Changes and Benefits Resulting from Work Plan Implementation

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CHAPTER 3 OVERCOMING

CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVING SUCCESS Challenges KINERJA ’s experience demonstrates several challenges in BOSP implementation: ● Sometimes the program requires difficult changes to existing local plans when BOSP calculations and technical recommendations are inconsistent with local planning and budgeting. ● Limited budgets and competing priorities in other sectors may delay the BOSP program implementation. ● Low capacity of BOSP program staff may also delay the process to conduct calculations, draft technical recommendations, and integrate into planning and budgeting. This challenge can be addressed gradually through intensive training and technical assistance. ● Low capacity of IO staff may hinder its efforts to provide technical assistance to local governments and MSFs during the early stages of program implementation. KINERJA may resolve this challenge by providing appropriate technical guidance to IOs. ● Government staff turnovers lead to a commitment changes from the new officials. This challenge can be addressed through thorough explanation of the program so that the new officers are informed and can support the program implementation. Program Success

1. Successful example of BOSP in Bulukumba

The BOSP Program in Bulukumba provides a successful example of the KINERJA approach. The district was facing a serious problem with poor-quality educational services at schools, in part attributed to limited operational funds that prevented schools from achieving the service standards. The local government must cover the shortages because the BOS Program assistance from the National Government Annual Budget APBN was insufficient. Tata Kelola Biaya Operasional Satuan Pendidikan BOSP 16 www.kinerja.or.id a Efforts to address shortages of School Operational Assistance To address the shortages of school operational assistance, the government of Bulukumba in cooperation with IOs Forum Pendidikan Bulukumba and LPKIPI calculated annual school operational costs per student. Using the findings from LPKIPI ’s analysis, the MSF made up of government officials and community members led an advocacy campaign to issue a District Head Regulation ensuring that the BOSP Program would be implemented effectively. Through a series of intensive discussions and negotiations between representatives from the government and the community, the regulation was enacted and served as local government ’s response to school operational funding shortages. The MSF is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the regulation and members have reported that the regulation has been in effect for 3 years. b The KINERJA Approach The KINERJA approach addresses both supply side local governments and demand side students, parents constraints. On the supply side, KINERJA strengthens the local government in terms of: ● Paying greater attention to the impacts of school operational funding shortages in order to achieve high quality educational services; ● Improving the capacity of local government to calculate school ’s operational costs to gradually meet service standards. ● Effectively incorporating the school ’s operational funding policy throughout the cycle of local planning and budgeting. On the demand side, KINERJA strengthens citizens, particularly students’ parents, to: ● Understand their rights to high quality education services ● Actively participate in decision-making and developing local policies that may affect the community ● Partake in monitoring and hold local governments accountable for the effective and sustainable implementation of school operational assistance policy.