SurveyMETER also supports and encourages the issuance of the Mayor Regulation on Humanity in the City of Yogyakarta. This was conveyed by Roni Hermoko as one of SurveyMETER researchers who were concerned about the issue of humanity in the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) "Efforts to Integrate Services between Organizations of Regional Apparatuses (OPD) in Order to Prepare Yogyakarta for Elderly Cities" on Tuesday (07 / 08/2018) in the Meeting Room of the Social Service Office of the Yogyakarta City Government Complex. Roni appeared as a keynote speaker in the discussion by presenting two of SurveyMETER study results on humanity, namely the 2013 Town-Friendly Town Assessment Study and the Alzheimer's Dementia Study in DIY 2015-2016.

Participants in the FGD are representative officials from the relevant DPOs in the Yogyakarta City Government including the Social Service as the host, Bappeda, the Yogyakarta Regional Elderly Commission, the Yogyakarta City Elderly Commission, the Legal Department, the Transportation Office, the Urban Planning Office, the Health Office, the Population Office, and the other.

The FGD was held in cooperation with the Human Rights Forum (Fopperham), Yogyakarta City Social Service, Yogyakarta City Elderly Commission, and "Care Program" supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Fopperham through the Indonesian "Care Program" for Humanity is encouraging several regions including the City of Yogyakarta in realizing the Friendly City.

The Head of the Social Services Task Force, Puji Suwarno, in the introduction of the discussion conveyed that this FGD could produce a draft of the mayor's regulation on an elderly-friendly city that would later become a reference for drafting regional regulations. "The city of Yogyakarta has received the title of child-friendly city, hopefully it can be followed by an elderly-friendly city," said Puji.

In his presentation, Roni conveyed that although this time was the third time describing the results of a study on humanity in the Yogyakarta City Government, SurveyMETER would not be bored or even happy if it could continue to be involved and the study results were made as a reference for policy making including the formulation of mayor regulations. According to him, the policy regarding the elderly is urgently needed to be realized because in 2030 the elderly population will be far above the under-fives population. Moreover, the Special Region of Yogyakarta is the province with the highest elderly population in Indonesia. "Even though the elderly population of Yogyakarta City is still under Gunungkidul Regency, the city has a higher complexity than the regency so it is urgent to think about it immediately," said Roni.

Roni added that the results of the 2015-2016 Dementia study in DIY were also worthy of being used as a reference for drafting regulations because based on these results, one in five elderly people in DIY had been exposed to dementia. Dementia which is characterized by reduced brain function will greatly affect the life and health of the elderly. On the other hand public knowledge about dementia is still very low "As an important first step to socialize the 10 initial symptoms of dementia," explained Roni.

According to Roni, based on the results of the two studies to realize an elderly and dementia-friendly region, it needs to involve 4 components, namely people with dementia (ODD), elderly communities (elderly posyandu, Karangwerdha, etc.), humanitarian watch organizations, and the government. SurveyMETER study results on elderly friendly cities are also one of the references of the Ministry of Social Affairs in making Social Ministerial Regulation No. 4 of 2017 concerning Guidelines for the Development of Elderly Friendly Regions. "Permensos can be one of the references in the preparation of Perwali," said Roni, who was emphasized by submitting the study results recommendation.

Responding to Roni's presentation, Suripto from the Regional Commission for Elderly DIY agreed with the term Kota Yogyakarta "to be" friendly to the elderly because it was not yet friendly. He regrets that as a province with the highest elderly population in Indonesia, DIY does not yet have a Regional Regulation. While Agus Suyono Hadi from the Yogyakarta City Elderly Commission who has followed the results of the SurveyMETER study since 2013 suggested that the drafting of the regulation will not only refer to the eight dimensions of WHO because each city and country has different value factors especially if they want to be combined with a tourism city.

In the discussion session, several OPDs and institutions delivered a number of achievements related to the humanitarian program in their fields and some said that they had not yet or just started the program. Dara from the Legal Section of the Yogyakarta City Government said, one of the obstacles in making regional regulations is that there are no local regulations in the province. In addition, at the central level, the government, through the Ministry of Social Affairs, is proposing a revision of Law Number 13 of 1998 concerning Elderly Welfare. "The dilemma is that if the law goes down, we will go back and waste our time and money so that it is most appropriate for Perwali to make it first," he concluded.

Ending the discussion, Fopperham coordinator Muhammad Nur Ramadhan concluded several things. First, understanding the interrelationship between the role of institutions and DPOs has not been maximized because there is still partial and sectoral work so there is no interconnection work and integration of elderly services. Second, empirical information on humanitarian services has increased evenly with the service targets already targeting potential elderly, non-potential, and neglected elderly people (PMKS). Third, the problem of regulation is still a common challenge. Fourth, the main points of policy thinking are 3 things, namely changing the paradigm of the elderly from objects to subjects, the friendly city of the elderly, Yogyakarta City must be unique, and open up socio-cultural space. (JF)