{"id":8940,"date":"2025-12-12T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.article33.or.id\/?p=8940"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:12:44","slug":"a33-siaran-pers-lokakarya-benefit-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.article33.or.id\/en\/2025\/12\/a33-siaran-pers-lokakarya-benefit-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"[Siaran Pers] Mendorong optimalisasi ekonomi dari mineral kritis di Indonesia: lokakarya nasional untuk model benefit sharing berkelanjutan bagi daerah kaya SDA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jakarta, 9 Desember 2025 \u2013 A national workshop entitled \u201cOptimizing Economic Benefits from Critical Mineral Management in Indonesia and Developing Benefit Sharing Models<\/em> at the Sub-National Level\u201d was successfully held on December 8-9, 2025, at Artotel Gelora Senayan, Jakarta. The event, attended by more than 60 participants from 31 institutions, discussed the significant disparities in the distribution of benefits from the nickel industry in Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the main highlights <\/em>of the forum was the unfair distribution of fiscal, social, and environmental benefits for nickel-producing regions. Dimas Muhammad from the Task Force for the Acceleration of Nickel Industry Downstreaming at the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (KemenESDM) said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe distribution of downstream revenues is unfair to the regions, as they only receive one-sixth of the state's downstream revenues.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Indonesia's Strategic Context in the Global Nickel Industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Indonesia has a unique strategic position in the global nickel industry supply chain, as noted by Thibault Michel in an Ifri study on the prospects for an Indonesian nickel boom<\/em> (Michel, 2024), in which Indonesia controls around 42 percent of the world's nickel reserves and has accounted for around half of global nickel mining production in recent years. The economic potential of nickel has driven the rapid expansion of the processing and refining industry, including the construction of dozens of new smelters and integrated industrial parks such as Morowali and Weda Bay, which have attracted tens of billions of US dollars in investment (ASEAN Briefing, 2025). These capital flows are dominated by foreign investment\u2014particularly from Chinese companies and consortia\u2014which now control more than three-quarters of Indonesia's nickel refining capacity, making the country one of the most important nodes in the global nickel supply chain for stainless steel and electric vehicle batteries (ASEAN Briefing, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the downstreaming strategy has had a tangible positive economic impact, particularly in critical mineral-producing regions such as Morowali, North Morowali, North Konawe, and Central Halmahera, where local labor wages exceed the national average, inequality in profit sharing remains a fundamental challenge that must be addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sovereign Wealth Fund of Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) <\/em>instruments as one solution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As one of the efforts to reduce this disparity, the national forum proposed strengthening of Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF)<\/em> mechanism as a strategic instrument for sustainable and equitable redistribution of benefits at the regional level. This can be done by establishing a subnational Natural Resource Fund, or a Dana Abadi SDA Daerah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dewa Putu Ekayana, Senior Policy Analyst at the Directorate General of Financial Sector Stability and Development, Ministry of Finance, emphasized the importance of strong and transparent institutions in establishing an SWF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cInstitutionalization is important, even though most of the funds will come from allocations or portions of natural resource revenue sharing funds from local governments. The SWF must be viewed as an investment instrument generates income<\/em> and profits.<\/em> Otherwise, the SWF that will be established will not be sustainable<\/em>.\" said Dewa. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The SWF principles agreed upon in the forum include<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Transparent and Accountable Institutions \u2013 Professional governance with international<\/em> governance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Financial Independence \u2013 SWFs are managed separately from the state budget\/regional budget cycle to avoid the use of funds for short-term political purposes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Profit-Generating Mechanism<\/em> \u2013 Professional management capable of generating income and profits to ensure long-term sustainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Economic Diversification \u2013 Investments from SWFs must support the economic diversification of producing regions, not merely consumption or temporary infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Learning from Regional and Practitioner Experiences<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    The national workshop forum involved active participation from various stakeholders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Central Government: Task Force for the Acceleration of Nickel Industry Downstreaming, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources; Directorate General of Financial Sector Stability and Development, Ministry of Finance; and Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Research Institutions and Think Tanks: INDEF, PolGov UGM, A33 Indonesia, CORE Indonesia, Dala Institute, Migunani, LPEM UI. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Local\/regional CSOs: Representatives from nickel-producing regions (Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Industry Practitioners and Academics: Mining experts, economists, academics, universities, and researchers from various leading institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Academics and practitioners have raised important concerns about the complexity of implementation. Academics from Khairun University (Southeast Sulawesi) and Halu Oleo University (North Maluku) emphasized the need for transparency in nickel production and reserve data to plan benefit sharing<\/em> based on reliable data. Meanwhile, industry practitioners remind us that the downstreaming process is highly complex and requires multi-sector coordination\u2014it cannot stand alone without involving local communities as labor and suppliers<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Challenges That Still Need to Be Addressed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Although positive momentum has been generated in this forum, several substantial challenges remain to be resolved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Limited Regional Authority \u2013 Most of the authority to manage the nickel industry remains centralized at the central government level, limiting regions' ability to optimize local benefits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Reclamation and Environmental Mitigation \u2013 Mining companies have not yet fully complied with their post-mining reclamation obligations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Production Data Transparency \u2013 Nickel production data from various sources remains inconsistent, making it difficult to develop data-driven policy planning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Redistributive Justice \u2013 benefit sharing<\/em> remain difficult for local communities to access; many programs exist only on paper or are referred to as \u201cempty promises.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Concrete Steps and Implementation Timeline<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Workshop participants formulated a series of concrete steps ,<\/em> with a clear timeline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        A. Development of Benefit Sharing Models<\/em> in 4 Pilot Areas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The forum focused on designing benefit sharing <\/em>in four pilot areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n