This document outlines Indonesia's efforts to enhance transparency and accountability in the extractive sector through open data initiatives and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). It highlights the importance of capacity building for civil society organizations to effectively utilize open data for advocacy, as well as the implementation of drone technology for spatial transparency in monitoring extractive industries. Additionally, it emphasizes the collaborative efforts to develop user-friendly data formats and community monitoring systems to empower local communities and promote good governance.

1. Transparency and
Accountability of Revenue
and Spending in Extractive
Resources Sector
OPEN DATA +
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY

2. I
ndonesia, a nation used to limiting the free flow of has now reached the
era of openness. The Public Information Disclosure Law was regulated
in 2008 and since then, Indonesian citizens are guaranteed access to
public information, including information
that used to be locked away. Furthermore,
Indonesia has adopted a global initiative to
improve transparency and accountability
within extractive industries (oil, gas, and
mining) - that by nature is used to closed and
full with secrecy-, the Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative (EITI). Recently, the
EITI has increased its standard which require
implementing country to provide accessible,
usable, and machine readable data of the
report. Also, given participation of Indonesia
in Open Government Partnership (OGP), there
are progressing moves from various sectors
and level of government and many stakeholder
to continually promote, provide and support
Transforming Extractive
Industry through Open Data

3. implementation of open data: in public
service delivery, economic and trade, politic
and democracy, as well as extractive sector.
However, open data is not useful on its
own. Information shared by the government
or other sources still needs to be processed,
analyzed and effectively communicated
to the public. Government, civil society
organizations, practitioners and technician
(i.e. apps developer, cartographers,
multimedia design, etc.) could play vary key
roles to improve efficacy of open data as a
valuable asset in improving public service
delivery and promoting good governance.
Thus, we can imagine time when all data are
published in open format, and civil society
effectivelly participate in development.
Finally, open data should not be the end. It open up greater
opportunities to transforming our extractive industry, and civil society
and government need to use it wisely. The wave of open data movement
has started, and its impact are continually growing. Lets ride the wave!

4. Open Data for Effective Advocacy: Building
Capacity of Civil Society
W
e believe that quality of data can make difference in advocacy. It can
lead advocacy into a more effective and well-targeted effort to answer
various problems in development. But data, without adequate user
capacity does not complete. Collaborating with School of Data, coalition of
PWYP Indonesia conducted series of capacity building to optimally use Open
Data in advocacy. Civil society organizations (CSOs), join in with local leaders,
community leaders, and indigenous community trained to efficiently work with
data (i.e. open data 101, finding data, working with data, communicating data,
etc.), and significance of the open data format. At least 36 organizations have
benefitted from this capacity building both in national and local level. The
training was adjusted not just for participant who has access to internet and
computer based technology, but also to community who has limited access to
such technology. This activity has improved the way data is utilized, enabled
CSOs to work efficiently with data, and importantly in communicating data. Now,
most of advocacy’s publication come in informative and user friendly format
(i.e. infographics, etc.), which have high acceptance from stakeholders.
Drone for Advocacy:
Promoting Spatial
Transparency
I
n the extractive sector, spatiality (space and
area) is important component. It relates to size
of industry, financial obligation and revenues,
environmental impact, and also social aspect to
impacted community. In collaboration with Swandiri Institute, PWYP Indonesia
promotes spatial transparency by introducing use of drone technology.
We equip indigenous community of Dayak People in West Kalimantan in
using drone to map their areas and traditional rights, monitor operation and
compliance of extractive industry in their neighborhood. Thus, indigenous
community can ensure whether an industry(s) properly operated in the
permitted area, implement good mining practices, comply with environmental
standard, as well as file appropriate report of production or exploitation.
ACTIVITY

5. From Open Data to User-Friendly Data:
Developing Portal
I
ndonesia has fulfilled obligation to produce and publish revenues
from its extractive sector through EITI report. However, complexity
and amount of data on the report make it difficult to be understood
and analyzed. Thus, preventing meaningful use and participation by
community to advocate the report’s findings. PWYP Indonesia facilitate
development of user friendly formats and
media of EITI report and other extractive
related data. The EITI report consist of
sets data of company payments, revenue
share to local government, production
data, and other information related to the
industry’ trend and governance. These
EITI data are also combined and analyzed
with data on government spending,
poverty data, spatial data, etc. These sets
of data are shared and visualized through
web portal, infographics, apps, etc. Public
can access, obtain, use, view, analyze all
these extractive related data through and
from the web portal and mobile apps.

6. Community Reporting:
Benefiting from Open Data
W
e believe that Open Data in extractive sector will be more
valuable when community can benefit from it. Especially
community who impacted, located and live nearby
extractive industry. In partnership with Swandiri Institute, PWYP
Indonesia pilots a community monitoring and reporting program to
promote good governance in extractive industry and government
spending in Sanggau District – crowded with mining, oil-palm, and
forestry industry- in West Kalimantan. We equip local CSOs and
indigenous community of Dayak People on know-how in accessing,
working with data to advocate their aspiration and causes. This
include utilizing a government community reporting complaint
system called LAPOR! Community also develop various reporting
system from video, writing, and social media. We also strengthen
the community complaint handling system by innovating availability
of focal points from local CSOs to advocate and assist community
reports went to the system. We find an improved communities’
understanding to the complex chain of extractive sector, process,
and how it could affect communities. Importantly, communities are
more eager to participate in the chain, especially in monitoring the
operation and the way government spend the revenues.

7. From Open Data to Public Policy:
Helping Shape the Nation
W
e continually advocating improvement of governance in
the extractive sector. We see the Open Data as a valuable
asset that can move forward transparency, accountability
and holistic reform in the extractive sector. Through EITI Indonesia
Initiative, we provide support to ensure availability of open data
format for the report, as well supporting similar format to be
implemented in all agencies who involved in governance of
extractive sector. Also, we process various findings from data
analysis, and drone mapping. Our local partner, Swandiri Institute
and indigenous community, progressing revision of regional
spatial plan based on more detail and accurate images
produced by drone mapping. The community proposal
include adjustment to accommodate existing land use,
forest zonation, and importantly traditional rights
on land. As a result, those recommendation were
accommodated in the revision of regional spatial
plan (RTRW-P) through Local Regulation Number
10 year 2014. Also, they progressively follow
up findings of environmental damage,
overlapped in land use, land grabbing
practiced by extractive industry.

8. Supported by
About Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia
PWYP Indonesia is a civil society coalition for transparency and accountability of
extractive oil and gas resources governance. Established in 2007, and registered as
a legal entity in Indonesia since 2012 and names as Yayasan Transparansi Ekstraktif
Indonesia. PWYP is built to improve accountability and transparency of extractive
resources’ governance in Indonesia and global level, consolidate civil society
organizations (CSOs) efforts, and strengthen CSOs capacity to effectively involve
in reforming governance of extractive resources for sustainable development.
Until May 2015, there are 39 CSOs member of PWYP Indonesia. PWYP Indonesia is
affiliated with global PWYP campaign. This coalition’s campaign enforces the birth
of global initiatives EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) in countries
enriched with oil and gas resources. After a decade, this coalition along with its
members expanded its scope of advocacy not only at the revenue chain, but also
along the value chain of extractive industry, from contract award to management of
extractive revenue.
PWYP Indonesia supported by SEATTI/Hivos initiates optimalisation of
information technology to improve governance of extractive sector (i.e.oil and gas,
mining) by promoting implementation of open data, building capacity and best
practise of civil society to effectively monitor the sector and government program.
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