Unmuh and the Jember Regency Government Encourage the Independence of MSMEs by Involving Students

MSMEs in Indonesia need to keep trying to achieve economic independence. This encouragement must be carried out by all parties, including the government and educational institutions. As was done by the Jember Muhammadiyah University (Unmuh Jember) together with the Jember Regency Government through the Merdeka Learning Campus Merdeka (MBKM) program.

In this program, students can participate more deeply to help MSME players who are still trying to promote their products. For example, through the Dissemination of MSME Products from Government and Management Study Program Students on Thursday (27/1/2022) yesterday at the Ahmad Zainuri Building Unmuh Jember.

The Jember Regency Government, in the program, poured capital to assist the production process. Prof. Ir Suryo Purwono MASc PhD, from the Ministry of Education and Culture said that the Merdeka Campus Competition Program aims to improve the quality and relevance of undergraduate program graduates.

He hopes that students will have a complete understanding of universal phenomena, mastery of techniques and management that are designed as a whole and integrated in an academic atmosphere. "Today we can see the MSME products that they have achieved, we congratulate the Government and Management Study Program at Unmuh Jember." he explained while attending the event virtually. The direction of the development of Unmuh Jember is currently in the Preresearch University stage, with a focus on developing learning transformation which leads to increasing community empowerment.

The Chancellor of Unmuh Jember, Dr Hanafi MPd explained that Unmuh Jember has had many roles such as community development such as MSMEs and making applications. One of the developments that attracted Hanafi's attention included knife making, food manufacturing, and applications. "From there we can know, that initially only processed raw materials will become valuable goods," he wrote.

Hanafi explained that this was in line with the campus' commitment to support government programs for the advancement of MSMEs. Meanwhile, Jember Regent Ir H Hendy Siswanto ST IPU invited the community, especially students, to work together with the Jember Regency Government. protest, the Jember Regency Government cannot work alone, it still needs many parties to join forces to overcome the problems that exist in Jember. "2021 is the adjustment stage, while 2022 is the completion stage. Life and lectures must be concrete, being a student must be able to implement the values that are currently being pursued," said Hendy.

PKKM function is how students become great from something they learn directly. In order for Jember's economy to progress, we must support local products through the Local E-Catalog. This PKKM includes real work. According to Hendy, in 2022 we want to realize Jember quickly, especially for the 30 villages which are currently still developing towards becoming independent villages. According to him, the collaboration between Unmuh Jember and the Jember Regency Government is not only in the field of MSME development, but also in other fields. "In 2022, the problems of poverty, illiteracy, stunting and the economy must be resolved. There is a target, there is before and after. Come on, let's solve the problems in Jember together," he asked

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SDC (Smart Village School)

The Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Muhammadiyah Jember, starting in 2021, is collaborating with the Jember district government through two main programs, namely SDC (smart village school) and managing village assets. This collaboration was realized by the P2EKLM unit (Center for Development of Creative Economy & Community Services) through synergy with DPMD (Community and Village Empowerment Service) Jember Regency.

This realization was carried out after a seminar was held which was opened directly by the Regent of Jember Ir H Hendy Siswanto at the Ahmad Zainuri Building UM Jember on Wednesday September 2021.

The purpose of this collaboration is to increase the capacity and competence of the village apparatus, namely the village secretary because the village secretary is the main driving force. if the development goes well, of course the community will enjoy the development carried out by the local government through the village government. Besides that. Of the 2.5 million people of Jember, 70% are village people who have enormous potential, for example through tourism, entrepreneurship, agriculture and so on.

Therefore, the village secretary must have the impetus to explore natural wealth and human resources, "Don't make a wrong move or make a wrong program, the village secretary must be able to read the potential of the village." Therefore, the faculty of economics and business considers that the Smart Village School program is one of the obligations of tertiary institutions from the tri dharma of higher education, namely community service from academics to take part in accelerating the improvement of the quality of village apparatus human resources.

This is also in line with the MBKM (Independent Learning Campus Independent) curriculum policy which has been launched by the Ministry of Education and Culture and has been implemented by the Faculty of Economics and Business UM Jember. One of the implementations of this curriculum is in the form of the Village Project BKP so that it can foster a symbiosis of mutualism between FEB UM Jember and the Jember Regency Government, especially the DPMD and the village government.

The benefits of this program are to increase the HR of the Village Secretary (Sekdes) to understand and be able to carry out the tasks of the village secretary and understand village issues and provide village services. Understand village finances and village APB. In addition, the form of collaborative program is tentative. The Faculty of Economics and Business has also carried out a long-term collaboration, namely opening an executive class/evening class for the management study program which has currently been running for two semesters with a total of 17 students from the village secretary. Among them are Gumelar Village, Paleran Village, Sukoreno Village, Mulyorejo Village, Puger Village, etc.

And for the admission of new students for the 2022/2023 academic year, the management studies study program is still opening executive classes again for village secretaries who have not yet taken part in lecture activities in the 2021/2022 academic year.

Of course this activity is free because it is provided with funding or scholarships by the Jember district government. Therefore, you can directly contact the afternoon class manager, Dr. Haris Hermawan, MM or admin 082232830111 afternoon class Mr. Daniel Purnomo, SE 082244673773

SIPADES (Village Asset Management System) training

SIPADES is an official application from the Government of Indonesia developed by the Directorate of Financial Facilitation and Village Government Assets, Directorate General of Village Administration Development, Ministry of Home Affairs for use by all Village Governments in managing village assets in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

The use of the SIPADES application is beneficial for the Village Government in managing village assets so that management is more transparent and accountable. The SIPADES application will still be a new application so that many village officials are unfamiliar with the application. Because the UM Jember Accounting Study Program collaborates with IAI (Indonesian Association of Accountants) district. Jember, held training for village officials, especially village treasurers in Kab. Jember.

Carry out training in using the SIPADES application, as a form of Tri Dharma Community Service, especially for the Village Treasurer so that they can use the SIPADES application to facilitate village asset management. There are several objectives that will be achieved in the SIPADES Workshop activities in Kab. Jember To socialize the use of the SIPADES application and to increase the ability of the Village Treasurer to use the SIPADES application The participants in this activity are village apparatus throughout Jember Regency, especially in the financial sector.

The total number of participants is approximately 226 participants which in implementation will be divided into 2 days, 18 and 19 January 2021. This collaboration also continues to provide scholarships for village apparatus for the 2022/2023 academic year the accounting study program is still opening executive classes again for village secretaries who still not participating in lecture activities in the 2021/2022 academic year.

Of course this activity is free because it is provided with funding or scholarships by the Jember district government and can also be through self-financing. Therefore, you can directly contact the afternoon class manager, Dr. Haris Hermawan, MM or admin 082232830111 afternoon class Mr. Daniel Purnomo, SE 082244673773