VILLAGE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 (CASE STUDY: CINUNUK VILLAGE AND MARUYUNG VILLAGE, BANDUNG REGENCY)

• Main Author: Primasakti Satyagraha, Mochamad
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/61973
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Village autonomy gives the village authority to develop and manage its finances and assets for development in accordance with its potential through participatory budgeting. The COVID-19 pandemic that emerged in 2020 and is still ongoing today has an impact on people's lives, including in villages. In response to these conditions, the government issued various policies to deal with COVID-19, one of which was the Large-Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) at the beginning of the pandemic which changed the pattern of community activities. Village participatory budgeting carried out to address development issues is one of the activities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study took a case study in Cinunuk Village and Maruyung Village, Bandung Regency, to see how participatory budgeting in responses to COVID-19 was carried out by two villages with different characteristics. The method of data collection in this study was conducted through interviews with key informants and secondary data collection. The analysis method was carried out with qualitative descriptive analysis to get an idea of how participatory budgeting in villages before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of the programs in responses to COVID-19. This study shows that there are differences between participatory budgeting in villages before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the component of participant opportunities to join the process. No differences were found in the procedures carried out by Cinunuk Village and Maruyung Village. The two villages have implemented programs related to the COVID-19 response, including the COVID-19 Safe Village Program, Direct Cash Assistance – Village Funds, and the Village Cash Intensive Work Unit in accordance with the budgetary capacity and characteristics of their respective regions. These programs are considered quite beneficial for the community although there are some complaints related to implementation in the field.