Head of the International Affairs Division Immanuel Hutasoit and NCSC’s Vice President for International Relations Jeffrey A. Apperson at a coordination meeting to prepare for Recharging Program 2023 for Court’s staff, Tuesday (2/21/2023) in Tangerang, Banten. Photo by MKRI/Hamdi.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | 19:54 WIB

TANGERANG (MKRI) — In an effort to increase the capacity and capability its staff members, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia (MKRI) organized a coordination meeting with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to prepare for the Recharging Program 2023 for the Court’s staff members on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 in Tangerang, Banten. The program is expected to help the Court improve the quality of its human resource to support the implementation of its duties and functions in upholding the Constitution, particularly in providing support to constitutional justices.

At the meeting, chaired by the Head of the Court’s International Affairs Division Immanuel Hutasoit, the NCSC was represented by NCSC’s Vice President for International Relations Jeffrey A. Apperson and International Education Program Manager Isabelle L. Schrank. The Head of the Court’s Command Administration and Protocol Budi Wijayanto, Head of Procurement and State Assets Administration Mundiri, expert assistant to constitutional justice Pan M. Faiz, and other staff members were in attendance.

Apperson welcomed the collaborative Recharging Program 2023 with the Constitutional Court. “I am positive that what we will be discussing today will produce an extraordinary program that combines theory, practice, and the empirical experiences of the participants in the U.S.,” he said.

Meanwhile, Schrank said the program will be a forum for the NCSC and the Constitutional Court to learn from one another. “The NCSC has not designed any program with such needs, so it will be a good forum for both the Court and the NCSC to complement and learn from each other,” she added.

As the Constitutional Court’s delegation’s chair, Hutasoit welcomed the collaboration with open arms. “To the Constitutional Court, cooperation with international partners is not something new. So, we believe with this kind of meeting, our collaboration will be more concrete and build a sense of trust between us,” he said.

At the meeting, the attendees discussed matters such as the location, purposes, accommodations, materials, assignments and evaluation, and activities for the program. The tailor-made program consists of academic learning and practice in classroom as well as visits to various judicial institutions in the United States, such as the United States Supreme Court and the Federal Judicial Center.

Also read: MKRI Initiates Cooperation with NCSC

For more than 50 years, the NCSC has shared authoritative knowledge and expertise to address current and emerging issues and trends in state court administration. The non-profit organization is the only organization that enjoys collaborative relationships with the Conference of Chief Justices, Conference of State Court Administrators and other associations of judicial leaders. It is also one of the four founders of the International Consortium for Court Excellence (ICCE).

The Court and the NCSC has previously signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday, December 5, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. to support the development and implementation of training programs and to promote modern judicial administration and best practices in the Constitutional Court. One of the human resource development programs the Constitutional Court would like to collaborate with the NCSC is the recharging program for the Court’s staff members.

Author         : Yuniar Widiastuti
Editor          : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator    : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 2/22/2023 06:43 WIB

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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