This study aims to determine institutional readiness in village forest management. This research was conducted from April to May 2020, in Uemea Village, Toili Sub-District, Banggai District, Central Sulawesi Province. This sampling was based on certain criteria, according to the research to be achieved. The selection of respondents in this study were 30 people and based on the consideration that the respondents were stakeholders or groups of village forest management institutions, forest communities and who were directly involved in forest management. This make it easier for researcher to explored the object or social situation under study. The result of this reasearch showed that the readiness of LPHD in village forest management was in the medium category. The organizational aspects, availability of human resources and the knowledge of LPHD management were in the high category, while the aspects of clarity of work area management and the availability of funding were in the low category.Keywords: Readiness, Institutional, Village fores
