The Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration ( id, Kementerian Desa, Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal, dan Transmigrasi, abbreviated as Kemendesa PDTT) is a government ministry in charge for assisting the President in regards to developing the rural and disadvantages areas in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. Through its community development, it would help to speed up the development of villages. It's also the responsible for the
Transmigration Program
The transmigration program ( id, , from Dutch, ''transmigratie'') was an initiative of the Dutch colonial government and later continued by the Indonesian government to move landless people from densely populated areas of Indonesia to less pop ...
.
History
Development of disadvantaged regions programs was started under
Abdurrahman Wahid
Abdurrahman Wahid ( ; born Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil; 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), though more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the 4th president of Indonesia, from ...
presidency. At that time, the post of Undersecretariat of Acceleration of Development in Eastern Indonesia Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia: ''Menteri Muda Urusan Percepatan Pembangunan Kawasan Timur Indonesia Republik Indonesia'') created by him thru Presidential Decision No. 234/M/2000 on reformation of
National Unity Cabinet
The National Unity Cabinet ( id, Kabinet Persatuan Nasional) was the Indonesian Cabinet which served under President Abdurrahman Wahid and Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri from 29 October 1999 until 23 July 2001. The Cabinet was formed aft ...
after first reshuffle of his cabinet 23 August 2000. Unlike undersecretary which normally positioned under a ministry in another countries, the undersecretariat office was directly under the President and this situation commonly happened in Indonesia up until prior
Megawati Soekarnoputri
Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (; born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. She previously served as the eighth vice president from 1999 to 2001.
Megawati i ...
presidency. The office firstly held by Manuel Kaisiepo
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After Megawati Soekarnoputri took the presidency, the post retained by Manuel Kaisiepo, and the office elevated to State Ministry for the Acceleration of Development in Eastern Indonesia (Indonesia: ''Kementerian Negara Percepatan Pembangunan Kawasan Timur Indonesia'').
When
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to by his initials SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party ...
took the presidency after
2004 Indonesian presidential election, the office later upgraded to the State Ministry for the Acceleration of Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Indonesia: ''Kementerian Negara Percepatan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal''), and the office of the ministry retained the name until 9 May 2007 with
Saifullah Yusuf
H. Saifullah Yusuf, better known by his nickname Gus Ipul, is an Indonesian politician and former Vice Governor of East Java.
Education
Gus Ipul holds a master's degree in Social and Politics Study Faculty from National University in Jakarta. ...
as the minister. Since then, the office not only covered the Eastern Indonesia but whole disadvantaged regions of Indonesia. The ministry renamed into the State Ministry for the Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Indonesia: ''Kementerian Negara Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal'') and retained its name until 20 October 2009. During the second presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the office renamed into Ministry for the Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Indonesia: ''Kementerian Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal'') on 19 October 2011.
When
Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite ...
took the presidency after
2014 Indonesian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on 9 July 2014, with former general Prabowo Subianto contesting the elections against the governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo; incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was constitutionally barred ...
, the ministry structure later expanded by combining the Ministry for the Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Directorate General of Guidance and Development of Transmigration Areas of
Ministry of Manpower and changed its name to Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration.
Events
19 October 2015 - Minister Marwan Jafar launched the Developing Villages Index (IDM)
6 November 2018 - Minister
Eko Putro Sandjojo announced that the 2019 village funds would be "prioritized for use in community empowerment activities, village economy, and village innovation".
Organization Structure
Based on the President Decree No. 85/2020 and as expanded with Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Decree No. 15/2020 and Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Decree No. 22/2020, the ministry consisted of:
# Office of the Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
# Office of the Deputy Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
# General Secretariat
## Bureau of Planning and Cooperation
## Bureau of Finance and State-Owned Assets
## Bureau of Employment and Organization
## Bureau of Public Relation
## Bureau of Legal Affairs
## Bureau of General Affairs and Procurement
# General Directorate of Villages and Rural Development (GID I)
## General Directorate of Villages and Rural Development Secretariat
## Directorate of Technical Planning for Villages and Rural Development
## Directorate of Infrastructure Development for Villages and Rural Areas
## Directorate of Social, Cultural, Environment for Villages and Rural Areas
## Directorate of Advocation and Cooperation of Villages and Rural Areas
## Directorate of Facilitation of Utilization of Village Fund
# General Directorate of Economy Development and Investments in Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Areas (GID II)
## General Directorate of Economy Development and Investments in Village, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Areas Secretariat
## Directorate of Technical Planning for Economy Development and Investments
## Directorate of Economy and Investment Institutional Development
## Directorate of Investment Services
## Directorate of Local Featured Products Development
## Directorate of Promotion and Marketing of Local Featured Products
# General Directorate of Acceleration of Disadvantaged Regions Development (GID III)
## General Directorate of Acceleration of Disadvantaged Regions Development Secretariat
## Directorate of Harmonization of Acceleration of Disadvantaged Regions Development Planning and Programs
## Directorate of Harmonization of Social, Cultural, and Institutional Development in Disadvantaged Regions
## Directorate of Harmonization of Infrastructure Development in Disadvantaged Regions
## Directorate of Harmonization of Natural Resources and Environmental Utilization in Disadvantaged Regions
## Directorate of Harmonization of Scheduled Areas Development
# General Directorate of Construction and Development of Transmigration Areas (GID IV)
## General Directorate of Construction and Development of Transmigration Areas Secretariat
## Directorate of Planning for Materialization of Transmigration Areas
## Directorate of Construction of Transmigration Areas
## Directorate of Facilitation and Management of Population Distribution in Transmigration Areas
## Directorate of Development of Settlement Units and Central Development Unit in Transmigration Areas
## Directorate of Development of Transmigration Areas
# General Inspectorate
## Office of the General Inspectorate
## Office of the General Inspectorate Secretariat
## Inspectorate I (overseeing General Secretariat and Agency for Human Resources Development and Community Empowerment of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration activities)
## Inspectorate II (overseeing GID II and GID III activities)
## Inspectorate III (overseeing GID IV and Agency for Development and Information of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration activities)
## Inspectorate IV (overseeing GID I and General Inspectorate activities)
## Inspectorate V (coordinating and investigating issues related to Village Fund and misuses, and performing special investigations)
# Agency for Human Resources Development and Community Empowerment of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
## Center for Community Empowerment in Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Areas
## Center for Human Resource Training for Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
## Center for the Ministerial State Civil Servants Training
## Center for Functionaries Fostering and Development
## Indonesian Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Jakarta
## Indonesian Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Yogyakarta
## Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Makassar
## Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Banjarmasin
## Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Pekanbaru
## Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Ambon
## Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Jayapura
## Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Denpasar
## Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Bengkulu
# Agency for Development and Information of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
## Center for Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Policy Development
## Center for Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Areas Competitive Development
## Center for Integrative Development Plans Formulation for Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
## Center for Data and Information for Villages Development, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
# Expert Staffs
## Expert Staffs of Development and Community
## Expert Staffs of Local Economy Development
## Expert Staffs of Areal Development
## Expert Staffs of Inter-Institutional Relations
## Expert Staffs of Laws and Bureaucracy Reform
Ministers
References
External links
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