Pilot social accountability approach in villages (ID0122)

What is the public problem that the commitment will address? The social accountability approach implemented in several regions has improved service quality, increased community participation, and increased collaboration between the government and the public. For example, programs that have been implemented by Wahana Visi Indonesia in NTT and West Kalimantan have increased community and posyandu (Integrated Healthcare Center) cadres' understanding of public service standards. This prompted the village government to use village funds for additional health facilities and posyandu consultations. In addition, the rate of maternal and child mortality also decreased after communities in NTT, and West Kalimantan adopted a social accountability approach. Therefore, villages can implement the social accountability approach in development programs. Village government officials, the Village Consultative Agency, and the community can be trained to implement the social accountability approach. These cadres are expected to facilitate the implementation of social accountability to improve services in the village. 46 What is the commitment? Collaboration with various parties to facilitate a social accountability approach to improve public services in the village. How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem? Village government officials and Village Consultative Body are obliged to ensure the village services develop according to the community needs. In this case, cadres can facilitate communication between the villagers and village government to create collaborative, inclusive, and democratic village development. With the social accountability training for village government officials, Village Consultative Body, community assistants (cadres), and the community itself, we hoped that all parties could develop the capacity to contribute to a more effective and efficient development programs. Community participation is also expected to improve the existing public services because the social accountability approach provides space for the community to give feedback on existing services. Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? This program is in line with Open Government values, namely participation and inclusion. Community participation and inclusion is marked by cadres' involvement, which has been helping health campaigns by inviting mothers to check the health of pregnant women and toddlers. Why is this commitment relevant to Indonesian Medium-Term National Development Plan (RPJMN) and SDGs? This program will support Goal 3 in the SDGs, namely Healthy and Prosperous Life. In addition, this program is also in line with the national priority project in the RPJMN, namely Development of Border Areas, Rural Areas, and Transmigration. Additional information. - Milestone Activity with a verifiable deliverable Start Date End Date 1. The implementation of community-based village development monitoring for the January 2021 December 2022 47 accountability of village development implementation in 200 pilot villages 2. Increasing the capacity of village government and Village Consultative Body to understand the concept of social accountability. January 2021 December 2022

Action Plan Review

Commitment 12: Social Accountability Approach in the Village Development Program

Results Report

Commitment 12. Social Accountability Approach in the Village Development Program

● Verifiable: Yes

● Does it have an open government lens? Yes

● This commitment has been clustered as: Community Development Programs (Commitments 4 and 12)

● Potential for results: Modest

● Completion: Limited

● Did it open government? No early results to report yet

IRM did not find evidence that this commitment met its target to implement community-based development monitoring, focused on social accountability, in 200 pilot villages. The Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT) developed guidance on facilitating social accountability in villages, along with a scorecard, which it shared with the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (Fitra), Transparency International Indonesia, and Wahana Visi Indonesia. ^[115] The Ministry reported that use of this score card was piloted in 40 villages, but it did not clarify whether this happened during the implementation period. It also reported that after the implementation period, workshops were held to disseminate information on this practice to 320 other villages in October 2022. It did not provide evidence of these activities. [116] The Ministry of Home Affairs did not address social accountability in the Strengthening Village Government and Development Program’s trainings for village governments and consultative councils. ^[117] CSO commitment leads did not reply to IRM requests for comment. ^[118] This commitment was carried forward to the next action plan.