Implementation of Village Fund Management
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Journal of Accounting Auditing and Business - Vol.1, No.2, 2018 10.24198/jaab.v1i2.18346 Implementation of Village Fund Management Irman Nurhakim Faculty of Economic and Business Universitas Padjadjaran University Ivan Yudianto Faculty of Economic and Business Universitas Padjadjaran Abstract: The purpose of This study is to find out how the implementation of village fund management as well as supporting factors and inhibiting factors in the management of village funds. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with interview approach and observation with the responder, that is Head of Village, Village Secretary, Village Treasurer, and Village Consultative Body (BPD). Data analysis is done by data reduction then presents the data and draw conclusions on the data obtained according to the method of data analysis for qualitative research. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of fund management from planning, implementation, administration, reporting, and accountability of the three villages are appropriate with the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 113 the Year 2014 concerning Village Financial Management, but in terms of administration for the Panyirapan Village has not been in accordance with regulation, then for reporting the three villages have not been able to report to the regency in a timely manner based on regulations. For most supporting factors in the three villages of human resource training for the village government, understanding in running the Village Financial System application and for the three villages as a whole is still the lack of workers in the field during development activities and the lack of human resources in administration and regulation. Keywords: Village fund, planning; Administration; Reporting; Accountability Introduction village financial management. Based on the Ministry of Home Affairs Regulation Government accounting has a role in Number 113 Year 2014 concerning Village public financial management in realizing Financial Management and the Regulation good governance, starting from central, of the Bandung Regency Number 11 Year regional, and village financial governance. 2017 concerning Guidelines for Managing Principles in government accounting such Village Funds, the provision of village as accountability and transparency in the funds to village administrations is management of public finances are not only demanded in their management to be a form of obligation from the central transparent, accountable, participatory and government, but also areas such as villages. carried out with orderly and budgetary In order to support the realization of discipline, namely from planning, good governance in village administration, implementing, administering, reporting, http://jurnal.unpad.ac.id/jaab – ISSN: 2614-3844 39 Journal of Accounting Auditing and Business - Vol.1, No.2, 2018 10.24198/jaab.v1i2.18346 accountability, and supervision and Management of village funds is fully coaching. handed over by the village government. As Hargono (2010: 21) states that the in accordance with Law Number 32 the rationale for the regulation of villages is Year 2004 concerning Local Government, diversity, participation, genuine autonomy, regional autonomy is the right, authority democracy, and community empowerment. and obligation of autonomous regions to The foundation of thought is a form of regulate and manage their own government providing support and encouragement to affairs and the interests of the local the village in order to increase its community. Meant by the law, namely the participation in the implementation of existence of authority in a decentralized government in Indonesia and also reflects manner that gives rights and obligations in the village government as the smallest managing the household rules of their government unit closest to the community respective governments to be able to which is considered to have a very strategic manage what is owned by the region to position and is also expected to improve achieve community welfare under service and community empowerment established regulations. directly and quickly. Management of village funds that are The Indonesian government is handed over to the village government so focusing on the field of development and that the use of the funds is appropriate, in development, especially for village accordance with the government program government, one of the programs created by for the welfare of the village community. the government, namely Nawacita where The reduction in poverty levels is one of its one of the objectives of the program is to goals, the government poured out village develop Indonesia from the periphery by funds from year to year to increase, up to strengthening regions and villages within the 2017 budget, the number of village the framework of a unitary state. funds budgeted for Rp. 60 Trillion. Real evidence from the government The use of village funds in Bandung with the provision of village funds, village Regency based on the Regulations of the funds are funds sourced from the State Regent of Bandung Regency Number 11 Budget that is intended for villages the Year 2017, is used for: transferred through the Local Budget and 1. Financing the field of village used to finance government administration, development and community implementation of development, empowerment under village authority. community development, and community 2. The main priorities for the use of village empowerment. funds, namely: village superior One of the things that have become a products, Establishment of Village demand in the current government is related Owned Enterprises (BUMDes), making to transparency and also information village water reservoirs or building disclosure to the public over the village facilities, construction of sports funds. The demand to provide transparent facilities. and honest information is not only directed Many cases of village funds in their to the central government and regional management are still said to be governments but also the village unaccountable with corruption committed government to create a village government by village heads and village officials, that is professional, open, and accountable. Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) from The central government made a special January 2016 to August 2017 recorded 110 arrangement for village governance, cases of village fund corruption. Factors for namely Law Number 6 the Year 2014 the corruption of village funds are lack of concerning Villages. supervision and limited competence of village heads and village officials, as well http://jurnal.unpad.ac.id/jaab – ISSN: 2614-3844 40 Journal of Accounting Auditing and Business - Vol.1, No.2, 2018 10.24198/jaab.v1i2.18346 as the low educational background of supporting factors and obstacles to village heads and village officials. implementation in village fund In addition to the existence of management. corruption cases against village funds, there is also management and implementation Literature Review and reporting of accountability for village funds is still constrained, from data from Village Concept the Bandung District Community and Empowerment Service, recording from 270 According to Law Number 6 Year villages in Bandung Regency only 7 2014 concerning Village, the village is a villages have submitted accountability legal community unit that has regional reports on village funds for the 2016 budget boundaries that are authorized to regulate (news of RMOL JABAR, August 28, and manage government affairs, the 2017). Based on a field survey conducted to interests of the local community based on the Office of Community and Village community initiatives, the rights of origin, Empowerment, according to the head of the and/or traditional rights recognized and field Soleh that every village in the district respected in the unitary state government must have problems, especially for Soreang system of Republic of Indonesia. Sub-District which will be the subject of research, these problems are both Village Finance administrative and non-administrative. From these problems, it can be Village Finance is all basic rights and described as a significant obstacle to village obligations that can be assessed with fund reporting, namely that the village money, and everything, whether in the form apparatus is still not ready, then there is still of money or goods that can be used as a a lack of competency in the apparatus in the village property, relates to the village of Bandung Regency. In addition to implementation of rights and obligations. this, the use of village funds is also prone to According to Law Number 6 the Year 2014 be corrupted. Based on the description concerning Villages, Chapter VIII above, the authors are interested in concerning Article 72 of finance and village researching the Implementation of Village assets, the source of village income consists Fund Management in Soreang Village, of: Panyirapan Village, and Sukanagara a. The original village income consisting Village, Soreang Sub-District, Bandung of the results of the village business, the Regency. results of the village wealth, the results The formulation in this study is how of self-help and community the implementation of village fund participation, the results of mutual management in the village of Soreang, cooperation, and another village Panyirapan Village, and Sukanagara original income; Village, Soreang Sub-District, Bandung b. Allocation of the State Budget; Regency, as well as supporting factors and c. Profit-sharing