Acting Director General Highlights ATENSI's Role in Social Rehabilitation

BANDUNG (3 August 2024) - The Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation held a Budget Allocation Drafting Event for the 2025 Fiscal Year and a Budget Performance Monitoring for the First Semester of the 2024 Fiscal Year in Bandung on August 3-4, 2024.

This event was attended by all planners and applicators from the work units within the Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation, the budget oversight team, all Heads of Integrated Centers, and Heads of Centers via Zoom meeting.

In his report, Salahuddin Yahya, Secretary of the Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation, emphasized the need for synchronization in drafting the Work Plan/Budget to avoid any gaps or extremes. "This is the direction from the Secretary General to synchronize the drafting of the Work Plan/Budget with the strategic plan and work plan so that no gaps or extremes occur," he explained.

In his instruction, Acting Director General of Social Rehabilitation, Pepen Nazaruddin, highlighted the importance of accurate and transparent budget arrangement, and periodic monitoring of budget performance to ensure effective and efficient use of funds.

"This activity is crucial to ensure that the budget supports social rehabilitation programs optimally and provides the greatest possible benefit to those in need," said Pepen Nazaruddin.

Pepen also reminded all Heads of Integrated Centers and Centers that the spearhead of Social Rehabilitation is ATENSI (Social Rehabilitation Assistance) based on individual, group, community, and residential approaches. Therefore, residential activities in the centers must continue to be carried out, such as child care, basic services, and other intensive services required at the Centers.

Furthermore, Pepen stressed that "this activity is about synchronizing the Work Plan/Budget with the Strategic Plan and Work Plan for 2025 so that there are no gaps or extremes compared to previous years. We are drafting the 2025 budget to prepare for new leadership and government. In general, there won't be many changes in 2025, as we are concluding and completing what we started from 2021 to 2025, which we will finalize in 2025," Pepen concluded.

With this event, it is hoped that the Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation can continue to improve the quality of budget management and provide better services to the public.