Village facilitators’ professional competency in the era of disruption: A case study in Malang Regency, Indonesia

Facilitators that serve to facilitate the attainment of SDGs are needed. That facilitators need to upgrade their skills in order to meet the societal needs in the era of disruption as developing creativity and critical thinking skills is deemed essential to capitalizing on the information technology for life constitutes a challenge. This research is aimed at finding out the needs that the facilitators have for competency in the disruptive era. Qualitative approach was employed with semi-structured interviews conducted to elicit information from 11 participants. The research findings revealed that facilitators who learned about their needs for competency in the era of disruption were enabled to provide hand-holding support to society. Understanding the digital literacy streamlined the finding of learning sources and the utilization of technology for developing the capacity through the ability to conduct social analyses, design educational activities and trainings that tailored social learning opportunities to the needs for the skill development. Understanding the economy enabled facilitators to spot an opportunity in developing asset and community potential-based local economy. Having the ability to plan and manage a program would ensure the programs be effective and collaboration of various parties facilitate the attainment of development goal more quickly. These findings offer benefits to the stakeholders such as the policy makers, facilitators, and other parties who are concerned about human capital building in the villages.