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Policy Brief | Optimizing the Function of the District in Empowering and Creating Self-Sufficiency of Villages

The district is one of the elements of the regencies/cities that implement government affairs that are part of the authorities of the region, and also perform assistive tasks. The district is regulated in detail by Government Regulation No. 19 of 2008 concerning the District. However, after the enactment of Law No. 23 of 2014 on …

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Fact Sheet | Village Democracy in the Regulatory Framework of the Village Law.

Village, according to Law No. 6 of 2014 (Village Law), is a community that has the authority to regulate its own affairs based on the function of self-governing community. Based on this concept, the implementation of the government at the village level is done independently by the village community. The full authority for self-government opens the opportunity for the Village Government (Pemdes) to implement …

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PATTIRO Holds Local Governance Forum to Discuss the Issue of Village-Owned Enterprises

By Ahmad Romdoni * PATTIRO organized the Local Governance Forum [i] (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 …

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PATTIRO Holds Discussion with the Experts to Find Solutions to Overcome Problems of Indigenous Villages in Indonesia

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 …

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PATTIRO: The Villages Should Be At the Forefront in Alleviating Malnutrition Problems

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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Ordering the Village Governments to Use the Village Fund Only for Infrastructure Development, PATTIRO: The President to Harm Villages’ Democratic Spirit

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 …

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Annotation of Law Number 6 Year 2014 on Village Book

Annotation is a record made to explain, comment on, or criticize laws or regulations, as well as to reveal the facts of how certain laws established by the Parliament and the government and other related parties, as well as the facts of how to properly interpreted and applied the laws. PATTIRO creates this annotation of Village Law to documenting …

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Press Release | PATTIRO: The Government is Responsible for Village Unpreparedness

Jakarta, 21 April 2015 – The government’s promise to disburse the first phase of village funds in the second week of April 2015 has not been fully realized. Data from the Ministry of Finance shows that as of April 20 2015, only 36 out of 434 districts/cities throughout Indonesia had met the requirements for receiving village …

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