COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ZONE: AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCREASE PUBLIC WELFARE IN RURAL AREA

Humans’ ability in fullfiling primary needs or doing their social role have an obstacle called
proverty, so community cannot perform their social functions. This condition occurs in developing
countries including Indonesia. Since 2014 FlipMas Indonesia (Forum Layanan Ipteks bagi
masyarakat Indonesia) and CSR/BKBL PT. Pertamina (Persero) have cooperated to create an idea
to decrease proverty through Social Economic Zone or also known as Kawasan Ekonomi
Masyarakat (KEM) PertaminaFlip. KEM program conducts nationally by region FlipMas in many
provinces and aims to increase human development index (IPM) which is a target activity focused
to economic, health and education enhancement. The method used aliterature study is supported
with many practices in field work nationally to know the active target community social function
in KEM membership with standard success level using IPM standard Indonesia. This year is a
KEM program implementation, and the reports from each province reveal that the majority of
KEM activities contibuted in increasing IPM rural community especially in revenue enhancement
field. The result indicates that KEM program can increase community social welfare in rural area.