Abstract
The right of the people for clean air in Indonesia is guaranteed under the Environmental Management Law (UU No. 23/1997). However, the air quality is getting worse with time. Indonesia has over than 75 regulations related to air pollution in the form of Laws (UU), Governmental Decrees (PP), Presidential Decrees (Keppres), Ministerial Decrees (Kepmen) and Local Governmental Decrees (Perda). Thus, are those regulations not effective and efficient to manage the air quality?
To address this question, Pelangi in collaboration with Indonesian Centre for Environmental Law (ICEL), supported by The Asia Foundation (TAF) and US-Asia Environment Partnership (US-AEP) from September 2002 to July 2003, initiated a review on regulations related to air pollution control in Indonesia.
The policy research was conducted by a participatory process to raise awareness of the stakeholders, and thereby contribute to a clearer sense of public ownership of the proposed legislation reform. The stakeholders include government of the national and local level, private sector and civil society. The consultation process is in the form of interviews, experts’ panel, focus group discussion, multistakeholder workshops and public dialogue. Public outreach activities were also done to increase awareness of the general public on air pollution issues as well as disseminate the policy research findings. The success of the approach implemented in this study will be a model of policy formulation process in Indonesia with the public participation.
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