Open recruitment for district and ward heads in jakarta administration

Abstract

This research provides a description and analysis of the implementation of open recruitment for all district heads (camat) and ward heads (lurah) in the Jakarta administration. This policy was the first of its kind in Jakarta, which is the capital city of Indonesia, involving a very different process insofar as it concerned a great number of new actors not included in the usual recruiting mechanism. Jakarta Employment Agency (BKD) was the agency that was appointed to conduct the implementation. The implementation had several constraints and limitations. The aim of this study is to investigate how BKD implemented this new procedure and attempted to solve any problems. In particular, it focuses on three major areas: how this policy was put into practice, how successful the implementation was and what attempts were made to overcome the difficulties. Additionally, it explores the various levels and types of cooperation among stakeholders.