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INISTRY of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) has made various efforts to address problems such as regional disparity, poverty and unem-ployment. One of the approaches is to conduct development of Community Based Infrastructure (CBI). The program is organized through empowerment andcommu-results of PISEW at Lalangbaru Village, Kalimantan Barat
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PISEW at Muntilan District, Magelang, Jawa Tengah
nity participation in order to give contribution in poverty alleviation and employment provision.
One of CBI’s programs is Regio-nal Socio-Economic Infrastructure Development (RSEID), which is an in-frastructure development, especially road connecting access between vil-lages to support the socio-economic activities of the community as the main actor of the planning, imple-mentation and maintenance process based on the region potential.
Minister of Public Works and Housing, Basuki Hadimuljono said that infrastructure development conducted by the Public Works and Housing Ministry not only produces physical infrastructure, but also reduces the gap between regions in
the effort of equitable development.
“Infrastructure development will also have to contribute to the employ-ment provision to reduce poverty number in Indonesia,” said Basuki in his official statement, some time ago.
Director General of Human Sett-lements, Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Sri Hartoyo explained that RSEID aims to reduce regio-nal disparity, poverty alleviation, improve local governance (districts, sub-districts and villages) and also strengthen community institution at the village level.
In 2016, the implementation of RSEID was conducted in 364 sub-districts. Total beneficiaries were 1,354,080 households with a budget allocation of Rp. 426 billion. While
today, the program is implemented in 400 sub-districts with beneficia-ries of 1.488.000 households and its budget allocation of Rp. 240 billion.
That means, each sub-district gets an allocation of Rp. 600 million.
Despite of continuing from the previous year, Sri Hartoyo said that the RSEID program this year uses a new mechanism with some concep-tion adjustments, technical justifi-cations, and program deliveries that rely on participatory process by the community. One of the significant changes on its implementation pro-cess is the shifting of initial concept of capital expenditure account into goods purchase.
Other changes are disbursement mechanism, implementation
me-chanism, and an emphasis on com-munity participation approach on a regional scale. “All these changes are expected to improve socio-economic in the region,” he explained.
In addition, Sri Hartoyo explai-ned that the program recipient must have the potential as a central area of development, economic growth, can create employment, and in accor-dance with the relevant spatial plan.
The use of funds for infrastructure development including roads and village bridges, boat moorings, small irrigation infrastructure to support agricultural production/industry, agricultural infrastructure, animal husbandry, fishery, industry and sup-porting tourism activities such as market, warehouse and drying floor.
Other developments include drinking water infrastructure in the form of dug well, wellspring catchment, rain water catchment and public hydrant as well as sanitation infrastructure in the form of settlement drainage, com-munal wastewater and garbage.
In the planning process, RSEID is conducted in a participative manner, and it is directed as a form of Natio-nal Development Planning System (NDPS) as stated in Law no. 25 year 2004 about NDPS. The proposal of RSEID participatory activities will be able to fill out and part of the imple-mentation of Regional Strategic Plan (Renstrada) from each sub-district and district participants. It is hoped that RSEID’s activities can synergize with other activities from related regional development program, and contribute to the implementation of Regional Medium-Term Develop-ment Plan (RMTDP) which is the ela-boration of National MTDP.
Meanwhile, during its implemen-tation, the process of location and planning establishment are conduc-ted by consultants (Facilitators and Experts) who are familiar with the context of local custom and culture.
This is conducted by involving the implementing team in the district and sub-district as well as local community for approximately four
months. While the concept of infras-tructure implementation is carried out contractually with the approach of rural area development prioriti-zing labor intensive for approxima-tely three months.
The selection and designation of construction service provider is conducted based on prevailing laws and regulations related to the pro-curement of government goods and services. The Construction Service Provider is instructed to optimize the use of local materials that meet the specifications in contract, as well as to utilize local labor in accordance with the technical capabilities of its type of work.
In particular, RSEID is one of se-veral settlement infrastructure pro-grams implemented by the
Directo-rate General of Human Settlements.
This year, Directorate General of Human Settlements has received an allocation of Rp 15.935 trillion (15,7 percent). The budget is devoted for area construction and structuring in seven State Border Posts (SBP/
PLBN), development of settlement infrastructure in nine Border Areas, construction of Drinking Water Sup-ply System of 3.603 liters per second consisting of ten Regional DWSS, eight City DWSS and three outer islands DWSS.
In addition, other works include the construction of Landfills (TPA) for regional waste in three areas, installa-tion of Wastewater Treatment, infras-tructure support in fisherman village in six areas, tourism support in five areas and slum area management. n
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Cleaning drainage at Tarakan, Kalimantan Timur
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HE Ministry of Public Works and Housing conti-nues to push the 100-0-100 program to be realized by 2019. The movement is 100 percent availability of access to clean water, 0 percent of slum areas and 100 percent availability of access to healthy sani-tation. Until now, theimplementa-tion continues to be done in various regions throughout the archipelago.
Minister of Public Works and Hou-sing, Basuki Hadimuljono believes the program can be achieved within the next two years. Until now, the achie-vement of drinking water access has only reached 67 percent, 60 percent of feasible sanitation access, and leaving
12 percent of slum area. “If we want to realize a sustainable and livable area, it should be supported by several as-pects, especially clean water services and feasible sanitation access,” he said several weeks ago in Jakarta.
Based on the record of Health Ministry, from approximately 75 mil-lion families in Indonesia, only 68,05 percent that has feasible sanitation.
In Jakarta for example, although as an advanced metropolitan city, there are still 26,31 percent of family that does not have clean sanitation. Meanwhile, the condition is also added to the high behavior of carelessly defecation