The effectiveness evaluation of the implementation of government regulation on the procedures of remote sensing activities in Indonesia

Abstract

The implementation of Indonesia’s Government Regulation Number 11 of 2018 concerning Procedures for Organising Remote Sensing Activities (PP 11/2018) is expected to serve as the legal basis to ensure the national availability of remote sensing data through activities such as data acquisition, data processing, data storage and distribution, as well as data utilisation and information dissemination. Governmental institutional changes in Indonesia may introduce dynamics in the implementation of remote sensing. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the regulation concerning procedures for organising remote sensing activities over the past five years. This research employed a qualitative approach by adapting a framework based on the effectiveness dimensions of the Regulation of the Head of Badan Pembinaan Hukum Nasional (BPHN) concerning guidelines for the evaluation of legislative regulations, which were then analysed within three levels of policy hierarchy, namely policy, organisational, and operational. The research findings indicated that the effectiveness of implementation of remote sensing government regulation in Indonesia under the new institutional governance has impacted services to stakeholders. At the organisational level, the strengthening of remote sensing infrastructure management by the Directorate of Laboratory Management through the preparation of special schemes related to remote sensing infrastructure repair is still experiencing obstacles. Meanwhile, at the operational level, the Chairman needs to address the Directorate of Laboratory Management, Research Facilities, and Science and Technology Areas to update the outdated remote sensing data catalogues.