The role of youth in developing village

Abstract

There is a probability between funding for BUMDes for various activities in the village in an effort to alleviate poverty but in fact, the poverty rate in the village has not shown significant changes so that researchers are interested in more in-depth assessments. This study looks at (1) describe the role of youth in developing village potential through BUMDes and (2) to analyze the factors that influence the role of youth in developing village potential through BUMDes. The study took place in Pitue village, Ma’rang Subdistrict, Pangkajene and Islands Regency. The research used qualitative methods with data collection techniques in the form of intensive interviews and direct observation. Interviews took place on several parties involved in BUMDes activities in the village. Among them, the village head of Pitue, Village Secretary, BUMDes Director and several village communities involved in empowerment activities. The results of the interview were then reduced to several pieces of information, then the writer explained the interview reduction process with a confrontation process with several data on secudenders, in the form of government official reports and reports, BPS official reports and documents as well as some field notes found by the author. The results of the study show that young people as a catalyst as well as the main driver of empowerment activities in the village. The forms of activities initiated by youth in encouraging the participation of village people are such as coastal cyclical activities, while empowerment activities are emphasized in processing and processing the production of potential villages. The factors that influence the role of youth in developing village potential through BUMDes are internal factors such as caring and initiative, knowledge and skills, ideas of innovative creativity and external factors namely access to an expansion of opportunities (Pitue village government support).