YPJ Annual Meeting 2026: Building One Community, One Standard, One Educational Mission
On 15–16 May 2026, the Jayawijaya Education Foundation (YPJ) held the YPJ Annual Meeting in Kuala Kencana. The event was attended by school principals, educators, YPJ staff from the two main campuses (Kuala Kencana and Tembagapura), and representatives of PT Freeport Indonesia management. The two‑day meeting began with a series of internal discussions on the first day, followed by a team‑building agenda designed by the Manpower Management (MPM) & Organizational Development (LOD) teams.
Opening the event, Director & EVP Human Resources Clementino Lamury encouraged the educators by underscoring how lasting their roles will be in the memories of their students. He emphasized the need for synergy between YPJ Kuala Kencana and Tembagapura so they can deliver the best learning processes for all students.
The YPJ Annual Meeting, designed by MPM and LOD, aimed to unite the leaders, educators, and staff of Kuala Kencana and Tembagapura into a single institutional community with uniform operational standards. This involves building a shared understanding of the roles, responsibilities, and contributions of each campus within the YPJ ecosystem so that cross‑campus decisions are based on mutual agreement rather than separate assumptions. The meeting also served as a direct communication channel to convey the strategic direction and management expectations of PTFI toward YPJ schools, including the educational pathway map and human resource development targets for the next five years.
EVP Site Operations & Head of Mining Engineering at PTFI, Carl Tauran, delivered a firm message that “the most meaningful investment is not in producing output, but in quality human resources.” According to him, YPJ has already taken many steps, yet there is still much room for improvement as part of our commitment to educating future generations. He stressed that YPJ’s mission is about building capable generations who can face global challenges.
The meeting also provided working sessions for participants to identify practices that are working well and should be maintained, those that need improvement, and those that should be stopped, producing concrete input for the 2026/2027 academic year plan. The forum set a shared starting point for aligned action, resulting in commitments that can be realized in classroom practice and school governance.
In line with this, Director & EVP Sustainable Development PTFI, Claus Wamafma, urged YPJ to recognize the importance of change and the adaptation of methods in enhancing students’ knowledge and skills, including Papuan children. “We hope that in the future they will become successors who make their parents, YPJ, PT Freeport Indonesia, and the nation of Indonesia proud,” Claus said.
With an internal meeting format on the first day and team building on the second day designed by LOD and MPM divisions, the YPJ Annual Meeting 2026 was not only a formal forum but also a space for reflection and community building. It will be applied as a concrete step to strengthen leadership capacity across both campuses. Dian Novitasari, a primary school teacher at YPJ Kuala Kencana, explained that she felt very happy to have participated in the event. “This event is a milestone where the two campuses begin to build together, reflect, and move toward a better future,” she said. Meanwhile, Yustus Samber, a teacher at YPJ TPRA, summarized his personal reflection succinctly: “I learned to stop complaining and start blessing what we already have today.”
The YPJ Annual Meeting 2026 reinforces one strong message: that YPJ stands as one foundation with one standard, one mission, and one commitment to providing quality, inclusive, and sustainable education for the children of Papua and Indonesia.
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