The Government of Surabaya since 2009 has had a program to reduce poverty in Surabaya. The poverty reduction
program in the City of Surabaya is through tiered training for SMEs. The tiered training aims to train groups of
poor people in the city of Surabaya to gain the skills for entrepreneurship. At the next level of skills for
entrepreneurship was developed into SMEs through training by SKPD City Government of Surabaya. At every level
of training undertaken, including to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs in the face of the Asean Economic
Community(AEC).
The research's aim was to determine how a tiered training for SMEs in Surabaya can serve as a strategy to
strengthen the competitiveness of SME to face AEC. The subjects in this study is the Surabaya City Government,
which in it is Bappeko who designed the strategy and management of the tiered training program, SKPD that plays
a role in providing this training to produce entrepreneurs, business groups and SMEs, as well as strengthening the
competitiveness of SMEs.
SKPDs that are included are the BAPPEMAS and KB, the Department of Labor, Offwe Food Security, Department
of Cooperatives and SMEs, Public Health Service, Department of Trade & Industry, as well as the Department of
Health, and also the participants that successfully form SMEs.
The type of data is primary as well as secondary. Primary data were obtained through in-depth interviews and focus
group discussions, while the secondary data obtained through the analysis of documents. The research found that
SMEs Spaced training organized by the Government of Surabaya plays an important role as a strategy for
strengthening the competitiveness of SMEs in the face of AEC
