Politics · Indonesia · 1 day ago
DPD RI urges awards finalists to bring local ideas into national policy
DPD RI Secretary-General Mohammad Iqbal urged the 2026 awards finalists to keep developing the potential of their regions.
He spoke at a meeting in North Jakarta linked to the DPD RI Awards 2026.
DPD RI is Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council, and Iqbal said regional activists are part of its network.
He wants local ideas and innovations to reach national decision-makers, rather than remain at the local level.
Iqbal said these ideas could help shape policies grounded in conditions on the ground.
The meeting included sessions on building networks and bringing regional voices into national policy, but no further steps or timetable were given.
DPD RI Secretary-General Mohammad Iqbal urged finalists of the 2026 DPD RI Awards to keep developing the potential of their regions.
He said local ideas and innovations should be brought to the national level and considered in policymaking.
Iqbal described regional activists as part of DPD RI’s network and team.
He said DPD RI aims to serve as a home for regional aspirations.
Iqbal spoke while opening an integrated session for the awards in North Jakarta on 8 November 2026.
- Who
- DPD RI Secretary-General Mohammad Iqbal and finalists of the 2026 DPD RI Awards.
- What
- Iqbal urged finalists to develop regional potential and bring local ideas into national policy.
- When
- 8 November 2026.
- Where
- A hotel in the Pantai Indah Kapuk area of North Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Why
- DPD RI wants local ideas and innovations to inform national solutions and policies.
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- Event
- 2026 DPD RI Awards
- Speaker
- Mohammad Iqbal
- Date
- 8 November 2026
- Location
- Pantai Indah Kapuk area, North Jakarta
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What people are saying
The local works of all of you will be escalated, supported and amplified at the central level, so that the policies that emerge are rooted in reality, not just theory.
Every brilliant idea from the regions should not stop at the local level, but continue to be escalated into national solutions and, God willing, national policies.