Identifikasi Partsipasi Masyarakat dalam Mewujudkan Pembangunan Desa Berkelanjutan (Studi Kasus : Desa Ketapang Indah - Kecamatan Singkil Utara)

Community participation is very important in realizing sustainable village development, so that development planning can be felt by every level of society. Currently, the development carried out in Katapang Indah Village has not been fully participatory. This can be seen from the contribution of community participation in the development planning process, where the development being implemented has not responded to community needs. Given the importance of community participation in the development planning process, it is necessary to conduct a study on efforts to increase community participation in Katapang Indah Village, in order to realize sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to identify the form and level of community participation in the development planning process. By using the descriptive analysis method, the results show that community participation in Katapang Indah Village is included in the induced participation group with the form of vertical participation, where the community only follows policies that have been formulated by village leaders or traditional leaders. This is due to the lack of knowledge from the community about the importance of participating in the activities of the village development process. Efforts were made to (1) provide outreach to the public about the mechanism for community participation in the planning process; (2) increasing the intensity of socialization and counseling regarding development planning to the community; (3) increasing the role of traditional and community leaders in formulating decisions by taking into account the characteristics and needs of village communities.Keywords: community participation, development planning process, sustainable village developmentAbstrak. Partisipasi masyarakat merupakan sesuatu yang sangat penting dalam mewujudkan pembangunan desa secara berkelanjutan, sehingga perencanaan pembangunan tersebut dapat dirasakan oleh setiap lapisan masyarakat. Pembangunan yang dilakukan di Desa Katapang Indah, pada saat ini belum sepenuhnya dilakukan secara partisipatif. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari kontribusi partisipasi masyarakat dalam proses perencanaan pembangunan, dimana pembangunan yang dilaksanakan belum menjawab terhadap kebutuhan masyarakat. Mengingat pentingnya partisipasi masyarakat dalam proses perencanaan pembangunan, perlu dilakukan kajian mengenai upaya untuk meningkatkan partisipasi masyarakat di Desa Katapang Indah, agar dapat mewujudkan pembangunan berkelanjuta