Purpose: The Decentralization Support Facility (DSF) is a government-led multi-donor trust fund whose principal purpose is to support the decentralization agenda of the Government of Indonesia, particularly as this pertains to improved service delivery for citizens.
Roles: Within the field of decentralization, the DSF attempts to satisfy its purpose by fulfilling three principal roles, which are designed to help the Government of Indonesia to:

In partnership with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the DSF has developed an interactive database that contains important information about donor-supported programs in governance and decentralization in Indonesia. Visit Donor Mapping Database.

Policy Briefs are one of DSF’s knowledge products outlining specific development issues pertaining to currently run programmes. They provide perspectives on existing policies and regulations, policy implications and past experiences, and suggestions for recommendations and key steps forward.

We post here references to selected documents - and in some cases the documents themselves - that have appeared recently in the published and unpublished literature on decentralization.