One of the UGM SCS-CEL Teams served in Biak Numfor for 51 days. Although the SCS was conducted online, the UGM student team solved every problem and created an innovative design in various fields.
From the tourism division, the Biak Numfor SCS student team succeeded in combining mastery of digital technology with theoretical studies and strategic analysis by producing tourism applications and websites. This tourism website can be accessed through http://biakelok.com/.
“The application and website contain tourism information in Biak Numfor Regency which is classified by district, tourism accessibility ranging from tourism promotion, accommodation and so on,” said Meha Middlyne Simbolon, representative of the UGM Biak 2020 SCS-CEL Team, code PA012, on Tuesday (25/8), at the UGM Campus.
The government division also carried out website creation. The website created by UGM students is intended for Anggaduber Village to facilitate the service process to rural communities. The website can be accessed via https://desaanggaduber.wixsite.com/mysite.
Meha Simbolon explained that each division of the UGM Community Service Program in Biak Numfor designed the module as reference material and a recommendation for the Biak Numfor Regional Government. Such as the module for developing the tourism potential of the cultural path contains a guide to the Analysis of Operation Areas for Natural Tourism Attractions (ADOODTWA), which refers to the 2003 PHKA Director General’s guidebook.
Next is the Tourist Information Center (TIC Design) made by the infrastructure division. This guide can certainly be implemented at Frans Kaisepo Airport.
“The module contains design strategies using visuals and auditive to increase the tourism attractiveness of Biak Numfor,” he explained.
Furthermore, Meha Simbolon explained that the UGM Biak 2020 SCS-CEL team is also concerned about the current Covid-19 pandemic. This concern was manifested in several work programs to prevent and procure several facilities for the community to avoid the Covid-19 transmission.
Some of the products include a new normal protocol module. With this module, many things are explained in detail, the things that need to be considered when entering the new normal.
“We call it nutrition tips, for example, so that people pay attention to body health, education on balanced nutrition, the introduction of the use of cloth masks to prevent Covid-19. Meanwhile, to support the economic sector of rural communities, guidelines for the use of the Village-Owned Company accounting information system application for financial management and marketing are issued through social media.
Meha Simbolon said that in terms of creativity, the UGM SCS-CEL team created a virtual museum entitled “Biak Numfor Online Museum”. By using art steps to see the museum’s collections, such as culture and destinations in Biak Numfor, footage from the 2018 and 2019 Biak UGM SCS-CEL were documented.
The virtual museum display is equipped with a back sound of the Biak folk song, which certainly gives its nuance for visitors. In addition, there are six editions of the podcast “Biak Talks” that discuss tourism and governance in Biak Numfor Regency through resource persons who are seen as inspirational figures who work directly to serve the community.
The results of the UGM SCS-CEL in Biak Numfor also received appreciation from the local government. The results in tourism, government, village development, health protocols for Covid-19, and others are certainly very beneficial for the Biak Numfor area.
“It is an extraordinary result and we are socializing it for Regional Organization (OPD) in Biak Numfor so that it can assist OPD in providing services to the community,” said Hery Mulyana, S.Sos.
At the end of the SCS implementation, an official closing was carried out through a zoom meeting on Wednesday (19/8). The closing, as well as the withdrawal of the UGM Biak 2020 SCS-CEL, was attended by the Head of the One-Stop Integrated Service Investment Service (DPMPTSP) of Biak Numfor Regency, Hery Mulyana, S.Sos., M.Sc., Head of the Regional Planning and Development Agency (BAPPEDA) of Biak Numfor Regency, Wilson John Titahena, S.Pi, MM., Head of the Biak Numfor District Health Office, Daud N. Duwiri, S.KM., M.Kes., Head of the Biak Numfor Fisheries Service, Effendi Igirisa S.Pi., MM, and Head of the Biak Numfor Regency Tourism Office, Turbey Onisimus Dangeubun S.Pi, M.Sc.
