THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM THROUGH CSR OF PT KILANG PERTAMINA INTERNATIONAL REFINERY UNIT III PLAJU IN ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY SELF-RELIANCE AND WELFARE IN FRONTIER, OUTERMOST AND LEAST DEVELOPED REGION

Abstract

This study aims to look at the Role of the Community Empowerment Program through CSR of PT Kilang Pertamina International Refinery Unit III Plaju in Encouraging Community Self-Releance and Welfare. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method, intended as an effort to explore and clarify a phenomenon or social reality by describing a number of variables related to the problem and unit under study. Interviews were conducted with informants who were beneficiaries or local heroes who played the role of program actors, both government and private elements, program implementers and the community. The results of the research are through the implementation of the CSR of Refinery Unit III Plaju program in Sembilang Hamlet, the implementation of non-formal education, health counseling/providing nutritious supplementary food, processing marine products into salted fish, processing organic waste, strengthening cooperative functions, solar cell assistance to support new renewable energy, as well as mangrove planting has been running and has had an impact on efforts to encourage self-reliance and increase the welfare of the community in Sembilang Hamlet.

Keywords

• corporate social responsibility
• empowerment
• participation
• pertamina