Communication Policy: the Efforts to Strengthen Civil Society

Teguh Ratmanto

doi:10.29313/mediator.v9i1.1150

Abstract

In the last decades there were a tendency to make public institution more open and greater public participation in decision making. It is believed that transparency is the only way to strengthen public institutions which it is highly possible because of the progress in Information and Communication Technology. Nowadays Indonesia is entering the Era of Opennes. The idea of civil society and establisihng social welfare which is the first priority require partnership between the government and public. The whole stakeholder should cooperate to improve accessibility on ICT and should develope information and communication infra structure, and should improve application of ICT in every aspect of public services.

Highlights

In the last decades there were a tendency to make public institution more open and greater public participation in decision making
Either individual or group of people demand public institution to be more responsive and responsible, and they want to be involved in the decision making process
The movement to implement better, open, and transparent government is supported by the rapid progress in Information and Communication Technology in which transmitting and managing information become primary driven of the changing

Summary

Back ground

Either individual or group of people demand public institution to be more responsive and responsible, and they want to be involved in the decision making process They believe that sharing public information between the government and public will contribute to a better participation in the development which is based on qualified public decisions. Communication Policy: the Effort to Strengthen Civil Society accelerate economic growth and monetary stability This condition which is conducive for just and effective governance will in turn increase public trust to government (Declaration of APEC on Standard Transparency, October 2003). Citizens act as a public body when they confer in an unrestricted fashion about matters of general interest It could happen because there are the guarantee of freedom of assembly and associa tion and the freedom to express and publish their opinions. Bureaucracy and state apparatus which should establish social welfare and justice they are a means of the ruling class

Theoretical Framework

An Information Society for All

Effective participation by civil society in governance nationally