Module 02: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Planning and Budgeting

Disaster Risk Reduction Governance Module Series

Planning is essentially the process of making a number of choices regarding the targets and methods that will be implemented in the future in order to achieve the desired goals.

Regional development planning is a process of compiling stages of activities involving various stakeholder elements in it, in order to utilize and allocate existing resources, in order to improve social welfare in a regional/area environment within a certain period of time.

The results of this planning will be stated in the APBD (Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget) document. The APBD is a regional policy stipulated in a Regional Regulation (Perda) and is the most important part of state administration in the region. Why is that?

For state administrators in the regions, the APBD is one of the benchmarks for achieving success in the Regional Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPD) and the Regional Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMD) prepared by regional head candidates. In addition, the APBD is an annual development program planning document that will explain the income and spending allocation for the people. The management of money by the State in the regions is described through the Regional Government Work Plan (RKPD). The APBD is also the main driving force for the implementation of regional government.

For the people in the regions, this program and budget policy document is the only effort that determines the fulfillment of the rights of the people's hard work in depositing money to the State. The budget is a measure of the state's commitment to its citizens. The state's commitment to fulfilling human rights (economic, social and civil political rights) to its citizens.

Planning and budgeting documents are prepared through several long, thorough stages and involve the people, women's groups, groups at the community level, DPRD, SKPD/Regional Institutions, Governor, Regent/Mayor and Deputy Governor/Regent/Deputy Mayor. Starting from the Hamlet/Village Deliberation, Village Development Planning Deliberation (Musrenbangdes), Sub-district Development Planning Deliberation (Musrenbangcam), Regency/City Development Planning Deliberation (Musrenbangkab/kot) and so on until the determination of the RAPBD.