Becoming an “Informative” public body is a mandate of the law. But at a university, openness cannot simply stop as a policy at the institutional level. It has to show up at the service counter, on the faculty website, and in the way every unit responds to the public.

On Tuesday, August 4, 2026, that principle took shape through a series of monitoring visits carried out by UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta's Main PPID to several faculties. These were not simply visits, but an effort to confirm that openness is genuinely functioning, not just documented.

Led by Chair of the Main PPID, Prof. Dr. Mochamad Sodik, together with Head of the Internal Oversight Unit (SPI) Dr. Shaleh and their team, the monitoring visits examined details that often go unnoticed: whether each faculty's Implementing PPID team had been formed and formally established, whether the public information list was genuinely available, and how the public could access services, both online and in person.

At the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FISHUM), for instance, openness is beginning to take concrete form. A help desk is in place, a PPID menu has been added to the faculty website, and service workflows are being organized.

“We have been strengthening PPID at FISHUM in stages. This monitoring helps us evaluate our current readiness, while also reinforcing PPID's role in supporting the Zona Integritas (Integrity Zone) initiative, in which FISHUM serves as one of the pilot projects,” said Vice Dean II, Dr. Astri Hanjarwati.

The visit continued to the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training (FITK). Here, openness was visible not only in the documentation, but also in the service experience itself. A structured queuing system, with call numbers moving in an orderly sequence at the service counter, created a workflow that was neat, efficient, and easy to access, both in person and digitally.

“What we're building isn't just the system, it's the assurance that everyone who comes in or accesses our services genuinely gets the information they need,” said FITK's Vice Dean II, Prof. Dr. Ibrahim.

At the Faculty of Sharia and Law (FSH), the same commitment was affirmed through team readiness and a functioning service system. Vice Dean II Dr. Ach. Tahir explained that this effort is aimed at ensuring information governance runs consistently, accountably, and in line with the principles of public information disclosure.

At the Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business (FEBI), meanwhile, openness is understood as a non-negotiable part of governance.

“Public information disclosure is part of good governance. Managing an institution today is like living in a fish bowl, open and observed by the public. That's why transparency is the key to accountability,” said FEBI's Vice Dean II, Dr. Mukhamad Yazid Afandi.

The round of monitoring visits concluded at the Faculty of Da'wah and Communication (FDK). Vice Dean II Dr. Irsyadunnas and his team are working to accelerate the readiness of faculty-level PPID services, to ensure public information disclosure runs optimally in line with its intended goals.

A clear thread runs through this round of monitoring visits: openness is no longer understood as an administrative obligation, but as a way the institution works. It lives in the systems, in the services, and in every unit's readiness to be seen, and even tested, by the public.

“Public information disclosure is both a responsibility we carry as a public body and a foundation for building trust. Through PPID, we're pushing for information management that is structured, transparent, and backed by excellent service. We're carrying out this effort in an integrated way, from the university level down to the smallest unit, with the same spirit throughout,” said Prof. Sodik.

What this round of monitoring shows is this: openness is not built through statements, but through details, through the information lists that get compiled, the menus that get added to a website, and the service counters that stand ready to help.

That is where openness finds its meaning: not when it sits at the center, but when it lives in every unit. And when the public arrives, what they find is not merely information, but a system that works and an institution ready to be trusted. (humassk)