IAIN Sunan Ampel (Islamic higher
educational institution) Towards
Communi-university
Nabiela Naily
Zumrotul Mukaffa
Muhammad Hanafi
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Design and Goal
GOAL
• Exchange of ideas and experiences
• Shared possible future strategies to improve
community outreach function of university
(university-community partnerships)
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Design
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Movie and Photo
Presentation
Discussion
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Indonesia on the Map
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Indonesia
beyond
the Map
 Republic, numerous islands, 237 million citizens
 Highly populated by Muslims (88%)
 1.128 ethnic groups, 583 local languages, and cultures
 Many potentials in economy, social, religion, and other
issues yet many challenges as well
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Indonesian Islam
Indonesian Islam can be said to be unique and
moderate, even though a very small number of
radical groups also exist.
Indonesian Islam also has long accommodated
itself with local cultures.
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Islam and Democracy
Indonesia is classified as one of the democratic
countries especially since the reform era
(1998 onwards)
Free and direct elections from the national to
the local level
In general, there is no conflict betwen the idea
of democracy and Islam
Democracy = Syuro
Several debates regarding democracy and
human rights
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General Election
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However
Yet there are still some problems related to
democracy: scope of participation; level of
participation
Gender issues, conflict and violence, and so forth
Examples of real cases
Faith-based conflict, gender issues, and so on
Example of one issue in our development work :
Village development worplan is being imposed not
designed, as it is supposed to be, by the
community
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Participation and
leadership
Democracy
For whom?
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Environmental issues
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University’s Roles in Community
Outreach and Democracy in Indonesia
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Indonesian Reform
Students’ Heroic A
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IAIN Sunan Ampel
Surabaya
Islamic higher educational institution
Under Ministry of religious affairs
Faculties: Syariah (faculty of islamic law),
Tarbiyah ( faculty of education), Dakwah
(Faculty of social sciences), ushuluddin (faculty
of philosophy and theology), and Adab (faculty
of letters and humanities)
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The Profile of IAIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya
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Ivory Tower University?
Classroom
Community
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IAIN and Community
Engagement
 Tri dharma; Teaching, Research, Community
Service
 Historically, IAIN is established with focus on
teaching
 In subsequent development, research becomes one
important area
 Outreach/community enggagement is still below
research and teaching in importance
 Activities are not integrated
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Community outreach Modes in IAIN
 Instititutional: organized by LPM (Center for
Community Service) representing IAIN
 Collective: Performed by a group of lecturers
from the same faculties but not necessarily
representing IAIN
 Individual: Performed by Lecturers
individually
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Service Learning-based PAR
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INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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LPM as the center of community outreach
 KKN, yearly student’s community service using PAR
 Collaborative work with external fundings and or other
institutions
Service Learning-Based PAR.mpg
Faculties:
 Tarbiyah: LAPIS with AUSAID; empowering the
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schools supervisors in managing community
development
Syariah: Legal Aid for community & economic
empowerment through the mini Syariah bank
Dakwah: Sanitation systems in the rural areas in
cooperation with local govenrment
Adab: Empowering human resources in the
schools
Ushuluddin: Interfaith peace building
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Potentials and Assets
 Human resources and historical relations with
civil society as many of the community leaders,
preachers, and religious leaders are from this
University
 LPM as the coordinator for community outreach
 KKN as annual program that is obligatory to all
students
 PAR; IAIN is widely known with PAR
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Challenges
 Integrated Tri Dharma is still not yet
a shared vision let alone being
implemented
 Lack of sinergy and coordination
between units
 Many outreach activities have been
performed and some are
extraordinary yet they are sporadic
and not institutional
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Some other challenges
 The existing policy was not supportive
 A sharp gap between financial support for
research and community outreach
 No clear mechanism and structure promote
the mainstreaming of community outreach
 Dominance, and limitations, of religious
approach in community outreach
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Tomorrow must be better
WHAT
NOW?
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Crucial Momentum:
Three
Opportunities
 IAIN Converts to UIN
 SILE/ LLD
http://sile.sunan-ampel.ac.id/
http://sile-lld.org/sile/
 (a Canadian-Indonesian project at the Ministry of Religious Affairs, IAIN
Sunan Ampel, UIN Alauddin Makasar)
 Part of the project is the Coady Institute at St. Francis Xavier University,
the University of Guelph, the Institute on Governance in Ottawa and other
Canadian institutions
 Law number 12 of 2012 regarding higher
education
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Potentials in the UIN
 IAIN converting to UIN means a wider range
of disciplines and approaches in community
outreach and a wider variety of issues being
dealt with, including issues such as
democracy, human rights, health, economic
empowerment and the environment
New faculties
1. Science and technology
2. Health
3. Politics and social science
4. Economy and business
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Aimed at improving the universitycommunity outreach function
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Notable Achievements
 POKJA (formal university-community
partnerships that are experimenting with new
ways of community engagement)
 Civics curriculum review and redesign
 Introducing ABCD (mobilizing assets for
community-driven development) as an
apporach
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More Notable Achievements
 Strengthened sinergy between units: Major
change: three units: research and community
outreach and gender study center that are used
to be separated emerged to be one
 Baseline data; facilitating SWAT analysis
 Capacity buildings; Shortcourses in coady, Guelph
 Widening networks:
*Coady, Guelph university, CSO’s in Indonesia
particularly East java
And NOW the CU EXPO : great opportunity to
meet people and exchange ideas
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Another Promising Opportunity:
Support from Policy
 New National Law no. 12/2012 on higher
education:
 A potential supporting instrument for improved
functioning of community outreach in the
university
 It encourages and in fact forces the university
to give much more attention and support to
improving the community outreach function of
the university
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Great potential in the new law support the
improved university community outreach
function
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Discussion TIME
WHATS THE POTENTIALS AND
CHALLENGES IN CAPTURING THE
MOMENTUM
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 Do you define preaching as community
outreach function?
 Do you think it is possible fo a university to
equally perform the tridarma without
sacrificing one or another
 Do you think that the integration between
tridarma is ideal and manageable?
 How do you describe the design of the
integration process of teaching, research, and
outreach
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Conclusion
Thank you for Sharing ideas and experiences to
Maximize the momentum of ours
to reach towards the
The communi-university
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