Analysis of Organizational Dimensions and the Role of Neighborhood Association/Rukun Tetangga Communications as a Partner of Village Governments in the Covid 19 Pandemic Period

Abstract

There are many government problems in development and services to the community, especially during the Covid 19 pandemic. Support, participation and partnerships with various elements of society are a necessity. Rukun Tetangga as a lower-level social institution has a strategic role in development and public services. Setting the organizational dimension in a government regulation guarantees its implementation and function. The role of communication as a mediator between the interests of community members and the village government is very important. With qualitative methods, juridical normative, literature review and secondary data analysis, research located in Bandung and Cianjur regencies, it is known that as a social institution, the existence of the Rukun Tetangga is determined in several government regulations, namely Permendagri and regional regulations and regent regulations. Several organizational dimensions, namely formalization, specialization, organization and professionalization have been regulated in Law Number 6 of 2014, Government Regulation Number 43 of 2014, Permendagri 18 of 2018, Regional Regulation of Bandung Regency Number 12 of 2007, Perda of Cianjur Regency Number 4 of 2015, Regulations the Regent of Bandung Number 67 of 2011 and the Regulation of the Regent of Cianjur Number 16 of 2018. During the Covid 19 pandemic, the role of communication carried out by the Neighbourhood Association as a mediator between the interests of the community and the village government was very large. Some of these challenges and problems are reported by the Rukun Tetangga committee as a government partner in implementing communication and services to the community. Keywords—organization, communication, neighborhood