Innovating Community Engagement: Onte’s Proposal on Five-Stage Progressive and Sustainable Model for Inclusive Development in Indonesia

Authors

  • Kurnia Perdana Perkumpulan Telapak Indonesia, Jl. Palem Putri III Taman Yasmin Sektor V No.1-3, Curugmekar, Bogor, West Java, 16112, Indonesia
  • Silverius Oscar Unggul Perkumpulan Telapak Indonesia, Jl. Palem Putri III Taman Yasmin Sektor V No.1-3, Curugmekar, Bogor, West Java, 16112, Indonesia
  • Astan Jaya Tamburaka Perkumpulan Telapak Indonesia, Jl. Palem Putri III Taman Yasmin Sektor V No.1-3, Curugmekar, Bogor, West Java, 16112, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22500/12202459698

Keywords:

community engagement, cooperatives, institutional collaboration, perseroda, stakeholders

Abstract

Stakeholder engagement has increasingly become a central theme in a development discourse; however, its implementation often remains fragmented and superficial due to the conceptual and methodological inadequacies. This gap is the strongest motivation of this research, which aims to build a model of progressive and sustainable community engagement through community-based economic institutional collaboration. Employing a heuristic approach, this model synthesizes empirical insights from several community-based activities to develop a conceptual framework that supports inclusive development through economic institutional collaboration. The five fundamental stages that make up this model include: (1) social investigation as the baseline information gathering; (2) social mapping to portray actors and their influence in the community; (3) vision-building to articulate a common dream; (4) establishment of community-based business institutions; and (5) collaboration between community business institutions and the government in the form of secondary cooperatives. This model emphasizes the process of extracting accurate and reliable information from the community, exploring potential of sustainable livelihood, and accompanying in every activity until it ultimately increases the dignity of the community from being a stakeholder to a shareholder. It also addresses common causes of cooperative failure by institutionalizing a community partnership with the local government. The proposed model contributes methodologically to participatory development practices and provides a strategic framework for fostering durable, bottom-up institutional transformation in Indonesia and beyond.

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2025-07-21

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Perdana, K., Oscar Unggul, S. ., & Jaya Tamburaka, A. . (2025). Innovating Community Engagement: Onte’s Proposal on Five-Stage Progressive and Sustainable Model for Inclusive Development in Indonesia. Sodality: Jurnal Sosiologi Pedesaan, 12(3), 308-322. https://doi.org/10.22500/12202459698