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Village budget transparency with the help of the village information system (SID) – promoting public responsibility
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The introduction of the village information system on the internet. Dlingo is the first village in Indonesia with a public accountability policy. In 2016 Dlingo was honoured at the Bantul Expo (11 Aug. 2016) and gained even greater recognition. The authorities for telematic data in Bantul also awarded a prize to Dlingo as the village with the best information management system in the district of Bantul.
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17 August 2016 was a special day for the Indonesian people and especially for the village administration in Dlingo. On Indonesia’s 71st Independence Day, Dlingo was the first village to be recognized for public accountability. Doctorandus Susanta along with other officials and dignitaries from Dlingo officially launched the village information system.
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Village head Bahrun Wardoyo in his office. In the background are photos of his predecessors as well as trophies and awards. Bahrun has been head of the village since 2012. At the beginning of 2013 he initiated the group Sasana Anak Muda Dlingo Giriloji Cinta IT (Sandigita). The group was founded to explore how to gain more benefit from information technology as well as to support communication. In November 2014, the village of Dlingo in Bantul took part in training for village information systems. It was an offer by the local government. The village information system also includes a local radio station, which went on the air in December 2014.
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Employees in the office of the village head. Direct human contact – meet and talk to each other – is still more than necessary, since not all residents have access to the internet. Direct contact with the people is another important component of the community service.
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Indonesia’s proclamation of independence was celebrated on 17 August 2016. All of Dlingo’s residents and others from neighbouring villages participate in the ceremony from 9 a.m. to noon.
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To honour Indonesia’s independence day, a colossal performance takes place on 17 Aug. 2016. Approximately 100 people participate in the performance, including artists, musicians, dancers and students from Dlingo and outlying areas.
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Pardjan, village head of Koripan II, provides an information diagram on the occasion of the village information system’s launch. During the event two different ways to disseminate information were presented: online via the website, and offline by distributing information graphics and posters for example.
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Kholifatun Khasanah, 17 years old, uses the social media platform Facebook to get information about the village – the younger generation is better trained in dealing with social media.
Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA)
In 2012 Bahrun Wardoyo became the village head in Dlingo. In early 2013, on his initiative, Sandigita was founded, a group of young IT savvy people. Dlingo is a cultural village, a village in which traditional values such as art, crafts and architecture are still a reality to the people and part of their daily lives. The village and local government support the dissemination of funds in this area. The village makes 95 million rupiah available.
In November 2014 Dlingo took part in SID training in the district of Bantul as part of the local government program. The SID was supplemented in December 2014 by a community radio station called Sandigita FM (107.7 MHz). A website was also set up: http://dlingo-bantul.desa.id.
Thanks to the efforts of the SID, information can be communicated to village residents much faster via the radio station and the website. The village also set up a free Wi-Fi network to “vitalise” the activities of the villagers.
Suwandi, a sate (or satay) vendor, says that he has been instructed in how to use a mobile phone and that it is now easy for him to access the village information system and use the internet. He proposes that posters and signs should be placed in strategic locations in the village in order to further promote budget transparency.
The IVAA is concerned with archiving while also enabling research in the internet and on its premises in Yogyakarta. The IVAA continues the idea of an alternative space in which the dynamics of contemporary art after the Reformation are nurtured and preserved.
Based on the need for an infrastructure in the field of art outside government institutions and academic circles, the IVAA looks into ways to promote communication amongst artists.
IVAA believes that art – in this case the fine arts – is able to deepen understanding of events in our environment. Critical thinking, expectations and aspirations must be recorded, investigated and reported.