THE EDITOR – Sub-district head is considered to have an important role in assisting quality village development towards Golden Indonesia 2045. Because of the importance of this role, they can be analogised as the “shared house” of village development. And as a “shared house”, the sub-district head has a cross-sectoral synchronization and coordination function.
Acting Director of Deconcentration, Assistance and Cooperation of the Directorate General of Bina Adwil of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Edi Cahyono, said in a press release on Monday (4/11/2024) that, considering the importance of this role, the government conducted training for sub-district heads through the Strengthening Village Government and Development Programme (P3PD).
This programme is a collaboration between the World Bank and the Indonesian government. It involves the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency, and Ministry of Finance.
HOW IS IT?
The government is trying to optimize villages to become advanced, independent, and prosperous. Various efforts have been made, from making regulations through the Village Law and its various derivative regulations, disbursing village funds, to increasing the capacity of village officials.
One of the efforts to increase the capacity of village officials is through the Strengthening Village Government and Development Programme (P3PD). This programme not only trains village officials and apparatus, but also sub-district heads.
“Why do sub-district heads also need to be trained? Because they are the ones who can connect government programmes at the top with the village. The sub-district head as a supervisor can direct and evaluate whether the village government’s work plan is appropriate,” said Edi Cahyono in a press release in Jakarta, Monday (4/11/2024).
He said that there were 1,007 sub-districts in 60 districts/cities from 10 provinces that participated in the P3PD training. The ten provinces are North Sumatra, Aceh, Central Java, East Java, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara, and East Nusa Tenggara.
“There are 1,007 sub-districts, consisting of elements of sub-district officials, UPT Education, UPT Health as basic service stakeholders as the target substance,” he said.
The training materials for the sub-district head include the village development plan system, regional development, basic services, minimum service standards (SPM), basic service data, and the data information system.
According to Edi, this training can be a guide for sub-district heads as village supervisors in directing quality village spending. This is done by synchronizing village and regional development planning based on community needs.
Village spending will be considered high quality if it is in accordance with the basic service needs of the community, including education and health. Meanwhile, the economy is an after-effect of basic services. If the basic services are good, then the economy is expected to increase.
“This is all very important. It is true that the sub-district head has been doing it on a daily basis, but we need the realization of basic services that are actually fulfilled, not a formality. The sub-district head synchronizes supply and demand, meeting the two things. The sub-district head is the link between the community and ASN and regional regulations,” he explained.
