Sulaiman Zuhdi, Budiman Rusli, Rd Ahmad Buchari, Yogi Suprayogi Sugandi, Dodi Suryana
Slum settlements have become a global issue and a challenge for city governments around the world, including the city of Pekanbaru, Indonesia. Improvement efforts have been made through the Kotaku program, which began in 2016-2019 by integrating various resources and funding, making local governments the main actors, and collaborating with stakeholders through policy networks. This study aims to explain the policy network in the Kota Tanpa Kumuh (Kotaku) program in Pekanbaru City. This research uses qualitative case studies through in-depth interviews with 23 informants (government, private sector, academics, and the community) directly involved in the Kotaku program in Pekanbaru City. The research results show that policy networks are formed through administrative arrangements and formal institutional structures. The quantity of resources of policy actors will affect the quality of interactions and interrelations in the context of public policy analysis. The resources needed for funding, knowledge, expertise, and information sharing are available in policy networks and are already used by most network actors. The actor's roles and responsibilities determine the position and boundaries of actors. The practice of policy networking in the Kotaku program has not gone well because it still encounters several obstacles, especially the lack of cooperation, coordination, commitment, institutional capacity, and the use of integrated data, which are identified as key conditions that facilitate policy networks. ©2024 The authors.
Postgraduate Program in Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, 45363, Indonesia; Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Administrative Science, Universitas Lancang Kuning, Riau, 28266, Indonesia; Program Study of Guidance and Counseling, Faculty of Education Science, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia
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