Government innovation: Smart village as a strategy to solve village problems in Indonesia Haidar Fikri,Dr.Didik G.Suharto,S.Sos.,M.Si,Rino Ardhian Nugroho,S.Sos.,Ph.D
Magister Student of Public Administration Department, Faculty of Social Studies and Politics
Abstract
The realization of sustainable independent village can make a village more attracted to be lived and visited. The village can also be a target of investment. Therefore, it needs to change the opinion that city is more advanced, more sophisticated, and more prosperous than the village. The opinion must be changed with the innovative steps. One of the steps is by creating smart village. Smart village is a one of the steps of Universal Service Obligation (USO). The program is aimed to introduce the field of information and communication technology (ICT) to the society. The aim of the program is to improve the productivity and the economy of a region. Smart City and Community Innovation Centre (SCCIC) formulates a smart village as an ecosystem to involve the government, industry, academicians and society in creating a better village. In the concept of smart village, the level of program success is measured through its work in managing the resources. The management is expected to be more efficient, more sustainable and involves all the elements of society. The concept of smart village is needed to know the problems at village (sensing), to understand the condition of village problems (understanding), and to control the resources to be used effectively and efficiently with the aim to maximize the service to the society. In achieving the aims of smart village, it needs supporting elements. There are 5 smart technologies such as (1) smart sensor, (2) communication between a machine and another machine, (3) early computation, (4) social media, and (5) technology of Geographical Information System (GIS). Nevertheless, the obstacle is still found in its implementation. It needs more effort to develop the village concerning with the local condition and the infrastructure and resource availability. Besides that, the planned program and the sector involvement are needed to realize the smart village. This research used descriptive-qualitative approach. The result of the research focuses on the obstacles and the challenges of the smart village implementation and its practice in Indonesia.
Keywords: smart village, government innovation, village, decentralization
Topic: Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and Contemporary Issues
