Oleh: I Wayan Nike Suputra* Village is a part of system (spatial structure)[1]. In Urban & Regional Planning book, A System Approach (McLoughlin, 1969), definition of system explain below: A system is a set of interconnected part, but each part may be seen as a system itself, and the whole system may be regarded as but […]
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The Village Government refuses village funds policy entirely for infrastructure. This is supported by the result of PATTIRO research team in several villages in Central Java, Yogyakarta, and Riau. PATTIRO researcher Ahmad Rofik revealed that several excellent villages in three provinces refuses village fund policy 100% for infrastructure. Local Government wants these funds also for
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The first phase of 2016 village funds of around IDR 28.2 trillion is ready to be disbursed by the government on March 16. President Joko Widodo ordered that all village funds be used only for infrastructure development purposes. Unfortunately, the president’s order received strong resistance from the village government. Based on PATTIRO’s findings in several
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Just a year after the government implemented regulations regarding the provision of village funds, the number of Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) has jumped sharply. Based on data from the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT), at the end of 2014, there were only around 4 thousand BUMDes. However, data as of
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Oleh: Ardhi Maulana Fajrin* Opportunities in Sight The government has allocated one billion rupiah for villages. Village citizen can use the funds to develop local product that will potentially take in strategic market. However, to realize it village needs build cooperation with other parties. In Village law article number 91 written that “Village can conduct
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By: I Wayan Nike Suputra* The Village Government is fear to use village funds accountably. This is due to the weakness of village government’s ability to process administration, the absence of sanction and supervisory agencies. Based on the problem above, there is a question: how village government implementing its authority accountably? To answer this question,
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By: I Wayan Nike Suputra* In old development system, village became an object of development. But, the presence of village law makes village as an actor of development activities. This new system is fear to reduce capability of village authorities to implement village development, particularly the use of village funds. These articles try to provide another
The government through the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT) revealed that there is potential for inequality in implementing the Village Law due to low community participation starting from the planning stage to monitoring village development. To prevent the emergence of this inequality and at the same time encourage the
Jakarta, 4 February 2016 – The Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration on 1 February inaugurated the formation of the Village Task Force with the hope of accelerating and ensuring the accurate distribution, use and management of village funds. To ensure that this goal is realized, the Minister of Villages, Development of
Jakarta, 28 January 2016 – Indonesia is facing complicated nutrition problems. The 2013 Basic Health Research data shows that the number of infants weighing less prevalence is at 19.6%. While on the other hand, the number of obese children remains high, at 18.8%. This obesity problem also happens to the teenagers and the adults. PATTIRO
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Jakarta, 15 January 2016 – President Joko Widodo ordered the village governments to use the 2016 village fund disbursed by the central government only for infrastructure development[i]. PATTIRO regards the president’s statement as something that has harm villages’ democratic spirit. “The decision has violated the Village Law mandate which has provided more democratic spaces to
The enactment of Law Number 6 Year 2014 on Village is expected to bring significant change in village governance and development. Because of the existence of this Law, the village government and its people have more space and opportunity to develop their village in accordance with their needs as stated in the Village Medium Term
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