LOCAL COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN IMPLEMENTATION OF VILLAGE FUND PROGRAM IN DISTRICT NAUKENJERAI OF MERAUKE REGENCY

This study aims to determine the process and barriers to local community empowerment that occur in the implementation of village fund program in the Naukenjerai District of Merauke Regency, by using a qualitative approach and systematically analyzed to collect, and analyze data in order to get a clear picture by conducting interviews with the District Inspectorate Merauke, District Government, Village Government, Community Leaders and Religious Leaders. The research was carried out in the Naukenjerai District of Merauke Regency, Papua Province. The results showed that the process of community empowerment as a whole has not gone well except women's empowerment, village development programs still have projects that are not carried out in accordance with established regulations and priorities, monitoring and evaluation have not run optimally due to the limited apparatus and assistants involved in the project.