Good village governance characteristics for strengthening the function of village development and security committee (JKKK)

Abstract

Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) is a community-based organization (CBO) that act as body that delivering the information and development programmes from the Federal and State government or agencies to the village communities and channeled the problems and voice out ideas from the local community to the government and agencies. The aim of this study is to develop good and effective village governance characteristics for strengthening the function of JKKK. To reach the aim, three objectives have been developed which are to understand the concept and characteristics of good village governance, to examine the current practice of village administration in Johor, issues and challenges and to identify characteristics of good and effective village governance in Johor. The design of study is exploratory research using qualitative method. There are 10 villages selected for this study which comprises of 8 traditional villages and 2 Felda settlements. The data obtained from the interviews was analyzed using content analysis and descriptive analysis. Result from this analysis, a summary of good and effective village governance characteristics is formulated. The factors of leaders selection, competencies of leaders and the practices of good governance principle becomes the highlight to strengthening the function of JKKK.