# Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions

The Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Indonesian: Kementerian Desa dan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal, abbreviated as Kemendesa PDT) is a government ministry tasked with assisting the President in developing rural and disadvantaged areas in Indonesia. Through its community development, it would help to speed up the development of villages. The ministry was also responsible for the transmigration program until late 2024, when Ministry of Transmigration is restored.

## History

Development of disadvantaged regions programs was started under the Abdurrahman Wahid presidency. At that time, the post of Undersecretariat of Acceleration of Development in Eastern Indonesia Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia: Menteri Muda Urusan Percepatan Pembangunan Kawasan Timur Indonesia Republik Indonesia) created by him through Presidential Decision No. 234/M/2000 on reformation of National Unity Cabinet after the first reshuffle of his cabinet on 23 August 2000. Unlike undersecretary which normally positioned under a ministry in another countries, the undersecretariat office was directly under the President and this situation commonly happened in Indonesia up until prior Megawati Soekarnoputri presidency. The office firstly held by Manuel Kaisiepo [id]. Despite being under the President, the office does not have certain degree of freedom on its own. For financing the undersecretariat activities, the office was financed through Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs fund as written in the undersecretariat constituting document, Presidential Decree No. 164/2000. For program planning and execution, the office must be under Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs supervision and gaining approval from Ministry of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform as mandated in Presidential Decree No. 176/2000.
After Megawati Soekarnoputri took the presidency, the post retained by Manuel Kaisiepo, and the office elevated to State Ministry for the Acceleration of Development in Eastern Indonesia (Indonesia: Kementerian Negara Percepatan Pembangunan Kawasan Timur Indonesia). When Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took the presidency after 2004 Indonesian presidential election, the office later upgraded to the State Ministry for the Acceleration of Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Indonesia: Kementerian Negara Percepatan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal), and the office of the ministry retained the name until 9 May 2007 with Saifullah Yusuf as the minister. Since then, the office not only covered the Eastern Indonesia but whole disadvantaged regions of Indonesia. The ministry renamed into the State Ministry for the Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Indonesia: Kementerian Negara Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal) and retained its name until 20 October 2009. During the second presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the office renamed into Ministry for the Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Indonesia: Kementerian Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal) on 19 October 2011.
When Joko Widodo took the presidency after 2014 Indonesian presidential election, the ministry structure later expanded by combining the Ministry for the Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Directorate General of Guidance and Development of Transmigration Areas of Ministry of Manpower and changed its name to Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration.

## Events

19 October 2015 - Minister Marwan Jafar launched the Developing Villages Index (IDM)
6 November 2018 - Minister Eko Putro Sandjojo announced that the 2019 village funds would be "prioritized for use in community empowerment activities, village economy, and village innovation".

## Organization Structure

Based on the President Decree No. 85/2020 and as expanded with Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Decree No. 15/2020 and Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Decree No. 22/2020, the ministry consisted of:
* Office of the Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
* Office of the Deputy Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
* General Secretariat
** Bureau of Planning and Cooperation
** Bureau of Finance and State-Owned Assets
** Bureau of Employment and Organization
** Bureau of Public Relation
** Bureau of Legal Affairs
** Bureau of General Affairs and Procurement
* General Directorate of Villages and Rural Development (GID I)
** General Directorate of Villages and Rural Development Secretariat
** Directorate of Technical Planning for Villages and Rural Development
** Directorate of Infrastructure Development for Villages and Rural Areas
** Directorate of Social, Cultural, Environment for Villages and Rural Areas
** Directorate of Advocation and Cooperation of Villages and Rural Areas
** Directorate of Facilitation of Utilization of Village Fund
* General Directorate of Economy Development and Investments in Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Areas (GID II)
** General Directorate of Economy Development and Investments in Village, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Areas Secretariat
** Directorate of Technical Planning for Economy Development and Investments
** Directorate of Economy and Investment Institutional Development
** Directorate of Investment Services
** Directorate of Local Featured Products Development
** Directorate of Promotion and Marketing of Local Featured Products
* General Directorate of Acceleration of Disadvantaged Regions Development (GID III)
** General Directorate of Acceleration of Disadvantaged Regions Development Secretariat
** Directorate of Harmonization of Acceleration of Disadvantaged Regions Development Planning and Programs
** Directorate of Harmonization of Social, Cultural, and Institutional Development in Disadvantaged Regions
** Directorate of Harmonization of Infrastructure Development in Disadvantaged Regions
** Directorate of Harmonization of Natural Resources and Environmental Utilization in Disadvantaged Regions
** Directorate of Harmonization of Scheduled Areas Development
* General Directorate of Construction and Development of Transmigration Areas (GID IV)
** General Directorate of Construction and Development of Transmigration Areas Secretariat
** Directorate of Planning for Materialization of Transmigration Areas
** Directorate of Construction of Transmigration Areas
** Directorate of Facilitation and Management of Population Distribution in Transmigration Areas
** Directorate of Development of Settlement Units and Central Development Unit in Transmigration Areas
** Directorate of Development of Transmigration Areas
* General Inspectorate
** Office of the General Inspectorate
** Office of the General Inspectorate Secretariat
** Inspectorate I (overseeing General Secretariat and Agency for Human Resources Development and Community Empowerment of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration activities)
** Inspectorate II (overseeing GID II and GID III activities)
** Inspectorate III (overseeing GID IV and Agency for Development and Information of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration activities)
** Inspectorate IV (overseeing GID I and General Inspectorate activities)
** Inspectorate V (coordinating and investigating issues related to Village Fund and misuses, and performing special investigations)
* Agency for Human Resources Development and Community Empowerment of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
** Center for Community Empowerment in Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Areas
** Center for Human Resource Training for Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
** Center for the Ministerial State Civil Servants Training
** Center for Functionaries Fostering and Development
** Indonesian Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Jakarta
** Indonesian Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Yogyakarta
** Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Makassar
** Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Banjarmasin
** Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Pekanbaru
** Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Ambon
** Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Jayapura
** Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Denpasar
** Institute for Training and Empowerment of Public Community in Villages and Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Bengkulu
* Agency for Development and Information of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
** Center for Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Policy Development
** Center for Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Areas Competitive Development
** Center for Integrative Development Plans Formulation for Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
** Center for Data and Information for Villages Development, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
* Expert Staffs
** Expert Staffs of Development and Community
** Expert Staffs of Local Economy Development
** Expert Staffs of Areal Development
** Expert Staffs of Inter-Institutional Relations
** Expert Staffs of Laws and Bureaucracy Reform