13 December 2021
Collaboration is easy to be said even though it is not always easy to be done. However, in terms of development, including the development in Papua, collaboration is worth fighting for. Not only for the sake of accelerating the development but so that makes there are no people left behind in the development process.
One of the collaborators in development in Papua is Cenderawasih University. On Tuesday (30/11/2021) at the Uncen Rectorate, Jayapura, a collaboration meeting was held between the government represented by Papua Development Planning Agency (Bappeda), academics from Uncen, as well as non-government actors, non-state actors.
The collaboration meeting is likened to be a marketplace where Uncen is a meeting place for many parties. “This is a good forum to share and learn,” said Chancellor of Cenderawasih University, Apolo Safanpo.
Apolo admitted that private companies as the non-state party are sometimes better. “Production and export activities from the private sector are even higher. Meanwhile, the Regional-Owned Enterprises rarely export, even though it brings more foreign exchange for our state. We must learn from each other related to things that can be adopted,” he said.
The spirit to learn and collaborate from each other is also stated by the Head of Control and Evaluation at Papua Bappeda, Vera AP Wanda at the forum. “In terms of infrastructure, we can build it quickly. The next is how to strengthen our economy. We must work together. (Moreover) the government funds will not enough. So we need support,” she said.
At Uncen more than 25 study centers are starting from the law, human rights, to energy study centers. By chance, those study centers are strengthened by many experts, even though there is a classical problem regarding the limited budget for research, which can be handled by the collaboration between Uncen with private parties.
Strengthening the Capacity
One of the non-government collaborators that cooperates with Development Data and Information Study Center (PUSDIP) Uncen is PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI).
“We hope what Freeport has initiated can continue and bring benefits for the community. We will involve traditional institutions (Lemasa and Lemasko) as partners, therefore we need institutional strengthening, said VP Community Relations & Human Rights of PTFI, Arnold Kayame.
Arnold said the collaboration with Uncen first of all because Uncen is located in Papua. “Then, Uncen indeed understands Papua. (By chance) our target is a traditional institution with a special background, different from other regions,” he said.
In the beginning, three documents have been given by Uncen to be used in monitoring and evaluating schools that are funded by PTFI. Among them are, Papua Taruna Boarding School, Salus Populi School and Boarding School, and Bintang Kejora Board School.
Those documents will be made into a book and become a module for Uncen and PTFI to collaborate with other parties. Through those documents, people in the surroundings of the PTFI operations area or other Papuan people should receive maximum benefits from Papuan human resources development.
Collaborating with various stakeholders as well as using methods and modules prepared by Uncen are efforts to prepare Papuans. Moreover, the future must always be anticipated. PTFI’s operations license, for example, will end in 2041.
“We also want a legacy. We do not want to leave Papua leaving a bad legacy. As long as Freeport is present, the community depends on us. Everything is asked of the company," said Arnold, who wants to slowly change that.
So far, PTFI’s contribution is still dominant in Papua. President Director of PTFI, Tony Wenas said the increase in our production also significantly boost the economic growth in Papua in the third quarter of 2021.
In July-September 2021, PTFI’s copper ore production reaches 956 million tons or an increase of 76.05 percent compared to YoY. Meanwhile, PTFI’s gold production reaches 968 thousand ounces or an increase of 67.76 percent compared to YoY.
PTFI’s contributions boosted Papua's growth in the third quarter of 2021 to reach 14.54 percent, making it the highest provincial economic growth in Indonesia. Far above Indonesia's national economic growth rate in the third quarter of 2021 at 3.51 percent.
The increase in PTFI production will indeed bring a linear impact with the improvement of the community’s welfare around its operation area in the Mimika Regency. PTFI also has actively participated in the preparation of the Mimika Regional Action Plan 2020-2024. “This is an example of how the private sector plays a role in accelerating the achievement of SDGs,” said one of the founders of Partnership ID, Erna Witoelar last week.
However, it is not easy to build together. The concept of "give a hook, not a fish" is sometimes easy to say even though it takes a lot of twists and turns to make it happen.
To be more involved
Further collaboration with Uncen was initiated by PTFI to oversee the optimization of Amungme and Kamoro Community Empowerment Foundation (YPMAK). "We (PTFI) will become a donor agency, and will work together with all foundations in the village," said Arnold.
Traditional institutions and PTFI later will go to villages. With the module from Uncen, the community in several preliminary meetings felt more involved. Module from Uncen later also will guide the monitoring and evaluation.
“In cooperation with the foundation in villages, we will see our target. People are no longer can come and threaten us, give proposals, and say because they have land. It is not like that. We will see if you have a proposal and let us work together in the field,” said Arnold.
From the evaluation result, finally, it will be known what the community needs and not what they want. The challenge is tough. Previously, people only enjoyed the results but now they are in the process.
Building Papua together indeed is not easy. There must be quite detailed works with the module prepared by experts and academics.
Collaboration is also sometimes inconvenient because it is not easy to go hand in hand at the same speed. However, again, it must be done so that nothing is left behind.
http://www.kompas.id/baca/nusantara/2021/12/13/bersama-membangun-papua
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