http://fes.or.id/feed/publications.php Latest Publications by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Indonesia Office en Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT it@fes.or.id (Yunarto Goh / WenZ) it@fes.or.id (Yunarto Goh / WenZ) © Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Indonesia Office. All rights reserved. http://www.fes.or.id/contact.php http://www.fes.or.id/disclaimer.php PHP script by WenZ (IT@FES.or.id) http://backend.userland.com/rss Author: Nina Netzer and Jochen Steinhilber (eds.)The nuclear disaster in Fukushima turned into a long-term crisis shaking the very foundations of economies and institutional structures. This offers an opportunity to organise energy supply in a more sustainable manner throughout the world. While a shift in thinking can be seen in some countries, others unswervingly continue along the planned path of an expansion of nuclear energy. However, given the economic and environmental misgivings as well as various security and safety risks of nuclear and fossil energy sources on the one hand as well as the benefits of green growth on the other hand, countries worldwide do not want to miss the opportunity to expand the use of renewable energy sources. Against the background of an ongoing depletion of resources and volatile oil and gas prices, any future set up of energy policies throughout the world has to balance the goals of energy security, economic viability, ecological sustainability and social compatibility. At the same time, a restructuring in the energy sector has to be formulated in a democratic manner involving the national, state, and community levels as well as civil society and industry. (Available in English) Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/08289.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#160 Author: Hasbullah ThabranySocial Security in Indonesia until today remains a patchwork for the few: Formal social security protection is very limited in terms of the percentage of population covered and the benefits provided. The biggest challenge in Indonesia remains to provide social security for the large informal sector. To protect the poor from becoming poorer, government education grants, conditional cash transfer, free health care, and capital funds were installed. Finally, in 2004, the National Social Security System Law (NSSS) was passed. Since it seeks to establish a sustainable system financed by domestic sources, the law itself constitutes a milestone for social protection in Indonesia. However it has still not been implemented today because of disagreements between different interest groups, amongst them the government, employers and workers. (Available in English) Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/08152.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#158 Author: G-20 Research Team (Yulius P.H., Wulani S., Gertruida H.H., Sylvie T.)This research has explored various opinions about the existence of G-20 as a premier forum for international economic cooperation among developed and developing nations to answer questions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the G-20 as well as Indonesian's position and role in this intergovernmental forum. The points of exploration in this research through multiple interviews cover issues like: 1) Do the respondents agree with the role of G-20 as a premier forum for international economic cooperation? How do they see G-20's competence in dealing with the economic crisis? 2) What are the national interests of Indonesia in the G-20? How has Indonesia attempted to achieve her national interests? How has Indonesia attempted to meet her commitments made in the G-20? What are the implications of those G-20 commitments? 3) How does Indonesia take ASEAN on board? 4) How can Indonesia represent the Muslim world in the G-20? 5) How could the G-20 as an intergovernmental forum engage civil society organizations in the consensus making process? (Available in Indonesia and English) Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/indonesien/08365.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#162 Author: Paskal Kleden & Philipp KauppertIndonesia is currently facing a twin challenge regarding the sustainability of its economy. It is the third largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the world and a country with an unemployment rate of 7.4 percent in 2010. Should Indonesia's economic growth improve in the future, it is likely that it is going to be conducted at the cost of environmental sustainability. Because of the circumstances, supporting the development of green jobs, even though not a silver bullet, can be one possible option for job creation. Considering Indonesia's vast natural resources, Indonesia should have the potential to develop its renewable energy sector. President Yudhoyono has also made commitments at a number of international forums. For instance, at his speech at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in 2009 he elucidates on the responsibilities that developing countries must make in low carbon development so that they "do not repeat the historical mistakes of developed countries." He further commits that Indonesia will reduce its emissions by 26 percent (41 percent with external support) in 2020. (Available in English) Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/indonesien/08033.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#156 Author: Veve Hitipeuw (Available in English) Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.fes.or.id/fes/download/Media_Activities_2010_VVH.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#144 Author: Rina HerawatiContract working relation and outsourcing enables companies to hand over part of its work to another party or to use labour provided by third parties. This kind of working relation and system is a normal business practice and seem natural. However, in Indonesia and many other countries, this practice is discriminatory and exploits workers along with the weak competence, role and functions of control of the government. On the other hand, this situation must be understood in the broader framework of labour relations where the government put itself as ‘purely policy maker' and does not take responsibility to protect and enforce labour rights. The effect is increasingly felt in situation where there is no suffice social security system in Indonesia. Those are facts and findings of a study on practice of contract working relation and outsourcing in Indonesia. This booklet describes an analysis and main findings of the study. (Available in Indonesia) Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/indonesien/07527.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#147 Author: Indrasari Tjandraningsih, Rina Herawati, SuhadmadiThe practices of contract labour and outsourcing emerges and keeps increasing since the establishment of Law UU 13/2003. Such practices materialize the concept of Labour Market Flexibility or LMF, which is needed to soften the stiffness of labour regulation through the simplified way to recruit and fire employee. On the one side, this definitely benefits the company, but as compensation on the other side, the employment opportunity, working condition, and welfare of the workers get worsened. Result of the finds many practices violating the Law and relevant employment regulations, and to the five ILO Convention on basic rights of workers; freedom of association, collective bargaining, remuneration equality, social security, and anti-discrimination. This research shows practices of discrimination between the rights of outsourced workers and permanent ones, eventhough the work at the same place and with similar amount of working hours. (Available in Indonesia) Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/indonesien/07846.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#149 Author: Bob S.H.,Linda Christanty,Mangadar Situmorang,Pius Prasetyo,Y.PurwadiThe peace process in Aceh that has been started by the signing of MoU Helsinki on 15th August 2005 definitely need practical proceeding action. The tsunami disaster attracted great attention from international donor on Aceh; however, not less important is the necessity to transform the ex-combatant in Aceh. In the post-conflict situation, as well as the reconstruction program post-tsunami in Aceh, securtiy sector is a strong symbol of wider conflict. Security sector without accountability and responsibility will influence the development in form of community polarization, contribute to poverty, create economic distortion, cause instability, and freeze the political development. Therefore, SSR becomes an important part of peace building and conflict prevention strategies. SSR is expected to provide opportunity to escape from repressive tradition and secure environment for the development of political and economical instritutions. To achieve stability post-conflict, a transformation process for the GAM ex-combatant GAM into new democratic actors in Aceh is needed. That is based on agreed point in the MoU Helsinki, which preovide space for the establishemnt of local political parties in Aceh. After the disarmament/decomissioning and demobilization programs, reintegration program is expected to enable the ex-combatant finding their former civilian role, so that they have the ability to implemet social and economical integration. (Available in Indonesia) Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/indonesien/07847.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#151 Author: Ahmad Taufan DamanikThis book basically applies discourse analysis to profoundly explore and describe the process of how Aceh´s (or ´Acheh´ in GAM´s perspective) political identity has been shaped, how it has been constructed and transformed, and upon what factors all fundamental arguments has been mobilized towards the political discourse of Hasan Tiro, the top leader of the Aceh Independence Movement. By this means, this book specifically attempts to dismantle the antagonisms formulated in Hasan Tiro´s discourses, and explores the logic of difference and the logic of equivalence in the formulation of a hegemonic discourse based upon a new local nationalism in Aceh. To avoid any historical severance, however, this book also describes of the political ideology of Abu Beureuh; for two reasons, firstly to compare it with Hasan Tiro´s political ideology and secondly to interpret what occurrences took place and changed during the time of ´hostility´ between Aceh and Indonesia. (Available in Indonesia and English) Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/indonesien/07852.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#153 Author: IDSPS, AJI and FESNewsletter Media and Security Sector Reform was published through the cooperation of the Institute for Defense, Security and Peace Studies (IDSPS), the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia, and Frederich Ebert Stiftung (FES). By presenting an actual topic in the field of security sector reform each month, the newsletter provides a brief, yet comprehensive perspective of the discussed topic. For Indonesian version both the printed and electronic version are available. (Available in Indonesia) Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.fes.or.id/fes/download/NL-V-10.pdf http://www.fes.or.id/publications.php?lang=1#142