BANDUNG – Training to strengthen the capacity of village officials officially started.
Hundreds of thousands of participants spread across 33 provinces are ready to receive basic skills training as stated in the Village Government Strengthening and Development (P3PD) Training Program regulations.
“This activity aims to provide basic skills for village officials and village administrators in line with the P3PD goal, namely strengthening village spending capacity,” said the Director General (Dirjen) of Village Government Development (Bina Pemdes) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Eko Prasetyanto Purnomo Putro at the El Royale Hotel, Bandung, West Java a while ago.
Basic training for village officials and institutions is the main part of the P3PD carried out by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
This activity will last for 2 months and be held simultaneously in 33 provinces in the country.
In the same occasion, present the Inspector General (Irjen) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Tomsi Tohir Balaw representing the Minister of Home Affairs.
Through his speech, he conveyed that training that builds the capacity of village government officials is very important for the implementation of village government.
The training is hoped to improve the capabilities of village government officials and village institutional administrators.
“This ongoing capacity building training for village government officials and village institutional administrators–village heads, village officials, BPD chairs, and heads of village community institutions can take advantage of this good opportunity to gain knowledge and skills which will support them in carrying out their duties and responsibility to create a developed, independent and prosperous village,” said Tomsi.
He said that it is hoped the training will also be able to encourage village heads, village officials and village institutional administrators to improve the quality of government administration, development and community empowerment, as well as fostering an understanding of leadership management and entrepreneurship.
“Apart from that, this training can improve the quality of planning and management and accelerate the absorption of APBDes (including village funds) with priority activities that encourage the acceleration of village development, growth, and economic resilience of village communities. Increasing the capacity of village government officials in being responsive, extractive, regulatory, distributive and collaborative, and always not to violate prohibitions,” said Tomsi. (NEWS ADVERTORIAL)
