<![CDATA[Kebun Bibit Rakyat (KBR) is one of government’s efforts to empower the society in order to combat degraded land through reforestation. This research aimed: 1) to identify the role of stakeholder in capacity building of the community within KBR program at Pohuwato regency. 2) to evaluate the capacity level of the community within KBR program at Pohuwato regency, 3) to formulate the collaborative strategy to the succeed of KBR program at Pohuwato regency. The datas were collected through interview, observation and questioners. The datas then were analyzed by using stakeholder analysis, gap, and SWOT. The results showed that 1) the stakeholder involved in KBR program was mostly dominated by primary stakeholder, meanwhile secondary stakeholder was not involved in KBR program even though from the identification, secondary stakeholder was concerned and influential enough towards the community capacity building within KBR program; 2) the evaluation of community capacity showed that there was gap occurred even though it was relatively small, both at the policy level, organizations and individuals; 3) based on SWOT analysis, there were some strategies that could be formulated into the programs, and they were mapped into strategic architecture portrait. Within this condition, collaboration is very important because every stakeholder would give contribution to the community capacity building.Keywords: Collaboration, stakeholders, community capacity building, Kebun Bibit Rakyat (KBR) program.ABSTRAK Program Kebun Bibit Rakyat (KBR) merupakan salah satu upaya pemerintah untuk lebih memberdayakan masyarakat dalam upaya untuk mengurangi laju kerusakan hutan dan lahan kritis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk 1) Mengidentifikasi peran stakeholder untuk meningkatkan kapasitas masyarakat dalam program KBR di Kabupaten Pohuwato, 2) Mengevaluasi tingkat kapasitas masyarakat dalam program KBR di Kabupaten Pohuwato, 3) Merumuskan strategi kolaborasi untuk keberhasilan program KBR di Kabupaten Pohuwato. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan wawancara, observasi dilapangan dan kuesioner, kemudian data dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis stakeholder, gap, dan SWOT. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) Stakeholder yang terlibat dalam program KBR lebih didominasi oleh stakeholder primer, sementara stakeholder sekunder tidak dilibatkan dalam proses KBR padahal dari hasil identifikasi berkepentingan mempunyai pengaruh terhadap peningkatan kapasitas masyarakat dalam program KBR; 2) Evaluasi kapasitas masyarakat menunjukkan adanya gap yang terjadi walaupun relatif kecil, baik pada tingkat kebijakan, organisasi maupun individual; 3) berdasarkan hasil analisis SWOT diperoleh beberapa strategi yang kemudian dirumuskan kedalam beberapa program dan selanjutnya dipetakan kedalam gambar arsitekturstrategik. Dalam kondisi inilah maka kolaborasi menjadi penting karena setiap stakeholder dapat memberikan kontribusinya bagi upaya peningkatan kapasitas masyarakat.Kata Kunci: Kolaborasi, stakeholder, peningkatan kapasitas masyarakat, Program Kebun Bibit Rakyat (KBR)]]>
