Contribution of BPS in the Central Java Regency/City Forum

On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, the Central Java Provincial Investment and One-Stop Integrated Service Agency (DPMPTSP) held a Central Java Regency/City PTSP Forum at the Ballroom of the Santika Pekalongan Hotel. This forum served as a strategic platform for district/city DPMPTSPs to strengthen coordination, foster collaboration, and share experiences in improving the quality of licensing, non-licensing, and investment services in Central Java.

The Acting Head of BPS Central Java Province, Mrs. Endang Tri Wahyuningsih, was present as a guest speaker along with local BPS officials, namely the Head of BPS Batang Regency Heni Djumadi, the Head of BPS Pekalongan City Hayu Wuranti, and the Head of BPS Pekalongan Regency Maibu Barwis Sugiharto. In her presentation, Ms. Endang emphasized the vision of BPS as an independent, trusted institution that plays an active role in supporting data-based policy formulation for the realization of an Advanced Indonesia towards a Golden Indonesia.

Ms. Endang explained that BPS data such as economic growth, inflation, poverty, and unemployment are compiled in accordance with international standards and supervised by the Statistics Community Forum (FMS) and also the World Agency. Ms. Endang emphasized the importance of economic growth and its link to increased investment in Central Java, which continues to show a positive trend. Concluding her presentation, she invited all DPMPTSP regencies/cities in Central Java to collaborate in monitoring economic growth data to make it more comprehensive and accurate, while also providing full support for the 2026 Economic Census.

This forum serves as an important opportunity to raise awareness that statistics are not merely numbers. More than that, statistics are a true reflection of societal conditions and form the foundation for designing targeted development policies.