Collaborative Governance in Preventing Drug Smuggling in the Nunukan District

Abstract

Collaborative governance is currently being promoted as a solution to public problems in which the government is encouraged to work with cross-sectoral organizations. Although several collaborative efforts developed by the government were reported to have failed, several collaborations were successfully established to resolve various problems. The main objective of this study is to analyze the collaborative process in preventing drug smuggling in Nunukan Regency. The research focuses on ANSELL and GASH theory about the stages in the collaborative governance process: face-to-face, trust building, commitment to the process, shared understanding, and intermediate outcomes. This study uses a qualitative descriptive methodology. Data collection techniques were observation, interviews, and documentation with stakeholders involved in drug prevention collaboration in Nunukan Regency. Data analysis was done using NVivo 12 Plus software. The results showed that the collaboration process was quite good in preventing drug smuggling in Nunukan Regency. However, the intermediate outcome stage has not been reached because drug smuggling cases still continue to happen.
 Keywords: collaborative governance, cross-sectoral organizations, drug smuggling