Community Empowerment through Management of Village Funds Allocation in Indonesia

Endang Hermawan

doi:10.54783/ijsoc.v1i3.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore how community empowerment is carried out by village governments through village funds in village Langen Sari, West Java, Indonesia. The community empowerment is realized through Village Fund Allocation (ADD). 30% of the Village Fund Allocation is used for operational costs of the Village Government and the Village Consultative Body (BPD), 70% for community empowerment, and strengthening the capacity of the Village Government. The research method used is descriptive research with a qualitative approach using Milles and Huberman's analysis methods. The results showed that the use of Village Fund Allocation for the community empowerment component was not yet on target. Community participation is a significant factor in launching community empowerment, while a lack of human resources and weak supervision are obstacles.

Highlights

Development inequality occurs due to many factors that influence it so that development in Indonesia is uneven so that it impacts on high poverty in Indonesia
Responding to these problems, the government's strategy to overcome development inequality is to carry out national development, which places considerable attention on village development
Village development has a vital and strategic role in the framework of National Development and Regional Development, because it contains elements of equitable development and its results and directly touches the interests of the majority of people who live in rural areas to improve their welfare

Summary

Introduction

The RPD includes the use of ADD Langensari Village funds in the amount of Rp. 105,000,000 for community empowerment and village government operations. Empowerment in the field of culture, Langensari village budgeted part of the ADD funds used to support the learning of mutual assistance and community self-reliance.

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