| LP2EM Lembaga Pengkajian Pengembangan Ekonomi dan Masyarakat The Institute for Economic and Society Development Studies Alamat/Address: Jalan Abubakar Lambogo I/10, Pare-pare, Sulawesi Selatan; Telp: (0421) 22209 Contact person: Ibrahim Fattah (Direktur Eksekutif) | ||
| Latar belakang dan tujuan: Lembaga Pengkajian Pengembangan Ekonomi Masyarakat disingkat LP2EM merupakan badan pelaksana dari Yayasan Bakti Mulia Ajattappareng yang didirikan pada tanggal 22 Mei 1995. Lembaga ini didirikan atas dasar motivasi dan keinginan untuk mengentaskan keterbelakangan masyarakat Pare-Pare. Untuk mencapai visi tersebut LP2EM menetapkan beberapa tujuan yaitu membantu pemerintah meningkatkan peran aktif masyarakat dalam pembangunan, bekerjasama dengan pemerintah dan LSM lain untuk mengatasi permasalahan sosial-ekonomi masyarakat, menjadi mitra masyarakat dalam memberdayakan potensinya, dan membina masyarakat golongan ekonomi lemah untuk meningkatkan taraf hidupnya. Program: Berbagai program yang telah dilakukan di antaranya pencegahan HIV/ AIDs pada pekerja seks di Pare-pare, dan pelatihan manajemen koperasi kredit, serta dan pendampingan koperasi kredit. Sumber dana: Selain iuran atau sumbangan anggota, juga dari berbagai bantuan hibah (grant) dari lembaga internasional seperti AusAID, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung dan lain-lain. Keanggotaan dan wilayah kerja: Lembaga ini menjadi anggota FIK LSM Sulawesi Selatan, LSM Peduli AIDs, dan anggota Altrabaku. Wilayah kerja lembaga ini meliputi beberapa kabupaten di Sulawesi Selatan. Staf: Lembaga ini memiliki 4 staf tetap, 7 staf tidak tetap, 1 orang tergolong staf profesional dan 2 staf administrasi. |
Background and purpose: LP2EM is the executive agency of Bakti Mulia Ajattappareng Foundation, and it was founded on 22 May 1995 based on the desires of eliminating the backwardness of the people of Pare-Pare. In order to materialize that motivation, LP2EM decided several purposes of its existence namely assist the government to increase people’s participation in development, cooperate with the government and other NGOs to solve the social and economic problems faced by the community, serve as a partner of the community in materializing its potentials, and develop economically weak groups of the society to improve their life style.
Area and form of activities: LP2EM’s main fields of activity are healthcare, gender, small enterprises and cooperatives, environment, informal sector and children. The fields of agriculture, women in development, law, human rights and democracy support them. Activities in those fields are carried out in several forms like education and training, community development and facilitation, advocacy, seminar and credit provision. Sometimes, the activities took the forms of study, research and survey.
Program: Since its inception, LP2EM has implemented a number of programs like HIV/AIDS prevention among prostitutes in Pare-Pare, management training for credit cooperatives, and facilitation for credit cooperatives.
Funding sources: The funds used for LP2EM’s activities come from the dues and contributions from its members, and also from the grants provided by international agencies like AusAID and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
Membership and working area : LP2EM is a member of several networks like South Sulawesi NGOs Forum, NGOs Concerned about AIDS, and Altrabaku. It operates in several regencies of South Sulawesi.
Staff: 4 full-time and 7 part-time staff members run the organization. They include 1 professional and 2 administration workers.
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