FUNCTION AND
CAPABILITY FACILITATOR
In general, actors facilitation process is often called a facilitator.
PNPM-MPd role in FK, District Facilitator (FasKab) and apparatus acts as a
facilitator from outside the society, so that the community empowerment is
understood as a companion. While Assistant FK, KD and all-PNPM actors MPd
derived from the local community also serves as a facilitator serves as
animator who at any given time ready to resign from his role and the Cadre
memandirikan Empowerment. In order to carry out the functions and duties
properly then a facilitator needs to be aware of and understand the four
functions of a facilitator in the community are:
a. As Informant
It means that a facilitator must be able and ready to provide supporting
information including that related to the program (PNPM-MPD). In this case a
facilitator should be able to answer questions, provide reviews, overview and
analysis to provide advice or advice of a concrete and realistic so you can
easily apply
b. As a Teacher
Function as teachers are often required to help the public learn and
understand new skills or knowledge in community empowerment and program
implementation. As a facilitator should be able to deliver the required
materials in accordance with the conditions and language that is easily
digested by the public as well as adequate for easy step by step
c. As Mediataor
i. Mediation potential
A facilitator is expected to help the public access the potential -
potential that can support the development of her example: the private sector,
universities, NGOs, market opportunities etc.
ii. Mediation various interests
A facilitator is also expected to act as if the person who can mediate
between groups or individuals in the community there is a difference of
interests. Keep in mind this does not mean that the function of the facilitator
needs to decide but just need to remind people of the consistency of the
various interests that have been made previously. Another meaning is to adjust
the various interests to achieve a common goal. If necessary a biased
facilitator helps the community by providing a variety of alternative
agreements to adjust the various interests to achieve a common goal
iii. As stimulants or Challenger (Challenger)
Often found that people rarely know and recognize their own potential and
capacity. For that a facilitator must be able to stimulate and encourage the
public to find and recognize their own potential and capacity. So that people
will be able to carry out various development activities independently. So that
at a certain moment a facilitator should know when she works as an animator
means that the public can fully functioning / independent in deciding everything
without shadows - shadows intervention facilitators
To be able to
perform the function - the function above, a facilitator should be equipped and
has some capabilities include:
a. Leadership
A facilitator will also run in the leadership of society so it should have
the capacity to guide, motivate, move at the same time acts as a mediator
between citizens and other parties as necessary. Several attempts to do to
improve leadership, among others:
·
With increasing knowledge
through training
·
Educate yourself by reading
books
·
Many draw or learn experience
from outside (study tours, seminars - seminars)
·
Must be responsive, able to
describe ideas - ideas, concepts and policies
·
Train yourself to think of creative,
original thinking and always insightful visionary future
·
Hold and a big heart to
accept criticism from outside
b. Communication
Capabilities
Included in the communication skills required are:
- Ability convey a message or information
Fluent and clear in conveying the messages, information, ideas or ideas
(intervention information) to the community is a necessary condition of a
facilitator in carrying out the process facilitation. With the ability to be
able to explain why fasiliatsi and contribute to the community members and
groups
- Be an active listener
If a facilitator is able to be an active listener it is possible to know
what is going on and sensitive to the feelings and emotions behind expressions
conveyed by the word. It can be the basis for knowing what is going on and
sensitive to the feelings and emotions behind expressions conveyed by those
words. It can be the basis for knowing what is happening, how the bias occurred
and what should be done
- Asking effective and purposeful
By asking effectively will allow a facilitator to learn and understand what
is happening and at the same time can give an understanding to be able to
choose and find alternative action from
- Ability in community development
Some capabilities are included in this group are:
• Know the issues - local issues
A facilitator needs to fully understand and appreciate the issues related
to the empowerment that knows what to do and can be done by the community
• Identification Capabilities
The ability to identify potential problems, barriers and phenomena is the
beginning and the provision of a facilitator in conducting and facilitating
community empowerment. This capability is needed to approach the community to
program (PNPM-MPD) optimal
• Ability Analysis
Through the analytical process a facilitator will be able to anticipate
problems, find alternatives capable of completion as well as initiatives in an
effort to empower
• Participatory Adaptation
Adjust to the conditions, expectations and characteristics of the community
in PNPM-MPD is a very positive provision in facilitation. It is expected to
provide benefits such as engagement and ownership from the public to the
PNPM-MPD and can encourage the successful implementation of the program. On the
other hand the existence of society as adults requires facilitators to engage
their thoughts and actions as a contribution to the implementation of the
program
• Positive minded forward
've Always been positive in many ways so it is not easy to get stuck in a
position on any issue is partly - only partly based on the interests and
momentary / short-term course, but everything dipandand in full based on the
goals ahead
• The ability to act as an accumulation of technical skills
Often "with the word" alone to be sufficient because in some ways
demanding proof. Likewise with the community, a facilitator needs to
occasionally do something as a form of a statement for proof of courage and
concern for community
• The ability of human relationships ("human relation ship")
A facilitator must have the capacity to foster a harmonious relationship
with the community. Related to how it treats them with equality
