Strategi Pemberdayaan dan Penguatan Modal Sosial Masyarakat di Era Pandemi Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused various social and economic problems, the impact of which is felt by the      community to be extreme. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused various social and economic problems, the impact of which is felt by the community to be extreme. People who are economically weak, have acces and education in a pandemic situation are faced with groups of people we have dominat power, and have implications for unbalanced competition in socio economis life. Empowerment is one of the strategies so thet weak communities can have empowerment and are to solve problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic voluntarily and independently.Exsploration of previous studies and literature review are strategies and techniques in constructing empowerment strategies. The results of this study indicate that empowerment must be based on the potential strength of culture, values, and local wisdom of the community. Social capital becomes energy in increasing community empowerment and capacity. The stages in the empowerment strategy that must be carried out are site selection, socialization and empowerment. The right form of empowerment in the Covid-19 pandemic era is Community Based Empowerment, while social capital can be designed to strengthen community social capital in the Covid-19 pandemic era, namely (1) Social bounding (2) Social bridging (3) Social linking. The construction of community empowerment strategies lies in the positioning of local wisdom, local potentials, individual characteristics and regional characteristics as energy in the empowerment process. The recommendations produced in this study are the need for the concept of empowerment and strengthening of social capital capacity that is implementable, measurable and leads to increased creativity and innovation of the community.Pandemi Covid-19 menyebabkan berbagai persoalan sosial, ekonomi yang dampaknya dirasakan ekstrem oleh masyarakat. Pemberdayaan merupakan salah satu strategi agar masyarakat lemah dapat memiliki keberdayaan dan mampu menyelesaikan persoalan-persoalan sosial ekonomi dan politik yang diakibatkan oleh pandemi Covid-19 secara mandiri. Eksplorasi terhadap penelitian-penelitian terdahulu dan kajian pustaka merupakan startegi dan teknik dalam mengkonstruksi strategi pemberdayaan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pemberdayaan harus berbasis pada kekuatan potensi budaya, nilai-nilai, dan kearifan lokal masyarakat. Modal sosial menjadi energi dalam meningkatkan keberdayaan dan kapasitas masyarakat. Adapun tahapan dalam strategi pemberdayaan yang harus dilakukan adalah seleksi lokasi, sosialisasi dan kegiatan pemberdayaan. Bentuk pemberdayaan yang tepat di era pandemi Covid-19 adalah Community Based Empowerment, sedangkan modal sosial dapat dirancang dalam penguatan modal sosial masyarakat di era pandemi Covid-19 yakni (1) Social bounding (2) Social bridging (3) Social linking. Konstruksi startegi pemberdayaan masyarakat terletak pada diposisikannya kearifan lokal, potensi-potensi lokal, karakteristik individu dan karakeristik wilayah sebagai energi dalam proses pemberdayaan. Adapun rekomendasi yang dihasilkan dalam penelitian ini adalah diperlukannya konsep pemberdayaan dan penguatan kapasitas modal sosial yang implementatif, terukur dan mengarah pada peningkatan kreatifitas dan inovasi masyarakat