Towards Environmental Sustainability: Pandawara Group-Denmark Collaboration Through Transnational Advocacy Network

Abstract

Pandawara Group as a non-governmental organization that started with environmental concerns, has expanded to a larger scope to be able to work with the government and other external parties. The role of social media has also increased the existence of the Pandawara Group so that they can be recognized as an influential organization in the state society. Their success resulted in several awards and led to an opportunity to learn more about environmental management with an overseas party from Denmark. In the different categories of countries, there are certainly differences in how the environment is managed, such as Indonesia and Denmark. This research aims to analyze how the Denmark government manages waste and find differences in how waste is managed between the Indonesian-Denmark government and how much social media impact has on awareness of environmental issues. Through a qualitative approach with a descriptive method using literature studies to obtain relevant data, it explains how the efforts made by Pandawara Group can influence The Government of Denmark to make and pursue policies using the theory or concept of Transnational Advocacy Network. The concept itself is a contemporary framework that describes how non-state actors, such as NGOs, advocacy groups, and other kinds of social movements, collaborate beyond national boundaries to influence policy changes to certain institutions or governments and also to promote shared values or ideas. Transnational advocacy network theory emphasizes the power of information, persuasion, and network-building in shaping international politics and domestic policies. This research paper concludes that Pandawara Group as a NGO, collaborating with Denmark as a foreign state actor through Transnational Advocacy Network, can build and strengthen partnerships in order to achieve the goal of promoting global environmental sustainability.