Implementation of the National Independent Empowerment Program - Marine and Fisheries In Maluku Province

Abstract

The research aimed: (1) to analyze the implementation process of PNPM Mandiri KP by adapting the Top-Down model from Pressman and Wildavsky. (2) to explain to what extent the achievements of output and outcome which were formulated in the Technical Guidelines of PNPM Mandiri KP brought about by the factors of attitudes of the counterparts, the quality of human resources as the executors, the program coordination and control. The research was conducted at Buru Regency and Central Moluccas Regency, Moluccas Province. This was descriptive research with a case study approach. Informants were determined based on the program executors, i.e. the Directorate General of Coasts and Small Islands of the Ministry of Marine and Fishery, Offices of Marine and Fishery, Moluccas Province, Buru Regency, and Central Moluccas Regency, and the related instances. Whereas the informants from the recipient community group were determined by purposive. The research data were analyzed qualitatively. The research result is formulated in three propositions i.e.: (1) the implementation process of the public policy can create changes, either the behavior of the social, economic, and cultural status towards the implementation in the field or the target group is determined by the policy context and content included in the policy document. (2) The policy implementation process with the long bureaucracy range will tend to fail when the internal and external coordination is not fully understood and performed consistently by the policy executors. (3) The top-down policy implementation will be successfully applied if it can be interpreted and adapted based on the local condition where the policy is carried out. Moreover, the research also recommends an implementation model of the public policy which is adapted from Pressman and Wildavsky.