Community empowerment Based Social Capital and Village Business Company (BUMDes)

摘要

Law No. 6 of 2014 on the Village states that one of the things that must be done by the village government is to empower the village community. Through community, empowerment is expected to realize the independence of society, both economically, socially, culturally, and politically. In relation to the empowerment of rural-oriented villagers, the Village Law also states that the Village Business Company(BUMDes) is an economic institution that can realize the economic independence of the village. In addition to economic orientation, BUMDes is also expected to be a tool for knitting together (collectivity) of village communities. To realize these expectations, it is necessary to empower the village community, where BUMDes can be used as a tool in the process of empowerment In order for the empowerment of village communities through BUMDes to run well, in the establishment and implementation, the socio-cultural values (local wisdom) of village communities should be utilized and empowered. In this context, the Village Law has responded to the use of socio-cultural values for the empowerment of village communities. The response of Law No. 4 of 2014 on the village against local wisdom can be seen from the philosophy of the Village Law that revives the socio-cultural values (local wisdom) of village communities that can be realized through the potential of social capital that exists.