Accelerate The Implementation of Village SDGs Through a Children-Worth Village

Abstract

The Government of Indonesia through Presidential Regulation Number 25 of 2021 concerning Child-friendly District/City Policies again emphasizes that districts/cities throughout Indonesia become KLA and the fulfillment of children's rights and special protection. Sumbawa Regency is one of the regencies in West Nusa Tengga Province that has been committed to realizing KLA since 2017. However, until now Sumbawa Regency has not been able to get the KLA predicate, either Nindya, Madya or Pratama. Through the initiation of the Child Friendly Poto Village, the local government together with the Samawa Center tried to implement a bottom-up approach in KLA. For this reason, this study aims to determine the design, implementation and initiation process of child-friendly villages in Poto Village, District, as well as the challenges and obstacles. This study uses a PAR approach based on the concept of rights-based community development popularized by Ife and Tesoriero (2000). The result of this research is that the design of the implementation of DLA is adjusted to the conditions of the local community where it begins with the common perception and preparation of the DLA action plan. The challenges and obstacles lie in the commitment of the members of the task force and the village government. This is because the DLA issue is still considered new and not very familiar so that understanding is not yet complete.