Learning From Covid19

The Future Scenario of Village Governance

Tomy Veryanto Bawulang, Ph.D

Jakarta, 26 Oktober 2021

 Kementerian Dalam Negeri
Republik Indonesia Covid 19 Up Date in Indonesia

742.618 Neighborhood Watch Post

59.618 Village Command Post

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Total Cases:4.240.479 kasus.
Recovered: 4.083.690 (96.30%)
Death :143.235 (3.38%)
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Total Dosage: 184,85 millions
Dosage 1: 114,03 millions
Dosage 2: 68,68 millions
79,53%
o Active cases: 3.736  Self-funded: 2,15 millions of 74.961 villages
(Source : Kemenkes, 2021) (Source : Kemenkes, 2021) (Source : Kemendagri, 2021)
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Health
 Total Death:143.235 (3.38%) 2.029 of
them are medical personal (Lapor
Covid 19, 2021)
 Physical and psychology fatigue leading
to mental health issues (WHO, 2021)
 Inadequate and low quality health
Facilities leading to the increase of
mortality rate (WHO, 2021)
The Impact of Covid 19 in Indonesia
Economy Societal
Problem
 About 1,8 million people become
In 2020 : Q1: grew positively by 3 % unemployed between February
Q2: minus 5.3%; Q3: minus 3.5% 2020-2021 (World Bank, 2021).
Q4: minus 2.2 %.  2.8 million fell into poverty (World
Bank,2021)
In 2021:  68% People are depressed
(Perhimpunan Dokter Specialis
Kedokteran Jiwa Indonesia, 2021)
 40,2 millions Cyber Attack cases in
2020 (Badan Siber dan Sandi
Negara)
 Criminal Cases Increase by 7%
during Pandemic (Katadata, 2020)
(BPS,2021)
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Health
 Total Covid Cases in Urban areas70 %
 Total Covid Cases in rural/villages 30%
(smeru,2021)
 Mortality rate in urban areas 4,54 %
 Mortality rate in rural areas 4,4 %
 Recovery rate in Urban areas 68 %
 Recovery rate in Rural areas 68 %
(Kompas,2021)
Considering that the health facilities and
Infrastructure in Villages is relatively lower
quality compare to those of urban areas
What is Happening in Villages During Pandemic
Social
 742.618 Neighborhood Post and
59.618 Village Command Post are
Vivid evidence of how strong the
Social Cohesion and the sense unity
 Thousands of stories about
community supporting each other
 Village has better Regulation Conformity
as compared to Urban
(Tim Pemantau PPKM Ditjen
Bina Pemerintah Desa, 2021)
Economy
• Better Economic Resilience/Survival
(Bapelitbangda Sangihe, 2020) except for
Desa in Bali (SMERU,2021)
• Business sectors that deals with
basic need grows (BPS,2021) and
• 87% of Village Economy is in the
Agricultural Sector (BPS,2020)
• The Highest Economic Growth Q1 2021
is in Maluku and Papua 8,97 %
(y-on-y) (BPS, 2021)
 Kementerian Dalam Negeri
Republik Indonesia Lesson Learned

1. The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates to us that our economic,

political and social systems can serve our needs and purposes
only when they induce us to cooperate and support each other
thus strengthen our social cohesion.
2. Covid-19 highlights the need for vigilance, for new narratives and
reformed governance institutions.
3. The pandemic has revealed that in time crisis, village is the
better place to live
4. Village is our Future
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Actionable Recommendations & Future Scenario
Republik Indonesia

3 BUILDING BLOCKS for future Scenarios

SUPRASTRUCTURE
Advocating and Strengthening the
Village/Rural -Mainstreaming with
affirmative national and regional
policies

INFRASTRUCTURE
Enforcing the Equitable Development of
Infrastructure to reduce the disparity among
regions.

HUMAN-STRUCTURE
Continues Capacity Building and
Professional Development for Village
Apparatus and the Village Community
Thank you
Further Discussion:
tomy.bawulang@ipdn.ac.id