JAKARTA – Data transparency is considered a crucial element in promoting more transparent, inclusive, and sustainable development. This issue was one of the main discussions at the 2026 Open Data Partnership Forum (ODPF), held at the Aryaduta Hotel in Jakarta on Wednesday (May 6, 2026).
The forum was organized by Puskaha Indonesia together with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Stranas PK, and The PRAKARSA This brings together government, civil society, academics, media, and the private sector to discuss the use of open data in supporting regional development and green industry.
In his remarks, the Executive Director of The PRAKARSA Victoria Fanggidae, believes that data transparency can no longer be viewed merely as an administrative obligation, but rather as an important foundation in the public policy-making process.
"Data is not just an administrative requirement or a requirement on paper, but has become a strategic infrastructure that determines how policies are designed, how programs are implemented, and how system accountability is built," said Ria.
He explained that Indonesia already has a fairly robust regulatory framework under Law Number 14 of 2008 concerning Public Information Disclosure. However, in practice, data transparency still faces various challenges, ranging from poor data interoperability between agencies to limited data accessibility and utilization.
According to him, this issue is becoming increasingly important in cross-sectoral issues such as the energy transition and green industry, which require data integration from various fields.
"In the industrial sector, there are emissions, energy use, resource efficiency, and without transparency and integration of cross-sector data, the resulting policies tend to be partial, unsynchronized, non-synergistic, and their impact on the results or outcomes is difficult to evaluate comprehensively. outcome, "He added.
Meanwhile, researchers at The PRAKARSA Bintang Aulia Lutfi highlighted the importance of open data in understanding development conditions more holistically, particularly at the regional level. He noted that various macro indicators often fail to capture the social and employment realities on the ground.
"The unemployment rate may have decreased, but the quality of labor absorption remains a challenge because the proportion of workers in the informal sector continues to increase to almost 60 percent," Bintang said.
He also emphasized that data transparency should not be seen as a threat or burden for the government or other institutions, but rather as a policy evaluation instrument.
"This open data serves as a tool for policy correction. It examines whether current policies need to be adjusted or corrected, or whether alternative policies are needed," he said.
Through this forum, participants encouraged the strengthening of cross-sector data integration and standardization, while strengthening multi-stakeholder collaboration in building a more transparent open data ecosystem that can be jointly utilized to support sustainable development in Indonesia.