Edisi 2 No. 3, Jul – Sep 2015, p.33-50 33 Review Paper Penguatan Peran Pemerintah Daerah dalam Mendorong Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Lokal: Peluang dan Tantangan Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN (MEA) 2015 Dayat NS Wiranta Widyaiswara Madya pada Pusat Kajian dan Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Aparatur. I (PKP2A.I) Lembaga Administrasi Negara, Jl. Kiarapayung Km.4,7 Jatinangor-Sumedang, 022-7790044-7790055 (Diterima 6 Oktober 2015; Diterbitkan 30 September 2015) Abstract: AEC is a form of regional economic integration are planned to be implemented in the 2015's. With these achievements, the ASEAN will become a single market and production base which occurs the flow of goods, services, investment and skilled labor are free as well as capital flows more freely. The flow of commodities and factors of production are expected to bring ASEAN into a prosperous and competitive region with equitable economic development, and reduced levels of poverty and socio-economic differences in the ASEAN region. Therefore, we need a new paradigm of economic policy based on the ability to recognize the potential of the local economy, the character of the economic, social and physical every area, including its interaction with other areas. Synergy ability of the local economy is expected to strengthen the competitiveness of the national economy, which according to the agreement in 2015 will face the challenge of unification of the ASEAN economic market. For Indonesia, the regional economic integration opportunities should be utilized to the maximum extent possible. Total population, area and geographical location, and the largest GDP in ASEAN should be an asset so that Indonesia could become a major player in the AEC. Keywords: economic integration/single market, competitive, sinergy . ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Corresponding author: Dayat NS Wiranta, E-mail: dayat.wiranta@gmail.com, Tel. +62 8156023940. I. Pendahuluan 1.1. Latar Belakang Pembangunan ekonomi pada hakekatnya bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Selama ini pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia sudah mengalami peningkatan yang signifikan, namun pada kenyataannya juga memberi dampak pada meningkatnya ketidakmerataan