SWOT Analysis and Strengthening Socialization for BUMDes Tetus, Kuanheum Village, West Kupang

Abstract

Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) is one of the businesses that are expected to be able to revive the economy of villages in Indonesia. In supporting one of the Ministry of Village, Development, of Disadvantages Regions and Transmigration programs, the Community service team (KKNT-PPM) Widya Mandira Catholic University (UNWIRA) Kupang did the analysis and strengthening socialization for BUMDes in Kuanheum Village, West Kupang District, Kupang Regency. In the study, there were many weaknesses and threats that the management must know of BUMDes Tetus in Kuanheum Village. There are also advantages of the BUMDes and the village and opportunities that could be optimized for the village's progress. As a direct effort, the UNWIRA KKNT-PPM team carried out socialization, including facilitated discussions with various parties that could help the development of the village economy. This program is expected to be sustained and monitored to produce optimal results for the better development of Kuanheum Village

Social capital-based strategy of sustainable village-owned enterprises (BUMDes) development

“…This analysis is used because it can identify specific strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats not only in social aspects but also in economic aspects, especially related to the development of business units. SWOT analysis is widely used to formulate business development strategies or BUM Desa (Alfred et al, 2022;Ramly et al, 2020;Sumantra et al, 2019;Suyadi, 2022). This analysis has the advantage of formulating a strategy by maximizing S and O while minimizing W and T (Ramly et al, 2020).…”