Starting the week in a spirit of collaboration, the Bantul Regency Statistics Agency (BPS) held a strategic audience with the Bantul Regent, H. Abdul Halim Muslih, in the Regent's Office.
The meeting, also attended by the Head of the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) and the Head of the Bantul Communications and Information Service (Diskominfo), provided a lively discussion. One interesting aspect that sparked discussion was the dynamics of the population structure: at a young age, men dominate Bantul's population, but as they enter old age, this dominance shifts significantly to women, a demographic anomaly that is important for future social policy planning.
In addition to handing over the 2025 Poverty and Strategic Indicators Booklet, the Head of BPS Bantul, Dedi Cahyono, also discussed the urgency of the Sectoral Statistics Implementation Evaluation (EPSS) as a benchmark for data governance maturity within the Bantul Regency Government. At the grassroots level, the data literacy mission continues to be strengthened through the Desa Cantik (Village Loves Statistics) program, which is currently being launched in the Kasihan Subdistrict. It is hoped that the Regent will be present in person to ignite the spirit of "Statistics Awareness" at the village level.
In response, the Regent is paying special attention to the accuracy of data collection on social assistance recipients and the ease of understanding the Regional Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP). This synergy is further strengthened by the request for a Regent's Circular Letter to ensure the success of the 2026 Economic Census (SE2026) in Bumi Projotamansari.
Because wise policies are not born from assumptions, but from data validated with heart.
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