JAKARTA – The Director General (Dirjen) of Village Government Development (Bina Pemdes) of Ministry of Home Affairs Eko Prasetyanto Purnomo Putro hopes that village independence will soon be realized.
He wants the village government to be able to properly manage the Village Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBDes) so that it can increase the village income.
This was conveyed by Eko when explaining the management of the APBDes in improving the welfare of village communities in Denpasar, Bali, Friday.
According to him, APBDes management is part of strengthening village administration.
“There is a correlation between the variable village financial issues which are very varied. For this reason, all parties must focus on the goal of how to manage the APBDes properly, including how to generate village original income in various activity programs,” said Eko.
The current problem, he continued, is that the village funds that have been given by the central government have reached IDR 538 trillion, but the state only has received the village’s original income as much as IDR 2.6 trillion.
“This means that there are still many villages that have not produced anything productive in managing APBDes,” said Eko.
That way, it is necessary to have the efforts of all parties in managing APBDes, by looking at the stages, starting from good planning.
This can happen if supported by accurate data.
“We have a prodeskel. If we fill it in, we can easily make a policy,” said Eko.
Original village income is one of the seven sources of village income.
For this reason, Eko emphasized the need to determine priorities in village development planning.
Eko also hopes that the best villages can spread their successful journey to other villages, so that they can be imitated, observed, and modified–according to the potential of each village. (NEWS ADVERTORIAL)
