There are many other critical issues currently faced by this nation. While relatively peaceful, the recent general parliamentary and presidential elections left a number of unanswered questions, such as the questions about eligible yet unregistered voters, ‘phantom voters,’ vote-buying, limited women representation and the like. Despite a number of good local practices, decentralization has generally not translated into significantly better services to the people. Environmental conditions continue to deteriorate while various efforts to alleviate poverty have not resulted in a significant reduction of number of people living in poverty. To conclude, it is safe to say that most cases actually remind us the need for implementing good governance principles in all levels of government and in all sectors beyond rhetorical slogans, superficial practices or mechanistic laws and regulations. It is precisely in this area that the Partnership for Governance Reform intends to strengthen its contribution in a more concerted way.

New Issues:
1. Mainstreaming Good Governance in the New Government
2. Assessing the Partnership Program for Forestry Governance
3. Instilling Principles of Human Rights in the Security Sector
4. Mainstreaming a System of Integrity and the Prevention of Corruption
5. Taking the Experience of Assessing Governance in Indonesia to the World
6. Facilitating the Formulation of Regulations Supplementing Act No. 11/2006 on Governance in Aceh
7. Increasing Awareness of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
8. Saving Indonesia’s Remaining Forests

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