Implementasi Kebijakan Penataan Kelembagaan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Dalam Tata-Kelola Pemerintah Daerah di Provinsi Banten

Abstract

Research and development (R & D) is a very important government support affair in giving and providing references for policy makers. The important role of R & D needs to be accommodated in optimal institutions so that the implementation of duties and R & D functions can run smoothly. This article tries to identify the institutions that handle R & D affairs at provincial and regency / city level in the Province of Banten. Using a descriptive-qualitative approach, this study found that R & D affairs in the province of Banten have not been assigned in independent institutions, but attached to Bappeda institutional with the structural level of Field (echelon III). Also, there is a mismatch between the main tasks of the Field that manages R & D affairs and the main task as mandated in Domestic Ministerial Regulation Number 5 Year 2017. Keywords: Research Affairs, institutional, governance, Banten AbstrakPenelitian dan pengembangan (litbang) adalah urusan penunjang pemerintahan yang sangat penting keberadaannya dalam memberikan dan menyediakan stok pengetahuan bagi policy maker. Peran penting litbang tersebut perlu diakomodir dalam kelembagaan yang optimal agar pelaksanaan tugas dan fungsi litbang dapat berjalan lancar. Artikel ini mencoba mengidentifikasi kelembagaan yang menangani urusan litbang di tingkat Provinsi

Strategy for Strengthening Research and Development Capacity in West Sumatra Province

“…This research method is a qualitative method with a descriptive approach and is supported by quantitative data collected as primary data. According to Moleong (2012), qualitative research intends to understand the phenomena in research subjects. The research results are in the form of observations of people or behavior, which are descriptive data in the form of written or spoken words.…”

“…According to Surminah (2013), there is no meeting point between the results of research and development and its users, so it is not optimal. In the context of combining the regional research and development apparatus at Bappeda, according to (Oktaviana, Bachruddin, and Fernanto, 2018) and (Gartika 2017), research activities carried out by the regional research and development apparatus have not been able to answer regional problems so that the results of research and development have not been used guidelines in the formulation of policies and planning documents. Furthermore, Leni et al (2019) add problems related to other research and development results, namely the lack of dissemination of research and reports that are not understood by policy practitioners resulting in the use of research and development results less relevant to development problems.…”

“…One of the efforts to answer this need was conducted through research and development. The results of R&D both in the form of concepts, models, and policy choices and innovation can ideally be used as input and recommendations for the formulation of public policies (Evidence-Based Policy) (Leni et al, 2019), (Oktaviana, Bachruddin, and Fernanto, 2018), (Sampurna and Irwandi, 2017), program evaluation (Labadjo, 2017), improving the performance of governance and development (Karnaeni, 2014), (Wahyuni and Aziza, 2017), (Saksono, 2019), innovation (Syekh, 2019) and increasing regional competitiveness ( Gartika, 2017). However, the fact is that Research and Development Agency has not yet had optimal performance to answer these needs (Lakitan, 2012).…”

“…Furthermore, the regulation states that the lowest institutional form in the organizational structure of regional apparatuses joining the Regional Planning and Development Agency (Bappeda) is a sector level that has the same function. However, in practice, many local governments combine research and development agencies with planning at the echelon III level or the level of the field or in echelon IV at the level of sections or the Technical Implementation Unit (UPTB) (Oktaviana, Bachruddin, and Fernanto, 2018). This condition also generally occurs in district/city research and development agencies in West Sumatra Province, which consists of 1 independent research and development agency and 18 research and development agencies joining the Regional Planning and Development Agency (Bappeda).…”

“…Research (Oktaviana, Bachruddin, and Fernanto (2018) found that research and development agencies in Banten Province are not institutionally independent and are still attached to Bappeda in the form of fields (echelon III) with descriptions of main tasks and functions that are still not in accordance with the mandate of Minister of Home Affairs 5/2017. (Sampurna and Irwandi (2017).…”