Village Training Program - PNPM Support Facility

Village Training Program
Quarterly Progress Report: January – March 2013
Summary Information
Status
Government executed grant agreement being finalized
Activity Number
P132945
Task Team Leader(s)
Hans Antlov (hantlov@worldbank.org)
Executing Agency(ies) Directorate for Community and Village Empowerment (PMD), Ministry
of Home Affairs
Start date to Closing Date June 2013 to May 2015 (24 months)
Geographic Coverage
National
Approved Budget US$ 1,645,000
Disbursements during the US$ 25,986
Quarter
Cumulative Disbursements US$ 26,260
Progress
Project Overview: The objective of the project is to develop and pilot a government training
program for village authorities on their core competencies in order to prepare them for increased
responsibilities and inflows of resources under the decentralization framework. This will be
achieved through:
(1) Reviewing and revising the government training program for village authorities, including the
preparation of village training plans, revision and development of training modules on core
competencies, beta-testing and adjusting the new modules with a small sample of villages and
training master trainers who will later be tasked with rolling-out the training program;
(2) Enhancing the capacity of governmental training agencies (PMD, BPMDs, Diklats) and selected
NGOs to ensure they can deliver a quality training program at scale. This effort would involve
advising the government on its village training agenda, helping harmonize policies among the
governments’ various training agencies involved at the village level, as well as direct capacitybuilding
support to training agencies and NGO partners..
(3) Strengthening the policy framework and implementing regulations regarding village capacity
building to support the realization of PNPM Roadmap objectives and village institutional
development. This component involves the formulation of a proposed master plan on village
capacity building to support CDD programs and village governance as well as facilitation to
harmonize the village training agenda with the PNPM Road Map and new legal framework for
villages (RUU Desa).
Overall progress towards development objective: This two-year project is currently
under preparation. The proposal was approved by the JMC in October 2012 and the project task team
is currently finalizing the processing of the grant to PMD, the implementing agency. The associated
supervision fund managed by the PSF was activated in December 2012 to initiate the technical
assistance to PMD and accelerate project start-up activities.
Key developments during the quarter:
Two consultants have been hired to provide technical assistance to PMD in village institutional
development and training programs

Policy notes on lessons from PNPM’s experience on village institutional development have been
prepared and shared with PMD, Pokja Pengendali and TNP2K
Series of meetings at TNP2K and PMD to visualize parameters for effective village governance
Workshop on village institutional development with 50 participants from PMD, PNPM Rural NMC,
TNP2K and Pokja Pengendali
Technical inputs to the PNPM Roadmap on matters related to village governance
Critical challenges:
Need for Flexibility: Because of the scale and variation in local conditions and capacity, training
programs for villages need to be flexible in design, combining classroom training with on-the-job
training and exposure visits, and finding an appropriate mix of training methodologies and
participants. To ensure that training packages are tailored to the characteristics and needs of
different contexts, the project will conduct an assessment of the capacity and training needs of
village governments in different parts of the country. Modules should not be theoretical and
formalistic (as many existing training programs) but accessible and using adult-learning
methodology, focusing on real experiences and what communities and village leaders must do and
can do better, using interactive methodologies including case-study based learning, participatory
learning and other action methods such as appreciative inquiry.
Rapidly Changing Policy Framework. Presently, both the Village Law (RUU Desa) and post-2015
PNPM Roadmap are being designed. Although the project has been able to provide some input into
the formulation of both documents, it will also be crucial for the training program to reflect this
emerging policy framework.
Activities planned for the next quarter:
Finalization of grant agreement with PMD
Review of existing training materials for village institutions
Continued policy advice to PMD and TNP2K on village institutional development
Workshops to assess existing village training programs

Key Performance Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
Cumulative
Target
Cumulative
Achievements
VAR
Target
for
2013
Achieved
in 2013
Project Development Objective: to develop and pilot a Government training program for village authorities on core
functions and skills in order to prepare villages for increased responsibilities and inflows of resources under the
decentralization framework
# of relevant GOI training agencies
that have incorporated the
improved training design and
modules into their training
program/agenda
0 (2012) 10 0 (10) 0 0 0
VAR
Remarks
Scheduled for
2014
# of laws/regulations/guidelines
developed and/or revised with input
the from the project to support
village institutional development
0 (2012) 5 1 (4) 2 1 (1)
Technical
inputs to RUU
Desa
Component 1: Adoption of the improved village training design and plans into the regular GOI training program
# of village training modules revised 0 (2012) 10 0 (10) 3 0 (3)
# of jurisdictions where the training
materials are piloted
0 (2012) 10 0 (10) 0 0 0
Revisions to
begin after
grant
agreement
finalized
Scheduled for
2014
Component 2: Enhanced capacity of GOI training agencies and selected NGOs in delivering village training programs.
# of training agencies and institutes
Scheduled for
have received capacity building on n/a 35 0 (35) 0 0
2014
the improved village training

programs.
# of NGOs/CSOs involved in the
development of village training
design/plans
0 (2012) 50 5 (45) 20 5 (15)
# of operational master trainers 0 (2012) 500 0 (500) 100 0 (100)
Component 3: Strengthened policy and mechanism in village capacity building to support PNPM Road Map and village
institutional development
# of policy recommendations on
village institutional development
produced and discussed with
relevant parties
Action plan for the adoption and
delivery of improved village training
programs by the Government
0 (2012) 10 1 (9) 5 1 (4)
n/a
Rollout of
training
program by
government
begins
- n/a
Training
program
revised
- -
Training to
begin after
grant
agreement
finalized
Scheduled for
2014