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Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) serve as a key pillar of Indonesia’s national economy, contributing significantly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment absorption. Nevertheless, MSME actors continue to face various challenges, including limited access to capital, low digital literacy, and bureaucratic hurdles in business licensing. Law Number 11 of 2020 on Job Creation (UU Cipta Kerja) was introduced as a regulatory breakthrough to address these obstacles by simplifying bureaucracy, offering business incentives, and easing access to digital markets. This study focuses on the implementation of this policy in Kampung Batik Turi, Blitar City, a hub of local wisdom-based MSMEs. The research aims to analyze the local-level application of the Job Creation Law, identify supporting and inhibiting factors, and assess its impact on the growth and independence of batik MSME actors. The findings are expected to offer practical recommendations to strengthen the alignment between national regulation and the actual needs of regional MSMEs, fostering more inclusive and sustainable MSME empowerment.

Batik is the identity and characteristic of the Indonesian nation. Many regions in Indonesia have batik with unique characteristics, rich in various types and batik motifs in each region. The motifs always evolve with the times. Sidoarjo is one of the districts in East Java which has a wide variety of culture, arts and batik motifs. Batik in Sidoarjo has various kinds of flora and fauna motifs. Batik Lintang Sari Kenongo is a typical batik business from Sidoarjo. The products are written batik, stamped batik and printed batik. Kenongo batik has its own characteristics in the motifs on each piece of cloth which distinguishes it from various batiks in Sidoarjo so that it can be more easily recognized, especially the one that has long been famous, namely the bayeman motif. Lintang Sari Kenongo Batik tends to use floral motifs that express beauty, peace and fertility. The bayeman motif itself was formed from the creation of craftsmen who saw spinach plants around their house, this indicated that the land in Sidoarjo was very fertile, so it was used as proof of the name of the bayeman batik motif in Lintang Sari Kenongo batik, the craftsman patented this motif to become the standard motif that Lintang Sari Kenongo batik has to this day. Batik Lintang Sari Kenongo, which is a partner for PkM activities, has problems in terms of digital marketing and bookkeeping. So in this PkM activity training and mentoring are carried out regarding this matter. Community service activities have been carried out well, and partners have understood the basics of digital marketing, especially through Instagram and simple bookkeeping. It is hoped that the results of this activity will have the maximum impact on increasing sales of Lintang Sari Kenongo batik.