The Capacity of Idano Gana'a Village-Owned Enterprises in Increasing Community Participation in Dahana Tabaloho Village, Gunungsitoli District

Abstract

This study aims to determine the capacity of Idano Gana'a Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) in increasing community participation in Dahana Tabaloho Village, Gunungsitoli District. BUMDes aims to improve the welfare of rural communities. The capacity of BUMDes in terms of human resources, capital and infrastructure can increase community participation so that the objectives of BUMDes can be achieved. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative, by conducting observations, interviews, documentation and triangulation. The informants in this study included the Director of BUMDes, Treasurer of BUMDes, Head of BUMDes Business Unit, Village Head, Head of BPD, Camat, Head of Village Community Empowerment Service, Head of Trade and Industry Office, BUMDes Employees and Dahana Tabaloho Village Community. Data analysis techniques in this study are data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or verification. The results obtained in this study show that the capacity of BUMDes Idano Gana'a plays an important role in increasing community participation in Dahana Tabaloho Village. Human resources managing BUMDes operations, capital and infrastructure for BUMDes are able to increase community participation both in participating in decision making, implementing activities, monitoring and evaluating and utilizing development results. Keywords: Capacity, Village-Owned Enterprises, Community Participation.