Indonesia: Data governance profile STATISTICS INDONESIA
2. Data Management: 3. Data custodians and 4. Data sharing, accessibility 5. Data sharing, risks &
1. Vision and policy intent
policies, rules & institutions data stewardship and integration mitigation
The government is committed to Moving towards Indonesia One Challenges in transforming The government facilitates One To avoid and mitigate personal
leveraging digital technology to Data entails data principles: Data government data are the need to Data Portal as a means of data breaches that may cause
bring greater social cohesion, Standards, Metadata standards, improve data capability and government institutions to share some violations of confidentiality
support a digital economy and Interoperability, and Reference capacity for producing quality their data and to give access to and privacy to individual, as well
provide better public services. Code. data, to strengthen coordination public by providing data sets with as significant losses of economy,
among ministries and government various topics in open data competitiveness and reputation to
This commitment requires a The Presidential Regulation
agencies, and to align sectoral format. organization, Law Number 27 Year
transformation in government assigned responsibilities to:
data regulations owned by 2022 on Personal Data Protection
data, which the government aims ▪ National Data Steering Council The government has initiated
ministries and government and Presidential Regulation
to achieve through its One Data is responsible for national data socio-economic register to capture
agencies with the One Data Number 95 Year 2018 on e-
Policy Initiative launched through policy and evaluating its the entire population about their
governance framework. Government provides legal basis
a Presidential Regulation in 2019. implementation. profile, social economic condition,
for personal data protection and
▪ The Ministry of National The roles of data custodian and and welfare level. The database of
This policy aims to make information security to
Development Planning leads data steward are set up and socio-economic register is linked
government data more timely, organizations and government
the Council and has overall performed by an organization unit to population master database,
accurate, accountable, and institutions.
responsibility for One Data called the Center of Data and while other databases owned by
accessible. It also aims to
implementation. Information in every ministry, other government institutions will BPS-Statistics Indonesia
strengthen data sharing and
▪ BPS-Statistics Indonesia as a government agency and local be synchronized to this database. implements data confidentiality
integration arrangement between
national data steward provides government. and security by applying non-
government institutions and to Under e-Government priority
guidance, statistical disclosure control, providing
make better use of government BPS is empowered by Law initiative, the Ministry of National
recommendations and technical secured IT systems, controlling the
data and official statistics for Number 16 Year 1997 on Statistics Development Planning is assigned
assistance. use of micro data, training
policy making. to serve as a National Data to develop data platform utilized
▪ Data Forum facilitates enumerators in data collection
Steward that has responsibility of across government institutions.
The policy is envisaged to become collaboration among handling, and setting data access
providing guidance on data
a governance framework that stakeholders to resolve data In addition, with the mandate of rights.
standards, metadata standards,
would allow the development of needs and issues. Presidential Regulation Number
and data interoperability, and BPS-Statistics Indonesia
integrated and interoperable data ▪ Data steward in a government 132 Year 2022 on National e-
building statistical capacity collaborates with the National
platforms across central and local institution is responsible for Government Architecture, BPS has
through technical assistance and Cyber and Crypto Agency in
government through a common data management, security, been developing a National
trainings to government securing IT system and
standard. quality, sharing, and Statistical Infrastructure System
institutions in central and local infrastructure, improving security
dissemination. to support statistical production,
governments. skills, and joining a member of
▪ Data Producer is responsible for big data utilization, and One Data
Indonesia Cyber Incidence
producing data that meets data implementation under the
Response Team (CSIRT).
quality standard. National Statistical System.
Disclaimer: This profile was produced by ESCAP to illustrate differing data governance arrangements and practices and reflects the situation from when it was compiled. Refer to the country’s own website for the latest information.
