Analysis of Community Empowerment Strategies in the Context of Increasing Vocational Skills in the Community Assistance Program for Village Development Facilitators in Wagir District, Malang Regency

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10.2991/assehr.k.211101.036How to use a DOI?

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Analysis; Community Empowerment Strategy; Facilitator

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal about the Analysis of Community Empowerment Strategies in the Context of Increasing Vocational Skills in the Community Assistance Program for Village Development Facilitators in Wagir District, Malang Regency. The description of the specific objectives of this study is as follows: describes the community empowerment strategy in the village community assistance program, analyzes the role of village facilitators in improving vocational skills in the community assistance program. In accordance with the study in the field of Out-of-school Education which is oriented to the potential of the environment and local wisdom of the community as a vehicle for learning for the community.

The research method used is a qualitative approach with the type of case study research. The target of this research is the village community empowerment facilitator, both from the village government and non-governmental organizations in Wagir District, Malang Regency. Data collection was carried out in two stages, namely (1) individual collection with in-depth interviews, and (2) data collection by conducting focus group discussions (FGD) involving many research subjects from various stakeholders of non-formal education units.

The community empowerment activities carried out by the facilitators at the Kembangkopi Hall are using the sustainable livelihoods approach (PPL) or the Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA). This approach uses a development base with five capital/assets, the assets are natural assets, human assets, social assets, physical assets, and financial assets.

The vocational skills provided by the Kembangkopi Hall facilitators to the community are in the form of: (1) technical capacity in managing agriculture and plantations such as coffee, sugar cane, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, and other commodities, (2) innovative processing of post-harvest agricultural commodities into quality products. and has a bargaining value in the market, and (3) encouragement of diversification and alternative livelihoods for the community by utilizing existing assets in the area/village where they live.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. Ishom
AU  - Sucipto
AU  - Zulkarnain
AU  - Kukuh Miroso Raharjo
AU  - Muhammad Khoirul Fatihin
AU  - Decky Avrilianda
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/13
TI  - Analysis of Community Empowerment Strategies in the Context of Increasing Vocational Skills in the Community Assistance Program for Village Development Facilitators in Wagir District, Malang Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Continuing Education and Technology (ICCOET 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 193
EP  - 197
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211101.036
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211101.036
ID  - Ishom2021
ER  -