Economic Recovery Through Community Empowerment to Reduce Impact of the Covid-19

The impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic Disaster is still very much felt by the economy of the people in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The purpose of this research is to map the policies of the Provincial Government of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in empowering the community to the perpetrators of cooperative activities, micro, small and medium enterprises and to map the operational strategies carried out for the development of these policies. This study uses qualitative methods and uses secondary data from various kinds of literature such as books, articles, related journals regarding empowerment policies for actors in cooperative activities, micro, small and medium enterprises from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The data analysis technique used in this research is descriptive analysis. The results of the research, it is known that the success of community empowerment policies for actors in cooperative activities, micro, small and medium enterprises in the Special Region of Yogyakarta from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic disaster in the first quarter of 2021 experienced growth compared to the first quarter of 2020. The biggest contribution to economic growth in the Special Region of Yogyakarta in the first quarter of 2021 is the information and communication business field.


INTRODUCTION
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the economic sector in all provinces in Indonesia (Susilawati, Falefi, & Purwoko, 2020) and (Pakpahan, 2020), one of which is the Province of the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The implementation of restrictions on community activities in Indonesia as an effort to handle the Covid-19 pandemic disaster has caused significant economic losses both nationally and in the Province of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (Hadiwardoyo, 2020).
Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises are one of the ones experiencing the biggest impact on the economy in the Special Region of Yogyakarta caused by several factors, namely a decrease in the number of sales due to a decrease in the number of requests by partners by delaying product purchases and at the same time other actors Cooperative activities, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises have difficulty getting raw materials and the price of raw materials has also increased so they have to reduce the number of workers (Prasetyo & Huda, 2019) and make production capacity decrease which results in obstacles in production which ultimately experience capital difficulties and experience cash flow problems (Febrantara, 2020).
The Provincial Government of the Special Region of Yogyakarta which has the authority to carry out economic recovery in the Special Region of Yogyakarta is expected to provide facilities to increase public consumption in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, one of the efforts to reduce the risk of the Covid-19 disaster in the economic sector is through the empowerment of cooperatives, micro, small businesses and middle school in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.
According to Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 2021 concerning Ease, Protection, and Empowerment of Cooperatives and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, what is meant by Cooperatives is a business entity consisting of one person or a legal entity of Cooperatives by basing their activities on the principles of Cooperatives as well as a people's economic movement based on the principle of kinship (Abidin, 2015). Micro Enterprises are productive businesses owned by individuals and or individual business entities that meet the criteria for Micro Enterprises. Small Business is a productive economic business that stands alone, which is carried out by individuals or business entities that are not subsidiaries or not branches of companies that are owned, controlled, or become part of either directly or indirectly from Medium Enterprises or large businesses that meet the criteria for Small Businesses. Medium Enterprises are productive economic businesses that stand alone, which are carried out by individuals or business entities that are not subsidiaries or branches of companies that are owned, controlled, or become part of either directly or indirectly with Small Businesses or large businesses that meet the criteria for Medium Enterprises. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises are grouped based on the criteria for working capital or annual sales results. The criteria for working capital as referred to in paragraph (1) consist of: Micro Enterprises having a business capital of up to a maximum of Rp. 1,000,000,000.00 (one billion rupiah) excluding land and buildings for business premises; Small Business has a business capital of more than Rp. 1,000,000,000.00 (one billion rupiah) up to a maximum of Rp5.000.000.000,00 (five billion rupiahs) excluding land and buildings for business premises; and Medium Enterprises have a business capital of more than Rp. 5,000,000,000.00 (five billion rupiah) up to a maximum of Rp. 10,000,000,000.00 (ten billion rupiah) excluding land and buildings for business premises.
The criteria for annual sales results consist of: Micro-enterprises having annual sales of up to a maximum of Rp. 2,000,000,000.00 (two billion rupiah); Small Business has annual sales of more than Rp. 2,000,000,000.00 (two billion rupiah) up to a maximum of Rp. 15,000,000,000.00 (fifteen billion rupiah); and Medium Enterprises have annual sales of more than Rp. 15,000,000,000.00 (fifteen billion rupiahs) up to a maximum of Rp. 50,000,000,000.00 (fifty billion rupiahs).

METHODS
This study used descriptive qualitative methods by utilizing secondary data derived from various literatures such as books, articles, related journals regarding the policy of empowerment and strengthening of Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic disaster. The use of descriptive qualitative methods aims to provide a description and get a clear picture that is useful for answering the formulation of the problem, namely about how the policies of the Yogyakarta Special Region Government in saving Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic disaster and what strategies are being implemented. can be done for the development of Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The Impact of the Pandemic on Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Special Region of Yogyakarta The impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic disaster experienced by Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, among others, there was a decline in sales due to reduced community activities with the Enforcement of Restrictions on Community Activities so that Micro, Small, and Medium Business actors had difficulty obtaining capital due to declining sales levels. , the existence of product distribution barriers due to restrictions on the movement of product distribution in certain areas, the difficulty of raw materials because Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises activities depend on the availability of raw materials from other industrial sectors (Febrantara, 2020).

Efforts of the Provincial Government of the Special Region of Yogyakarta
The Indonesian government needs to make various efforts to help the community's economy through various policies (Susilawati et al., 2020). The success of the government's policy is highly Prosperity: Journal of Society and Empowerment dependent on the support of the components of business actors in the community. The community and the government must jointly protect the economy from the impact of Covid-19 (Hanoatubun, 2020). The policies of the Provincial Government of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in dealing with the impact of the Covid-19 disaster on the activities of Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Special Region of Yogyakarta through the Office of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises, are as follows: (1) Economic Recovery Through Empowerment of Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the New Normal Era, among others: Strengthening the Capacity of Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises by surviving, striving, creative and innovative. First, human Resources Empowerment, access to capital; IT-based online marketing, fulfillment of raw materials, production stability, regulatory support, value development with business vision transformation, bussines checkups, partnerships and mutual cooperation, team management. Second, adapting to market conditions, business opportunities, consumer behavior, and being flexible to changes. Fifth, the development of the "Sibakuljogja" application in an integrated manner by fostering Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, namely by monitoring and evaluating through coaching records on the profile of Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the "SibakulJogja" application.
(3) Initiating the Village Preneur Program is a village or sub-district that has the ability to stimulate the dynamics of economic entrepreneurship based on potential and local wisdom, through business units to be managed to be of global quality by strengthening community capacity in a sustainable manner (Kemenkop-UKM, 2018;Burhan, F., 2020).

Operational Strategy in the Recovery and Strengthening of Cooperatives and Small and
Medium Enterprises The recovery and strengthening of MSME policies is carried out by increasing synergies between programs and between government institutions (Hadiwardoyo, 2020

CONCLUSION
Based on the results of the study, the success of the community empowerment policy for the perpetrators of cooperative activities, micro, small and medium enterprises in the Special Region of Yogyakarta from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that the economy in the Special Region of Yogyakarta in the first quarter of 2021 experienced growth compared to the first quarter of 2020. The biggest contribution to economic growth in the Special Region of Yogyakarta in the first quarter of 2021 is the information and communication business field.