GUEST LECTURE FISIP UNHAS DISCUSS STRATEGIC CONTRIBUTION OF ASSESSMENT PROFESSION IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Makassar, June 25, 2025 – The Department of Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Hasanuddin University (FISIP UNHAS) held a guest lecture by presenting Andi Erwin Nurba, S.Pi, MAPPI (Cert) who is also the Chairperson of the Regional Management Board (DPD) of MAPPI for the Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua (Sulamapapua) Region. This activity raised the theme "Assessing Assets, Arranging Policies: The Role of the Appraisal Profession in Public Asset Governance". 

This guest lecture activity with practicing lecturers was held in the Smart Room of the Department of Administrative Sciences, FISIP Unhas, which was attended by undergraduate and postgraduate students and lecturers. In his presentation, Andi Erwin emphasized that the role of appraisers is very strategic in supporting the national development process. The appraiser profession contributes through objective assessments of various types of assets — from property, business, to personal property — which are needed to support transactions, investments, land acquisition, to management of state assets. 

Andi Erwin added that MAPPI still faces challenges because the legal umbrella for the appraisal profession is still based on the Decree of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia and is not yet in the form of a law. He hopes for government and public support to push for the Appraisal Bill to further guarantee the legality of the appraisal profession as has been done in other developed countries. Andi Erwin also emphasized that MAPPI's collaboration with campuses is part of a long-term strategy to create a sustainable, inclusive appraisal profession ecosystem that makes a real contribution to public asset governance and national development.

In the discussion session, one of the participants, Muhammad Firman, an alumni of UNHAS Public Administration Science and also a Makassar City Government ASN, raised critical questions regarding MAPPI's role in strengthening the use of assessment expertise by the wider community and maintaining professional ethics and integrity amidst increasingly challenging economic conditions. 

This is in line with the response from Andi Ahmad Yani, who is also a lecturer at the Department of Administrative Sciences, who emphasized that MAPPI's role must touch on social aspects in society and not merely for economic purposes. He encouraged the appraiser profession to become a social actor that plays a role in upholding justice, empowerment, and inclusion. Andi Yani proposed that MAPPI provide pro bono appraisal services to assist and advocate for the interests of vulnerable community groups who are often victims of asset conflicts. Without the presence of objective professional appraisers, citizens—especially vulnerable groups—are at risk of marginalization in the development process. Prof. Muhammad Akmal Ibrahim, Professor of Administrative Sciences at Unhas, also added that the appraiser profession is closely related to public administration, especially in accountable public asset management. According to him, Unhas public administration has several related courses such as asset management, public accountability, and development planning. 

Furthermore, Muhajirin A Salam as Deputy Chairperson of DPD MAPPI Sulamampua who attended this activity also followed up the discussion session by appreciating the response and support of Fisip Unhas for the appraiser profession. Muhajirin added that this activity is also a follow-up to the MoU of MAPPI DPD Sulamapapua and Unhas in encouraging the strengthening of asset literacy and assessment to the community and strengthening MAPPI research and development in the future. 

Prof. Dr. Alwi, M.Si, as the Head of the Department of Administrative Sciences, FISIP UNHAS, expressed his enthusiasm for organizing this activity as an initial step to strengthen collaboration between academic institutions and the appraisal profession in Indonesia. He hopes for further collaboration between MAPPI and the Department of Administrative Sciences, Unhas to conduct collaborative research, training related to assessment literacy, especially on public assets, and to become a place for student internships in the future. Prof. Alwi closed the discussion by stating that the appraisal profession and public administration science complement each other in encouraging fair, transparent, and objective value-based public asset governance. This collaboration is important to build the capacity of the bureaucracy and the community in understanding and utilizing assets sustainably.

This activity proves that cross-sector collaboration — academic and professional — is very important in realizing asset governance that is transparent, fair, and adaptive to the challenges of the times.