In order to encourage openness of information in village government management, the Commissioner of the Central Information Commission, Rumadi Ahmad, emphasized that the capacity of village officials must be increased in serving village communities. “Because if not, they could become the target of the community,” he said at a discussion on Village Public Information Service […]
Since long ago, villages have been directed to manage their own businesses. This is stated in the Explanation to Article 21 of Law Number 5 of 1979 concerning Village Government. In Law Number 22 of 1999 concerning Regional Government it is stated that villages can establish business entities, which was then confirmed through Law Number
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Since 2005, PATTIRO has actively contributed to encouraging gender responsive policies and budgets in the regions. PATTIRO has become a partner of the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (KPPPA) and the Regional Women’s Empowerment Agency in providing assistance to local governments in implementing Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting (PPRG). PPRG is an effort
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As a form of attention to the problems faced by people with disabilities, the Regional Research and Information Center (PATTIRO) held a public discussion on 26 October 2016 at Cikini, Jakarta. The event with the theme “Implementation of the Disability Law, Towards Inclusive Public Services” is part of a series of closing activities for the
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Based on Board of Trustees Decree No. 01/Y.PTIR/BP/X/2016, Maya Rostanty was officially appointed as Director of PATTIRO replacing Sad Dian Utomo. The handover of the position of Director was held on Monday, 24/10/16 at the Soyfan Inn Tebet hotel attended by all PATTIRO Activists, PATTIRO network and work partners, as well as the extended PATTIRO
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In this annual report, PATTIRO reiterates the efforts undertaken in line with the three focus areas, namely transparency, public service accountability, and public finance management. For PATTIRO, 2015 was a time to solidify its position on two main issues: Health and Village. The first is strongly associated with a variety of successful initiatives launched in
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Oleh Didik Purwondanu* After obtaining a Social Security Administering Body (BPJS) Health membership card last April, 160 disabled people in West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province are now starting to use the magic card to obtain free treatment. Marwiyah is one of them. The resident of Bagek Polak Village looked enthusiastic when telling about
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Since Law Number 14 of 2008 was passed and implemented in 2010, the State has guaranteed the Indonesian people’s right to obtain information. However, even though the law has been implemented for six years, the fulfillment of the public’s right to know is still hampered by several factors. Right on the occasion of World Right
By Rokhmad Munawir* Climate change is a phenomenon of nature that occurred significantly towards the weather patterns that occur in a specific time period. There is a general understanding that climate change is a drastic change in temperature, rainfall and the season and wind patterns. The change does not just occur naturally. There are several
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By Ahmad Romdoni* PATTIRO organized the Local Governance Forum[1] (LGF) on Guarding the Implementation of the Village Law Series on Wednesday, 7 September 2016 in Jakarta with the theme “Strengthening Village-Owned Enterprises (BUM Desa) to Strengthen the Rural Economy”. Present at the meeting was the village research team from PATTIRO, activists of various civil society
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Up to the present day, the government of Indonesia does not have accurate data on the number and characteristics of persons with difabilities in the country. Based on data from the Ministry of Social Affairs, in 2011, of approximately 240 million people in Indonesia, 3.11% or 7.4 million of them are categorized as difables. Meanwhile,
By: Karina Sari* PATTIRO held a meeting with experts to discuss PATTIRO’s findings on the issue of indigenous villages and find solutions to overcome those problems, on Tuesday, 6 September 2016, in Jakarta. Attending the meeting were the PATTIRO village research team village and several experts on indigenous villages such as Indonesia University Sociology Professor
