<![CDATA[Abstrak:Pengabdian kepada masyarakat (PKM) ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kapasitas sumber daya gampong menuju smart village melalui pendekatan PAR. Mitra yang terlibat dalam kegiatan ini adalah 16 gampong di 5 kecamatan dalam kota Langsa. Metode yang digunakan adalah pendekatan edukatif dan participatory action research melalui serangkaian tahapan kegiatan seperti koordinasi, sosialisasi, pelaksanaan kegiatan, pendampingan serta monitoring dan evaluasi. Seluruh tahapan kegiatan yang tergambarkan melalui lembar post test memperlihatkan 5 aparatur pemerintah gampong (35%) memahami materi itu dan 11 aparatur pemerintah gampong (65%) cukup memahami materi yang disampaikan oleh narasumber. Hasil pendampingan memperlihatkan 18,75% kepala desa sangat memahami 4 materi tentang konsep pengembangan smart village, 50% kepala desa memahami materi smart village dan 31,25% kepala desa cukup memahami materi konsep pengembangan desa cerdas. Disimpulkan bahwa 16 gampong memiliki 3 dokumen lengkap berupa sejarah desa, sketsa desa dan potensi desa serta berdasarkan hasil klusterisasi pada 13 gampong ditemukan sumber daya alam yang didominasi pada sektor pertanian, perkebunan dan jasa perdagangan serta sumber daya intrastruktur berupa kantor desa, jalan desa dan poskesdes.Abstract: This community service (PKM) aims to upgrade villages resources to become smart villages through participatory action research approach. The partner involved are 16 villages at 5 subdistrict in Langsa city. The method used is an educational approach and participatory action research through a series of stages of activities such as coordination, socialization, implementation of activities, mentoring and monitoring and evaluation. All stages of activities described through the post test sheet show that 5 village government officials (35%) understand the material and 11 village government officials (65%) quite understand the material presented by the resource person. The results of the mentoring show that 18,75% of village leader really understand 4 materials about the concept of smart village development, 50% of village leader understand smart village materials and 31,25% of village leader quite understand the material on smart village development concepts. It was concluded that 16 villages had 3 complete documents in the form of village history, village sketches and village potentials and based on the results of clustering in 13 gampongs found natural resources dominated by agricultural, plantation and trade services sectors and also intrastructure resources as permanent village office, village road and public healthcare unit.]]>
