Community Participation and Stakeholders in Village Fund Management

Abstract

The Village Fund (DD) is a form of state recognition of the authority of the Village to manage autonomously. DD management is conducted in a participatory manner by actively involving all stakeholders and especially the village community in planning, implementation and evaluation. Community participation and stakeholders who become strategic points in the management of DD interesting to investigate further. This study uses descriptive qualitative method to give meaning to the reality that formed socially. The results of the study show that: (1) Village Consultative Board (BPD) and Village Community Empowerment Institution (LPMD) have not been able to act as bridges of community aspiration, (2) Village Deliberations are still routine so that community participation does not have the authority and power to manage the overall program . Increased capacity of village government needed to reach the community empowerment side. Implementation of community empowerment can be seen from the opening of space of participation, authority and control over the decisions for the community, especially the poor, on the implementation of development. Keywords: Participation, stakeholders, Village Fund management