On July 1-3, 2025, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), together with the Semarang Regional Center for Research and Information (PATTIROS) held a training on the use of opentender.net in Semarang City. The training, supported by the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), was organized to strengthen public participation efforts, especially among young people, in overseeing public procurement, especially in Semarang City.
We, the undersigned civil society organizations (CSOs) across the globe, strongly reject all forms of judicial harassment perpetrated by the West Java Regional Police of Indonesia in naming anti-corruption activist TY as a suspect following his good-faith report of alleged corruption in the distribution of zakat funds.
We, the undersigned civil society organizations (CSOs) across the globe, strongly reject all forms of judicial harassment perpetrated by the West Java Regional Police of Indonesia in naming anti-corruption activist TY as a suspect following his good-faith report of alleged corruption in the distribution of zakat funds.
The criminalization of whistleblowers who expose alleged corruption cases within the National Amil Zakat Agency (BAZNAS) marks a significant setback in Indonesia’s anti-corruption efforts. A former Head of the Compliance and Internal Audit Unit at BAZNAS West Java Province was reported to the West Java Police by the Vice Chairman of BAZNAS after revealing a corruption scandal.
Indonesia’s efforts in combating corruption are weakening. According to data from Transparency International, Indonesia's score in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) stagnated in 2023. Evidently, Indonesia’s CPI score reached only 34 and the country lost its position in the global ranking from 110th to115th. In fact, Indonesia has been maintaining a similar score in the past decade. Indonesia’s score in the Rule of Law Index, one of the determinants of CPI, also stagnated from 2022 to 2023.
Public procurement is one of the public sectors that is highly vulnerable to corruption. The government intends to mitigate this risk by having in place a supplier performance assessment policy that is executed using the Supplier Performance Information System (SIKaP). Procurement Officials (POs) can assess the performance of their suppliers using this system.
On Monday, September 30, 2024, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) launched a policy paper titled "Vendor Performance Assessment of Public Procurement: Accountability and Public Oversight Efforts (Comparison with the United States and Canada)." The event, held at Aone Hotel Jakarta, was attended by key stakeholders including the National Public Procurement Agency (Lembaga Kebijakan Pengadaan Barang/Ja
The state of corruption eradication in Indonesia remains a cause for concern. Transparency International Indonesia’s 2023 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) confirms this, with Indonesia’s score remaining at 34 and its ranking declining from 110 to 115. Compared to the CPI score when President Joko Widodo was first inaugurated nine years ago, Indonesia has made minimal progress. This stagnation indicates a need for a thorough evaluation of anti-corruption policies, particularly those related to law enforcement reform.
Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across the globe, express our deep concern and strong condemnation of the brutal and indiscriminate use of tear gas by security forces during protests against political dynasties in various cities across Indonesia.
The Global Commission on Elections, Democracy & Security, through its report released in 2012, concluded that there are at least 5 (five) major challenges hindering the integrity of elections (Global Commission on Elections, Democracy & Security, 2012). One of them is: uncontrolled political funding, undisclosed, and even secretive due to inadequate regulations.
