ABSTRACT

The existence of a rule or policy made by the government is an effort to build and achieve prosperity. To achieve this prosperity, the policy must be carried out properly. For this reason, the government enacted Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages. For communitydevelopment and empowerment. Then set forth in the Village Ministry Regulation No.3 of 2015 concerning the existence of Village Assistants to assist village officials in building a more advanced and independent village community. Village assistants are tasked with overseeing development from the planning, implementation and supervision stages. creating a participatory development process and empowering the community. Currently, community empowerment carried out by Village Facilitators has beenrunning for 5 years. Based on this background, the writer takes the title in this study is "the role of village assistants in community empowerment (implementation study of the role of village assistants in Deiyai Regency, Papua Province). The formulations of the problems taken include: 1) What is the role of village assistants as part of the implementation of government policies in community empowerment? 2) What are the supporting and inhibiting factors for Village Facilitators in carrying out communityempowerment in Deiyai Regency. This research was conducted in Deiyai Regency, Papua. The objectives of this study are 1. To describe and analyze the role of village assistants in community empowerment in Deiyai District, Papua Province. 2. Analyze supporting factors and inhibiting factors for Village Facilitators in community empowerment.This study used a qualitative methodology, with 5 informants, namely the Deiyai Regency Village Community Empowerment Service (DPMK), District / Subdistrict Assistants, Village / Village Facilitators. The data collection techniques used are 1). In-depth interviews, 2). Documentation, 3). Observation. The research focus in this study is the implementation of government policies in community empowerment through the role of Village Facilitators.

Keywords: Role of Village Facilitators in Community Empowerment