SEMARANG, jateng.bps.go.id -To support the poverty reduction program, as stipulated in the Jawa Tengah Governor's Medium-Term Regional Development Plan (RPJMD), the Jawa Tengah Provincial Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) held a Coordination Meeting of the Jawa Tengah Provincial Poverty Reduction Coordination Team (TKPK) for 2025.
Held at the Jawa Tengah Provincial Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) Office on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the meeting was opened by the Head of the Jawa Tengah Provincial Development Planning Agency (Bappeda), Harso Susilo. The event was also attended by the Governor of Jawa Tengah, Ahmad Luthfi, and the Deputy Governor of Jawa Tengah, Taj Yasin Maimoen. In his remarks, Ahmad Luthfi stated that extreme poverty in Jawa Tengah had decreased to 0.89 percent in 2024. He emphasized the importance of verification and validation as a guideline for targeted government interventions.
The Acting Head of the Jawa Tengah Provincial Statistics Agency (BPS), Endang Tri Wahyuningsih, presented the methodology, conceptual definitions, and explanations for calculating poverty in Jawa Tengah Province. Endang also emphasized the importance of collaboration in utilizing the National Single Social and Economic Data (DTSEN) to ensure the success of regional government social assistance programs.
Also present as a resource person was Wahyu Suharto, Head of the Social and Cultural Sub-Directorate of the Directorate General of Regional Development, Ministry of Home Affairs. In his presentation, Wahyu explained that poverty eradication is one of the National Medium-Term Development Plans (RPJMN), and one of the efforts undertaken, according to Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 53 of 2020, is the establishment of Poverty Alleviation Coordination Teams (TKPK) at provincial and district/city levels.
