Evaluation of Village Fund Management in Yapen Islands Regency Papua Province (Case Study at PasirPutih Village, South Yapen District)

Fernandes Simangunsong,Satrio Adi Wicaksono

doi:10.4236/jss.2017.59018

Abstract

Successful implementation of Law No. 6 of 2014 on Village requires support from all parties, government, institute of representatives, and community. Therefore, it is necessary to have comprehensive understanding on the content of this Law of Village, Government Regulation No. 60 of 2015, as amended in Government Regulation No. 22 of 2015, and most recently amended in Government Regulation No. 8 of 2016 on Village Fund Derived from State Budget. This study was implemented due to many problems on management village fund management at PasirPutih Village. Therefore, this study is titled “Evaluation of Village Fund Management in Yapen Islands Regency, Papua Province (Case Study at PasirPutih Village, South Yapen District)”. This study was aimed to describe how evaluation of village fund management at PasirPutih Village was implemented, and also supporting and inhibiting factors on the village fund management. This study used qualitative research method. Data collection techniques used were interview, document study, and observation. The result indicated that quality of human resources of PasirPutih Village personnel were inadequate compared to their duties, authorities, and responsibilities. In addition, KampungPutih Village revenue in 2015 derived from only village fund and community participation was still very low. Therefore, this study would also discuss about the inhibiting factors in village fund management and what efforts should be done in order to overcome the inhibiting factors, such as how to improve quality of human resources to accomplish the implementation of village fund management appropriately. In terms of technical assistance, training, and education on village fund management was good and appropriate.

Highlights

The development of decentralization in Indonesia was marked by enactment of laws on local government
It is necessary to have comprehensive understanding on the content of this Law of Village, Government Regulation No 60 of 2015, as amended in Government Regulation No 22 of 2015, and most recently amended in Government Regulation No 8 of 2016 on Village Fund Derived from State Budget
The result indicated that quality of human resources of PasirPutih Village personnel were inadequate compared to their duties, authorities, and responsibilities

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Introduction

The development of decentralization in Indonesia was marked by enactment of laws on local government. They were drafted according to philosophy and paradigm closely related to national political situation and central government policy. The decentralization began by enactment of Law No 1 of 1945 at the beginning of independence. National founders had decided that decentralization was necessary for social welfare. According to Article 1 clause (8) of Law No 23 of 2014, decentralization is “delegation of governmental affairs by central government to autonomous region under principle of autonomy” [1]. According to Smith, decentralization “is delegation of authority to lower level in a territorial hierarchy” [2]

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