Strengthening the Social Welfare Information System to Improve Services and Wellbeing for Vulnerable Groups in North Kalimantan

Inaccurate data on Social Welfare Services (PPKS) is the issue that most slows down the achievement of social welfare program targets managed by the North Kalimantan Provincial Social Service. Data sourced from districts/cities is often considered inaccurate or outdated. As a result, this data does not support the formulation of planning and evidence-based policy documents. However, these documents determine the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of the utilization of the social welfare program budget in North Kalimantan. This policy brief identifies several problems, namely: the absence of guidelines regulating data collection standards as well as data verification and validation, a lack of human resources, and the suboptimal use of SIJOSKU as a data collection tool. Therefore, this policy brief formulates policy recommendations, namely strengthening technology-based data governance to support the agenda of accelerating poverty reduction and social inequality in North Kalimantan.