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Implementation of the Inaportnet Policy for Ship and Goods Services at the Office of the Main Port Authority Tanjung Perak Surabaya

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To improve services for ships and goods at ports, the Indonesian government issued various regulations to make it more efficient and attract investment so that economic activity continues to increase. One of the regulations is the Regulation of the Minister of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia Number PM 157 of 2015 concerning Inaportnet. Inaportnet is an open and neutral electronic portal to facilitate the exchange of port service data and information quickly, safely, neutrally and easily. Inaportnet is integrated with relevant government agencies, port business entities, and logistics industry players to increase the competitiveness of the Indonesian logistics community.
This qualitative research method uses an implementation model according to Van Horn Van Meter. In general, the implementation of Inaportnet for ship and goods services at the Tanjung Perak Surabaya Main Port Authority (KOP) has been going quite well, but several things need improvement to improve time efficiency and improve performance. This is relevant to aspects of policy standards and objectives/policy measures and objectives; resource; the characteristics of the implementing organization; attitude of the implementers; communication between related organizations and implementation activities; and the social, economic, socio-political environment.
Factors that support the implementation of Inaportnet for ship and goods services at the Tanjung Perak Surabaya Main KOP is the readiness of supporting resources, both human resources and facilities at Tanjung Perak Port Surabaya. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factor for the implementation of this policy is the technical problem of the inaportnet system. Although the implementation of the inaportnet policy has been good, there are still several things that need to be improved and improved, including operational technical aspects, legal and institutional aspects.

Assessing Impacts of Payment for Forest Environmental Service Policy in Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam

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The policy of payment for forest environmental services (PFES) has been implemented in Vietnam since 2011 and in Hoa Binh province since 2013. This policy has had certain impacts on improvement of local people living standard as well as on forest protection and development. Based on secondary and primary information collected in Mai Chau district, Da Bac district and Hoa Binh city, this paper analyzes the economic, social and environmental impacts of PFES on the forestry sector in general and forest owners in particular. The study showed that although money that was received from PFES by households was very small in their overall income, revenue of Commune People’s Committees communities was so large that it could help them to purchase equipment for forest protection and development. Thanks to PFES, forest area and forest cover rate of Hoa Binh province have been markedly increased.

The Value of Knowledge Translation in an Infectious Disease Context: The COVID-19 Pandemic Perspective

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As of 2021, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is evident in every facet of life, despite the availability of knowledge to prevent or mitigate the spread of infectious diseases. Infectious disease pandemics will continue to be a global challenge, and yet the hesitancy of decision makers to utilize the plethora of evidence based strategies in a pandemic response threatens the future global health security. Therefore, this paper focuses on exploring how knowledge translation (KT) practices can be integrated into infectious disease prevention and control using the current COVID-19 pandemic to identify KT barriers. By continually synthesizing and incorporating research findings into routine decision making processes, public health institutions can adequately prepare health systems to manage a pandemic. The application of KT can be approached from four different stages: synthesis of information, dissemination of knowledge, exchange of knowledge, and ethical application of knowledge. Using the four stages of KT, the following propositions were made: investing in links between knowledge synthesis and utilization, engaging broader stakeholders in knowledge dissemination activities, creating effective two-way communication lines between knowledge producers and users, and strengthening knowledge utilizing activities. By demonstrating the utility of applying the four KT stages in an infectious disease pandemic context, it is hoped that more discussions and research is stimulated to engage the incorporation of KT into future outbreak responses.