Ditjen

Ditjen, short for Direktorat Jenderal, is a top-level administrative unit within Indonesian ministries and certain government bodies. A Ditjen is responsible for coordinating and regulating policy within a specific sector, such as taxation, customs, transportation, or education. Each Ditjen is led by a Director General (Dirjen), who is appointed by the minister and reports to the minister. The Dirjen supervises a network of directorates and regional offices, and is tasked with policy formulation, program implementation, standard setting, licensing and enforcement, as well as budget management within its area of responsibility.

Organizationally, a Ditjen typically sits at an echelon II level in the ministry’s structure and comprises several directorates, each focusing on a subfield of the Ditjen’s domain. It may also include planning and budgeting units, technical teams, and internal support functions. The Ditjen collaborates with other directorates-general, agencies, and regional governments to implement national policies and regulatory frameworks.

Examples of well-known Ditjens include Ditjen Pajak (Directorate General of Taxes) under the Ministry of Finance, which handles tax policy, administration, and enforcement; Ditjen Bea dan Cukai (Directorate General of Customs and Excise), also under the Ministry of Finance, responsible for customs and excise regulation; and Ditjen Perhubungan Udara, Ditjen Perhubungan Darat, and Ditjen Perhubungan Laut within the Ministry of Transportation, which oversee civil aviation, road transport, and maritime transport respectively. Another example is Ditjen Pendidikan Tinggi (Directorate General of Higher Education) under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology.

Overall, Ditjen represents a common Indonesian civil-service structure for administering broad policy areas with centralized leadership and distributed implementation.