Implementation of disaster response policy in Indonesia

¹ Senior Official, Disaster Management Training Center, National Disaster Management Authority, Indonesia
² Professor in Disaster Policy, Disaster Management Department, Indonesian Defense University, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: dodyruswandi@gmail.com

Abstract

According to the Word Risk Report (WRI) 2022, Indonesia is the third most prone disaster countries in the world, with risk index is 39,89. Measures have been taken by the government of Indonesia to reduce disaster impacts within the country, however such measures have been conducted particularly on the fase of disaster response only. Although the policies and procedures to undertake the disaster response are in place, the actual disaster relief actions are still conducted uncoordinatedly, even failed to reach the mission accomplishment. This study has been conducted in order to find out solutions in undertaking disaster response management based on previous best practices in several major disasters in the country. Authors highlighted what went wrong and what successfully conducted and why related stakeholders failed to implement such policies. In this study authors found that there are 6 (six) findings that lead to disaster response management failures such as; 1) understanding of existing response policies, 2) response mechanism guidelines, 3) cluster mechanism, 4) fasilitative leadersip, 5) civil-military coordination, 6) disaster response exercise. Authors conclude that the government needs additional relevant policies in order to fill the gap among existing policies to enhance a better disaster response in the future.