Nglanggeran Village In Yogyakarta Appointed As A Pilot Because Of Successful Management Of The APBDes

Director General of Fiscal Balance Luky Alfirman (center). (Photo: Aris Nurjani/VOI)

YOGYAKARTA - Director General of Fiscal Balance at the Ministry of Finance Luky Alfirman conveyed that Nglangeran Village, Kapanewon (sub-district) Patuk, Gunung Kidul Regency, DI Yogyakarta, is one of the pilot villages in managing the good Village Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBDes) management so that it is used as a Finance Village (Keu Village).

The village of Nglanggeran to become a success story can be an inspiration for other villages. This is a successful village as a village that can build its village well," said Luky, in Nglangeran, Gunung Kidul, Thursday, May 2.

Meanwhile, from 2015 to 2024, the government has disbursed village funds amounting to Rp609.68 trillion.

Meanwhile, in 2024, the allocation of village funds worth IDR 71 trillion will be given to 75,259 villages in 434 regencies/cities.

So that every rerata village gets village funds worth IDR 943.34 million.

Furthermore, specifically for village funds in Nglangeran, in 2022 regular village funds will reach Rp995.86 million, in 2023 it will be Rp946,94 million, and in 2024 it will be Rp813,48 million.

According to Luky, Nglanggeran Village can be a positive pilot for other villages to manage finances.

"This village has received support from the Ministry of Finance through APBN funds through village funds and we will ensure that village funds are used for anything," he explained.

Lucky said that Nglanggeran Village can create potential regional peculiarities and not only rely on the potential for Purba Nglanggeran Volcano tourism, but is able to combine global cocoa farming and plantations.

"We will see for ourselves empowering the cocoa industry starting from agriculture, but it can also be a tourist village that we can explore," he said.

He added that the village that was nicknamed Keuangan Village showed positive performance in managing finances.

Because it is, the Ministry of Finance will provide village assistance funds as one of the awards.

"That's an allocation of IDR 2 trillion, we distribute it in villages with good performance," he said.

In addition, Lucky said that there are around 15,000 villages with positive financial performance and each village will receive assistance of IDR 100 to IDR 150 million.