<![CDATA[The problem in this research is the lack of some public participation in the development process pekon, low absorption of funds pekon, less terakomodirnya the proposed activitybased community empowerment as well as less terakomodirnya proposal women's groups. Based on this then the goal in this research is to find out and analyze the public participation in the following programs of community empowerment in Kecamatan Balik Bukit Kabupaten Lampung Barat and to knowing and analyzing the aspects of the barrier to the participation of the community in community empowerment cadre program in Kecamatan Balik Bukit Kabupaten Lampung Barat. The design used in this study is a qualitative research design, the techniques used in collecting data, among others, by way of observation, interview and documentation. Data analysis technique used is an interactive model of analysis that includes the reduction of the data, the presentation of data and verification. Based on the results of the study can then note that: (1) community participation in the following programs of community empowerment in Kecamatan Balik Bukit Kabupaten Lampung Barat, overall good enough already, it looks from some of the among other things: (a) public participation in program planning cadres community empowerment have been very good of the community is very active in various program planning development acceleration programs ranging from pekon, save program loan women mentoring program and the utilization of results, (b) community participation in the implementation of the programme of empowerment is very good thing seen from the existence of community participation in the form of energy, the existence of a grant from the society and its optimal program loan women, (c) community in utilizing the results of the program are made by excellent cadre of community empowerment in which the community exploit or use the facilities physical facilities ranging from empowerment and non physical. (2) restricting aspects of public participation in the following programs of community empowerment cadres, among others: still low awareness some community members, the bustle of the community and the low level of public education.]]>
