Strengthening The Capacity Of Village Government In The Implementation Of Village Fund Policy At Maros Regency Of South Sulawesi Province

Abstract

This study aimed at to analyze and describe the strengthening of the village government capacity in the village fund policy implementation. The model of strengthening the village government capacity is proposed in order to revitalize village development, make community institutions more representative and accountable, and improve state-society relations. The developed model stemmed from strategic thinking, empowerment, social capital, and the community participation. The data was taken from informants which have been selected purposively, and other data were gained from secondary data analysis such as; bulletin, journal, and mass media, which have relevance to the research focus. The data collection techniques used are observation, interview, and documentation review. The data were analyzed through interactive analysis model consisting of four stages; data collection, reduction, presentation, and conclusion. The result shows that the strengthening the capacity of village government in the implementation of village fund-policy implementation at Maros Regency was not optimal. It can be proved that the four dimensions such as; strategic thinking, empowerment, social capital, and the community participation are not optimally achieved. The main objectives of village fund policy to strengthen the capacity of village government and the community of Maros Regency has not been implemented effectively.

Accountability of Village Funds Management

“…The meeting shall produce a report containing the agreed types of activities. Haning (2018) showed the social capital weakness might reduce the success of village fund programs. To strengthen the capacity of village fund management shared knowledge, understanding, norms, rules, and expectation are needed.…”

Constraint and Strategies Element for Increasing Effectiveness Village Fund Management Based Interpretive Structural Modelling

“…Rahayu & Fettry E. M., 2017). Meanwhile, strategies for empowerment, social capital development, and community participation are produced through exploratory surveys (Haning & Tahili, 2018). However, it is still rare to find research that uses methods that can identify the root of the problem and who are the most involved parties in overcoming the problem in the form of mapping.…”