INDONESIA COUNTRY REPORT

“ Indonesia’s Policies and Strategies on Caring

Societies for the Socially Vulnerable People Suffering

after Natural Disaster

The 10th ASEAN & Japan

High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies

”

Ministry of Social Affairs

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Manpower & Transmigration

Tokyo, 23 – 25 October 2012

Lempeng Indo-Australia 5-7cm/tahun

Indo Australia Plate

Pasific Plate

Kedalaman :

A meeting point of three world

plates, the Pacific, Eurasia and

Indo Australia Plates (7,800

Tsunami prone villages).

500 volcanoes, 129 are active

5.590 rivers, and 600 rivers are

potentially flooding

521 districts / cities in Indonesia

(154 with high-risk of flood and

153 high-risk of drought)

Consist of 17,508 islands, 237

million population with the growth

of about 1.3% per year.

Eurasia Plate

In 1815, Mt Tambora eruption: 92,000 people dead.

19 May 1919, Mt Kelud East Java eruption: 5,115 people dead.

26 August 1883, Mt Krakatau Banten eruption: 36,417 people dead.

12 December 1992, Earthquake and Tsunami in Ende Flores, East

Nusa Tenggara: 2,100 people dead.

26 December 2004, 8.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Aceh

and Nias: 227,898 people dead.

27 May 2006, 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Yogyakarta, Central

Java: 6,234 people dead.

October 2008, earthquake in West Sumatra: 120 people dead.

25 October 2010, earthquake and tsunami in the Mentawai island,

West Sumatra: 509 people dead.

26 October - 5 November 2010, Mt Merapi eruption, Yogyakarta:

354 people dead.

Disasters in Indonesia in the Last Three Years

No Type 2009 2010 2011

1. Disasters 1,675 cases 644 cases 1,545 cases

2. Dead Victims 2,620 people 1,711 people 940 people

3. Suffered Victims 5,500,000

people

1,398,923

people

294,124

people

4. Damaged Houses

- Severely damaged 19,324 units 14,693 units 14,935 units

- Average damaged 9,480 units 2,830 units 3,300 units

- Slightly damaged 13,713 units 25,030 units 3,676 units

Act No.13, 2003 on Manpower

Act No. 24, 2007 on Disaster Management

Act No. 11, 2009 on Social Welfare

Act No. 36, 2009 on Health

Act No. 13, 2011 on Poverty Alleviation

Presidential Regulation No. 8, 2008 on National

Disaster Management Board (BNPB)

National Planning of Disaster Management

(RENAS PB)

Legal Basis

for Disaster Management

NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

(ICS CONCEPT)

BEFORE DURING

PREVENTION

MITIGATION

PREPAREDNESS

COOR

DINATION

COMMAND

COOR

DINATION

EMERGENCY

RESPONSE

COOR

DINATION

RECOVERY

SECTOR SECTOR BNPB/BPBD

AFTER

Ministerial Responsibilities based on RENAS PB

MoSA : Food supplies, Shelter and Psychosocial

MoH : Health care, Medicines, Public Health and Human

Resources

MoMP&T : Empowerement Victims by providing various training

programs

Policy of Ministry of Social

Affairs

for Social Security

Ensuring protection and social security systems to victims (i.e. the vulnerable group and the poor)

Conducting comprehensive, synergistic and integrated redistribution, to meet the basic and social rights of the victims

Optimising the management and utilisation of the social sources of public funding to support the implementation of social welfare by the community.

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Policy of

Ministry of Health

More emphasis on efforts before health crisis/prae-disaster

Equitable distribution of the quality of HRH

Increasing integration of cross-program, cross-sector and community through networking

Increasing Role of Regional in Health Crisis and Disaster

Health Crisis and Disaster Information System (Fast, Precise, Accurate)

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Programs & Activities of MoSA & MoH A. Preparedness and Mitigation

Capacity building TAGANA,

TRC, Social Work, etc

DevelopingCBDM (KSB)

Building Logistic system

B. Emergency Response

Activating all disaster networking systems

Mobilizing resources

C. Social Recovery Providing Houses

Enhancing Social Functions

Capacity Building Health workers

(DASIPENA)

Dissemination and simulation to

communities

Optimalization Health Resources in

9 regional areas

Activated all disaster networking systems

Mobilizing resources

Providing health care services Preventing contagious diseases in IDPs camps

Providing supplementary food for vulnerable people

Lesson Learned

Disaster Management Post Merapi Eruption

The eruption of Merapi in 2010 left 354 dead, 240

injured and 47.486 IDPs.

Providing temporary shelter for 2.613 families.

All activities are conducted by stakeholders

under coordination of BNPB.

Roles of the Ministry of Social Affairs

Providing social security (Jadup)

Providing temporary shelter for

IDPs

Providing psycho-social recovery

activities and trauma centers

Providing social supports as a

stimulant to start a small/creative

business (UEP)

Providing social services for very

vulnerable groups such as

children, elderly and persons with

disabilities.

Roles of the Ministry of Health

Providing free health services through

mobile community health centres

(puskesmas) and Field Hospital near

disaster areas (IDPs camps)

Providing medicines for victims/medical

logistic

Providing nutrition supports for pregnant

mothers and children under 5 years old

Providing special services for victims

with mental health problems

Maintaining public health and preventing

contagious diseases

Providing education material on helthy

life behavior in disaster area

Roles of the Ministry of Manpower &

Transmigration

Short term

Enhancing the skills for rebuild their

houses by sending Mobile Training

Unit (MTU) to the disaster areas for

training the victim

Mid/long term

Providing up grading skills training

for the victims in the disaster areas

by utilizing the nearest location of

Vocational Training Center (VTC) or

MTU.

Challenges

Minimise the risks of disaster

Security guarantee on victims’ lives and their property

Services for vulnerable groups are still limited.

Synergy of programs between the MoSA, MoH & MoMP&T

Cultural constrains

Human resouces comptency at the local level

Regulations concerning the disaster management.

Recommendations Developing contingency plan, strengthening preparedness and

mitigation system in disaster-prone areas.

Reviewing or revising a condusive regulation framework on the DM.

Strengthening socialitation, simulation, and capacity building program

on disaster management.

Expanding the establishment of Local Disaster Management Board

Enhancing the community involvement as the front liner.

Developing communication system and media center.

Utilizing and involving the ASEAN Coordinating Center for

Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Center) for

strengthening the cooperation between ASEAN and Japan.

Thank You

Terima Kasih