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Foreword From Handling Editor – 8th Edition, Astari Dwiranti

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

We are delighted to present the 8^th edition of AJCE, published in December 2020. We have selected eleven of the best articles for this edition, consisted of six Research Articles, one Review Article, and four Case-Based Articles. These articles presented the valuable and interesting information with the broad ranges covering three sub-themes, i.e. education (Community engagement in COVID-19 responses, intellectual property rights, and technique to decrease depression level), Economy (participatory budget during the Covid-19 pandemic, and Empowering Botswana’s rural communities), and Health (Development-induced displacement on the Tribal community, Combating COVID-19 infodemic, Village fund accountability and gendering, stunting early detection, …

Community Engagement In Covid-19 Responses: Evidence From Qualitative Interface With Community Opinion Leaders In Enugu, Nigeria, Prince Agwu, Chinweoke Methodius Ugwu, Chidera Florence Eke

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

Successful stories of community engagement existed during the Ebola disease outbreak in Liberia, indicating that a combination of government and community efforts are needed in addressing pandemics or epidemics. However, for communities to rise to the challenge of containing and combatting the spread of any disease, they must be communicated most effectively and supported by the government. Therefore, our study investigates how applicable successful community engagement has been in the charge against the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Through telephone interviews, we sourced data from 12 community opinion leaders in Enugu State, Nigeria. After conducting a thematic analysis of …

Foreword From Handling Editor - 7th Edition, Astari Dwiranti

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

We are delighted to present the 7^th edition of AJCE, published in July 2020. We have selected twelve of the best articles for this edition, consisted of nine Research Articles, two Review Article, and one Case-Based Articles. These articles presented the valuable and interesting information with the broad ranges covering three sub-themes, i.e. education (young adult literature, cross-border development, self protection, developing community engagement with Social Life Cycle Assessment, Malay minorities), Economy (creative economy clinic, dairy cattle production), and Health (child health nutrition program, health education projects, empowering women in Covid-19, knowledge regarding Biliary Atresia).

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Enhancing The Community Engagement Of Indonesian Palm Oil Companies Through The Implementation Of The Social Life Cycle Assessment (Slca), Indah Budiani

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

As national economic stakeholders, businesses are now paying more attention to the broader issues involving the public, local, and social dimensions of development. The Indonesian palm oil companies, as key stakeholders in the economy, play a crucial role in directly supporting the improvement of the community's well-being. The paper analyses the implementation of the UNEP/SETAC Guideline of Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) as a sub-category of “community engagement” implemented by Indonesian palm oil plantations. Using the qualitative approach, this study describes four distinctive models of community engagement to mitigate the negative and positive social impacts brought about by business activities. …