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Villages in NTB declared 'public information-friendly'
The Information Commission (KI) and the Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Ministry have declared 995 villages in eight regencies across West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) as Desa Benderang Informasi Publik (DBiP), or Public Information-Friendly Villages.
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Cattle farming – A cattle breeder milks a cow in Penyaring village, North Moyo district, Sumbawa regency, West Nusa Tenggara, on Sept. 24. (Antara/Ahmad Subaidi)
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he Information Commission (KI) and the Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Ministry have declared 995 villages in eight regencies across West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) as Desa Benderang Informasi Publik (DBiP), or Public Information-Friendly Villages.
KI chairman John Fresly said the declaration was a follow up to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on May 16 by the commission and the ministry. With the MoU, the government aims to hold assistance programs to promote public information openness at village-level administrations.
“NTB is the first province in which all of its villages are declared as DBiP. We hope other areas can follow,” said Fresly on Thursday.
Suprayoga Hadi, the ministry’s special region development director general, NTB governor M.Zainul Majdi, regents and deputy regents and around 900 village heads from areas across the province attended the event.
Fresly further explained that public information openness in villages was crucial for establishing clean and transparent administrations at the village level.
Suprayoga said the DBiP program was based on Law No.6/2014 on village administrations, which stipulates that the organizing of village administrations be based on a principle of openness.
He said this year, the government had channeled Rp 46.8 trillion (US$3.61 billion) in village funds to more than 75,000 villages across Indonesia, or around Rp 600 million-Rp 700 million per village.
“There should be transparency in the use of funds,” he added. (ebf)
