THE POLICY AND THE SYNERGIES OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

Abstract

Poverty remains a serious problem in small islands area spreaded throughout Indonesia; some of them are on the border with other countries. The problem occurs as a result of a lack of management of natural resources, low of education level because it is far for going to school, far from decision-maker access, limited access to capital, science, technology and telecommunications, market and political support. The other problems are inequalities of income and development between urban and rural areas and the gap between the wealt and the poor. Ministry of Social Affairs takes responsibility to handle poverty alliviation by providing stimulantly Productive Economic Business (UEP). Based on the results of focus group discussion conducted with SKPD Nunukan and Sumenep are resulted some recommendations, namely; a) need for socialization and education about Productive Economic Business Program (UEP) with the orientation of the local natural resources management based on local livelihoods and prepare the marketing system for the product; b) need for further training to the community target program of marine, agricultural and plantation products (processing and packaging the product); and c) required further training for facilitators about knowledge and skills of processing and marketing of products, and need to coordinate between the Ministry of Social Affair and community institutions. The development of local initiatives in community-based poverty alliviation through sustainable livelihood in Border Areas and Small Islands successfully developed based on three practical components, namely; a) Socioeconomic Mapping; b) Empowerment through UEP; an c) UEP marketing and distribution product mechanism of the benefit receiver via E-Warong. This model can be used as a policy formulation on poverty alliviation based on local initiatives through sustainable livelihood in the border area and small islands.