Bridging the Gap

A Policy Design Evaluation of an Integrated Digital Infrastructure for the School-to-Work Transition of People with Disabilities in Indonesia

Presenter: Dimas Muharam (SID: 202002544)

Focus: Data Governance & The Social Model of Disability

Background and Context

• Legal Mandate: Law No. 8/2016 (1% to 2% employment quota).
• Educational Disparity: Only 3.1% complete tertiary education.
• Employment Disparity: Nearly 70% to 78.27% trapped in the informal sector.
• Impact: Majority lack social protection and low-income brackets.

Systemic Data Fragmentation

• Policy Blindness: Acute information asymmetry across stakeholders.
• Institutional Silos: Disconnect between Universities, Employers, and Regulators.
• Bottleneck: Inability to standardize variables like 'Reasonable Accommodations'.

Framework & Intervention

• Intervention: Evaluation of disabilitas.com digital prototype.
• Philosophy: Researcher-led innovation & Accessibility by Design.
• Variables: Standardizing Assistive Technologies & Study Relevance.

Research Questions & Objectives

• RQ1: How does data fragmentation obstruct transition policies?
• RQ2: Prototype design vs. stakeholder informational needs?
• RQ3: Policy implications for national monitoring infrastructure?

Methodology

• Design: Qualitative Case Study with Prototype Validation.
• Lens: Realist Evaluation (Context-Mechanism-Outcome).
• Target: 4 Stakeholder Groups via Zoom Interviews & UAT.
• Analysis: Framework Analysis (Efficiency, Equity, Accessibility).

Ethics & Policy Contribution

• Ethics: BSA Guidelines & Situated Ethics of Care.
• Contribution: A roadmap for national Data Governance.
• Goal: Transitioning from Charity to a Rights-Based, Data-Driven Ecosystem.