IMPLEMENTASI PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT (PRODAMAS) PLUS PADA BIDANG EKONOMI DI KELURAHAN BANGSAL KOTA KEDIRI (STUDI PADA KOPERASI SEHAT SEJAHTERA ERWE 2 BANGSAL)

Abstract

Community empowerment is one of the efforts to improve welfare. The City Government of Kediri through the Community Empowerment Program (Prodamas) Plus implements policies in each sub-district that are directed to achieve the intended goals, including in the Ward Village, Pesantren District. the community implements Prodamas Plus in the economic sector in capital from the RW Cooperative grant, Taman BUTORANTAS and training. One of the activities in the economic sector in the Kelurahan is to provide grant capital to RW cooperatives. The Sehat Sejahtera ERWE 2 Bangsal Cooperative is the only active RW Cooperative from 2017 until now in the Bangsal Village that has succeeded in obtaining Prodamas Plus grant capital for 2021 by carrying out a savings and loan business. This research focuses on the implementation of the Community Empowerment Program (Prodamas) Plus, as a program implemented by the Government of Kediri since 2021. This program is also a follow-up to Prodamas which has been developed since 2015. The economic sector developed in the Health and Welfare Cooperative is a sub focus in this research . Bottom up policy implementation theory according to Elmore, Lipsky, Hjern, and O'Porter in (Tahir 2011: 136) is used as a basis for analysis.

The results of the study show that economic development in the Cooperative has a network of actors, namely the City Government of Kediri, Ward Village, Head of RW, Head of RT, carried out by management and members of the cooperative. Synergy with the Office of Cooperatives and UMTK was also carried out to develop a program which is currently carried out in the cooperative. Policy forms that are produced in the management of cooperatives are carried out in deliberation while at the same time demonstrating initiatives that arise from cooperative members. The results of the study also show that Prodamas Plus has a positive impact on cooperative members.

Keywords: Implementation, Prodamas, Cooperative