On October 24, 2024 at the Grand Wahid
Hotel Salatiga, BPS-Statistics Salatiga Municipality held sectoral statistics
and statistical literacy development activities for the OPD of Salatiga Municipality
in 2024. This event was attended by all OPD (Organisasi Perangkat Daerah) of
Salatiga Municipality. The event was officially opened by the Regional
Secretary of Salatiga Municipality, Wuri Pujiastuti, who expressed his thanks
to BPS-Statistics Salatiga Municipality for carrying out sectoral statistical
guidance to OPD in Salatiga City. The IPS (Indeks Pembangunan Statistik) score
is not only an award event, but is useful for providing useful data for the
development of the Municipality of Salatiga.
In this event, awards were also given to
the 2023 EPSS loci, namely the Salatiga Municipality Diskominfo and the Salatiga
Municipality Library and Archives Service, and the 2024 EPSS namely the
Salatiga Municipality Diskominfo and Salatiga Municipality DP3APPKB. Evaluation
of the Implementation of Sectoral Statistics (EPSS) produces IPS figures that
reflect the guidance and development of sectoral statistics in a district/city.
The IPS score for Salatiga Municipality in 2024 is 2.61 (good category). Apart
from that, recommendations for the 2024 EPSS were also submitted from the Head
of BPS-Statistics Salatiga Municipality to the Regional Secretary of Salatiga
City.
The event continued with the delivery of
material by three speakers, namely the Head of BPS-Statistics Salatiga Municipality,
Head of Diskominfo Salatiga Municipality, and Plt. Secretary of BAPPEDA
Salatiga Municipality. Head of BPS Salatiga Municipality, Aguskadaryanto,
conveyed macro data for Salatiga Municipality including GRDP and economic
growth, employment, poverty and HDI (Human Development Index). Head of the
Salatiga Municipality Diskominfo, Budi Prasetiyono, conveyed the sectoral
statistics business process. He appreciated BPS's initiation in holding this event
in the context of developing sectoral statistics and as a synergy between BPS
as the data supervisor, OPD as the data producer, and Diskominfo as the data
guardian.
The third resource person was A. Adhie
Wibowo as acting. The Secretary of BAPPEDA for Salatiga Municipality conveyed
several things, including the current conditions related to data problems, including
data that is not standardized, data that is not synchronized and there is no
metadata, weak coordination (data is still stored individually), data is
scattered and it is difficult to obtain data. The participants' enthusiasm was
visible in this event, as evidenced by several questions asked to resource
persons in the panel discussion session regarding data development in Salatiga
Municipality.
