Conference Programme
Preliminary Programme for the Conference
Decentralization and Democratization in Southeast Asia
- with a special section on 10 years of decentralization in Indonesia
June 15-17, 2011 in Freiburg / Germany
organized by the Freiburg Southeast Asia Study Group
supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
10 June 2011
Please note that this is only a preliminary programme and that changes to it might occur in the coming weeks !!
Wednesday, 15. June 2011 | ||
18.30 hours
| Welcome Reception by the City of Freiburg in the City Hall
Welcoming addresses by
The Representative of the City of Freiburg, Dr. Dieter Wörner, Director of the Environmental Agency of the City of Freiburg
| City Hall/ Gerichtslaube |
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Thursday, 16. June 2011 | ||
9.00-9.15 hours | Opening of the Conference: Prof. Dr. Günther Schulze
Ten Years of Indonesia's Decentralization: Trends, Achievements and Shortcomings
| Building KG 1 /Room 1010 |
9.15 – 10.15 | First Plenary: Henk Schulte-Nordholt: Decentralization and Democracy in Indonesia: Strengthening Citizenship or Regional elites? Chair: Judith Schlehe
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10.15 – 10.30 | Coffee break |
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10.30 – 11.30
11.30-12.30 | Second Plenary:
Markus Mietzner: Indonesia ten years after decentralisation: local identity and the survival of the nation-state
Third Plenary:
Neil McCulloh (with Edmund Malesky): Does better local governance improve district growth performance in Indonesia?
Chair: Jürgen Rüland
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12.30-13.30 | Lunch break | Mensa |
13.30 – 16.00 | Parallel Sessions A
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16.00-16.30 | Coffee break |
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16.30-19.00 | Parallel Sessions B
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20.00 | Conference dinner
| Restaurant Dattler |
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Friday, 17. June 2011 |
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8.30 – 11.00 | Parallel Sessions C
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11.00-11.30 | Coffee break |
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11.30-13.00 | Round table: Past Experiences and the Future of Democratization and Decentralization in Indonesia
Panelists: Jörg-Werner Haas, GIZ Indonesia Heru Subiyantoro, Ministry of Finance, Government of Indonesia Andy Yentriyani, National Commission on Violence Against Women, Indonesia Moderation: Günther Schulze
| Building KG 1 /Room 1010 |
13.00 – 13.15 |
Conference Closing: Judith Schlehe
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13.30-14.30 | Lunch | Mensa |
14.30 | Departure for trip to the Black Forest |
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| St. Peter, visit of the monastery and the old library, short walk in the black forest
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Coffee and cake |
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20.30 | Arrival in Freiburg |
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Parallel Sessions
3 to 4 papers per session; allocation of time
- for 3 papers session: presentations 25-30 min./ Disscussions 15 min per paper
- for 4 papers session: presentations 20 min./ Disscussions 10 min per paper
A 1: Decentralization in Comparative Perspective Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3044
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Chair: Jürgen Rüland | ||
| Decentralization and Democratic Local Governance: experiences from Southeast Asia | Marco Bünte | |
Decentralization and local sustainable development – an enabling relationship? A look at Indonesian and Philippine policy and practice
| Franziska Singer and Antonia Staats | |
Decentralization and the Quality of Democracy in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines
| Patrick Ziegenhain | |
A 2: Issues of Fiscal Decentralization I
Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3042
Chair: William Wallace
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Does Local Governments’ Responsiveness Increase with Decentralization and Democratization? Evidence from Sub-national Budget Allocation in Indonesia | Bambang Sjahrir, Krisztina Kis-Katos | |
| Fiscal Transfers to Regional Governments in Indonesia | Ross McLeod, Fadliya | |
10 Years of Decentralization in Indonesia | Made Suwandi | |
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A 3: Decentralization and Governance
Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3043
Chair: Bernhard May
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Democracy in Progress - or Oligarchy in Disguise? The Politics of Decentralization in Post-Suharto Indonesia | Christian von Lübke | |
The Paradox of Distance in Decentralized Indonesia | Gabriel Lele | |
Participatory Budgeting in Indonesia – Enhancing Accountability at the Local Level? | Martina Neunecker | |
“Beyond banknotes and t-shirts": Patronage Democracy in a decentralized Indonesia | Deasy Simandjuntak | |
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A 4: Decentralization and Economic Growth
Place: Building Peterhof/ Room 4
Chair: Robert Sparrow
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Sub-national Capital Spending, Urbanization, and Economic Growth | Blane D. Lewis | |
Decentralization and Economic Performance in Indonesia | Tom Pepinski and Wihardja | |
How do institutional factors at the provincial level affect firm growth and innovation in Indonesia? | Edo Mahendra | |
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A 5: Decentralization and Local Identity
Place: Building Peterhof/ Room 3
Chair: Judith Schlehe
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Decentralization in Minangkabau, West Sumatra | Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Franz von Benda-Beckmann | |
Quo Vadis Daerah? |
Wilfried Wagner | |
Decentralization in Indonesia: Intensification of Regionalism and Kin-based Networking | Sjafri Sairin | |
| Decentralization and the „Revitalization“of Balinese Village Autonomy: A Reflection on the Social Costs of „Democratization“in Bali | Martin Ramstedt | |
A 6: Decentralization and (Non-traditional) Security Issues
Place: Building Peterhof/ Room 1
Chair: Julia Alexa Barde
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Decentralized Disaster Risk Management in Indonesia | Raphael Anindito | |
Conflict-resolution, Political Decentralization and Disaster Risk Management: The Case of Aceh | Hans Ferdinand Illy | |
Decentralized Urban Security, Insecurity and Performance in Bangkok | Eric Haanstadt | |
Security Sector Reform, Decentralization and Security Problems in Indonesia | Makmur Keliat | |
B 1: The Political Discourse around Decentralization and Democratization
Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3044
Chair: Markus Mietzner
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Before the Big Bang: Decentralization: Debates in Indonesia from 1949 to 1999 | Anne Booth | |
| Decentralization and Democracy in Thailand: Moving on a Rocky Road | Chaiwatt Mansrisuk | |
| Perceptions of Democracy among Thai Adolescents | Chulanee Thianthai | |
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B 2: Issues of Fiscal Decentralization II
Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3043
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| Chair: Kristina Kis-Katos | ||
| Fiscal Response Approach to Decentralization in Indonesia: A New Perspective of Fiscal Decentralization ? | Deden Iskandar | |
Inter-Governmental Allocations & Fiscal Autonomy in the Philippines | Sarah Jane Muniz | |
Fiscal Decentralization and Development: How Crucial is Local Politics?
| Sarmistha Pal | |
B 3: Decentralization and Public Service Delivery I
Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3042
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| Chair: Menno Pradhan | ||
Electoral Accountability, Fiscal Decentralization and Service Delivery in Indonesia | Emmanuel Skoufias | |
Decentralization and Improving the Quality of Education in Indonesia | Desy Hariyati and Eflina Pehulita Sinulingga
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Marginal Benefit Incidence of Public Health Spending: Evidence from Indonesia Sub-national Data | Robert Sparrow, Menno Pradhan and Ioana Kruse | |
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B 4: Decentralization, Governance and Corruption
Place: Buidling Peterhof/ Room 4
Chair: Christian von Lübke
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How Private Sector Views Local Economic Governance? | Erman Rahman and Agung Pambudhi | |
Why Decentralization has Caused Head of Regions to be Affected by Corruption Cases? | Teguh Kurniawan | |
Decentralization and Corruption in Thailand | Emma Masterson | |
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| B 5: Decentralization and Religion
Place: Building Peterhof/ Room 3
Chair: Sabine Dabringhaus
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Negotiating Power and Religious Pluralism in Post-Reformation Indonesia |
Bernard Adeney-Risakotta
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The Council of Indonesian Ulama and the Islamisation of Indonesia’s State Law: A Case Study of Shari’a-based Local Regulation in Aceh, South Sulawesi and West Jawa
| Syafiq Hasyim | |
| Andy Yentriyani | |
Marginalizing Religious Minority Groups: the Pitfall of Decentralization in Indonesia
| Zaenal Abidin Ekoputro and Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir | |
B 6: Decentralization and Forest Usage
Place: Building Peterhof/ Room 1
Chair: Keebet von Benda-Beckmann
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| The Effects of the Decentralization in the Philippines on the Indigenous Peoples and their Forest Resources Management: The case of the Province of Palawan
| Stefan Seitz | |
High Hopes, Poor People and Fading Forests – Local Dynamics of Decentralisation in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
| Michaela Haug
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| Forest Governance in Democratic and Decentralized Indonesia: Between State, Family and Conservation | Paruedee Nguitragool | |
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C 1: Decentralization and Local Elites
Place: Building KG 1/ Room 1009
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| Chair: Antonio Farfan Vallespin | ||
The Power Dynamics of Local Strongmen in the Decentralization | Andi Rahman Alamsyah | |
Do performance Ratings Build Trust in Local Elected Officials? Evidence from the Philippines | Joseph Capuno and Maria Melody Garcia | |
Incumbents in Indonesia's Local Elections: Local Power 10 Years on
| Daniel Bumke | |
C 2: Decentralization and Public Service Delivery II
Place: Building KG 2/ Room 1015
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Chair: Emmanuel Skoufias | ||
Democracy, Decentralization and Higher Education: The Philippine Case | Roger Chao Jr. | |
| Study of Efficiency and Effectiveness of Democratization in Poverty Reduction in the Era of Decentralization in Bandung | Dame Siahaan and Taru Wisnu | |
| Shaping Decentralization Reforms in an Authoritarian and Centralized Environment - The Quest for Local Empowerment and Better Public Services in Vietnam | Benjamin Hodick | |
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C 3: The Design of Decentralization and the Role of Development Cooperation Place: Building Peterhof/ Room 4
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| Chair: Bernhard May | ||
Decentralization Reforms and Development Cooperation - Reflections on the Impact of German Technical Cooperation supporting Decentralization Reforms in Indonesia (1992-2010) | Rainer Rohdewohld and Gabriele Ferrazi | |
Reforming the Regulatory Framework a Decade after Decentralization – an Insider’s View | Cecep Effendi | |
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C 4: The Role of Civil Society in the Process of Decentralization and Democratization
Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3044
Chair: Eric Haanstad
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Towards Issue-Based Politics: Trade Union Responses to Decentralisation, 2005-2009 | Michele Ford | |
No Decentralization without Democratization and Participation: The Role of Free Speech in the Democratizing Thai Society | Dhanaraj Kheokao | |
| The Impact of Decentralization Policy on Microfinance Institution Performance and Local Economic Growth | Elok Pakaryaningsih | |
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C 5: The Proliferation of Local Governments in Indonesia
Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3043
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Chair: Neil McCulloch | ||
| The Problem of Regional Proliferation In Decentralization in Indonesia | Eko Prasojo | |
Spending on us or spending for them? – The Creation of Local Governments and the Amount of Administrative Spending | Krisztina Kis-Katos, Günther Schulze and Bambang Sjahrir
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Decentralization from Below: Political Determinants of District Creation in Indonesia | Jan Henryk Pierskalla | |
Provincial Division of Aceh Province: A Way to Development or to Conflict? | Stephan Kitzbichler | |
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C 6: Elections
Place: Building KG 3/ Room 3042
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| Chair: Anne Booth | ||
| Direct Democracy and Leaders' Selection: Evidence from Indonesia | Michele Valsecchi | |
| Decentralization and New Forms of Electoral Campaigning in Post-Suharto Indonesia | Andreas Ufen | |
A Two-Edge Sword: The Emerging Role of Public Opinion Polling in the Local Politics of Indonesia’s Post Suharto Era | Agus Trihartono | |
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C 7: Culture, Media, Tourism
Place: Building Peterhof/ Room 1
Chair: Emma Masterson
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Televising the ‘Local’: It’s all about the Money. An analysis of the Production Process of Programs at Jogja TV and TATV Solo | Bram Hendrawan | |
The Contemporary Indonesian Theatre Stage and the Process of Strengthening Civil Society Structures | Tamara Aberle | |
Transformation of Urban Economies in the Context of Decentralization: a Study of the Informal Sector in Bandung, Bogor, Solo and Yogyakarta | Erna Ermawati Chotim, and Raphaela Dewantari Dwianto | |
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Social Programme
Black Forest Excursion
(Friday afternoon after the closing session)
St. Peter, visit of the monastery and the old library
visit of museum, short walk in the black forest.
Social Programme for Accompanying Partners
(Detailes on the Leisure Programme)