Policy-Making in Nonformal Education

In nonformal education, community participation is the key point of sustainable program, which formed to the future development. The process of policy-making in nonformal education should involve the community, while aspirations of the stakeholder may influence the policy-making. So that, it needs many steps to consider for a policy-maker based on the regulation and participation of community. The research is aimed to describe how government organized the policy-making process in nonformal education that involved different parties. This research using qualitative method that involving 3 stakeholders in Bandung City Region as subjects with documents' analysis, interview and focus group discussion as technic for data gathering. The result from the studies is the policy-making process in Nonformal Education are should design based on the need and condition of community. Second step is agreement with stakeholder to make an agreement about the way for socialization, finances, etc. The third is the public test, this way to know how far the community needs that policy. And last step is socialization, to make the community know about the policy.