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The development of Islamic boarding school (Pesantren) that is no longer just to teach religion, but has become a social and economic institution with delivers the knowledge and skills of cooperative and entrepreneurship in Pesantrens. The study used qualitative method through Participatory Learning and Action (PLA). Research location in one of the largest Pesantren namely El Bayan 1 and 2,  Cilacap, Cetral Java.  The study determined the informant through purposive sampling i.e. the managers and members of cooperative Pesantren. Data were collected by interviews, focus group discussion, observation and documentation. Research data were analyzed with the SWOT analysis. The results showed the strategy cooperative Pesantrens in the economic empowerment of students is very important with the to improve and enhance institutional managed, membership,  finance, partnerships and the development of agribusiness based business unit to enhance the well-being of Pesantren, student and the community

There is a negative stigma toward Islamic boarding school (Pesantren) in the village suspected as supporting radicalism and the place of terrorist linked to bomb-blasting events in Indonesia between 2000-2017. The research used qualitative method of participatory learning action (PLA). Data were collected through interviews, and documentation, observation and focus group discussions and use participatory analysis technique. Informants heve been purposively selected namely community and religious leaders, groups of empowerment, village apparatus and Islamic boarding school management. The research took place in village of Pasuruhan, Cilacap in Central Java and village of Cikoneng, Ciamis in West Java. The results showed the community empowerment model could be mediation of trauma and disharmony through community-based economic activities of village resources potential, namely farming and livestock groups, business groups and cooperative business economy. The model of community empowerment should be developed to perform a comprehensive program ranging from the identification of the problem, the potential of human resources, natural resources and the economy of rural communities up to the analysis solution in the form of extension program, assistance and partnerships.

The community has disharmony and potential conflicts caused by traumatic from terrorism arrests, so it requires anticipation in empowerment activities as a social and economic rehabilitation of the community. Therefore, the study aims to create economic empowerment models in entrepreneur and cooperative institutions for the harmonization of society. Study used qualitative research methods of Participatory Action Research (PAR). Data was collected through interviews, documentation, observation, and Focus Group Discussion. Informants have been purposive selected form each research location i.e. 25 people from the entrepreneurship group and cooperatives. Research location Binangun District of Cilacap Regency in Central Java and Cikoneng District of Ciamis Regency in West Java. The research analysis through triangulation, seeking diversity and investigation with society. The results showed the implementation of community economic empowerment model, it was succesful to set the spirit and togetherness to improve knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship and cooperatives, execute a program extension, training and comparative study. The successfully implemented to monitoring and evaluation in the form of assistance, expansion of market access and partnership, and then managed to become rehabilitation process of mental, social and economic from the traumatic, negative stigma and disharmony in the community after the event of arresing terrorism suspected.

The research aims to design economic empowerment model of santri in pesantren education. The study used Participatory Rural Appration method and purposive informant selection consisting of pesantren board, teacher, santri and community. Data ware collected through documentation analysis, direct observation, interviews, and Participatory Decision Making. The location of the study was determined at pesantren of Al-Muttaqin in Cirebon, West Java and Darusy Syahadah in Boyolali, Central Java. The study was analyzed by PRA through triangulation to find the diversity of difference and similarity as well as data verification. The results show (1) Pesantren has motivation and potency to make economic institution through empowerment activity of santri like horticulture cultivation, fish and goat farm, retail and also cooperation. (2) Empowerment activities, especially through education programs, can provide students with entrepreneurial skills, independence and welfare, create harmonization with the community and anticipate the negative stigma of exclusive, closed and radical of pesantren.