Supporting capacity-building in the Indonesia provincial development program; IRD field report

This report reviews capacity-building performance in the four provinces covered under the second phase of the PDP and suggests strategies to further capacity-building initiatives. Major overall concerns and measures of success regarding capacity-building in a pilot program like PDP are noted. These are: the degree to which government officials and PDP staff at all levels invite and promote bottom-up planning; the need to find ways to focus resources on capacity-building efforts within the varieties of the government structure; the sustainability of the institutional and subproject benefits stimulated by PDP after external funding is terminated; and strengthening the role of regional and provincial planning agencies in support of local PDP activities. Specific findings regarding capacity-building in the provinces of Nusa Tenggara Timor, Kalimantan Selatan, and Bengkulu are located in attached annexes.