Minister Abdul Halim: The Village Development Paradigm Is Still Conventional Today

Mendes PDTT Abdul Halim Iskandar/ Antara

JAKARTA - Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Mendes PDTT) Abdul Halim Iskandar encourages villages to use technology to accelerate development based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Village Sustainable Development Goals (TPB). To this day, it is still conventional," he said in a written statement received in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Friday, April 1. In addition to using technology, he continued, village development also requires effective and efficient ways to get maximum results. He said that one of the first steps that must be taken is to find out the village problems, which solutions are then sought. "The concept of disadvantaged areas in the concept of disparity must exist. The existence of disadvantaged areas will never stop because the indicators are dynamic," said PDTT Mendes Abdul Halim when filling a Quality Improvement event. Institutions at UIN Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq (KHAS) Jember, East Java. He said that collaboration with various parties is also important in developing villages, one of which is by involving universities to improve the quality of the resources of actors in the village. On that occasion, he invited UIN KHAS Jember to be further involved in village development based on the Village SDGs. "We are building a partnership with Universities for the Village (Pertides) in an effort to accelerate village development. We have built a lot of synergies, of course, we hope that UIN KHAS will be an important part of the collaboration," he said. The Chancellor of UIN KHAS Jember, Babun Suharto, stated that UIN was ready to IN KHAS Jember to improve the quality of village activists academically. "We are happy with such a noble collaboration. Of course, it's not only the campus and the Kemendes PDTT who are working hard, but each individual must also be enthusiastic," he said.