Asset Based Community Development
(ABCD) approach has gained popularity as one
methodology used in Community-Driven
Development (CDD) in approaching the desired
change in our left behind local community in
Indonesia generally and South Sulawesi specifically.
UIN Alauddin as a higher education institution has
one responsibility among the three assignments not
only to teach and to do research but also to serve the
community. In strengthening this function, UIN plans
to implement more persistently students and teaching
staffs community service with the ABCD approach.
This paper discusses the ABCD approach and how it
had been implemented for the above purpose. We
evaluate how the assigned working group (pokja)
from UIN had tried to implement this in Selayar
Island and a student community service using this
ABCD approach in the specific field of community
health in Bantaeng. Finally we list the opportunities
and challenges from the discussion to propose a better
recommendation for future implementation of this
ABCD for the local context in South Sulawesi