Australia Donates Rp 400 Billion for Sanitation Program in Indonesia

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – In accordance with the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) from 2015 to 2019, the government set a target of achieving universal access in the field of drinking water and sanitation.

In order to achieve the increased funding needs done for example through the Budget (APBN), the budget, as well as alternative schemes of cooperation with business entities, corporate social responsibility, or synergies with development partners sharing.

One funding can be used to achieve 100 per cent access to sanitation is from Australia via Indonesia infrastructure Initiative (IndII) with a grant mechanism based on the results of that grant infrastructure Australia-Indonesia for sanitation (sAIIG).

“Since 2012, the Australian government to support sanitation programs through improved sanitation infrastructure with an allocation of 40 million Australian dollars, or about Rp 404 billion, “said Director of Integration Infrastructure Settlement Dwityo Akoro Soeranto when the High-Level Dialogue & Workshop” Program sAIIG Supporting Role of Local Governments Achieve Target Achievement SDGs in the Sanitation Sector “, at Hotel Sultan, Jakarta, (29 / 11/2016).

In the last decade, said Dwityo, the government has an obligation to provide access to improved sanitation for 37 percent of the population or 95 million people until 2019.

another effort is to make access this universal sanitation as the target together. In other words, their achievements need central and regional collaboration within their authority in the Act (Act) No. 23 of 2014.

sAIIG program itself is the granting of the center to the regions funded by the Australian government.

goal, providing incentives for local governments (local government) to carry waste water management in the region.

“this program is implemented by the application of a base results with measurable performance. to get the grants, local governments should invest first to use the budget and Work Unit (SKPD) related to implementing development through service to the community, “said Dwityo.

Thereafter, grants allocated to local governments, he added, can be disbursed to the regions.

However, disbursement can only be done after the construction of piping for sanitary passed the verification and service to the community has been implemented.

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