The advantages of partnerships go beyond direct profits and higher incomes. For SMEs, they include driving innovations, building markets and strengthening supply chains, thus partnerships with worldwide actors helps SMEs obtain know-how and resources that increase their competitiveness. Resources sharing would bring cost efficiency to the business, and competition can also be minimized. Micro enterprises would benefit more from joining trade associations. Partnerships involving private actors, NGOs and different levels and sectors of public administration in local clusters and networking development strategies should be facilitated. Only few of batik SMEs in Banyumas district make partnerships with state owned enterprises Pertamina. Nevertheless, the majority of craftsmen have no information how to make partnership with public or private institutions. Similarly, with batik SMEs in Banyumas, batik SMEs in Kebumen district have an underdeveloped partnership. Few years ago they have partnerships with Batik Danarhadi Solo, unfortunately the partner did not extend the partnership because of low quality of the products. Lack of public/private partnership also faced by batik SMEs in Banjarnegara, Wonosobo, Cilacap and Purbalingga districts.