Public Relations UPNVJ – UPN "Veteran" Jakarta (UPNVJ) today (18/07) held a technical guidance event (bimtek) and trial of a new system for assessing the progress of implementing the Student Creativity Program (PKM) or abbreviated as PKP2. This technical guidance is located at the FK Auditorium lt. 3, Wahidin Sudirohusodo UPNVJ Building.

Organizing this Bimtek is a strategic step for UPNVJ in increasing efficiency and effectiveness in monitoring and evaluating research projects carried out by students. The new system introduced integrates information technology to facilitate reporting, real-time monitoring, and progress analysis of various ongoing PKM projects.

In the opening session, Jobih, Person in Charge of Creativity, Interest, Talent and Welfare, highlighted the importance of the role of lecturers in every PKP2 implementation as hosts and co-hosts whose job is to moderate PKP2 activities.

Through this participation, it is hoped that the 74 lecturers who are hosts & co-hosts can apply the knowledge gained from listening to the reviewer's point of view on the proposals submitted by students.

"Every PKP2 implementation requires lecturers at the university that hosts the PKP2 implementation so that lecturers can learn how to prepare proposals, budgets, etc." Jobih said.

Before getting to the core of the event, namely technical guidance, Harun Nasrullah, from the Creativity, Talent, Interest and Welfare Team, added that the participation of lecturers as hosts and co-hosts can provide insight into how reviewers assess proposals, see the picture of students throughout Indonesia, and so that lecturers can be at the forefront for UPNVJ to provide PKM guidance to UPNVJ students themselves.

"So from what Mr. Jobih said, the hope is that after this the PKM proposal at UPNVJ can increase significantly. "We hope that lecturers can adopt knowledge, how reviewers assess proposals, see the picture of Indonesian students, so that they get used to it and become the front guard for UPNVJ." Harun said before explaining the technical implementation of PKP2 to the participants.

In this technical guidance, participants were given an in-depth understanding of the implementation of the PKM funding scheme in 2024, the output of the PKM funding scheme in 2024, the provisions for implementing PKP2 in 2024, and the agenda for implementing PKP2 in 2024.

UPNVJ is known to be the host for the implementation of PKP2 2024 which is organized by the Directorate General of Learning and Student Affairs (Dirjen Belmawa). This event takes place from July to August. It is recorded that there are 495 universities participating in PKP2 with 10,560 implementing students.

The plan is that of the 33,084 entries, there will be 3,520 creative ideas funded by the Director General of Belmawa. (sf)