John Soeprihanto

John Soeprihanto is senior lecturer at Faculty of Economic, Gadjah Mada University (GMU), Jogjakarta since 1980. he hold his master degree on international management from the American Graduate School of International Management, USA in 1989. He is pursuing his PhD degree at Flinders University, SA (2002-2006).

Envisioning and Communicating Vision Process in Indonesia Autonomy Era

This paper will point out some opinions in order to contribute the knowledge and practice of the envisioning and communicating vision process in Indonesia autonomy or reformation era. The discussion will also argue the shifting of the old paradigm (New Order Era: the development paradigm) towards new paradigm (Reformation Era: the service and empowerment paradigm).

Indonesia's new order regime that came into power in March 1966 had failed in 1997 (Kompas-online, 1997). A financial crisis that had its onset in the last six months of 1997 and that was closely linked to similar crises in other South East Asian countries translated into economic, social, and politic crisis. All these contributed to a number individual, local group movement or organizational both national and international which pushed the central government to reform, reinvent and provide real autonomy to regional authorities. The fall of Soeharto regime has opened some opportunities to reform the system of management government in Indonesia.

Since 2000 legislation passed by the national government in Jakarta in 1999 (Law 32/2004 revised from 22/1999 and Law 33/2004 revised from 25/1999) establish the new legal framework for the local government system in Indonesia. Both of them have provided a new paradigm. The new paradigm that comes from these legislations is based on servicing and empowering the community, especially each local community (Syaukani, et all, 2002, p. 171). These legislations have established the legal framework for government management system reform, especially in providing the larger authority to local government for running their activities. One of the authorities is the arrangement of the Long-term Local Development Planning (RPJP) and other planning documents.

Based on article 3a dab b of Law 32/2004 that the local development planning should be arranged in some periods, such as the Long-term Local Development Planning (20 years: RPJP-daerah), the Medium Local Development Planning (5 years: RPJM daerah), and the Local Development Work-Planning (1 year: RKPD). This article also notes that the Long-term Local Development Planning consists of vision, mission, and direction of local development which refer to the Long-term National Development Planning. The question is who is the responsible for arranging the Long .term National Development Planning, especially for developing the envisioning and communicating vision process in Indonesia autonomy or reformation era.

Finally, this paper will point out some recommendations. A number of theoretical and empirical issues will be explore in order to contribute the knowledge and practice of the envisioning and communicating vision process in Indonesia autonomy era or reformation era. Especially, for improving the implementation of communicating vision process in terms of the national system education should learn and adopt from the developed countries experiences.