TRANSPARANSI PENGELOLAAN DANA DESA DI DESA PASLATEN KECAMATAN KAUDITAN KABUPATEN MINAHASA UTARA

Abstract

Abstrack: Village funds used for village community empowerment are directed to the improvement or
construction of village physical facilities and infrastructure that include the improvement of public facilities on a
small scale and environmental and road improvements, the roles of the village funding team and the
strengthening of village institutions and other village activities considered important . Certainly in this case must
involve the community from all the process because the purpose of the village funds to improve the village
economy. The main purpose of this research is to know the transparency of village fund management in Paslaten
Village Kauditan Subdistrict of North Minahasa Regency. In this research used qualitative research method, with
primary and secondary data source, with data collection technique, direct observation, interview and
documentation study. In this study using data analysis in the form of data reduction, data presentation, data
verification or conclusion.
The results obtained from this study are evident in the provision of village funds so far not done in a transparent
manner, this is evident from the various problems that arise such as access to documents that are still limited,
lack of clarity of information about village funds provided by the government to the community, public
knowledge in legislation about the village fund is still minimal, so in reality the community cannot properly
guard the fund raising village. The main solution is the need for transparency from the village government to the
community about the village funding in detail by utilizing the electronic government system so that people can
easily access the village fund data, in addition the local government must work together with relevant parties in
providing socialization to the community and the village government about rules governing village funds,
transparency of village funds and information disclosure to the community about village funds.
Keywords: Transparency, Village funds