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Strengthening the Babakan Village MSME Forum through Collaboration for Competitiveness and Business Independence

D Dudung Abdullah M Masduki Masduki D Deni Istiono N Nita Hernita M Milasari Milasari
10 September 2026 Vol. 7 No. 1 (2026): September https://doi.org/10.35912/yumary.v7.n1.p107-116.2026
Abstract

Purpose: This community service program aimed to strengthen a collaboration-based MSME forum in Babakan Village, improve participants' understanding of community governance, and clarify the Merah Putih Cooperative's role as a local business-service hub.
Research Methodology: The program was conducted on July 13 2026, 2026 in Babakan Village, Kertajati District, Majalengka Regency. The participatory approach combined stakeholder coordination, interactive lectures, case studies, discussions, needs mapping, group mentoring, descriptive evaluation, and follow-up planning. The evidence comprised attendance records, structured observations, discussion notes, documentation, and a target realization review.
Results: The attendance list contained 23 signatures, including 19 business actors from diverse sectors. Qualitative evidence showed that participants could regroup business problems initially viewed as individual into upstream, process, and downstream needs and connect them with forums and cooperative roles. The program documented stakeholder participation, produced an initial role map, and established follow-up directions, while formal forum documents and cooperative service operations remained pending.
Conclusions: The program contributed to an institutional pathway from one-off MSME training toward a forum-cooperative-village-university support system. Its immediate contribution was stronger social and organizational foundations rather than measured business performance improvement.
Limitations: No pre-test, post-test, satisfaction instruments, or measured adoption data were available, and formal forum documents had not yet been completed.
Contributions: The program offers a staged and measurable sustainability framework for forum formalization, member data, monthly coordination, pilot cooperative service, and quarterly evaluation.

Keywords: Collaboration Community Forum Competitiveness MSMEs Village Cooperatives
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Abdullah, D., Masduki, M., Istiono, D., Hernita, N., & Milasari, M. (2026). Strengthening the Babakan Village MSME Forum through Collaboration for Competitiveness and Business Independence. Yumary: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, 7(1), 107–116. https://doi.org/10.35912/yumary.v7.n1.p107-116.2026
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