Kementerian Desa dan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal (Kemendes PDT), bersama International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), lembaga di bawah Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) dan Kitong Bisa Foundation (KBF) resmi memulai implementasi Program Transformasi Ekonomi Kampung Terpadu (TEKAD) di Papua. The Program targets hundreds of families in four districts to increase household economic capacity through entrepreneurship training, intensive mentoring, and local potential development.
The launch of the program took place at the Suni Sentani Hotel, Jayapura regency, Thursday (9/7), as a strategic step to strengthen the capacity of facilitators and implementing partners before Community Assistance begins in mid-July to September 2026.
This collaboration Program aims to improve the welfare of rural communities through strengthening family capacity, economic empowerment, and developing local potential in an inclusive and sustainable manner. Through the household-based approach (PBRT), the community is encouraged to become the main actors of village development. Each family will receive assistance to develop Household Economic Planning, improve skills, and develop businesses in accordance with the potential of the region. Implementation of the program will be carried out in Jayapura, Keerom, Sarmi, and Yapen Islands regencies.
Facilitator training took place on July 8-11, 2026 as the initial stage of determination implementation. After the training is completed, the facilitators will conduct socialization and direct assistance to the target households for three months.
The opening ceremony was attended by Dr. H. Tabrani, M.Pd., Director General of Economic Development and investment of villages and Disadvantaged Regions, Dra. Dewi Yuliani, M.P., Director of superior product development of villages and Disadvantaged Regions as well as Project Manager of TEKAD Program; Dr. Abdul Rahman Basri, S.Sos., M.KP, Assistant II for Economic and development of Jayapura Regional Secretariat; Dr. (Cand.) Billy Mambrasar, S.T., B.Sc., Ed.M., MBA, Brigadier General TNI (Ret.) Dr. Joseph, S.Sos., M.M., Project Management Advisor Program TEKAD; Teben Gurik, S.Sos., Plt. Head of Jayapura regency Village and Community Empowerment office; and Mohamad Afif Dzulqifli, CEO of Kitong Bisa Foundation.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Economic Development and investment of villages and Disadvantaged Regions, Dr. H. Tabrani, M.Pd., opening online activities as well as affirming the government’s support for improving the quality of human resources in the implementation of the TEKAD Program.
Director of superior product development of villages and Disadvantaged Regions as well as Project Manager of TEKAD Program, Dra. Dewi Yuliani, M.P., emphasized that this training is an important foundation so that all companions have the same understanding in applying a home-based approach in the field.
‘We hope that the involvement of women in every stage of development will be stronger and supported by a culture that provides space for women to play a role in decision making in the village and community.’
PBRT was prepared as a guideline for the empowerment of poor households through strengthening family capacity, preparation of Household Economic Planning, and integration with Village development. This approach also strengthens the capacity of facilitators, village institutions, inter-family social learning, to participatory monitoring systems so that the resulting changes can take place in a sustainable manner.
On the same occasion, Dr. (Cand.) Billy Mambrasar, S.T., B.Sc., Ed.M., MBA emphasizes the importance of improving the quality of women’s education as one of the keys to accelerating Family Welfare.
‘Households will be more developed when women get higher education. Findings in the field such as this become an important input for the central and local governments in developing policies that are more targeted.’
TEKAD Program is present in the midst of the challenges of poverty that is still high in the Land of Papua. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the poverty rate in March 2025 reached 19.16% in Papua province, 19.71% in South Papua, 28.90% in central Papua, and 30.03% in mountainous Papua, well above the national average of 8.47%.
This condition is the main reason for the determination to focus on assisting poor and vulnerable families who still have the potential to develop. This Program involves all family members-fathers, mothers, and children—so that economic transformation starts from the household level.
TEKAD program cooperates with Kitong Bisa Foundation as the implementing partner. A total of 19 field facilitators will accompany the implementation of PBRT in Jayapura, Keerom, Sarmi, and Yapen Islands regencies.
CEO of Kitong Bisa Foundation, Mohamad Afif Dzulqifli, hopes that all facilitators will be able to build strong relationships with the community so that the program goals can be achieved optimally.
‘We hope that the facilitators will be able to provide real benefits, build a good approach to the community, and assist each target household so that the Common Goal can be realized.’
During the four-day training, participants received materials on PBRT methodology, preparation of Family Action Plans, strengthening companion capacity, simulation of socialization to village communities, to monitoring and evaluation of implementation.
Through the TEKAD Program, the Ministry of Health PDT together with IFAD and Kitong Bisa Foundation affirm their commitment to accelerate the economic transformation of the village through the strengthening of the family as the foundation for development. This approach is expected to create more independent, resilient, and prosperous rural communities, while strengthening economic development in the Land of Papua.
