Indonesian experience in introducing a pro poor focus in the livestock sector

This paper describes a pilot project introducing community-based animal health services (CBAHS) in Indonesia, focusing on the implementation process, institutional change and impact. It also describes how the CBAHS have changed the perception of all stakeholders about the provision of services in rural areas. The pilot project was one component of a 5-year Department for International Development (DFID) funded project called The Decentralised Livestock Services in Eastern Indonesia (DELIVERI).The DELIVERI CABHW project shows that:privatisation of basic clinical animal health services is consistent with the nature of the service and can substantially improved accessibility, quality and cost of the serviceinvolvement of local communities in planning and implementation of animal health service can increase the self-reliance and decision making capacity of individual livestock ownerCBAHWs have a comparative advantage to other animal health service providers in term of transaction cost, qualification and renumeration. They are suitable for the rural poorthe critical factors for a successful implementation of CBAHW approach are:enthusiasm and active involvement of local communities are vital in the sustainability of the serviceparticipatory processes which were built in with the DELIVERI project approach seem able to attract genuine interest and involvement of various parties in the programmea favourable policy context that gives local communities the enthusiasm to flourish and provide continuous support whenever neededclose linkages with decision makers and managers to create common understanding and experience sharing with all parties involved in the implementation of the pilot project and to enable the pilot project to be replicated elsewhere in Indonesia[Author]