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SOSIALISASI PEMUTAKHIRAN DATA INDEKS DESA TAHUN 2026

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The video is a virtual socialization event explaining how Indonesia will update “Indeks Desa” (Village Index) data for 2026, specifically for Sumatra, Java, Bali, and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

The main message is that the 2026 update is a data quality improvement and re-profiling exercise, not a complete re-registration:

  • Areas that already collected data in 2025 will reuse the 2025 input
  • They will adjust only what has changed, based on the current real conditions in each village

1) Purpose and Importance of Updating Village Index Data

The Director explains that the Village Index is used to measure village progress and independence toward sustainable village development targets.

The update aims to:

  • Improve planning and budgeting quality at the village level (so development is “on target” and accountable)
  • Produce technical recommendations for follow-up at village and supra-village levels
  • Support broader ministry policies, including:
    • Future village development regulations
    • Village affirmation/advocacy efforts

Key idea: The data must “photograph” the actual village condition, not be filled using assumptions or hypothetical scenarios.

2) What Will Be Measured (6 Dimensions) and What “Changes” Must Be Captured

The explanation ties the Village Index to Permendes 9/2024, which includes six dimensions:

  • Basic services (education, health, utilities)
  • Social dimension (social activities/facilities)
  • Economic dimension (production and economic support)
  • Accessibility, especially:
    • Road access
    • Electricity
    • Telecommunications
  • Environment & disaster risk (including disaster mitigation planning due to increasing climate/weather anomalies)
  • Governance, including:
    • Service innovations
    • Participation
    • Budget utilization
    • Asset management
    • Digitalization

Expected areas of change in 2026

Villages may change significantly due to:

  • Physical impacts (e.g., disasters affecting infrastructure and population)
  • Social and economic shifts
  • Governance and funding scheme revisions

3) Update Approach: Easier Than 2025 (Based on 2025 Data + Adjustments)

The 2026 process is described as:

  • Updating 2025 data using current conditions, since 2025 data already exists in the system

Villages are instructed to:

  • Check and adjust only answers that must change
  • Keep answers the same if conditions are unchanged
  • Provide supporting documents when changes occur

The Director emphasizes:

  • Strict compliance with the questionnaire structure
  • No “changing the system” or modifying question formats

4) Non-Negotiable Rules for Using the Instruments (Excel Questionnaire + Templates)

Major technical requirements include:

  • Use the latest Excel instrument distributed via the ministry letter
    • Do not report older simulations from earlier dates as final submissions
  • Use Microsoft Excel (minimum suggested: Excel 2010; newer is better)
  • Do not alter sheet format, formulas, or protections
  • For multiple-choice questions:
    • Select using the worksheet’s built-in mechanism (do not overwrite manually)
  • For numeric yes/no style items:
    • Fill required values
    • Use 0 if data is not available
  • For narrative fields:
    • Fill what exists
    • If none exists, use the specified symbol/mark (do not leave blank)
  • Avoid copy-paste, because workbook formulas may break or produce anomalous data
  • Answer in sequence
    • Use on-sheet controls to ensure no blanks remain
  • Target: 100% completion before upload/reporting

5) Data Governance Workflow (Tiered Verification + Deliberation)

The process is tiered and strongly based on deliberation:

Village Level

  • Form the implementation team through a Village Head Decree
  • Collect supporting documents and run internal checks
  • Conduct data deliberation:
    • Confirm the dataset with references/sources
    • Produce minutes
  • Prepare working-paper outputs for reporting after village deliberation

Sub-district and District Levels

  • Conduct verification and validation
  • If anomalies/inconsistencies are found:
    • Data is returned to the village for correction
  • Ensure harmonization so district and village data match

Province Level

  • Province mainly performs recapitulation/tabulation
  • It does not conduct full re-validation beyond its role

National Processing

  • Includes tabulation, verification, validation, and recapitulation

The Director emphasizes that the village remains “data sovereign”: the village corrects and updates the data, then higher tiers validate it.

6) Timeline and Reporting Scheduling

An approximately one-month window is described, with implementation roughly from:

  • 27 July to early/mid August
  • Then later verification stages

Key schedule elements:

  • Village execution continues until end of August
    • Uploading/reporting is capped according to system rules
  • Sub-district verification/validation: 11–18 August
  • District verification/validation: 19–26 August
  • District recapitulation: 27–30 August
  • September session in Jakarta: to further evaluate data quality

Regional division to prevent reporting collisions

  • The system uses regional division (e.g., R1/R2/R3) to provide different reporting time windows
  • This avoids “racing/collisions” during uploads

System behavior

  • Once a village’s data reaches 100% and passes checks:
    • The district can proceed
  • Districts are not expected to report incomplete village submissions

7) Background Results and Additional Policy Notes

2025 Village Evaluation results (referenced via Ministerial Decree 343/2025)

  • Independent villages: 20,503
  • Advanced villages: 23,579
  • Developing villages: 21,813

Counts for underdeveloped and very underdeveloped villages are also mentioned as improvement targets.

Administrative adjustments mentioned

Some villages (examples listed in the transcript such as Batu Jaya… Pulau Bunta… Alur Jambu Plantation… Wonorejo…) are proposed for merger or deletion due to eligibility/requirements and because data collection for those entities is no longer ongoing.

8) Q&A Clarifications at the End

Instrument version and cross-checking

  • If questionnaires were submitted before July 25:
    • Follow the latest instrument
    • Re-cross-check
  • Older versions should be treated as prior simulation material, not final reporting.

Village funds and index influence

  • For underdeveloped areas with larger “village funds”:
    • The Director implies allocation is influenced by updated village status from the index data
  • Data authority and correction involve verification teams at sub-district/district levels (team-based work, not a single enumerator).

Support to village teams

  • Operational support is allowed mainly as operational assistance, consistent with the decree.

Deadlines and institutional needs

  • Deadlines are treated as critical because ministries/institutions (including Finance and Bappenas) require the data.

Presenters / Contributors

Moderator / Host

  • Ms. Lilis (named in the transcript)

Primary Speaker

  • Dr. Dwi Rudi Hartoyo, M.Si. (Director of Village Advocacy and Rural Cooperation; representing leadership/Director General context)

Additional officials referenced (attendance/representation; not speaking in the transcript)

  • Director General of Village and Rural Development, Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions (represented)
  • Assistant Deputy for Village Community Empowerment (Coordinating Ministry representation)
  • Assistant Deputy for Village Development of Disadvantaged Regions, Cooperatives, MSMEs and Creative Economy (representation)
  • Director of Rural Affirmative Areas and Transmigration, Ministry of National Development Planning (representation)
  • Director of Village Funds, Special Autonomy Incentives and Privileges, Ministry of Finance (representation)
  • Director of Village Government Capacity Development, Data and Evaluation of Village Development, Ministry of Home Affairs (representation)
  • Representative(s) from BPS – “Social Resilience Statistics”

Target audience

  • Village/sub-district/district/provincial officials
  • Bappeda heads
  • Community empowerment service officials
  • Village professional assistants across Sumatra, Java, Bali, and NTB

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