PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DALAM PENGEMBANGAN EKONOMI LOKAL DI JAWA TENGAH

Abstract

globalization and local autonomy demand strengthening local economic to keep the regional existency in global economic competition. Local economic development is one of tangible effort of preparation towards global competition. Basically, the local economic development constitute development process where the community groups together with local government managing their local resources and sharing partnership cooperation in order to create new job opportunities and stimulating the regional economic activity. The main component of local economic development considering their indigenous development policy is on the use of local work force, institution, and the available physical resources. At the same time, the private sector, especially SMEs are often in the hard position: they have to compete at the international level, also they have less skill and local network. Therefore, the solution method of these problems is by involving the government, private and community sectors in a public-private partnership (PPP). As for the real form of this PPP in solving the SMEs development problem of Central Java Province is to establish FPESD (Forum Pengembangan Ekonomi dan Sumber Daya) in the provincial level and FEDEP (Forum for Economic Development and Employment Promotion) in each municipality/regency in Central Java.