The Essence of Public Participation in Regional Finance Management: Good Governance Perspective

Abstract

The concept of local autonomy is granted to the people as a whole legal community with authority to regulate and manage the government affairs. This writing discusses the problematic that arise from unclear arrangements regarding public participation in regional finances management and provide an ideal concept that can be a solution to the problematic. As discussed by the author, it can be concluded that; first, the essence of public participation in regional finance management is a process in which all parties can create and involve in all development initiatives. Participatory development through a process that involves the community actively in all substantive decisions regarding their lives so that they plays an active role, has control over its own life, takes a role and more involved in development. Second, an ideal concept in the implementation of public participation is participatory budgeting which contains two important aspects are substantial and procedural aspects. A substantial aspect is the involvement of the community in determining the allocation of resources for priority activities while the procedural aspect is the involvement of the community in identifying potential resources, collecting resources, allocating resources to priority activities, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Keywords: Public Participation, Good Financial Governance, Management, Regional Finance