FOSTERING COLLABORATIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN INDONESIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Abstract

The purpose of this article intended to contribute as a additional reference in the field of public administration and to overlook a concept for the development of digital government transformation that focus on collabrations. This article uses a systematic literature review to explore how collaboration can play an important role in the implementation of digital transformation in local government. West Java Digital Service (JDS) is a digital-based local government agency in West Java Province, Indonesia has a goal as an accelerator of achieving government targets to break the digital divide for remote communities, improve the efficiency and accuracy of community data policies based on data and technology, to support responsive, adaptive, and innovative policy. Initial findings show that JDS does not originate from the purity of the bureaucracy, but rather an institution that formed specifically according to the needs in the acceleration of digital transformation. This means that not all local governments in Indonesia have these digital-based institutions. This article provides an overview of how Indonesian local government deliver a digital-base policy through joint decisions making, that seek to share power in decision making with stakeholders to develop shared recommendations for lasting solutions to public problems.