PNPM Generasi is an innovative pilot program launched by the Government of Indonesia in July 2007 designed to accelerate achievement of three Millennium Development Goals:

• Universal basic education
• Reduction in child mortality
• Improvement in maternal health.

PNPM Generasi is short for PNPM Generasi Sehat dan Cerdas, which means “A Healthy and Bright Generation.”

PNPM Generasi is part of the Government’s flagship poverty alleviation program, Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (PNPM) - Mandiri or the National Program for Community Empowerment. PNPM Generasi builds on the extensive project infrastructure of the Kecamatan Development Project (KDP). The Ministry of Home Affairs implements PNPM in rural areas with an overall government coordination team (Tim Penggendali) providing policy oversight.

	Indicators for pregnant mothers Four prenatal care visit Receipt of iron tabels during pregnancy Delivery assisted by a midwife doctor/doctor Two postnatal care visits
	Indicators for children under five Complete childhood immunizations Ensuring monthly weight increases for infants Monthly weighing for children under-three and bi-annually for under-five Vitamin A twice a year for under five
	Indicators for school-aged children Primary school enrolment of all children 7 to 12 years old Minimum attendance rate of 85% for all primary school-aged children Junior secondary school enrolment of all 13 to 15 years old Minimum attendance rate of 85% for all junior secondary school-aged children

The program follows a cycle consisting of four main stages: socialization; village planning; village implementation; and performance measurement. A cycle takes 12 months to complete, with the village implementation stage taking 9 months.

• During the first year approximately USD14 million in block grants or 100% of the total funds allocated, have been disbursed. In addition, villages contributed roughly USD720,000 of their own funds, equal to 5% of the total block grants. A total of 1,610 villages and 2,490,580 villagers benefited from the program in the first year.
  
  
• Educational activities funded in the first year fall into five categories: school materials, equipment and uniforms (59%); financial assistance for school fees and other needs (31%); infrastructure (5%); financial incentives for education workers (4%); and socialization and training (1%).
  
  
• Health activities funded in the first year fall into six categories: supplementary feeding for pregnant women and children (40%); financial assistance for pregnant women and mothers to access health services (30%); infrastructure (13%); facilities & equipment (11%); socialization and training (3%); incentives for health workers (3%).

Total funds allocation for 2007 cycle: US$26 Million of which the Block Grants for 108 Kecamatans are funded by World Bank Loans and 21 Kecamatans by the Royal Dutch Embassy, and 15% of the total funds are for technical assistance and survey work provided by Decentralization Support Facility Trust Fund.

Total funds allocation for 2008 cycle: US$36 Million of which the Block Grants for 178 Kecamatans are funded by World Bank Loans and 15% of the total funds are for technical assistance, survey work provided by PNPM Support Facility Trust Fund.

In 2008, PNPM Generasi is in 2144 villages across five provinces: East Java, West Java, Gorontalo, North Sulawesi and Nusa Tengara Timur (NTT). For the second year of implementation, the Indonesian Government has committed to expanding PNPM Generasi from 129 to 178 sub-districts in the same five provinces.

The project team produces regular quarterly updates in pdf format to inform stakeholders of the program’s progress. Below are the updates produced thus far:

- September 2008 Edition: English | Bahasa
- March 2008 Edition: English | Bahasa
- November 2007 Edition: English | Bahasa