PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DALAM PROGRAM SANITASI OLEH MASYARAKAT (SANIMAS) DI DESA BAJO KECAMATAN TILAMUTA KABUPATEN BOALEMO, GORONTALO

Abstract

Problem faced by the government regarding urban infrastructure supply is the limited of development expense and infrastructure damage caused by conservancy lack. The decreasing of government role can stimulate and lead to society and non government organization acceding on development participation. The example of the success on sustainable sanitation infrastructure development is SANIMAS program at Bajo Village, Tilamuta subdistrict, Boalemo regency, Gorontalo province. The aim of this research is to analyze the form and level of society participation and to know what factors influence society participation on SANIMAS program at Bajo Village, Tilamuta subdistrict, Boalemo regency, Gorontalo province. This research used quantitative descriptive analysis support with qualitative analysis. The Result presented in distribution frequency table and percentage image. Things which can not be presented in number are explain with word to reveal the actual condition of Bajo society. The society participation level and the stakeholder role level toward SANIMAS program measured by Likert Scale Analysis. Based on this study, it’s found that the participation of Bajo society are, their energy is given to entire step of SANIMAS program, their mind/idea contribution and their material to planning and execution phase, and their money to execution and exploiting. Bajo society participation is high enough. At initiative and program phase and design making, society participation is on indirect level, at design compiling on shared control level, and at execution level on full control. Participation level of this society is influenced by interaction between society and government. Bajo village society have the same characteristic, it’s seen from ethnic, religion, gender, age, occupation, income level, and education, so this objective condition can influence form and level participation at Bajo society, beside external factor (stakeholder) on SANIMAS program, especially the role of field facilitator. The recommendation that can be submitted to Boalemo regency government is the importance of government support on sustainable city infrastructure development, especially on sanitation infrastructure, it’s not stop on execution phase, but it’s expected to reach conservancy and observation phase in order to guarantee the maintain of infratructure that already built. Fund support is steel be needed, but government role as facilitator is a must when executing the program. Therefore, the incensement of field facilitator capacities is needed, especially facilitator that being recruited by society. Government is expected to be able to adopt and develop society empowerment approach model, principles and enforcement pattern which being executed by SANIMAS program on other city infrastructure development. Keyword: Bajo Village, SANIMAS, participation, form, level, influence.