Aceh Province In Indonesia Research Articles

Collective action and co-management initiatives in post-disaster Aceh, Indonesia

Studies of post-disaster rehabilitation tend to focus on the immediate vulnerabilities of those who survive. Far less is written on the efforts focused on important longer term human capacity development and organisational innovations needed to secure a sustainable future for them. This study, set against the background of the 2004 Asian tsunami deals with the latter. It narrates the initiative of a development assistance program in Aceh Province of Indonesia which was a collaborative effort of the Food and Agriculture Organisations of the United Nations (FAO) and the American Red Cross (ARC). It describes the strategy adopted in negotiating collective action to foster a new co-management initiative aimed at reviving a small-scale fishery and coastal communities, that were socio-politically isolated and bound by customary practices, to collaborate with state and civil society. The study examines in some detail the process adopted, its achievements and failures, the lesson learnt, as well as its hopes for the future.

Data envelopment analysis with upper bound on output to measure efficiency performance of departments in Malaikulsaleh University

The higher education system in Indonesia can be considered not only as an important source of developing knowledge in the country, but also could create positive living conditions for the country. Therefore it is not surprising that enrollments in higher education continue to expand. However, the implication of this situation, the Indonesian government is necessarily to support more funds. In the interest of accountability, it is essential to measure the efficiency for this higher institution. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a method to evaluate the technical efficiency of production units which have multiple input and output. The higher learning institution considered in this paper is Malikussaleh University located in Lhokseumawe, a city in Aceh province of Indonesia. This paper develops a method to evaluate efficiency for all departments in Malikussaleh University using DEA with bounded output. Accordingly, we present some important differences in efficiency of those departments. Finally we discuss the effort should be done by these departments in order to become efficient.

Serological and Molecular Analysis of Avian Influenza Virus Subtype H5 Isolated from Aceh Province in Indonesia

Serological and Molecular Analysis of Avian Influenza Virus Subtype H5 Isolated from Aceh Province in Indonesia

Development of accurate tsunami estimated times of arrival for tsunami-prone cities in Aceh, Indonesia

Ten years after the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, the Aceh Province in Indonesia has made progress toward becoming a more tsunami resilient area. The government of Indonesia has undertaken a number of efforts to facilitate a better evacuation process, but a smooth evacuation process is still at large. A major issue is that the disaster management office for the districts are yet to have clear, accurate estimations of what would be the shortest time of the arrival of the tsunami waves.The worst scenario for these cities' tsunami evacuation procedures has yet to be determined. This study seeks to discern worst tsunami estimated times of arrival for the tsunami-prone cities in Aceh. A number of numerical simulations were performed using data from past events of tsunamis in this area and a future near-shore tsunami events anticipated by most of the disaster managers around the Mentawai Island. The Cornell Multi-grid COupled Tsunami (COMCOT) model was used as the tool for the simulations. Nine selected cities were determined as observation points, i.e., Sabang, Banda Aceh, Calang, Lageun, Teunom, Meulaboh, Singkil, Sinabang, and Tapaktuan. The results of this research show that the shortest ETAs are Banda Aceh 35min, Sabang 22min, Lageun 25min, Calang 29min, Teunom 29min, Meulaboh 35min, Sinabang 20min, Singkil 53min, and Tapaktuan 24min.

Influence of Locus of Control and Organizational Commitment on Job Satisfaction Moderated by Organizational Culture and Its Impact on Job Performance (Study of Pemda Aceh Employee)

This study purpose is to examine and explain organizational culture in workplace as a moderation variable the effect of organizational commitment and locus of control on employee’s job satisfaction. Data collected by survey method using questionnaire instruments. Sampling technique is proportional stratified random sampling. Samples are 200 Local Government at Aceh province in Indonesia. Hypothesis testing used is Structure Equation Model (SEM). These research results show that good commitment can increase job satisfaction. However, locus of control had no significant effect on job satisfaction. High job satisfaction significantly improves employee’s performance. Better culture in workplace will lowers job satisfaction of more commitment employee. This is evidenced by significant negative interaction of commitment on culture in workplace (Quasi moderation). Culture merely becomes predictor the interaction of locus of control and culture in workplace to increase job satisfaction (Predictor moderation). This research originality is to provide evidence that moderation role of culture at workplace weaken the effect of commitment on job satisfaction, and culture in workplace moderation strengthens the effect of locus of control on job satisfaction.

Utilization of the Local Government Health Insurance Scheme (JKA) for Maternal Health Services Among Women Living in Underdeveloped Areas of Aceh Province, Indonesia

Aceh province of Indonesia created its own health coverage scheme called Jaminan Kesehatan Aceh (JKA) to cover Aceh's populations who were not registered under insurance for the poor (Jamkesmas). This study aims to compare the utilization rate of maternal health care (MHC) services and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) before JKA, during the transition period, and after JKA had been established. A cross-sectional household survey was conducted from June 2011 to July 2012. Utilization of MHC services and CPR during the 3 periods was assessed using a questionnaire. The Mantel-Haenszel χ(2) test was used to examine the association between period and coverage. Generalized estimating equations (GEEs) were used to examine utilization and type of service, period of service, and type of scheme. Coverage of utilization of skilled birth attendants significantly improved among the JKA holders (odds ratio = 1.84; 95% confidence interval = 1.18-2.89). JKA, thus, has shown its positive impact.

Navigating an inconvenient difference in antagonistic contexts: Doing fieldwork in Aceh, Indonesia

This article discusses the challenges of doing fieldwork in an antagonistic context. Such an antagonistic context can emerge when a non‐Muslim researcher conducts fieldwork in a Muslim country that experiences humanitarian intervention and reconstruction efforts after natural disasters or the end of conflict. This particular setting can create a conflation of Islamic and Western (liberal) values while a political settlement is about to be consolidated. The case discussed in this article is located in the province of Aceh in Indonesia, where a political settlement of a conflict which lasted more than 25 years converged with a massive influx of foreign aid for disaster mitigation vis‐à‐vis the desire to apply Islamic Law (shari'a). The combined effects of reconstruction efforts and political and armed conflict, forged a problematic co‐presence of Western and non‐Western values, which affected the relations between the (Western) researcher and (non‐Western) researched by creating tension or even hostility between the two. The article argues that methodological dilemmas stemming from such a setting require a relational approach drawing on empathy, sameness and the personal, thereby taking into account emotions when conducting fieldwork. For this particular case I suggest an approach based on teamwork crossing cultures and gender among the research team members. To deal with constraints in such a setting, the article proposes to contextualize any potential difference between the researcher and researched, and to explore various relational elements drawing on psychoanalytical approaches and/or cross‐cultural positioning through and in teamwork.

Impact of On-street Parking on Urban Arterial Performance: A Quantitative Study on Travel Speed and Capacity Deterioration

Abstract - Traffic congestion has been a serious social and technical problem since the early year’s rapid motorization in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province of Indonesia. Urban arterial performance becomes the crucial concerns of many traffic engineers. Arterial performances were analyzed using oblique cumulative plots and breakdown method. The approaches are time series treatment between cumulative vehicles arrival versus time contracted from data recorded by video cameras. Investigations were conducted during both morning and evening peak hours on three regular weekdays for observing saturation condition in order to observe the maximum capacity under prevailing conditions. This study examined the impact of presence on-street parking on deterioration both travel speed and capacity. It found that capacity diminished slightly 10-13% (275-368vph) compared to the pre-breakdown condition. Likewise, during the breakdown, speed dropped about 13-19% (3-5kph) controlled by pre-breakdown as well. The simulation software so called VISSIM 5.30 was governed to estimate the measurement of effectiveness (MOEs) by removing on-street parking from a site of study. The MOEs reveal that removing on-street parking able to reduce average delay approximately 12 sec/veh (32%) and increase speed about 5kph (24%). Keywords: Arterial performance, pre-breakdown, breakdown, travel speed, capacity, on-street parking, simulation, VISSIM 5.30, MOEs.

Frequency Analysis of Genesis Risk In Construction Projects

Contractor as general constructions supervisors face risk factors that could affect performance and hinder the success of a construction project. Many contracting companies along with the advent of growing development in Banda Aceh to make the contractor should be able to maintain its performance in order to compete with other contractors. The subject matter and the question in this study are what the risk factors that can affect the performance of the contractor Banda Aceh in the implementation of construction projects. The purpose of this study to identify risk factors that have a frequency of occurrence is very frequent in the implementation of construction projects in Banda Aceh experienced contractor in the execution of construction projects in the province of Aceh. The scope of this research is limited to the risks accepted by the contractor Banda Aceh Non-small qualification (qualifying grade 5) in carrying out construction projects. Risk factors reviewed is a risk factor in the implementation of construction projects in general. The collection of primary data collected through the distribution of questionnaires to the respondents that the small non-qualified contractor who lives in Banda Aceh. As for the secondary data such as the names of the contracting company based in Banda Aceh. Data processing is done by the analysis of test reliability, frequency analysis and frequency analysis of the index. Data processing is done by statistical methods and computational tools utilizing the software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 16.0 for Windows) and Microsoft Excel. Based on the analysis of the frequency index gained 10 key risk factors that have a frequency of occurrence is very common in the implementation of construction projects in Banda Aceh experienced contractor in the execution of construction projects. Banda Aceh is one of the cities in the province of Aceh in Indonesia, which is undergoing rapid development growth progress. This can be seen by many developing or the emergence of efforts in the field of construction industry, both corporate contractors (contractor) and corporate planners and construction supervisor (consultant). Performance contracting is a result of work is achieved by the contractor in executing a construction project. Performance is based on skills, experience and sincerity, and the time, as compared to predetermined targets. If a construction project a success then it could be said that the performance of the contractor in the execution of the project well and vice versa. Risk factors in construction projects can arise from a variety of sources, and vary both in the likelihood and the impact on the success of the construction project. In order to carry out the construction projects on time according to the schedule, the contractor managing the construction in general will face the risk factors that can hinder the success of the construction project and affect its performance. In this study, the research object is the contractor Banda Aceh, which are at issue and the question in this research is the key risk factors that may affect any contractor performance Banda Aceh in the implementation of construction projects. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors that have a frequency of occurrence is very frequent in the implementation of construction projects experienced by the contractor Banda Aceh in the implementation of construction projects in the province of Aceh. The scope of this research is limited to the risk factors who received non-small contractor qualification (qualifying grade 5) in carrying out construction projects in Banda Aceh. These risk factors are reviewed is a risk factor in the implementation of construction projects in general. The research method used is through several stages, starting with the formulation of the problem, the study of literature, primary data collection and secondary data collection, data processing using statistical software, and data analysis and discussion. In order to achieve the intended objectives, it is necessary primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected through the distribution of questionnaires, the respondents is the non-qualifying small contractors who live in Banda Aceh. Secondary data such as names of contractors who are registered as members of the association GAPENSI (Joint Managing Construction in Indonesia). Data processing is done by the analysis of test reliability, frequency analysis and frequency analysis of the index. Data processing is done by statistical methods and computational tools utilizing the software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 16.0 for Windows) and Microsoft Excel. Based on the index value frequency is the objective of this research have been achieved with the acquisition of 10 (ten) risk factors that

インドネシアのアチェ州の津波復興工程で生成された地理情報を有する統合情報システムとその適用

著者は，インドネシアのアチェ州の津波からの復興工程で生成された地理情報を収集し，その地理情報を有する統合 情報システムを開発してきた．本稿では，その復興工程が国際協力と情報共有によって実施されたことを紹介する．次いで，同システムを適用して，復興の進め方とその結果を示し，得られた知見を述べる．また，将来の発展のための資源を示し，得られた知見を述べる．

Speaking Acehnese in Malaysia

This paper examines the use of Acehnese among Acehnese descendants living in Kampung Aceh (KA), in the district of Yan, Kedah, northwest of Peninsular Malaysia. The data were collected by interviewing 57 residents from different generations about their use of Acehnese, and how they identify themselves as a group, given that they were born and bred in Malaysia. The findings indicate that Acehnese is still used in KA, albeit decreasingly by the youngest generation. Nevertheless, the respondents who generally regard themselves as ureueng Acèh, consider Acehnese as an important aspect of their identity and their perceived ties with the Aceh province in Indonesia.

Devices of Oblivion: How Islamic Schools Rescue ‘Orphaned’ Children from Traumatic Experiences in Aceh (Indonesia)

Since the peace agreement has put an end to the 30-year-long civil conflict in the province of Aceh in Indonesia, poverty, parental loss, lack of opportunities and an old tradition have caused a growing number of Acehnese girls and boys to spend between three and ten years in residential Koranic schools [dayah or pesantren]. There, they process their experience of the conflict, be it direct or indirect. In this article, thanks to ethnographical data, the author explores this labour of transformation. An idea of resilience which is culturally based in local societies is analysed. Key issues are the difference between personal and social resilience, plus the transformations that a resilient process enhances in the very culture from which it stems. The dayah have proved very effective structures in facing the needs of the poorest Acehnese children. Nevertheless, the author argues, they tend to shape the children according to a general model that can create exclusion and crystallize pre-existing psychic suffering. This paper indicates that different visions of trauma and memory characterize different parts of the same society, and that selecting one or another is a political choice that is embedded in international policies.

Built back better? Housing reconstruction after the Tsunami disaster of 2004 in Aceh

Abstract The Tsunami disaster on the morning of December 26th, 2004 caused thousands of casualties and created enormous destruction in the twelve affected countries around the Indian Ocean. The hardest hit region was the conflict ridden province of Aceh in Indonesia, with an estimated 165,000 people dead or missing and around 15 percent of the surviving population made homeless (see BRR 2005). The Tsunami catastrophe was followed by — at least for developing countries — an unprecedented scale of relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction operations. A multitude of actors from all over the world took action in the affected areas and contributed to the rebuilding of the devastated areas, following a “build back better” policy. In the light of the huge number of people made homeless, one of the most prominent aspects of the reconstruction process was housing, where about 130,000 reconstruction homes were built in Aceh alone after the disaster (see UNORC-IAS 2009). This paper discusses the housing reconstruction approach based on a case study in a Tsunami affected village on the north-east coast of Aceh. In conclusion this case demonstrates the benefits of more participation in reconstruction.

Indonesia Thanks the World

O 26 December 2004, an earthquake of 9.1 on the Richter scale caused a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Aceh Province in Indonesia, near the epicenter, was the worst-hit area with almost 500 miles of shoreline destroyed by the tsunami, with 635,384 internally-displaced people, and more than 127,000 lost lives. The crisis immediately drew national and international sympathy. Aid was flown in from all parts of the world. Reports say that during the emergency period, which extended to 31 March 2005, there were a total of 6,000 military personnel from Indonesia and other countries, including the United States, working around the clock to provide assistance. When the emergency phase ended, the government of Indonesia formed an ad hoc Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR NAD-Nias), mandated to implement and coordinate rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. Under the coordination of BRR, over 90 percent of international aid pledges materialized as projects within four years. This was a significant achievement considering Indonesia’s never-ending battle against corruption. The effective leadership of BRR was cited as a crucial factor in gaining trust from the donor communities, regardless if they were local, national, or international. Toward the end of BRR’s mandate on 16 April 2009, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed his deepest gratitude to the national and international communities who had invested their efforts to rebuild Aceh. BRR has captured all lessons learned in a book series that may be downloaded at no cost from their website (http://know.brr.go.id/dc/ BRR_Book_Series/EN/).

Policy and Historical Context of Disaster Relief in Aceh Relevant Factors in Social Work Assessment

The article discusses the multi-dimensional challenges in response to the tsunami in Aceh province of Indonesia in 2005. Disaster mitigation and community rehabilitation were hampered due to the absence of viable local organization, weak government social service system, and post-armed separatist conflict in the province. The Indonesian Professional Social Worker Association developed a strength-based approach for families in this situation using community resource persons.

Toward More Efficient Multinational Work on Rescue and Aid for Disasters: Lessons Learned during the Aceh Tsunami and Yogya Earthquake

Introduction:In the aftermath of the magnitude 9 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, a huge number of international responders launched rescue and relief missions in Aceh Province of Indonesia. Thousands of voluntary personnel came to help the wounded, assist with recovery, and rebuild damaged communities. As is often the case with disasters, the necessary disaster management manpower was not immediately athand. Consequently, rescue and relief missions did not coordinate with one another, and chaotic inefficiency prevailed.Just a little over a year after the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, a second disaster occurred in Indonesia following a major earthquake that occurred in May 2006 on Indonesia's most populous island. The May 2006 earthquake killed 5,000 people in Yogyakarta Province, located in the central region of Java Island.

A Renowned Field Station Rises From the Ashes

CONSERVATION BIOLOGYAfter a frustrating hiatus, wildlife researchers are returning to a swamp in war-torn Aceh Province in Indonesia for a chance to study some of the world's smartest apes.

Islamic Law in a National Legal System: A Study on the Implementation of Shari'ah in Aceh, Indonesia

The implementation of shari’ah (Islamic law) in the province of Aceh in Indonesia was the consequence of a national policy of legal pluralism, effected in 2001 when the national government decided to give a special status and wide autonomy to this region. However, certain problems have arisen. One of these is whether the Islamic courts of justice have been conferred competence to deal with Islamic criminal law and if so, which judicial institution should deal with the matter. Another is the meaning and scope of mu’amalat law (the law dealing with human relationships). It also appears that the central government has permitted shari’ah to be implemented for political reasons.

Islamic Law in a National Legal System: A Study on the Implementation of Shari'ah in Aceh, Indonesia

AbstractThe implementation of shari'ah (Islamic law) in the province of Aceh in Indonesia was the consequence of a national policy of legal pluralism, effected in 2001 when the national government decided to give a special status and wide autonomy to this region. However, certain problems have arisen. One of these is whether the Islamic courts of justice have been conferred competence to deal with Islamic criminal law and if so, which judicial institution should deal with the matter. Another is the meaning and scope of mu'amalat law (the law dealing with human relationships). It also appears that the central government has permitted shari'ah to be implemented for political reasons.

Poverty and Civil War: What Policymakers Need to Know

Poverty and Civil War: What Policymakers Need to Know