Collaborative Governance in Handling the Covid-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) Pandemic in Mangkubumen Sub District, Banjarsari District, Surakarta City

Abstract

Indonesia is one of states affected by Covid-19 pandemic. Government has taken various attempts and made many policies to overcome Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Surakarta city is one of cities located in Central Java Province with high distribution rate. Mangkubumen sub district being the location of research is one of Sub District with the relatively low number of positive cases compared with some other sub district and has achieved zero cases in certain months in 2021. The objectives of research are to describe and to analyze the measures the Mangkubumen Sub District has taken in collaboration to overcome Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this research was descriptive qualitative one, analyzed using Technique of Analyzing Data according Huberman and Saldana (2014:14). The management of Covid-19 pandemic Mangkubumen sub district was analyzed using Collaborative Governance theory suggested by De Seve (2007:50), consisting of eight indicators: Network Structure, Trust among the participants, Governance, Access to authority, Distributive accountability, Information sharing, and Access to resources. From the result of research, it can be concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic management in Mangkubumen sub district ran successfully, based on Collaborative Governance indicator.