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Laporan Tahunan 2024 – Annual Report 2024

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Tahun 2024 menjadi babak penting bagi Combine Resource Institution (CRI) dalam perjalanan kelembagaannya. Di tengah perubahan sosial dan politik nasional, CRI menegaskan komitmennya untuk terus tumbuh sebagai organisasi masyarakat sipil yang adaptif, mandiri, dan relevan. Tahun ini ditandai oleh restrukturisasi besar di tingkat pembina, pengawas, dan pengurus yayasan. Ferdhi F. Putra ditunjuk sebagai Pelaksana Tugas Direktur, menggantikan Elanto Wijoyono, sebagai bagian dari proses regenerasi dan penguatan kapasitas organisasi menuju arah baru.

Melalui Unit Manajemen Program dan Inovasi, CRI memfokuskan kerja pada dua pilar utama: Tata Kelola Data dan Pemberdayaan Komunitas. Dalam bidang tata kelola data, CRI terus memperkuat implementasi Sistem Informasi Desa (SID) Berdaya dan Sistem Informasi Kabupaten (SIKAB) di lima wilayah, yaitu Bantul, Gunungkidul, Sleman, Lombok Utara, dan Buleleng. Program ini menjadi wujud nyata upaya demokratisasi data dan mendukung agenda Satu Data Indonesia.

Di Kabupaten Buleleng, CRI menggandeng Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) dalam program Desa Cantik (Desa Cinta Statistik), yang melatih sembilan desa dalam pengelolaan data statistik agar dapat dimanfaatkan untuk perencanaan pembangunan berbasis data valid. Kolaborasi ini menjadi contoh sinergi lintas sektor yang memperlihatkan potensi besar penguatan data di tingkat lokal. Selain itu, CRI bersama Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) mengembangkan aplikasi TITEN, platform digital etnografi partisipatif yang mengintegrasikan teks, foto, video, dan catatan lapangan dalam satu sistem. TITEN mendapat apresiasi positif dari kalangan akademisi nasional dan internasional, sekaligus membuka ruang kolaborasi baru antara lembaga riset dan masyarakat.

Pada ranah pemberdayaan, CRI memperluas kerja dengan berbagai organisasi masyarakat sipil. Bersama Yayasan Tifa, CRI memfasilitasi sepuluh organisasi masyarakat sipil untuk menyusun kebijakan Pelindungan Data Pribadi (PDP) sesuai dengan UU No. 27 Tahun 2022. Langkah ini membantu organisasi memahami peran mereka sebagai pengendali dan pemroses data di era digital. Di Yogyakarta, CRI juga membangun simpul keamanan digital lokal, yang memperkuat kapasitas OMS dalam menghadapi ancaman serangan siber. Program ini melibatkan pakar keamanan digital serta jaringan nasional seperti SAFEnet, TRACE, dan sejumlah organisasi di level regional maupun internasional.

Sementara itu, program SCILLS (Strengthening Communities/Improving Lives and Livelihoods), hasil kolaborasi dengan Internet Society Foundation, memperluas akses internet dan literasi digital bagi sekolah dasar di delapan kabupaten rawan bencana di pesisir selatan Jawa. Program ini melibatkan guru, siswa, dan orang tua untuk menciptakan lingkungan belajar yang aman dan tangguh terhadap risiko bencana melalui pemanfaatan Internet yang tepat guna. Di Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, CRI juga menggelar pelatihan jurnalisme dan media sosial bagi komunitas pekerja perikanan SAKTI dan SP3SU, agar mereka mampu menyuarakan isu-isu buruh secara mandiri dan efektif.

Melalui Unit Pengembangan Bisnis, CRI berupaya memperkuat kemandirian finansial lembaga. Kerja sama dengan Yayasan Penabulu dalam program Innovation Lab 2024 menghasilkan model bisnis dan rencana pemasaran untuk pusat pelatihan. CRI juga menyusun SOP Penggalangan Dana untuk memastikan setiap kegiatan bisnis dan konsultasi dikelola secara profesional.

Griya Jagadhaya, yang beroperasi sejak 2018, menjadi contoh keberhasilan pengelolaan bisnis sosial CRI. Pendapatan tahun 2024 mengalami kenaikan sebesar 11 persen dari tahun sebelumnya. Dengan layanan penginapan dan pelatihan yang unggul serta strategi pemasaran melalui platform daring (online travel agent).

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The year 2024 marked a pivotal chapter in the institutional journey of the Combine Resource Institution (CRI). Amidst the shifting tides of Indonesia’s social and political landscape, CRI reaffirmed its commitment to growing as an adaptive, independent, and relevant civil society organization. This year was distinguished by a major restructuring within the foundation’s governing, supervisory, and executive boards. Ferdhi F. Putra was appointed as Acting Director, succeeding Elanto Wijoyono, as part of a broader regeneration and organizational strengthening process aimed at guiding CRI toward a new strategic direction.

Through its Program and Innovation Management Unit, CRI concentrated its efforts on two key pillars: Data Governance and Community Empowerment. In the realm of data governance, CRI continued to enhance the implementation of the Village Information System (SID) Berdaya and the Regency Information System (SIKAB) across five regions—Bantul, Gunungkidul, Sleman, North Lombok, and Buleleng. These initiatives embodied CRI’s mission to democratize data and reinforce Indonesia’s One Data policy framework.

In Buleleng Regency, CRI collaborated with the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) through the Desa Cantik program, which trained nine villages in managing and utilizing statistical data for evidence-based development planning. This collaboration became a model for cross-sector synergy, demonstrating the transformative potential of data integration at the local level. Additionally, in partnership with Gadjah Mada University (UGM), CRI developed TITEN, a participatory digital ethnography platform that integrates text, photos, videos, and field notes into a unified system. The platform received strong appreciation from both national and international academia, opening new opportunities for collaboration between research institutions and local communities.

In the sphere of community empowerment, CRI expanded its partnerships with various civil society organizations (CSOs). Together with the Tifa Foundation, CRI facilitated ten CSOs in drafting Personal Data Protection (PDP) policies in alignment with Law No. 27 of 2022, enabling them to better understand their roles as data controllers and processors in the digital era. In Yogyakarta, CRI also established a local digital security hub to strengthen the cybersecurity capacity of CSOs and activists against rising cyber threats. This initiative involved digital security experts and was supported by national and international networks such as SAFEnet, TRACE, and other regional partners.

Meanwhile, the SCILLS (Strengthening Communities / Improving Lives and Livelihoods) program, in collaboration with the Internet Society Foundation, expanded internet access and digital literacy for elementary school communities in eight disaster-prone districts along Java’s southern coast. The program engaged teachers, students, and parents to build safe and resilient learning environments through effective internet utilization. In Bitung, North Sulawesi, CRI conducted journalism and social media training for members of the SAKTI and SP3SU fisheries workers’ unions, empowering them to articulate labor issues independently and effectively.

Through its Business Development Unit, CRI continued to strengthen its financial independence. Collaboration with the Penabulu Foundation under the Innovation Lab 2024 program resulted in a new business model and marketing strategy for a professional training center. CRI also developed a Fundraising Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure that all business and consulting activities are managed transparently and professionally.

The Griya Jagadhaya, which has operated since 2018, stood as a testament to CRI’s successful social enterprise management. In 2024, its revenue increased by 11 percent compared to the previous year, driven by quality accommodation and training services combined with effective online marketing strategies through major travel platforms.

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2023 Annual Report

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In what ways may democracy be jeopardized?

The fate of a nation’s democracy can be determined by coups, natural catastrophes, or unexpected technical breakthroughs, according to David Runciman (2018). Even in established democracies, crises can lead to democratic failure. Democracy may not be flawless, but it has proven time and time again to be the most effective system for maintaining liberty, innovation, peace, and economic growth. One important aspect is that, unlike other forms of governance, democracy can actually examine itself and make adjustments as needed.

In Indonesia, too, the truth of the matter is plain to see. Democracy in this nation has shown, particularly since the reform period, that Tocqueville was right: more mistakes happen in democracies, but more mistakes are effectively put out or fixed. Civil society’s outsized influence is one of the contributing elements

Established in 2001 amidst the reform frenzy after the New Order administration, Combine Resource Institution (CRI) is still striving to be relevant. Democracy and democratic governance are central to CRI’s ideology, mission, and principles as a Civil Society Organization (CSO). Despite being in its 22nd year, CRI is still facing new and old obstacles in the pursuit of its objective. In addition to being necessary for the accomplishment of advocacy goals, CRI is anticipated to enhance the ability to adapt and endure adverse conditions.

Both Indonesia as a country and CRI as part of CSOs have significant momentous occurrences in 2023. In this time leading up to the political year, incumbents put pressure on development agendas and insist on security interest agendas to maintain power at the national and regional levels. Whether CSOs continue down the road of struggle or move on to the stage of interest depends on their relevance and importance. In order to maintain its responsiveness to external democratic dynamics and enhance the quality of internal governance, CRI must achieve the purpose of the strategic plan in the second year, which it will do throughout this period.

In line with Jane Addams’s belief that democracy is based not only on representation but also on wisdom (social ethics) and citizenship, CRI has become an even more formidable institution that can assist other CSOs and community networks in enhancing their information literacy and holistic security. The development of integrated village-regional information systems for development governance is another area where CRI routinely pioneers new approaches. This is supposed to show that CRI keeps making important contributions to the democracy we need to keep living in.

Combine Resource Institution – 2023 Annual Report [EN]Unduh

Laporan Tahunan 2023

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Apa saja yang sebenarnya bisa mengancam dan mengakhiri demokrasi?

David Runciman (2018) menuliskan bahwa kudeta, bencana, atau inovasi teknologi yang mengejutkan bisa mempengaruhi hidup matinya demokrasi sebuah negara. Namun, kegagalan demokrasi juga bisa terjadi akibat krisis dari sebuah demokrasi yang sudah matang sekalipun. Terlepas dari segala ketidaksempurnaannya, demokrasi tetap memiliki rekam jejak yang lebih baik dibandingkan bentuk pemerintahan lainnya dalam mempertahankan perdamaian, kebebasan, inovasi, dan kesejahteraan. Faktor penyebabnya, terutama, adalah kemampuan demokrasi untuk mempertanyakan diri sendiri dan mengoreksi diri sendiri, yang tidak terdapat dalam sistem pemerintahan lain.

Gambaran situasi tersebut secara realita juga terjadi di Indonesia. Terutama sejak era reformasi, kehidupan demokrasi di negara ini membuktikan ucapan Tocqueville bahwa ada lebih banyak kesalahan yang terjadi di negara demokrasi, tetapi lebih banyak pula kesalahan yang berhasil dipadamkan atau diperbaiki. Salah satu faktornya adalah kehadiran peran signifikan masyarakat sipil.

Combine Resource Institution (CRI) didirikan pada 2001 dalam euforia reformasi pascarezim Orde Baru, hingga kini terus mencoba memperkuat relevansinya. Sebagai Organisasi Masyarakat Sipil (OMS), CRI pun mendudukan demokrasi dan tata kelola yang demokratis sebagai ideologi, misi, dan prinsipnya. Dalam usia CRI ke-22 tahun, perjuangan pemenuhan misi organisasi tidak berhenti dan bahkan terus mendapat tantangan-tantangan baru. CRI tidak hanya dituntut mampu memenuhi tujuan-tujuan advokasi, tetapi diharapkan juga dapat meningkatkan kapasitas adaptasi dan resiliensi.

Tahun 2023 memiliki banyak momentum penting bagi Indonesia sebagai bangsa, dan bagi CRI sebagai bagian dari OMS. Periode ini adalah momentum menjelang tahun politik, yang diwarnai dengan tekanan agenda-agenda pembangunan dari petahana maupun desakan agenda-agenda pengamanan kepentingan untuk melanggengkan kekuasaan, di tingkat nasional maupun daerah. Relevansi dan signifikasi OMS diuji untuk tetap bertahan di jalur perjuangan atau bergeser ke panggung kepentingan. Periode ini juga menjadi ujian bagi CRI untuk menuntaskan misi rencana strategis di tahun kedua, agar tetap bisa responsif terhadap dinamika demokrasi di eksternal maupun meningkatkan kualitas tata kelola di internal.

Sepakat dengan pemikiran Jane Addams bahwa demokrasi itu tidak terbatas pada urusan perwakilan (representative), tetapi juga terutama pada hikmat kebijaksanaan (social ethics) dan kerakyatan (citizenship), CRI semakin mengukuhkan kapasitas sebagai lembaga yang mampu memberikan dukungan pengembangan literasi informasi dan keamanan holistik bagi sesama OMS dan jejaring komunitas. CRI juga tetap konsisten berinovasi dalam pengembangan keterpaduan sistem informasi desa-daerah dalam tata kelola pembangunan. Hal ini diharapkan menjadi bukti bahwa CRI terus berupaya secara konsisten memberikan kontribusi bagi demokrasi yang harus terus kita hidupi.

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2022 Annual Report

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Throughout 2022, this institution will focus on two topics: sustainability and independence

As it enters its 20th year, the Combine Resource Institution (CRI) must not only be able to fulfil the goals set forth in its founding documents—its vision and mission—but also be able to function as an institution with improved and more established governance. Through the momentum of strategic planning in the first half of 2022, we are not only attempting to determine the relevance of CRI to the most recent social condition, but we are also evaluating the institutions’ ability to continue operating and expanding with the business model we have developed.

CRI continues to map out the future of institutions’ responsibilities and abilities as a member of civil society. Following the BUILD programme that we attained with the help of the Ford Foundation in the 2017–2021 term, we continued to rebuild connections with networks that share the same ideology in addition to carrying out the initiative to strengthen the organization’s internal governance. It is not possible for CRI to fulfil the agenda for enhancing good governance, the people’s economy, and local wisdom alone. As part of our obligation to support the network in the civil society movement, we reimagine the idea of becoming a resource institution. The success of the sustainability goals must be ensured by CRI through the completion of this step.

During this particular period, we additionally provided institutions the ability to adapt as a way to adopt a more open social movement business model. On the one hand, CRI is constrained in how it can carry out its activities as a non-governmental organisation with a foundation legal structure. On the flip side, we keep pushing ourselves to research innovation opportunities that can transfer CRI to a mutualistic network. This area is anticipated to shape CRI into a diverse institution with resource support and logistical capacity. This is CRI’s attempt to realise the aspiration for independence.

In the future, CRI will continue to develop its innovative capabilities in both the entrepreneurial and cooperative spaces that are relevant to governance and the advocacy spaces that are relevant to social movements. The only way to bring about change is via persistent fight, not by merely remaining on the wheel of destiny.

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Laporan Tahunan 2022

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Keberlanjutan dan kemandirian, dua hal yang menjadi pusat diskusi lembaga ini di sepanjang tahun 2022

Dalam usia yang telah mencapai lebih dari 20 tahun, Combine Resource Institution (CRI) tidak hanya diharapkan mampu menjalankan mandat visi dan misi ketika organisasi ini didirikan, tetapi juga harus mampu hadir sebagai institusi dengan tata kelola yang semakin baik dan matang. Melalui momentum perencanaan strategis di paruh pertama tahun 2022, kami tidak sebatas mencoba melihat lagi relevansi CRI terhadap situasi sosial termutakhir, tetapi juga mengukur kapasitas lembaga untuk dapat terus berjalan dan berkembang dengan model bisnis yang kami rumuskan.

Sebagai bagian dari masyarakat sipil, CRI terus memetakan arah peran dan kapasitas lembaga. Selain melanjutkan inisiatif penguatan tata kelola internal organisasi, selepas program BUILD yang kami dapatkan dengan dukungan Ford Foundation dalam kurun waktu 2017-2021, kami terus membangun kembali hubungan dengan jaringan kerja yang memiliki kesamaan ideologi.

Agenda penguatan good governance, ekonomi kerakyatan, dan kearifan lokal yang kami pandang masih relevan hingga periode ini, tidak bisa dilakukan CRI sendirian. Konsep untuk mewujud sebagai resource institution (lembaga sumber daya) kami hadirkan kembali sebagai mandat yang kami kontribusikan kepada jaringan dalam gerakan masyarakat sipil. Langkah ini menjadi kunci bagi CRI untuk memastikan terpenuhinya cita-cita keberlanjutan.

Pada periode ini, kami juga membuka ruang-ruang kemungkinan bagi lembaga untuk bertransformasi menuju model bisnis gerakan sosial yang lebih terbuka. Sebagai lembaga swadaya masyarakat, dengan badan hukum Yayasan, CRI pada satu sisi memiliki banyak batasan dalam penyelenggaraan kerja-kerjanya. Namun, pada sisi lain, kami terus menantang diri untuk mempelajari peluang-peluang inovasi yang dapat membawa CRI ke jaringan kerja yang bersifat mutualisme. Ruang ini diharapkan dapat membentuk CRI sebagai lembaga yang memiliki keberagaman dukungan kapasitas logistik dan sumber daya. Langkah ini yang menjadi upaya CRI untuk mencapai harapan menuju kemandirian.

Ke depan, CRI akan terus mengasah kapasitas inovatifnya, baik pada ruang-ruang advokasi dalam konteks gerakan sosial maupun pada ruang-ruang kewirausahaan dan kooperasi dalam konteks tata kelola. Perubahan tidak bisa dihasilkan dari sekadar berdiam pada roda keniscayaan, tetapi datang melalui perjuangan yang berkesinambungan.

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Laporan Tahunan 2021

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Sejumlah momentum penting bagi Combine Resource Institution (CRI) terjadi di 2021.

Ketika tingkat pandemi Covid-19 masih cukup kritis, kami berjuang agar tidak sekadar bisa bertahan, tetapi juga tetap terus berkembang. Pelajaran mengelola situasi pada 2020 menjadi rujukan berharga. Secara bertahap, kantor kembali dibuka untuk kegiatan kerja dengan penerapan protokol kesehatan ketat. Bersyukur, seluruh tim mampu melewati puncak gelombang Covid-19 varian Delta dan mendapatkan dua dosis vaksin tanpa kendala berarti.

Tahun 2021 menjadi waktu bagi CRI untuk menapaki usia yang ke-20, cukup dewasa bagi perjalanan sebuah lembaga swadaya masyarakat. Sejak didirikan pada 2001, CRI terus berupaya mengembangkan pilihan-pilihan strategi dan metode dalam penguatan institusi-institusi lokal, pengembangan sistem informasi komunitas, serta pengembangan pola-pola manajemen sumber daya untuk mewujudkan komunitas otonom. Memasuki dekade ketiga milenium ini, kami harus siap menjalankan pilihan di atas dalam konteks yang potensial semakin kompleks.

Program Building Institution and Networking (BUILD) menjadi momentum bagi kami untuk meningkatkan kapasitas lembaga dalam menghadapi dunia yang berubah dengan cepat dan kerap kali sulit diprediksi. Karena 2021 menjadi tahun terakhir BUILD yang didukung Ford Foundation, kesempatan ini kemudian kami gunakan untuk meninjau dan memperkuat kembali tata kelola organisasi, model bisnis keberlanjutan organisasi, serta budaya kerja yang setara dan inklusif.

Melalui BUILD, CRI mendapatkan kesempatan untuk memperkuat kapasitas dalam menjalankan riset dan memperkuat kampanye pada isu media komunitas. Media komunitas akan selalu menjadi bagian penting dari kerja-kerja organisasi. Kami yakin bahwa media komunitas membentuk pondasi ruang demokrasi yang sehat di tingkat akar rumput, sehingga penting untuk terus didukung dan diperjuangkan.

Kapasitas profesional CRI juga dibuktikan dengan penyepakatan program integrasi satu data daerah melalui penerapan Sistem Informasi Desa (SID) Berdaya dan Sistem Informasi Kabupaten (SIKAB). Bersama sejumlah pemerintah daerah, kami memulai skema kerja sama yang belum pernah kami lakukan sebelumnya, yakni Swakelola Tipe III dan Tenaga Ahli. Selain sebagai ruang untuk mengakselerasi misi dan visi organisasi, skema-skema kerja sama tersebut menjadi jalan untuk keberlanjutan.

Dalam hal berjejaring, pandemi tidak pula menyurutkan inisiatif CRI untuk terus berproses. Anugerah Jurnalisme Warga (AJW) menjadi ruang bagi kami untuk bertemu dengan jaringan media komunitas. Sementara itu, Jagongan Melek Digital (JMD) menjadi kesempatan kami memperluas jaringan pada isu literasi dan keamanan digital.

Tahun-tahun mendatang akan menjadi momentum bagi kami untuk membuktikan kapasitas secara lebih mandiri. Dengan kedewasaan dan kekuatan yang telah kami miliki, kami tidak bisa berhenti merasa cukup atau puas. Kolaborasi akan tetap menjadi kunci, karena setiap isu dan tantangan tidak bisa dihadapi atau diselesaikan oleh kami sendiri.

CRI adalah bagian dari masyarakat sipil. Dalam setiap peran yang kami mainkan, CRI terbuka untuk terus mendapatkan saran dan masukan. Sekecil apapun hal yang kami hidupi dan kembangkan, semoga menjadi kontribusi nyata dalam memperkuat dorongan gerakan perubahan.

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Several important moments for the Combine Resource Institution (CRI) occurred in 2021.

When the level of the Covid-19 pandemic was still quite critical, we struggled to not only survive, but also continue to grow. The lesson on managing the situation in 2020 becomes a valuable reference. Gradually, the office was reopened for work activities by implementing strict health protocols. Gratefully, the entire team was able to pass the peak wave of the Delta variant of the Covid-19 and get two doses of the vaccine without any significant problems.

2021 is the time for CRI to reach its 20th year, mature enough for the journey of a non-governmental organization. Since its establishment in 2001, CRI has continued to develop strategies and methods as an option for strengthening local institutions, developing community information systems, and developing resource management patterns to create an empowered community. Coming to the third decade of this millennium, we must be ready to perform the options above in a potentially more complex situation.

The Building Institution and Networking (BUILD) program is a momentum for us to increase institutional capacity in facing a rapidly changing and often unpredictable world. Since 2021 will be the last year of BUILD supported by the Ford Foundation, we then used this opportunity to review and re-strengthen the organizational governance, the organization’s sustainability business model, and the equal and inclusive work culture.

Through BUILD, CRI has the opportunity to increase our capacity in conducting research and strengthening campaigns on community media issues. Community media will always be an essential part of the organization’s work. We believe that community media create the foundation of a healthy democratic space at the grassroots level. Thus, it makes community media important to be supported and fought for.

CRI’s professional capacity is also shown by the agreement on a regional data integration program. This integration is conducted through the application of the Village Information System (SID Berdaya) and Regency Information System (SIKAB). Along with several local governments, we started a cooperation scheme that we had never done before. These cooperation are the Self-Management Procurement Type III (Swakelola Tipe III) and experts for regency government. Apart from being a space to accelerate the organization’s mission and vision, these cooperation schemes become a way for the organization’s sustainability.

In terms of networking, the pandemic has not dampened CRI’s initiative to continue the process. The Citizen Journalism Award or Anugerah Jurnalisme Warga (AJW) is a space for us to meet with the community media networks. Meanwhile, Digital Literacy Gathering or Jagongan Melek Digital (JMD) is an opportunity for us to expand our network on digital literacy and security issues.

The coming years will be a momentum for us to prove our capacity more independently. With the maturity and strength of ours, we cannot cease on being content or feeling enough. Collaboration will remain a key, as every issue and challenge cannot be faced or resolved by us alone.

CRI is a part of civil society. In every role we play, CRI is welcoming the continuous suggestions and input. No matter how small the work that we run and develop, hopefully they will be a real contribution in encouraging the social movement for change.

Laporan Tahunan CRI 2021 [CRI 2021 Annual Report]Unduh

2020 Annual Report

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The Covid-19 pandemic has affected people and organizations in its own way. As an organization, it is not easy for us to decide any formulations of our work amidst uncertainty. We did receive assistance, such as technical assistance to make changes in planning and budgeting, as this uncertain situation is completely new to us.

However, we keep finding some difficulties with these successive changes. We still have to project the factors in the following years, related to whether this year’s achievements can or cannot be compensated. This problem arises because the factors associated with the pandemic are uncertain. Control over these factors, such as vaccination, ending restriction etc., is not with us.

After all, our activities, whether related to institutional strengthening or program implementation, are based on face-to-face meetings and networking that require high mobility. We are still trying to replace it with online meetings. However, as expected, this method does not generate an effective process. Many factors cause this ineffectiveness, ranging from partner culture to technical factors such as unstable and unequal internet access.

Even though it seems like a dead-end, we still try to focus on things that we can control. These controllable variables become our driven factors to keep generating enthusiasm and positive results. We still make some important achievements in 2020, which can be seen in this report.

In terms of institutional capacity, for example, we now officially have a certified data server management professional. Based on our experience, the need for this expertise is important whenever we encourage data integration in the regions.

We also maintain our commitment to digital literacy, especially digital security for women in rural areas. In fact, pandemic has made digital literacy for rural women even more essential.

During 2020, some progress related to actualizing one data from village in several regions have been achieved. We imagine, even believe, that if data integration has been actualized, tackling the pandemic crises will be much more effective. Problems like the difficulty of distributing aid, tracking patients to administering vaccines will be more synchronized and organized. This pandemic should be a momentous period, for parties related to data management in this country, to seriously change their paradigm and policies.

Like some citizens of the world, obeying health protocols causes adversity for us to maintain our hope, strength, and stamina. Mental endurance is needed during the process. It is mainly because the personal situation faced by each staff and partner is certainly different. So far, we have been encouraging open, honest, and mutually respectful communication to solve this problem. In addition, we also avoid judgmental, full of assumption and pretentious communication, let alone consider oneself the most righteous and holy.

Please take delight in reading this report. We believe, especially in this never-ending pandemic, what we need is mutual trust, mutual strengthening, respect, and synergy. Judgment and arrogance, especially filled with the spirit of “as long as I am safe”, do not help at all at this time.

Along with this uncertain time, we like to keep believing the excerpt of a song “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, at the end of the storm there’s a golden sky.[]

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Laporan Tahunan 2020

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Pandemi Covid-19 membawa dampak berbeda bagi setiap orang dan juga organisasi. Tidak mudah bagi kami untuk merumuskan apapun bila basisnya adalah ketidakpastian. Kami memang mendapat bantuan, misalnya berupa asistensi teknis, untuk melakukan perubahan perencanaan dan penganggaran karena hal ini benar-benar baru bagi kami.

Namun kami tetap mengalami kesulitan, sebab perubahan tersebut tidak bisa berdiri sendiri. Kami tetap harus memproyeksikan faktor di tahun-tahun berikutnya, terkait bisa atau tidaknya capaian tahun ini dikompensasikan. Masalahnya adalah faktor-faktor yang terkait pandemi belum dapat dipastikan. Kontrol terhadap faktor-faktor tersebut, misalnya saja soal vaksin, berakhirnya pembatasan dsb., tidak berada pada kami.

Bagaimanapun basis aktivitas kami, baik terkait penguatan lembaga maupun implementasi program, adalah pertemuan tatap muka dan kegiatan berjejaring yang memerlukan mobilitas tinggi. Kami memang tetap mencoba menggantinya dengan pertemuan daring. Namun seperti sudah diduga, efektivitasnya terbentur banyak hal mulai dari kultur mitra hingga faktor teknis seperti jaringan internet yang tidak stabil dan merata.

Meski terlihat serba buntu, kami tetap mencoba fokus pada hal-hal yang bisa kami kontrol. Itulah yang kemudian kami dorong agar tetap muncul semangat dan hasil yang positif. Beberapa capaian penting pun tetap bisa kami gapai selama 2020, yang bisa dilihat di laporan ini.

Dalam hal kapasitas lembaga, misalnya, kini kami resmi memiliki keahlian manajemen server data bersertifikat. Keahlian ini menjadi penting sebab berdasarkan pengalaman selama ini, kebutuhannya selalu muncul saat kami mendorong terwujudnya integrasi data di daerah.

Kami juga tetap menjaga komitmen pada literasi digital, khususnya keamanan digital bagi perempuan di wilayah rural. Justru situasi pandemi makin membuat literasi digital bagi perempuan rural semakin esensial.

Beberapa kemajuan terkait upaya mewujudkan satu data dari desa di beberapa daerah juga terjadi selama 2020. Kami membayangkan, bahkan yakin, andai integrasi data telah terealisasi maka persoalan seputar penanganan pandemi akan lebih efektif. Mulai dari pengucuran bantuan, penelusuran pasien hingga pemberian vaksin, akan lebih sinkron dan tertata. Mestinya pandemi ini menjadi momentum bagi pihak terkait tata kelola data di negara ini untuk benar-benar mengubah paradigma dan kebijakannya.

Seperti halnya sebagian warga dunia, tidak mudah bagi kami menjaga asa, daya dan stamina justru ketika kami mencoba menerapkan protokol kesehatan dengan patuh. Dibutuhkan ketahanan mental, sebab situasi personal yang dihadapi tiap staf maupun mitra tentu berbeda. Sejauh ini kami mencoba mengatasinya dengan komunikasi. Komunikasi yang terbuka, jujur, saling menghargai dan saling menyemangati. Bukan yang menghakimi, penuh asumsi dan pretensi, apalagi menganggap diri paling benar dan suci.

Selamat menikmati laporan ini. Kami yakin terutama di masa pandemi yang tak kunjung usai ini, yang kita butuhkan adalah saling percaya, saling menguatkan, respek dan sinergi. Sikap menghakimi, arogan apalagi dipenuhi semangat “yang penting aku selamat” sama sekali tidak membantu di masa ini.

Dan kami juga yakin seperti cuplikan lagu “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, at the end of the storm there’s a golden sky.[]

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Annual Report 2019

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Nearly two decades have passed, yet we are still consistently encouraging citizens to be empowered by using information and communication technology. We believe that information is one of the main assets of citizens to make the right decisions for their well-being. Thus, community based information management is the foundation.

In 2019, there are three domains we are working on to strengthen this foundation: community media, village information systems, and digital literacy.

Community media is an issue that we have been dealing with for a long time, even from the beginning of this institution. In addition to strengthening the capacity for community media activists and citizen journalists, these last three years we have begun to encourage state recognition of community media as well as legal protection for their citizen journalists. We believe that even in the slightest quantity, there is still community media that really contributes to literacy and information democracy for grassroots. They really need recognition and protection, instead of being accused as one of the media that spread hoaxes.

Meanwhile, the development of the village information system application that we have initiated since 2009 has also continued to show progress. After successfully finalizing the basic concepts related to data and information governance, we began to study intellectual property rights in order to ensure citizens and the government will be benefited while minimizing the project approach for the momentary interests of certain parties. In 2018, the application that we developed had the official brand “Sistem Informasi Berdaya (SID Berdaya)”, and finally last year the application at the local level was also officially registered as “Sistem Informasi Kabupaten (SIKAB)”.

In the context of data management, we encourage the integration of data from villages with a central data system. We believe that the tagline “One Data from Village” can produce accurate and participatory data. Therefore, the sovereignty of the data remains in citizens’ hand and in line with the data governance principles set by the central government.

In 2019, the data integration model took a start. Gunungkidul Regency Government proactively proposed integration between existing data in SIKAB and two data systems in the central government, namely the Social Welfare Information System – Next Generation (SIKS-NG) and the Healthy Indonesia Program with the Family Approach (PIS-PK). We hope that “One Data from Village” can be a reference for data aggregation and integration in Indonesia for the achievement of one true data.

Another area we have taken seriously in the last two years is digital literacy. The focus on data governance and community media so far have led us to believe in the importance of digital literacy issues. We chose to strengthen the citizens group related to digital literacy issue, especially in regard to security, privacy and personal data on the internet.[]

Annual Report 2018

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“Great things are not done by impulse but by a series of small things brought together,” said the famous painter Vincent van Gogh. This means that great thing consists of smaller things that are brought together. Vincent van Gogh’s remark might refers to the art of pointillism in which a picture is made of many small dots. However, would this short remark be able to answer the question “What CRI has accomplished this year?”

Only few people understand the CRI took when this organization changed few concepts or talking about unpopular issues. Changing the concept of Village Information System (VIS) was the process of staying true to our principal and process in realizing our program. However, this process does not come without challenge. Many parties with different interests seem to be threatened with CRI. As the result, those parties resort to “unfair play” to deal with our organization. This was apparent when we started the campaign on digital data security by questioning the transparency of sim card registration business.

Therefore, in order to realize our vision, we are committed to be consistent with those principle as the bigger picture while doing many simple and small things. For example, 2018 was the year when we organized our biannual agenda called Jagongan Media Rakyat (JMR). However, 2018’s JMR was different that the previous ones as our organization began to switch the focus from the quantity of the participant to the quality of the event.

We picked a theme which was new and unfamiliar outside the realm of media and technology which used to dominate the discussion in JMR. We also invited farmers from the coastal area, coffee farmer, and traditional snack vendors to provide food and beverages in Kampung Pangan. The point of Kampung Pangan is to move the concept of classroom discussion into an open area. That way, the participant of the discussion could mingle with the visitors who happened to listen to the discussion as well.

The theme of JMR usually resonated only with those who shared the same concern with our organization. Kampung Pangan, however, was meant to resonate with everyone in general. In the same time, Kampung Pangan was also created to test the principle of collaboration believed by the activists in JMR. They were tested to collaborate with other communities outside the circle of JMR activists so that they could work together and create more impactful movement. This innovation was not easily acceptable since most of the JMR’s regular participants had been used to conventional discussion space which was exclusive for the participants themselves. Nonetheless, in order to achieve the principle of collaboration, we did our best to realize this principle.

Jagongan Media Rakyat was not our only accomplishment this year. We also had digital literacy training for women who resides in the vicinity of our office. We believe that digital literacy is the key in facing the issues caused by the internet such as the misuse of social media by children and the article 27 paragraph 3 of Electronic Transaction Information Act that might be used to threaten the freedom of speech. By improving the women’s digital literacy, our organization has begun narrowing the gap in digital literacy. Unfortunately, the road ahead is long and exhausting yet we will always be consistent with the principle we believe.

Data integration and security, digital literacy, and information management for the public are the issues we talk about for years to come. All of those issues will be discussed in many small activities that serve as the small dots. However, as Van Gogh have said, these small dots will keep emerging to form a bigger and meaningful picture. However, our works and contribution might be known years after our demise, just like Van Gogh’s works. Nonetheless, we will be very proud of ourselves if our works are of great use for the society. Such is the way we want ourselves to be written in history.