ABSTRACT
The system of planning and budgeting in Indonesia
is undergoing a change, from an input-based system to one based on output and
outcome. Information accountability in monitoring
and evaluation is a must to support the implementation of a
performance-based system as mandated by Law No. 17/2003 on State Finance, and
Government Regulation No. 21/2004 on Formulating Ministerial/Institutional Work
Plans and Budgets. An evaluation needs to be conducted on Government Regulation
No. 39/2006 on Procedure of Monitoring
and Evaluation of Development Plan Implementation to accommodate the output
– and outcome –based planning and budgeting system.
This study presents snapshots of the monitoring
and evaluation system of government programs which have been implemented in
five selected ministries. The methods used include conducting in-depth
interviews with staff members and collecting secondary ministerial-level data
at both the Planning Bureau (BPKLN) and directorate general/program executing
directorate; distributing questionnaires on budget absorption and achievement
of targeted output/outcome indicators of selected programs; and conducting a
field study on monitoring
and evaluation systems and processes of data validation at the local level.
This study recommends that the monitoring
and evaluation process should be placed parallel with the planning,
budgeting, and implementation processes of the programs/activities. Therefore a
regulation regarding monitoring
and evaluation management in national and local level government agencies
is needed. It should provide clear definitions of monitoring
and evaluation and address the need for an independent monitoring
and evaluation unit; reward and punishment mechanisms; a feedback
mechanism; and simplification of forms, number of reports, and indicators of
programs/activities.
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