Building trust in collaborative process of village fund policy implementation (a case study at luwuk district of banggai regency)

Rahmawati Halim

doi:10.5102/rbpp.v9i2.6076

Abstract

Building trust is one of dimensions of collaborative governance process beside face-to-face dialogue, commitment to process, shared understanding, and short-term achievements. This study analyzed and described the dimension of building trust in the implementation of village fund policy in the perspective of collaborative governance process theory. This research was conducted in Tontouan Village, which has received fund village program since 2015. Empirical evidence shows that the trust that actors have in collaborative governance process can be beneficial in supporting the success of actor support and cooperation, commitment and successful policy implementation. However, collaborative governance-related literature reveals that there is little research on building trust in policy implementation, especially village fund policy implementation. The results of this study indicate that building trust between actors in the collaborative governance process greatly contributes to the effectiveness of village fund policy the implementation in Luwuk Sub-district, Banggai Regency.

Highlights

Village fund policy in Indonesia is one of the programs of the Central Government to improve community empowerment and equity even at the village level
Collaborative governance process covers several dimensions, namely; face to face, building trust, commitment to process, shared understanding, and short-terms achievements, even collaborative governance is seen as a government platform in resolving complex problems related to public services
This study investigates building trust in village fund policy implementation based on the perspective of collaborative governance process

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Introduction

Village fund policy in Indonesia is one of the programs of the Central Government to improve community empowerment and equity even at the village level. One alternative solution in solving these problems is improving governance by involving various stakeholders, village fund monitoring and escort team and the community in order to monitor the implementation of village fund policies. This is very realistic considering the relatively limited capacity of village governments. This study investigates building trust in village fund policy implementation based on the perspective of collaborative governance process. Experts have the same perspective that collaborative governance can enhance collaboration between various stakeholders, support the resolution of various complex problems caused by limited resources owned by the government, and make the expected changes in public sector services. Several previous studies showed that the theory of collaborative governance has an important meaning in supporting the successful achievement of effective and efficient goals of public and private sector organizations

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