. Often, the interests of large corporations more easily expressed by the mass media, compared to the interests of small people.
Publishing books about the disaster mud can be a means of monitoring system of disaster management. Indeed, the monitoring system will be far more effective and efficient use media website. However, any publication of this book is still useful. This book also features a graphic showing very interesting, although black-white, not as original in the newspaper. Caricature works Jitet Koestana used on the front cover of this book is very interesting. However, this book covers the face can be processed more that can represent how the size of the problem is Lapindo mud disaster.
Editor: Aloysius BL Soni de Rosari
Cover design: AN. Rahmawanta
Cover illustration: Jitet Koestana
Epilog: Emha Ainun Nadjib
Jakarta, Kompas Book Publishers, 2007
462 pages
Cover: http://grafisosial.files.wordpress.com/
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UN Stresses Need to Make Hospitals Safe from Disasters
8 October 2008 – United Nations officials are marking the International Day for Disaster Reduction with a call to invest more to make hospitals safe in the event of natural hazards such as earthquakes and cyclones, stressing that doing so not only saves lives but is highly cost-effective.
Hospital safety is the theme of this year’s Day, which falls on the third anniversary of the earthquake in South Asia – a disaster which destroyed 73 per cent of the health facilities in the affected area of Pakistan.
The observance also takes on particular significance in a year that has seen its fair share of natural disasters, ranging from Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the Wenchuan earthquake in China to a series of deadly storms in the Caribbean.
In his message for the Day, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted that when health facilities are damaged, so, too, is the ability to improve maternal and child health and to provide other essential health services.
“But in resilient communities, health systems are better able to withstand natural hazards,” he stated. “We need to mobilize society at every level to reduce risk and protect health facilities so that they can save lives.”
We need to mobilize society at every level to reduce risk and protect health facilities so that they can save lives.
He added that, now more than ever, when the world is trying to accelerate national and international efforts to achieve the global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), disaster risk reduction needs to be acknowledged and incorporated as a key plank of that work.
“We must build health centres and systems to withstand natural hazards and major emergencies,” said Margaret Chan, Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO). “If we don’t, lives will be lost needlessly – both when hazards strike and in their aftermath.”
Sàlvano Briceño, the head of the Secretariat of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) added that vulnerable health facilities are a major drain on national finances. “The immediate cost of disaster damage to health systems can deal serious blows to national budgets – but only a 4 per cent initial investment in disaster protection can make most health facilities safe.”
In the area of Myanmar affected by Cyclone Nargis, 57 per cent of all health facilities suffered damage and one in five was completely destroyed. During China’s Wenchuan earthquake, 11,028 medical institutions were damaged – repairing them and completely rebuilding 169 hospitals is part of an overall $150 billion recovery budget.
“Making hospitals safe from disasters is highly cost-effective,” Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes underscored yesterday at a news conference, adding that this requires a joint effort from all actors in society.
“If we’re going to achieve this goal of safer hospitals, everybody needs to act, we need action from governments, we need action from the United Nations, from international agencies, from regional agencies, from NGOs (non-governmental organizations), health institutions, donor community, financial institutions, and also professional associations.”
Mr. Holmes, who is also UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, will be inviting government representatives in New York today to hear from countries that suffered major disasters.
Meanwhile in Bangkok, ISDR and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are marking the Day with a discussion on hospital and school safety. In addition, ASEAN is awarding a prize to three winners of a regional competition, which invited children from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam draw or paint a disaster resilient hospital, school or house which could contribute to make their communities better protected against disasters.
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Dota Addict by Kusaeni
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The economic crisis that occurred in the United States into evidence sakaratul death free market system.
During the neo-list of this blog has collapsed. One of the pillars of liberalism buffer is a free market economy. Let the "invicible hand" set up by law "of supply and demand."
Give the freedom of the total flow of capital, goods and services. Free market credo is that the market is not regulated and Interfered is the best way to encourage economic growth. Only through the free market economic growth can be achieved.
Economist-free market economist defense is confident that "The best government is the least government." These economists, that Indonesia is known as the Berkeley Mafia, often berguyon that the most rapid economic growth in the evenings, when the government is Sleep.
It turns out that the free market is no longer valid in the country to become a vortex dinamonya. Hence, economic growth so anjlog with a very free market. Hence the government of George W Bush can not sleep, how to intervene and try to handcuff the "invisible hand".
Bush dilemma facing serious financial crisis facing heaviest depression years after 1930's. The government decided to intervene. On the approval of the U.S. Congress, Bush menggelontorkan funds talangan more than one trillion dollars in order to save Lehman Brothers and the giant companies that Wall Street collapse.
"We must act," Bush said in front of Congress.
He does not believe that the more miraculous hands can utilize their own financial crisis that the U.S. and berimbas the entire international economic governance.
Already Broadcast
Mistrust of the economic liberalization has actually dikumandangkan experts and politicians in the United States alone. 7 edition of Newsweek magazine in January 2008 to load paper A columnist Robert Samuelson entitled "Welcome to stay on Free Trade."
Samuelson explained that the emergence of liberalization along with the crisis year 1929. Time is the belief that U.S. protectionist intensifying depression. Factors emergence liberasisasi also encouraged by the Cold War situation.
There is a belief that communism can be with each other stretches Western countries through free trade. At a certain point is there. When communism collapsed and socialism bubarnya crumble with the Soviet Union, the West and celebrate the victory of "truth" of the system of liberalism communism / socialism.
Francis Fukuyama even dare to say is tumbangnya communism time, then history has died. Fukuyama writing the book "The End of History" to designate a new era after the Cold War. A new era of the world where democracy and economic liberalization that will be the value respectively. A new era that will make the world more peaceful and more prosperous under the auspices of capitalism.
Since the time where the United States as the only country Adidaya, both in politics and economy, then there is no obstruction to disseminate democracy and liberalization. U.S. obsessed to make the entire country in the world to become democracies, as "fellow democracies do not fight each other."
Said the country was still not as democratic Iraq, Iran and North Korea, should be exempt. When necessary, democracy was under armed robbery. Dictatorship like Saddam Hussein must be defeated. U.S. soldiers were to be. Invasion and done.
Excommunicated
Countries that have not implement free trade must be pressed and didikucilkan. Barriers to tariffs must be removed. Free space on the international trade and investment such as AFTA, NAFTA, or the area of free trade area should be opened selebar-width.
Institutions, international financial institutions such as the World Bank and IMF as the tool for economic meliberalisasi countries that need financial assistance. Countries that refuse to join the WTO or reluctant restored by the economies of the IMF, given sanctions. Diembargo if necessary.
Garisnya very clear. Participatory democracy and liberalization or taste result. Diplomacy "carrot and the club" is usually the U.S..
That is the concept of binding regulations set by the "American Dream" that only a utopian. Democracy and economic liberalization had not dimimpikan the environment. When the Great Abuse (1929) and the Cold War no longer relevant, then lost the engine pendorongnya liberalization. It is predicted by experts in the U.S. economy, or the kind of Samuelson Joseph Stiglitz.
The world economy "boom" was also created understand liberalism weakened. China is regarded as a country that proteksionis and not liberal, it can be astonishing economic growth. Prof.. Kishore Mahbubani of Singapore predict China's economy will pass the U.S. in the tempo of less than ten years.
"We see the economy of the United States and Asia, which decreased the climb, especially China and India," he said.
Betray
In addition to economists, politicians also began to denounce the U.S. liberalization. Hillary Clinton campaign in every state theory, the theory underlying free trade is not valid anymore in the era of globalization.
If elected as president, as quoted edition of the Financial Times on December 3, 2007, Hillary states will review NAFTA trade agreement, despite the signing of 1993 is her husband own.
Treasure of the largest economic liberalization undertaken by the Bush government. Instead of letting the market mechanism in the Wall Street fortune himself, to give Bush the funds talangan without many requirements such as when the Bank of Indonesia menggelontorkan BLBI. There is no limit of time when refunded and the maximum limit of funds that dikucurkan. There is no requirement merestrukturisasi companies themselves.
The United States have been deviating from pakemnya own. If the U.S. is not believed to kredonya own, let alone the other. Perhaps the time has come for the world, such as dikumandangkan by Samuelson, to say "Welcome To Free Trade".
Died: economic liberalization. (*)
http://www.antara.co.id/arc/2008/10/9/neoliberalisme-telah-mati
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Can scientists create an Early Warning System (EWS) for the Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS)? Can an early warning system have an early warning system of its own, alerting the beneficiaries of such things as its failures, effectiveness, efficiency and if there is an absence of system sustainability?
Can scientists and policymakers create a self-reflective and robust EWS which guarantees accuracy, credibility, reliability, timeliness and transformability of information, resulting in a better response?
These are important questions for everyone who has an interest in a disaster risk-reduction policy -- but especially in Indonesia.
There have been huge investments during the past three years from both donor countries and the Indonesian national budget in TEWS technology -- soon to be officially operating. This paper serves as a constructive criticism regarding the lack of investment in the end users of TEWS -- the ordinary people in coastal cities and isolated rural areas.
It is important to note that the people at risk are the raison d'etre of TEWS, i.e., the technology exists for the people. Therefore, a TEWS's emphasis should be on the people and not the technology, despite the importance of technology as a means for achieving human security.
Unfortunately, in many TEWS project settings, technical instruments receive much attention, while efforts to increase a community's disaster risk education and awareness receive less attention -- holding only sporadic events such as tsunami drills and these mostly in urban areas.
In Hawaii, tsunami siren drills have been conducted for more than 25 years and a siren description has been available in the phone book for 45 years. Unfortunately, the public's recognition of the tsunami siren still remains low.
In Hilo, Chris Gregg and colleagues showed that of the 462 adult respondents who were aware of the drill, only 14 percent understood its meaning. Of 432 student respondents, only 3 percent understood the meaning.
The adult rate had increased marginally from the 5 percent recorded in the same area 47 years ago. Ten years ago, other research found that when the warning was given, many people went to the beach to watch the wave arrive and simply did not evacuate.
It is important to note that importing instruments from the United States and Japan, for instance, is much easier than importing the enabling conditions and incentive structures that have sustained EWSs in these countries for more than 40 years.
In addition, in selected indicators such as political stability, press freedom, voice and accountability, government effectiveness, and rule of law and regulatory quality, Indonesia's experience is far too low compared with the United States and Japan.
These are the governance and institutional settings that play a central role in a TEWS's sustainability. Even though further scrutiny is needed, sociologically speaking, the establishment of a TEWS should be seen as an exercise of power by the government for the protection of the people.
Government effectiveness determines sustainability of a TEWS. It also reflects the quality of services delivered by Indonesia's state bureaucrats working along the TEWS chains. This power exercise often neglects grassroots concerns and risk priorities.
Furthermore, there are questions about how TEWS officers and scientists sitting in front of high-tech computers with 24/7 connections with satellites can be receptive to grassroots feedback. In their recent paper, Havid*n Rodrmguez and colleagues emphasized the necessity of feedback and accountability in the early warning systems.
They conclude that "the payoffs of increasing technological sophistication and improving lead time may reach a point of diminishing returns in which morbidity will not come down and in fact may increase in the absence of socially based programs to educate the public and facilitate their understanding of tsunami related information."
A case study of the 1999 Orissa Super Cyclone in India showed that the spatial distribution of risk followed the pattern of economic inequality. The warning systems better serve the haves and not the have-nots. This is easy to explain because a better off family has a better decision support system for the cyclone EWS system.
The case of Orissa, India, is a good case study. The cyclone EWS had a longer lead time to save lives but failed. How can Indonesia then guarantee safety with a TEWS, when tsunamis have shorter lead times, to the poorest of the poor in isolated regions, so that they may have access to warning services as well?
The other challenge is the grassroots response to disaster risk knowledge. The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) describes risk knowledge as the first step to a people-centered EWS. However, in a country like Indonesia (an archipelago with 17,000 islands) knowledge of TEWS and disaster risk cannot easily be transmitted unless the knowledge infrastructures supported by information and communication technology are in place.
The writer is PhD Candidate, Research on Disaster Risk Governance, BIGS-DR-ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany.
