TRANSNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE IN THE INDONESIA’S HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Abstract

This study aims to analyze collaborative governance among stakeholders in the
implementation of high-speed railways infrastructure development policy in Indonesia during
the administration of President Joko Widodo. This study develops a collaborative governance
model by adding international factors and transnational actors as policy implementers. This
study is descriptive qualitative research with the object of the policy of the Jakarta-Bandung
High-Speed Railways (JBHSR) infrastructure development implemented by PT. Kereta
Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a consortium of joint ventures between the State-Owned
Companies of Indonesia and China. Data were collected through in-depth interviews,
observation, and documentation. Informants were selected based on the purposive sampling
technique which later developed into a snowball. Data validation using the Triangulation
method of data sources shows that formal collaboration occurs by including a consensus
among stakeholders specifically aimed at completing High-Speed Railways infrastructure
development. In practice, even though stakeholders have collaborated intensively, the study
also shows that some collaboration items do not work optimally due to communication
between stakeholders, governance, and a lack of understanding of national and local
regulations. These various factors hamper the process of implementing the JBHSR
infrastructure development policy that synergizes various stakeholders, including the
involvement of transnational actor PT. KCIC as policy implementer.