A Study of Village Development Planning in East Belitung Regency

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss how far the linkage between the village and regional planning as well as the obstacle in preparing the RPJM Desa. This paper also aims to enhance the village officer in preparing village development and community empowerment planning related to Belitung Geopark. Methodology: This research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. It used secondary data from RPJM Kabupaten of 2012-2017 and RPJM Desa documents. Meanwhile, the primary data was obtained from in-depth interviews. Results: The linkages between RPJMD and RPJM Village as much as 35% are strong, 62% are medium and 3% are weak, while those that are not related are 0%. There is still a weak link between RPJMD and RPJM Village due to problems in village RPJM development such as time issues, changing regulations change, village companion, coordination, motivation, and education. Implications: guidelines for preparing the RPJMDes that specifically specify the need for and how to technically harmonize the direction of development policies in the districts so that the pace of district development is aligned to the village. As well as the necessary training/practice in the preparation of the RPJMDes based on the guideline document, it is necessary to equalize perceptions between the DPOs, village stakeholders, and village facilitators

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