Evaluasi Dampak Pelaksanaan Program Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Industri Kecil dan Menengah di Kabupaten Ponorogo

This research is part of thesis that aims to evaluate the impact of the implementation program of development of small and medium industries in Ponorogo Regency, such as the impact of increasing the skills and improving the welfare of SMEs. The method used is descriptive qualitative evaluation. The evaluation results show that the program's goals include increased skills not optimum. It is evident from the interviews that output of this program to increase the knowledge of SMES. But, because this knowledge is only basic level, where after joining the training, SMEs will find new information and knowledge, so the technical and management skills of SME entrepreneurs not increase properly. However, it should be noted that through the impact evaluation there is improvement of SME's skills in the product quality. On the other hand, through impact evaluation the welfare improvement is not maximal yet in order to upgrade sales turnover. From the result of this evaluation, the lack of monitoring and evaluation causing the program has not been successful in achieving target. The monitoring and evaluation process are needed to analyze the problems and make some alternative solutions, so the regional development planning can be effective and efficient.