Improving Human Resource-Based Energy Security at The Indonesia-Timor Leste Border

PLBN Motaain is one of three cross-border posts built in East Nusa Tenggara Province which are useful not only to maintain the security of Indonesia's borders but also to improve the regional economy. The benefits of the Motaain PLBN include the benefits that trade costs have changed, namely becoming cheaper, the intensity of trade has increased, per capita income, has increased, and economic growth as a result of the development of the Motaain PLBN is very broad both on a micro, mezzo and macro scale. Motaain's PLBN must also be supported by strong and sustainable energy security. The energy security of an area must be supported by the adequate quality of human resources. With the quality of human resources in East Nusa Tenggara which is still low, it is necessary to improve through education reform so that the increase in energy security can be the fastest to encourage the regional economy.