IRE Yogyakarta

IRE Yogyakarta established a commitment to strengthen partnerships with policy makers in order to influence policies critically. Not only conduct the research and advocacy, the organization of IRE is also seeking changes of government policies, both at national and local level tirelessly. These achievements cannot be separated from the support of o... ther NGOs and Gadjah Mada University Academic Community, as well as the various parties concerned to the development of democracy. This is the narrative key of Arie Sujito speech, the Executive Director of IRE, in the Launching of Sanggar Knowledge Joglo Winasis, on Friday evening, July 29, 1994, in the Tegalrejo hamlet, Sariharjo village, Ngaglik, Sleman, Yogyakarta. Arie was also explained that Joglo Winasis was designed as a place for academicians, activists, and private parties to learn together to gain the knowledge and engagement in local government to dissect policies, affecting processes that take place both at regional and national level. Joglo Winasis not only become a place to discuss NGO for activists, but the villagers can use it as a village consultation or community forums. "Joglo was design open, not only in the physical sense but also substantive," said Arie. Joglo Winasis that was built of the Asia Foundation (TAF) support, an international institution which have a concern in producing knowledge, according to Arie will reserve not only for the interests of IRE but also for the interests of the public. Because of that, he was asserted that the IRE opens to the cooperation for academicians, NGO network, media, and political party. "In the future we will mutually bind ourselves to utilize Joglo Winasis as inclusive learning place in order to develop our knowledge capacity," hope the young sociologist. Meanwhile, Dr. Bambang Hudayana, MA who acted as the representative of the IRE-Flamma Foundation, in his speech said that the IRE wealth is not in the form of property but social solidarity which has made ??a flourishing IRE to have adequate buildings. ...Read More