KINERJA PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DESA DI KECAMATAN BOLANGITAN BARAT KABUPATEN BOLAANG MONGONDOW UTARA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine how the performance of the community
empowerment program in the District of West Bolangitan, North Bolaang Mongondow Regency.
The research used a qualitative approach method. The performance of the community
empowerment program is seen from the five indicators or dimensions of the performance of the
empowerment program from UNICEF, namely: welfare, access, critical awareness, participation, and
control. The research informants were three village heads and six community members in the three
research villages. Data collection using interview guidelines, while the analysis technique used is
interactive model analysis.
Based on the results of the study, conclusions were drawn: (1) The dimension of "welfare" is
quite good; it means that community empowerment programs provide benefits/contributions to improving
community welfare, but they are not optimal yet. (2) The dimension of “access” is quite good; it means
that community empowerment programs contribute/benefit to increasing equality in access to resources
such as information, business skills training, ease of obtaining small business credit, but not optimal yet.
(3) The dimension of “critical awareness” is quite good; it means that village community empowerment
programs can increase public awareness of the importance of improving welfare, but it is not optimal. (4)
The dimension of “participation” is quite good; it means that the village community empowerment
program can increase community participation in village institutions, and participation in village
development, but it is not optimal. (5) The “control” dimension is good enough; This means that
community empowerment programs can improve the ability of rural communities to control and manage
their resources, but they are not optimal.
Keywords: Community Empowerment, Empowerment Program Performance.