Implementasi Program Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Masyarakat Pesisir di Kecamatan Belang Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to know the implementation process of economic empowerment program of
coastal community in Belang Subdistrict of South Minahasa Regency. This is due to poorly targeted aid,
poor quality of beneficiary community resources, misuse of relief goods, and lack of cooperation between
the Office of Marine and Fisheries with the District Government. To be able to describe the implementation
of economic empowerment program of coastal community in District Belang Regency of South Minahasa,
researcher use descriptive qualitative research method. Data obtained through primary and secondary data
sources with interviewing, obserfasi and document review techniques. Data analysis is done by data
collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results of this study indicate that this
program is quite helpful in improving the economy of the community but in its implementation is still found
that the distribution of aid that is not on target and with limited human resources of the beneficiary
fishermen groups resulted in the misuse of relief goods. Recommendations that can be put forward are by
tightening the data collection of fishermen groups, providing maximum assistance to each group and
making a statement not to abuse the relief items received.
Keywords: Policy Implementation, Economic Empowerment, Coastal Communities.