Transparency in the Policy making Process: Case Study on the Formulation of Bylaws in Six Districts in Indonesia'

• Main Author: Purwanto, Erwan Agus
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Government Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/36111/1/Transparansi.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/36111/
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Abstract Governance is considered one of the most popular concepts, which has been used by many public administration scholars over the last decade, to explain the problems many developing country governments face in realizing their development goals and objectives. The absence of what these scholars refer to as good governance principles in guiding the development process or implementation is considered a critical factor that lies behind development failure. Transparency, is one of the good governance principles. Adhering to transparency values means that all policy making processes right from agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation are accessible to stakeholders (government, private sector and civil society organisation). More importantly, citizens should be recognized as having the right of access obtain information on the policy making process they need. This paper attempts to assess the extent to which transparency as one of the good governance principles, is implemented. The focus of the research is the process of formulating bylaws (local regulations) in six districts, interalia: Yogyakarta city government, Gunung Kidul district government, Mataram city government, Bima district government, Gorontalo city government, and Pohwatu city government.