Pembangunan Desa Pasca Undang-Undang No. 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa [Village Development Post Law No. 6 of 2014 on Villages]

Abstract

The village government is one of the institutions that has an important role in equitable distribution of development and prosperity in Indonesia. Seeing the importance of the village's role in realizing development and welfare, the central government made a law that recognized village autonomy authority, namely Law No. 6 of 2014 concerning Villages (Village Law). This law gives the widest possible rights to villages to manage their own territory. This paper will examine village development after Law No. 6 of 2014 concerning Villages. Development, especially in terms of building democracy at the village level as well as developing infrastructure and the village economy. It was found that in terms of village development, the Ministry of Villages has established several indicators that make it easy for villages to find out how far the level of village independence is. This instrument is known as the Development Village Index (IDM). Meanwhile, to become an advanced and independent village, there are several programs and innovations that can be developed by the village. Village independence and democracy are tools to achieve the welfare of the Village people. Both pave the way for the village to have the right to manage natural resources or allocate funds for improving basic services and developing the local economy. Some things that need to be done in optimizing village development according to the Village Law are continuing to strengthen village democracy through the level of community participation, increasing village IDM, and being able to create competitive products.