Co-operatives are enterprises that exist to serve the needs of their members who contribute to their capital, own and control them, rather than to provide a return on investment. Thus, all enterprises exist to serve the interests of their cardinal stakeholder groups. From six batik cluster SMEs in South-Central Java only Banyumas district that has a batik cooperative namely PERBAIN. While other districts like Purbalingga, Kebumen and Cilacap only have associations or a forum. This association (e.g Forum Pengrajin Batik Purbalingga) providing a voice for the interests of batik SMEs in the policy-making process have had a limited role compared to those of larger firms.