- Law No. 6/2014 on Villages (the Village Law) gave village heads greater authority and larger budgets to regulate and manage their communities' interests.
- It is important to ensure that village governance is carried out based on the principles of participation, transparency, and accountability.
- The institution that is specifically assigned by the Village Law to monitor the implementation of village governance is the Village Council (Badan Permusyawaratan Desa, BPD).
- Monitoring results show that the BPD has not been functioning well due to low capacity and understanding of its main duties and functions.
- This policy brief, discussing conditions and challenges facing BPD in ten study villages, hopefully can serve as a material for consideration when formulating derivative policies related to the BPD.
Editor(s)
Research Area
Jambi
Central Java
East Nusa Tenggara
Research Topic
Keywords
The village law
village governance
BPD
Publication Type
Briefs
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