Abstract
Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic is an actual threat currently experienced throughout the world, including Indonesia. COVID-19 pandemic response must be seriously carried out due to its threats against the national defense system. At the forefront of COVID-19 pandemic response is human resources that play important role as national defense system components which capability need to be managed and developed in a continuous manner. Against the background, this research aims to analyze defense sector human resource capacity management and development in COVID-19 pandemic response in Indonesia. This research employed descriptive qualitative method using primary and secondary data. The results showed that the capability-based approach emphasizes "what we need to do" in dealing with the increasingly complex threats, and defense sector human resources capacity development and management are carried out through selection and knowledge development processes to influence attitudes and encourage behavior changes. The results further showed that as a defense sector component, The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) personnel possesses the required readiness and capabilities to carry out their tasks with 3,426 medical and non-medical qualification personnel who have been directly involved at the forefront role of COVID-19 pandemic response.
Highlights
COVID-19 is a pandemic that has spread throughout the world, including Indonesia
State has to be capable of converting its national resources into effective instruments of national defense power to address COVID-19 pandemic
The multidimensional nature of the 21st century threat complex could not be responded by military power alone, and non-military power who possess the capabilities to deal with non-military threats such as COVID-19
Summary
COVID-19 is a pandemic that has spread throughout the world, including Indonesia. To respond the situation, the President of the Republic of Indonesia has stipulated COVID-19 pandemic as a non-natural and national disaster as stated in the Presidential Decree Number 12 of 2020 on the Determination of Non-Natural Disaster of the 2019 Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Spread as a National Disaster. State has to be capable of converting its national resources into effective instruments of national defense power to address COVID-19 pandemic. The multidimensional nature of the 21st century threat complex could not be responded by military power alone, and non-military power who possess the capabilities to deal with non-military threats such as COVID-19. In this context, human resource is one of national resources that plays vital roles in building defense power. Amid the current strategic environment dynamics, reliable human resources are required as the central actors who formulate and implement effective defense policies to deal with the multidimensional threat complex in the 21st century. The attempts to develop defense sector human resource might be carried out through continuous education and training process, which was preceded by a transparent and accountable selection process
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