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Program KOTAKU (Kota Tanpa Kumuh) adalah sebuah program yang diinisiasi oleh Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum, Direktorat Jendral Cipta Karya pada tahun 2016. Pemerintah Kota Malang merupakan salah satu yang melakukan implementasi program ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian campuran yang diimplementasikan dengan mengkombinasikan penelitian kualitatif dan kuantitatif dengan arah teoritis induktif. Pelaksanaan penelitian dilakukan dengan metode survei dan teknik analisa data menggunakan teknik ordinasi Rapfish. Indeks keberlanjutan Program KOTAKU (Kota Tanpa Kumuh) di Keluruhan Bareng Kota Malang yaitu 59.174. Hal ini diartikan bahawa keberlanjutan program KOTAKU masuk dalam kategori cukup. Kategori ini mengindikasikan bahwa program ini dapat dikatakan tidak terlalu berjalan dengan baik namun juga tidak terlalu berjalan buruk/tidak baik.

The present study investigates the relation between civil society organization (CSO) and government in dealing with the attempts to strengthen democratic practice. The aim of the study is to illustrate that CSO and government has collaborated in democratic consolidation through sports development. The study implemented qualitative research method with the approach of critical discourse analysis. The result of the study revealed that Liga Santri Nusantara (LSN – Indonesian Students’ League) was a type of sport trainings for potential students in Indonesia. In addition, the football competition was also a means for Rabithah Ma’ahid Islamiah Nahdlatul Ulama (RMI NU) and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) to participate in democratic consolidation in Indonesia. LSN was a form of democratic consolidation in Indonesia that encompassed three key aspects. First, the consolidation took place on the aspect of participation in formulating the policy of how to manage the performance of LSN, the second was on the implementation of the policy, and the last was on the forming room for RMI NU’s and NU’s ideas. The democratic consolidation left some hurdles and challenges while there was a miscoordination and misadministration. The CSO participation in government’s development programs did not simply play a prominent role for the democratic consolidation. The participation that obeyed the regulations and authorities had a significant position that was way more important than any involvement that even weakened the practice of democracy in Indonesia.

The study aims to examine the implementation of rural development programs. The study also shows an alternative model in how these programs could be conducted effectively. A case study approach were implemented to unveil the distribution of development programs organized by groups of farmers (Poktan) and the union of them (Gapoktan) in Sidoasri village, Sumbermanjing Wetan, Malang. The result of the study reveals that Gapoktan Committee as the expert agent dominated the mechanism and distribution of programs. In contrast, Gapoktan members only received passively the development programs and were not able to participate and initiate a change on these mechanism. In order to distribute the programs effectively, a participative model is highly required. There should be an ongoing assistance so the farmers could participate in decision making processes continualy, from identifying problems, finding the solution to the problems, and monitoring as well as evaluating these programs. This model would be effective to achieve empowerment objective of the rural development programs Keywords: Gapoktan, Participation, Rural Development Programs, farmers and Poktan ABSTRAK Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi pengelolaan bantuan Kementrian Pertanian yang diberikan kepada petani. Kajian tersebut dilakukan sebagai upaya untuk menggagas model pendampingan yang efektif dalam mengelola bantuan pertanian. Metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus diimplementasikan untuk menelaah pengelolaan bantuan pertanian yang diorganisir kelompok tani (Poktan) dan gabungan kelompok tani (Gapoktan) di Desa Sidoasri Kecamatan Sumbermanjing Wetan Kabupaten Malang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengelolaan bantuan pertanian petani di Desa Sidoasri didominasi pengurus Gapoktan sebagai expert agent. Anggota Gapoktan hanya berperan sebagai pihak penerima bantuan saja dan tidak memiliki kemampuan atau kesempatan untuk menciptakan inisiatif untuk melakukan perubahan terhadap kebijakan pengelolaan bantuan yang diterapkan para pengurus. Kondisi ini menjadikan pengelolaan bantuan terpusat dan tidak tepat sasaran. Agar bantuan pertanian ini berjalan lebih efektif, maka model pengelolaan bantuan yang bersifat partisipatif menjadi penting dilakukan. Partisipasi anggota Gapoktan dalam model tersebut perlu ditopang pendampingan yang berkelanjutan supaya keterlibatan petani bersifat holistik dan konsisten. Pendampingan berkelanjutan diproyeksi mendorong anggota Gapoktan terlibat sejak tahap mengidentifikasi masalah, memunculkan alternatif pemecahan masalah, memutuskan solusi untuk mengatasi problematika hingga mengevaluasi solusi yang diimplementasikan. Pendampingan dengan model ini berpotensi meningkatkan partisipasi petani dalam penentuan kebijakan pengelolaan bantuan pertanian. Partisipasi inilah yang ditawarkan sebagai jalan keluar bagi perbaikan pengelolaan bantuan pertanian. Kata kunci: Gapoktan, partisipasi, pendampingan berkelanjutan, petani, dan Poktan

The present study aims at investigating the menaces towards tourism sustainability in Kota Wisata Batu (KWB – Batu city as an icon of tourism). The menaces took place due to the hotel constructions in the city that experienced an increase over the last four years. However, the resorts enlargement was not in line with the increasing number of visitors in the city. In addition to the issue of physical constructions, the city also suffered from natural environment and social matters along with the growth of tourism activities. Agropolitan-based tourism has not so far been able to sustain the balance of economic, environmental, and social demands, so it is necessary to design alternative attempts to maintain the tourism activities in KWB. The model of tourism in small scale with a basis of sports is believed to be able to handle the aforementioned problems. Small-scale sports tourism is potential to overcome the demands of social welfare as well as to protect the environment during tourism activities. Thus, the present study aims at conducting an observation on the potentials of small-scale sports tourism in KWB and performing assessment on the sustainability of the sports tourism. The study carried out mixed method of research with inductive theoretical direction. The results of the study indicate that the potential of small-scale sports tourism is present at tourist destinations that explore natural resources, cultures, and something artificial. The sustainability index gained from the study is 29.81154 that is still under the category of less sustainable. The condition is due to the low assessment of economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainability. Therefore, there should be alteration in the management of small-scale sports tourism in Batu city in order to make the natural, cultural and artificial tourism destinations economic-, social-,and cultural-friendly.

Indonesian government has delivered various community development programs to alleviate poverty problems of rural communities. This is despite the fact that the numbers of people who live in poverty in this area is going to increase. This has given rise to a crucial question in how development programs should be distributed to rural community members. This article present empirical findings of research depicts a model or mechanism by which rural community members who have been involved in Posdaya (Pos Pemberdayaan Keluarga/ Family Empowerment Post) program success in achieving economic empowerment objective by employing their social capital. This study employs qualitative method with an approach of case study and multiple case design. It conducts the logic of 'replica', meaning that it would lead the analysed case to be used either for making predictions of similar results (literal logic) or for achieving different results (theoretical replica). The fundamental assumption of the study refers to the lack involvement or participation of the empowered community or social groups. The domination of top-down approach has allowed people to rely on external party. On the other hand, bottom-up approach has not been fully implemented due to the absence of strong social capital in the empowered society. As a consequence, there have been only parts of people controlling and enjoying the presented empowerment program. Social capital is not an existing or a given capital in society. Rather, social capital is a mere potential, and in order to shape and develop it some strategies or endeavours are required. Thus, the study attempts to find out a suitable model to arrange and progress the social capital in the implementation of social empowerment program. Additionally, the study will advance the scaling up model into a wider space with an expectation to create a powerful community.