2. Cooperative Movement: KSP CU Gema Swadaya, Gema Kedai,
values, so Credit Union is also a Value Community Movement. (2) Through financial management, Credit Union is here to work together and involve each other in building a better and more prosperous life. The participatory principle in formulating its governance, and the subsidiarity principle in carrying out its operational services.
An effective and efficient financial system will ensure openness or transparency in running a business and ensure the continuity of the shared ideals. (3) The role of CU is to build and facilitate members to obtain easy and affordable services. The LBK model is a service standard that represents the East Java Gema Swadaya Credit Union.
(4) The increase in human resource capacity of CU Gema Swadaya is carried out through a process of LBK meetings, mutual learning and sharing of beliefs, principles and values, knowledge and skills, among members to ensure collective empowerment in the member community.
KSP CU Gema Swadaya uses a strategy of empowering members with a community organizing model (besuki.id). The strategy and approach of the East Java Gema Swadaya Credit Union proceeds with the stages of Proclaiming, Involving, Accompanying, Developing, Empowering, and Delegating. (1) Proclaiming is the stage of reporting that CU is a medium for everyone to be able to find solutions to their life problems without discriminating against ethnicity, race, religion, and class. (2) Involving is meeting, attending, and inviting to work together in building a new life. (3) Accompanying is the process of assisting and supporting members who have started to have aspirations and hopes, so that consistent action can occur. (4) Developing is improving the quality of life as a whole by relying on the values and wisdom of living together, willing to learn and try new things, and not easily give up.
(5) Empowering is building self-capacity individually and collectively so that they are able to choose and determine the direction of life that is appropriate, meaningful, and valuable in a sustainable manner. (6) Delegating is giving trust, duties and responsibilities, and space for action for elected members and choosing their position in ensuring the continuity of their ideals. Cadreization is an approach to ensure the process of delegation of ideals runs continuously.
The vision of KSP CU Gema Swadaya is to build the independence and economic sovereignty of rural families in East Java, which is based on the values of mutual cooperation, self-help, solidarity, and local wisdom. Its mission is (1) to build human resources with integrity, loyalty, and gender perspective through education and member organization; (2) build safe, healthy, transparent, and accountable cooperative institutional governance; (3) developing a community business model based on local resources and wisdom; (4) building a digital technology-based marketing and promotion media system; and (5) build cooperation between CUs/cooperatives.
The Governing Body of KSP CU Gema Swadaya are Misbach Isnaifah (Chairman), Jumiati (Secretary), and Nur Azlina (Treasurer).
The Supervisory Board is Khoirun Nisa (Chairman), Nur Khosi’ah (Secretary), and Andi Median Yasnawi (Member). The advisors are (1) Intan Darmawati, (2) Iwan Kusuma, and (3) Ruth Murtiasih Subodro.
The Development Committees per region are Liswin and M. Daim (Lumajang Regency), Taupiq (Probolinggo Regency) and Khoiriyah (Jember Regency). The executives are Nur Azlina (Executive Person in Charge), Mia Novita Santi (Financial Staff), Rini Febriati (Head of Operations), Dinda Mariana and Dinka Lenia (LBK staff).
Gemapalu is a social organization that is proactive in empowering the community, especially women. More than 90% of Gemapalu members are agricultural laborers, and 65% of them are female farm workers. Gemapalu has assisted the community so far has more than 1,500 active members with assets spread over 183 households, 25 villages, 12 sub-districts, and 3 regencies (Lumajang, Jember, and Probolinggo). In the future, according to Isna, Gemapalu will sew ideas together with social activists who share a common perspective with various elements. Some patterns have started to be arranged (besuki.id). Those who are moved to support the realization of empowered village communities with Gemapalu as collaborators include (gemapalu.id): Independent Volunteer Action – Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) Alumni Association, IPB Alumni Association, KSP CU Gema Swadaya, Gotong Royong Mart, and CUSO.
Those who have participated in realizing Gemapalu’s missions include:
Hivos People Unlimited, Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst, and the Shafira Foundation. In carrying out the program, Gemapalu is open
to partnerships and cooperation, as long as it does not conflict with the principles and values: (1) Respect for Human Rights (HAM), (2) gender equality, (3) tolerance, (4) solidarity, and (5) not to damage the environment and local wisdom. The cooperation that has been carried out by Gemapalu so far has several things: (1) cooperation with donor/funding institutions, (2) cooperation in research and research programs, (3) cooperation in non-budgetary programs, (4) cooperation in marketing and human resource development, and (5) advocacy and campaign cooperation (gemapalu.id).
When the Covid-19 outbreak hit Indonesia and after adapting, Gemapalu and CU Gema Swadaya strengthened community meetings.
Previously, LBK still served members for depositing, withdrawing, and consulting as well as member education. In the context of organizing the people, services must be strengthened by the process of organizing the vision and mission of the community in economic, political, social and cultural sovereignty, so as not to be trapped in mere pragmatism (besuki.id).