Jakarta, March 21, 2025 – Civil society is one of the pillars of public policy advocacy strength. Collaboration between civil society organizations will have a stronger impact in influencing public opinion. Therefore, having a similar narrative message is important so that public opinion on one issue is unified and comprehensive.
The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) observed that the narrative of the energy transition and its derivative issues such as energy decentralization in Indonesia have various definitions and understandings. For those who are just starting to learn about the issue of energy transition, these different references can cause their own confusion. Therefore, IESR initiated an effort to unite these various narratives and compile a single campaign guide and common issue at the Energy Decentralization Discussion for CSOs, in Jakarta, March 21, 2025.
Muhammad Maghribul Falah, Program Officer Energy System Transformation, IESR stated that this collaborative initiative is expected to make the narrative of the energy transition, especially energy decentralization, more widespread.
“Because the output of this initiative is a book that can be used as a guide for CSO and public campaigns. Hopefully, we can collect good practices from various project implementations,” he said.
Irwan Sarifudin, Coordinator of the IESR Clean Energy Resource Hub explained that the perspective that will be used is empowering the economic potential of the community through the use of renewable energy.
“When the community receives benefits from the existence of sufficient energy supply, they can feel the benefits and economic impacts,” said Irwan.
According to him, energy is a driving factor for the community’s economy, but the community is often not aware and understands the role of energy in their lives. For this reason, long educational efforts are needed with participatory methods.
Prianti Utami, Coordinator of the Dian Desa Foundation (YDD) Program which focuses on the issue of clean cooking using biomass stoves, stated that the community, especially in rural areas, still needs education that is in the form of knowledge transfer to increase public awareness of energy and the importance of using clean energy sources.
“Initiatives like this (making books) are important and relevant, not only for CSOs but also for the community directly,” said Dian.