Internal and External Implementation Strategy of Collaboration Management Model in Hasanuddin University Educational Forest

Abstract

The management of educational forest with multiple stakeholder approaches is expected to contribute to the success of educational forest management. The results of previous studies recommended the need to strengthen multiple parties to build a collaborative management model by considering aspects of needs and clarifying the role of stakeholders, so that common perceptions were developed in managing the area and anticipating overlapping in carrying out their respective roles. This study aims to analyze the internal and external strategies for implementing the collaboration management model in the Hasanuddin University Educational Forest area. The methodological approach using descriptive policy analysis, internal and external strategy analysis (review of IFAS-EFAS) were chosen to achieve the expected goals. The results of IFAS-EFAS strategy analysis proposed four main strategies. The first one is a strategy which maximizes the power to seize opportunities (SO), namely a plan for empowering the surrounding forest community through the Social Forestry scheme in a strategic plan and utilizing the human resources to promote and jointly developing eco-tourism potential. The second one is a strategy that utilizes maximum use of power to anticipate or deal with threats and try to make threats as opportunities (ST), namely to make experts and other human resources as mediators or facilitators to relevant parties so that mutual understanding can be developed regarding management objectives. The third one is a strategy that minimizes weaknesses to seize opportunities (WO), namely improvements in the funding area through fundraising to improve the quality of educational forest management, including the improvement of supporting facilities and infrastructure through the concept of partnership with the community, and massive promotion of eco-tourism potential. The fourth one is a strategy that minimizes weaknesses to avoid threats well (WT), namely managing budget that is right on target, accountable, and transparent, to avoid negative stigma from the community.