Kemenkop UKM Encourages Entrepreneur Hubs To Produce Entrepreneurship Innovations From Campus

Deputy for Entrepreneurship Kemenkop UKM Azizah. Photo: Doc. KemenkopUKM

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (Kemenkop UKM) hopes that the implementation of the Entrepreneur Hub, which is scheduled to last until June 2023, will be able to produce activity innovations in entrepreneurship development, especially from universities or campuses.

"Universities are expected to downstream the research that has been developed, so that what is produced can really benefit young entrepreneurs," said Deputy for Entrepreneurship at the Ministry of Cooperatives Azizah in an official statement, Friday, May 12.

Azizah also hopes that universities can help entrepreneurs by providing access or facilitation to crucial and much-needed things.

"Entrepreneur Hub is able to become a forum for collaboration from various parties who have the same vision and mission related to entrepreneurship development, and it is hoped that this agenda will continue to run and develop," he said.

He assessed that the Entrepreneur Hub was formed to facilitate business actors, to be able to build and develop their business.

Not only providing training, but also helping business actors by providing mentoring, mentoring, and access to financing and banking.

"This is in line with the direction of the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs (MenKopUKM) Teten Masduki to create one million new entrepreneurs in 2024 towards developed countries," he said.

According to Azizah, with the Entrepreneur Hub, it can continue to increase the number and role of stakeholders in entrepreneurship development.

"In the end, it will increase the number of entrepreneurial ratios in Indonesia," he said.

Through this event, said Azizah, as many as 100 people are mentoring each mentor online.

"Even though it is done online, the mentoring program is very intense, especially when discussing how every business must go through external challenges that always come," he said.

"In addition, business actors have also compiled a short profile of the business that will be created in an e-catalog to make it easier for investors and other parties to see their profiles," he concluded.