Community empowerment through swallow nest cultivation is one of the efforts of the Kotabaru Regency Government to increase local revenue (PAD). This study aims to describe a strategy for community empowerment in the management of swallow nest cultivation and the supporting and inhibiting factors for implementing the strategy. This research uses the descriptive qualitative method. They were collecting data using in-depth interviews, observation, and document review. The results showed that Kotabaru Regency's Original Regional Revenue (PAD) from community empowerment through swallow nest cultivation was insignificant. The reason is that there are still many weaknesses in the implemented community empowerment strategies. Strategies applied based on SWOT analysis, namely: a) Application of SO (Strength – Opportunities) strategy, is 1. Business assistance. 2 . Protection of business objects.; b) The implementation of the WO (Weakness – Opportunities) strategy is 1. Mapping social potential participatory in developing swallow nest cultivation business; 2. Community organizing and facilitation of sustainable program setting; 3. Capacity building of the community. c) The implementation of ST (Strength – Threats) strategy is 1 . Regulatory determination; 2. Socialization of empowerment. d The application of the WT (Weaknesses – Threats) strategy is 1. Input (capital support, infrastructure, and facilities). 2. Market access for swallow nests. 3. Development of cooperation/network.

This study aims to analyze the institutional formation and empowerment of Dayak Adat in the Murung Raya District area and the supporting and inhibiting factors for the implementation of the Institutional Formation and the empowerment of the Dayak Adat in the Murung Subdistrict area. The research approach uses qualitative research because the research problems studied are holistic, complex, dynamic, and full of meaning. The research method is field research which is a type of research that is oriented towards collecting empirical data in the field. Data collection techniques in this study were carried out by interview, some notes that were found in the field, and available documentation relating to this research. Data analysis is carried out using several key steps namely reducing data and presenting data to process the data that has been reduced in the form of a brief description that illustrates the findings of the study. The results of research on empowerment and preservation and development of Customs, customs in the community and Customary Institutions in the Regions are supporting the smooth running of the Government, the continuity of development and enhancing national resilience as well as to encourage efforts to prosper local citizens and encourage, support and increase community participation for fluency Government, Implementation of development and community development in the Region.

Family empowerment is a process or effort that aims to increase families' awareness of and willingness to care for their health. The purpose of this study was to determine, examine, and analyze family empowerment and the factors that inhibit it in patients with severe mental disorders in Banjarmasin City, Indonesia, in 2021. This study employed qualitative methods to elicit descriptive data in a written or spoken form from individuals and observed behavior to gain a better understanding of field phenomena through the collection of data or information obtained directly. At the Banjarmasin City Health Office, data were gathered through interviewing, documenting, and collecting secondary data. Interviews were conducted with key stakeholders, including families of patients with mental disorders, patients with mental disorders, and puskesmas mental health program management officers. The findings indicated that family empowerment was still suboptimal in patients with severe mental disorders; families lacked knowledge about caring for patients, impeding the healing process properly.

Sister city cooperation has emphasised the role of the state and local government However, the role of the community is also essential.although has been relegated to a second place. This article aims to apply the model of community involvement in the sister city's flood prevention cooperation plan in Samarinda city, East of Kalimantan, emphasizing the active citizen participation (citizen diplomacy). The analysis of community involvement with the bottom-up model in sister city cooperation starts with the identification of flooding problems in three samples of Saramarinda urban villages presenting its performance and outcomes. This approach is new in solving the Samarinda flood problem, which so far has tended to be centralized and ineffective.

Program for Water Supply and Sanitation Community Based is a program of drinking water supply and sanitation based society. The program implemented by the Government of Indonesia with the support of the World Bank, this article aims to describe the implementation program in the District of New Teweh. So it can be seen how an increasing number of people to have access to drinking water and proper sanitation as well as practice clean and healthy living behavior. The descriptive method with the qualitative approach used in the study. The research instrument known as the "human instrument" theory is based on indicators of policy implementation by model Merilee S. Grindle. The indicator consists of policy content and context. Analysis of the data used in this study is an interactive analysis technique according to Miles and Huberman. Based on the results of research implementation Program for Water Supply and Sanitation in Sub-District Community-Based New Teweh not optimal, lack of professionalism of the agencies involved in the implementation of this program, limited resources and program implementers lack of community participation in the development of the program and still less awareness about the importance of health and environmental hygiene