There is good reason to combine education with microcredit for poverty alleviation in the poor communities of the developing world, including in Indonesia. Poverty is dangerous, it deprives people of their right to education, their right to good health, their right to freedom of speech, their right to democracy, their right to financial services and of course their right to knowledge enhancement, which are all crucial to living a better life. We must therefore, provide services beyond, credits for the poor. In this case, education should be included to each and every development agenda for the poor since it is key to any positive change and sustainable development of people. If well planned and well integrated within the microcredit services, education can serve a good purpose in poverty alleviation. This paper describes how education and microfinance have been used in combination to alleviate poverty in Indonesia, especially in the areas studied. The study uses a multi-cases approach to examine the purposively selected baitul maal tamwil (BMTs) organisations, which are sharia based semiformal microfinance institutions regarded to be among those few integrating education with their financial services.

In Improving Human Resource Development (PSDM), the Lembang Center for Agricultural Training (BBPP) is the right place to carry out technical training and functional training in agriculture. It has been proven that BBPP Lembang has printed a lot of skilled workers in the field of agriculture, this can be used as an indicator of the success of this training institution, not only that, the welfare of the farmers has also increased. BBPP Lembang is one of the places that can be used as a job that helps reduce the number of people who do not get jobs. To improve the ongoing training and on target BBPP Lembang always conducts evaluation activities that aim to see the success of the programs that have been held and follow up on the weaknesses that were obtained when the evaluation process took place both at the beginning of the program and at the end of the program. The application of the Kirkpatrick Four Level Evaluation Model is used as a frame of reference for evaluating programs, where evaluations at levels 1 and 2 will produce information for the organization about conducting training both in the middle and the end. Whereas levels 3 and 4 produce information that focuses on the impact of training for organizations and trainees.Abstrak: Dalam Meningkatkan Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia (PSDM), Balai Besar Pelatihan Pertanian (BBPP) Lembang menjadi tempat yang tepat sasaran untuk melaksanakan pelatihan teknis dan pelatihan fungsional di bidang pertanian. Sudah terbukti BBPP Lembang banyak sekali mencetak tenaga yang handal dibidang pertanian, hal ini bisa dijadikan sebagai indicator keberhasilan dari lembaga diklat ini, bukan hanya itu, kesejahteraan para petani pun sudah meningkat. BBPP Lembang menjadi salah satu wadah yang bisa dijadikan sebagai lapangan kerja yang membantu mengurangi jumlah warga yang tidak mendapatkan pekerjaan. Untuk meningkatkan pelatihan berkelanjutan dan tepat sasaran BBPP Lembang senantiasa melakukan kegiatan evaluasi yang bertujuan melihat keberhasilan program yang telah diselenggarakan dan menindaklajuti kelemahan-kelemahan yang didapat ketika proses evaluasi berlangsung baik di awal program dan maupun diakhir program. Penerapan Model Evaluasi Kirkpatrick Empat Level dugunakan sebagai kerangka acuan untuk mengevaluasi program, dimana evaluasi pada level 1 dan 2 akan mengasilkan informasi untuk organisasi tentang penyelenggaraan pelatihan baik diwal-tengan dan akhir. Sedangkan pada level 3 dan 4 menghasilkan informasi yang berfokus pada dampak pelatihan bagi organisasi dan peserta pelatihan. Kata kunci: BBPP Lembang, PSDM, Model Evaluasi Kirkpatrick Empat Level

Abstract. The purpose of this study was to provide an entrepreneurship training model based onthe local culture to empower the rural poor. The goalwas achieved through research and development approach. The results showthat the entrepreneurship training model with an eco-cultural aspect for empowerment of the rural-poorareas should focus on theshaping ofthe public mindset from that of workers to job creators. The substance ofthe material should berelated to ecosystem and cultural elements of the local environment. The images and symbols related to Sundanese's culture were used as media for learning. The curriculum, teaching materials, strategies and the media for training were developed inthis studybased on the theoretical studies and consultation with experts for the empirical effectiveness of empowering the rural poor.Key words: training, entrepreneurship, eco-cultural, the rural poor Abstrak. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah tersedianya model pelatihan kewirausahaan berlatar budaya lokal untuk pemberdayaan masyarakat miskin di perdesaan. Tujuan itu dicapai melalui pendekatan research and development. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa model pelatihan kewirausahaan berlatar ekokultural untuk pemberdayaaan masyarakat miskin di perdesaan seyogianya berfokus pada pembentukan pola pikir masyarakat dari pekerja menjadi pencipta pekerjaan. Substansi materi harus terkait dengan ekosistem dan unsur budaya yang lekat dengan masyarakat. Media belajarnya memanfaatkan gambar dan simbol yang terkait dengan budaya Sunda. Kurikulum, bahan ajar, strategi dan media pelatihan sebagaimana dikembangkan dalam penelitian ini berdasarkan hasil kajian teori dan pertimbangan pakar, secara empirik efektif untuk pemberdayaan masyarakat miskin di pedesaan.

Environmental development is one of the pillars of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which aims to manage natural resources and the environment in a sustainable manner. Currently, both household and industrial waste are one of the causes of environmental damage due to environmental pollution. This study aims to describe the environmental literacy activities organized by Kampoeng Recycle, Jember to foster environmental awareness behaviour. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive methods, in order to obtain a description of environmental literacy activities in household waste management. The informants of this study were the managers of the Kampoeng Recycle and the Kampoeng Recycle Community. The data analysis technique used the Miles and Huberman model, namely through the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results showed that literacy activities related to household waste management by Kampoeng Recycle involved all levels of society, both children, adolescents and adults. Environmental literacy activities include waste class activities, recycling camps, recycling gardens and waste recycling skills.

Literacy facilitators across the archipelago are currently faced with the challenge to integrate local values in functional literacy education programs, because its integration is a new aspect. This makes localized literacy content a hard thing to implement. Yet, if properly conducted, it can lead to improved learner's basic competencies. In an effort to improve the learner's competencies based on localized content, it is necessary to develop the facilitator's competencies in regard to use of localized materials, as a measure to improve the quality of the learners. In this paper, the researcher aims to bring forward a model of functional literacy education based on local culture (values) for quality performance of the community learning centers within a learning society. The research reveals that literacy education based on local culture or local content can improve the quality of learning. The conclusion is that a model combining localized content, can enrich learning in this globalized world. Such a model can help learners to act locally, but with a globalized mind.