Badan Penerbit dan Publikasi UGM (BPP) held a workshop “Evaluation of 2021 Activities and Strategy for Achieving Targets for 2022” on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at Eastparc Hotel, Yogyakarta, involving all leaders and staff within BPP UGM. This event aims to evaluate the implementation of programs and activities that have been conducted by BPP UGM in 2021, as well as to develop plans and strategies for achieving performance targets in 2022. In this workshop, discussions were also held on standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines for routine activities held by BPP UGM every year.

In the evaluation session, it was reported about the achievement of the performance target of BPP UGM which is mandated in 2021. The number of publications of UGM lecturers in reputable international journals has increased significantly compared to 2020. In addition to quantity, in terms of quality, BPP UGM has succeeded in overseeing the management of UGM journals in accreditation and indexation which made the reputation of UGM journals at the national and international level increase. The number of citations for the publications of the UGM academic community also continues to increase both at Scopus and Google Scholars. Head of BPP UGM, Prof. Widodo, M.Sc., Ph.D., in his speech also gave directions to all BPP UGM staff to continue to increase work productivity with projected performance planning far ahead.

The event was opened by the UGM Vice Chancellor for Research and Community Service (P2M), drg. Ika Dewi Ana, M.Kes., Ph.D., who in her speech expressed her appreciation for the work productivity of all staff so that BPP UGM can achieve every well-defined performance target and be able to support university performance in general. In addition, it was also conveyed about the importance of sincerity in work which is based as a form of worship. The Vice-Chancellor for P2M UGM also hopes that through various work programs that have been established, BPP UGM can further increase its participation in the mission of educating the nation’s life.

This event went smoothly with the outputs of the work program design activities for 2022 as well as draft SOPs and work program guidelines to be implemented.