Development of Family Empowerment Post (Posdaya) as Community Base Social Safety Net (Short Abstract)

By Prof. Dr. Haryono Suyono, President of Indonesian National Council on Social Welfare

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Workshops #18 Empowering civil society

33rd Global Conference of ICSW
Tours, France, June 30th to July 4th
"The dynamics of social welfare in globalization:
Lessons from the past, challenges for today and tomorrow"

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Scope, Goal and Objective
 
Posdaya is a forum for communications, advocacy and education, and simultaneously the institution for activities to strengthen family functions in an integrated manner. The Posdaya could also be further developed into the vehicle for integrated services for families, such as family health services provision, providing education and training, starting small enterprises and for the caring of the environment, all for facilitating self-sustaining efforts at family enhancement. In the period of economic crisis Posdaya is an effective tool for local social safety net. 

In the Posdaya paradigm, with the assistance of the government and/or community organizations, the more well-to-do families are called upon to give assistance to the less-privileged families in strengthening their potentials. In a capsulated format, the objectives of establishing POSDAYA are:

a. To reinvigorate social capital.
b. To nurture and strengthen the smallest community unit in society.
c. To open opportunities for all families to contribute and accept normative and value changes.

The Direction and Substance of Empowerment

The establishment and development of Posdaya are done by social organizations and or their members, such as the PKK (Family Welfare Movement), or religious-based organizations, such as the board of Mosques or foster homes. The formation of Posdaya could also be initiated by educational institutions. Posdaya could also be developed by local government apparatus at Kecamatan (sub-district), village, community and neighborhood association (RW and RT) levels, or Banjar in Bali.

Posdaya could also constitute as the further development of Posyandu or Family Planning and Health Integrated Post, with expanded family membership and increased number of services. Posdaya gives support to empowering families with children under 15 years, families with pregnant mothers, families with children under 25 years, and even families with adult children. Posdaya can also be established with the support of the elderly, both as forum for communication or to offer the opportunity for the elderly to assist the younger families.
 
In order to have empowerment done appropriately, family enumeration and mapping are done thoroughly. Based on the data priority target groups are determined, with special emphasis on poor families with children under 15 years.
 
Posdaya endeavors to stimulate and en-courage working families towards gainful economic ventures, entrepreneurship and cooperatives through linkages towards progress and self-reliance. Posdaya also facilitate access to funding and enhanced markets.

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