The Role of Stakeholders in The Makassar Tidak Rantasa’ Program: Knowledge and Public Participation

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine how the effect of the role of stakeholders in relation with knowledge and public participation in Makassar Tidak Rantasa' program. This research used quantitative with survey design. The population in this study were all Makassar city residents. The sampling technique used quota sampling technique. The research sample of 90 people were selected based on the representation of the population of each village. The results showed that there was a positive direct effect between the roles of stakeholders and knowledge Increased knowledge can lead to increased roles. Furthermore there is a positive direct effect of community participation on the role. This means that increasing community participation will increase the role of stakeholders. Therefore, there needs to be an effort to increase stakeholder roles through policies related to community knowledge and participation. It was intended for every community behave in accordance with knowledge, awareness and attitudes towards the MTR program with good impact on increasing the role of stakeholders. The government must invite the public to participate to contribute both ideas, thoughts, energy, and morale, provide relevant information about Makassar city government program.