Village governance in realizing smart village in Tongke-Tongke Village, Sinjai Regency

Abstract

The implementation of the principles of good governance is the benchmark of good and clean government. The principles include community participation, upheld rules of law, transparency, care and stakeholder, orientation to consensus, equality for every person, effectiveness and efficiency, accountability, and strategic vision. In the village government, various efforts are made to develop the village, including the concept of Smart Village. A Smart village is a concept to adopt components or indicators of the Smart City concept to realize better village governance for the people. The indicators of the smart village include Smart People, Smart Environment, Smart Living, Smart Mobility, Smart Economy and Smart Governance. Based on the above, a study on village governance to realize a smart village was performed. The study was performed in Tongke-tongke Village, East Sinjai Sub-district, Sinjai Regency on June-August 2019. The research method is a qualitative research method with a phenomenology research type. The researchers collect data by performing in-depth interviews with research objects or informants, as well as directly observing how the research object interpret their experience to others. The research result showed that the governance of Tongke- tongke village hasn’t applied all concepts of a smart village. The only met indicator was smart mobility. However, there were efforts to improve governance to implement the concept of smart village with the availability of fund to develop information technology and human resources, and the commitment of village officials to realize good governance