Factors Determining the Successful Implementation of Bureaucratic Simplification Policy in Indonesia: Empirical Study of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries

Abstract

This article tries to analyze the implementation of bureaucratic simplification policies. Bureaucratic problems that have been detected from decades 1980 to 2020 are still strategic issues that require strategic policies.  Bureaucratic simplification is a policy command and control policy with a policy implementation model with a top-down approach.  Research reveals variables that influence the success of bureaucratic simplification from the perspective of Edward III and the determining factors of his success arising in the field. This research uses qualitative descriptive research approach of empris study at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. Data collection is done by interviewing and analyzing secondary data regulations or regulations and activity reports. The results revealed that the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has managed to cut the bureaucratic structure by 88.7%. The trimming scheme through the transformation of 1,310 Structural Positions was transformed into 1,163 Functional Positions. The success of bureaucratic simplification at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is influenced by variable communication, resources, disposition, bureaucratic structure. In addition to these variables there are determinants of the success of bureaucratic simplification including leaders and leadership factors, Civil Society / Community Fisheries Activists, Institutional Reform and Human Resources, Adoption of Technology, Creation of value and share mission culture of change, Collaboration between relevant institutions, Communication via Social Media.