Coordination and Advocacy of National Oil Spill Response Center to Achieve Maritime Security in Indonesia

Abstract

Offshore oil spills that repeatedly occur in Indonesia require government responsibility and supervision. National-scale offshore oil spill response is carried out by PUSKODALNAS (National Center for Command and Control of Operations for Mitigating Oil Spill Emergency at Sea). However, there is still a lack of PUSKODALNAS in the realization of its duties and functions, as seen from the National Legal Development Agency report on the Montara case which states that coordination is not fast and advocacy is not good. The purpose of this study was to analyze the constraints and strategies to overcome the coordination and advocacy constraints on the regulation of offshore oil spill response by PUSKODALNAS. This research is a qualitative type with interviews and literature study methods. The analysis showed that the coordination constraints on the regulation of offshore oil spill response by PUSKODALNAS involve the conception of the oil spill tier, the limitations of derivative regulations, and the dynamics of actors that have not been adjusted; while the advocacy constraints are related to the regulation of advocacy mechanisms, limitations of derivative regulations, and advocacy budget policies. The strategies to overcome coordination constraints on regulations for offshore oil spill response by PUSKODALNAS involve the review of Presidential Regulation 109/2006, technical planning for coordination on derivative regulations, and adjustments to the institutions structure; while the strategies to overcome advocacy constraints are related to the ratification of derivative regulations regarding the Compensation Team and marine quality inventory as well as ratification of international regulations.