Quality family village is a development approach at the sub-district/village level, (which is being) implemented through integrated and convergent means to empower and enhance the familial institution in all aspectsJakarta (ANTARA) - The presidential instruction on optimizing efforts to improve family quality in villages must be used as a reference for developing family resilience, National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) head Hasto Wardoyo has said.
"Quality family village is a development approach at the sub-district/village level, (which is being) implemented through integrated and convergent means to empower and enhance the familial institution in all aspects," Wardoyo told ANTARA at an event held to promulgate Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2022 here on Tuesday.
In the period since President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) initiated the movement on January 14, 2016, till July 2022, the number of quality family villages, mapped according to their management quality, has reached 16,874, he noted.
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The BKKBN head said that to develop complete family resilience, in accordance with various aspects of national conditions, the relevant stakeholders must maintain nutritional intake, sanitation facility quality, environmental quality, education access, health, and ensure sources of income for residents.
Guidance from the authority is needed by residents, he said, adding that this can be provided through various means that target residents directly, such as conducting family planning education activities.
Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2022, which was enacted on May 20, is expected to enhance all dimensions necessary to improve human resources, family, and social qualities, he said.
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Residents are also expected to become independent, happy, and restful after attending programs organized under the quality family village program, the agency head added.
"Considering the large number of hamlets set up in villages, (we expect) the presidential instruction to make the quality family village a good host for other villages," Wardoyo remarked.
He then expressed the hope that synergy among government ministries and institutions, as well as policy convergence and cross-sector collaboration, would benefit human resources and family development in Indonesia.
"I also wish to congratulate the launching of Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2022. We hope the quality family village can be a strategic program to implement human resources development programs at the village level," he remarked.
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Translator: Hreeloita DS, Nabil Ihsan
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