Design and development of information technology-based e-participatory application in participative development planning

Abstract

The application of information technology is a supporting instrument in the administrative process as well as the provision of useful information for all groups to improve performance, one of which is in government. Governments around the world are currently facing “pressure” from various parties to improve the quality of public services and to increase active participation in providing information for the public and it is demanded to be more effective. E-Government can expand public participation where people are allowed to be actively involved in decision-making and policies held by the government. Kuningan District is one of the sub-districts in Kuningan Regency, the obstacle that arise related to community participatory development planning is that there are still many proposals from the sub-district that the Kuningan Regency government has not approved. It needs a means to monitor the progress of its implementation, including the use of information technology to accommodate development planning proposals based on participatory and active roles of the community in the form of e-Participatory application design. This research uses Waterfall system method as system development method. The programming language used in the system is PHP programming language and its database management uses SQL. By implementing the e-Participative application, the Kuningan district government can accommodate suggestions from each village in the Kuningan district area. Besides, this research can be a material consideration for Kuningan District to synergize policies and regulations through strategic plans and development planning proposals in the Kuningan sub-district based on effective and efficient community participation.