Encourage Local Economic Strengthening, Pegadaian Optimizes BUMDes Agent Program In Sumedang

PT Pegadaian continues to be committed to supporting strengthening the local economy by increasing the capacity of Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) in Sumedang Regency. This activity has been successfully held at Saphire City Park Sumedang for four days which is divided into two batches. The first batch will be held on October 12-13, 2023, while the second batch will be held on November 6-7, 2023.

Head of the Social and Environmental Responsibility Division (TJSL) of PT Pegadaian, Rully Yusuf explained that this program aims to strengthen the potential of the local economy. According to him, considering that most Indonesians live in rural areas, strengthening village economic institutions based on local potential is very important.

"We are committed to continuing to help improve the economic level of small communities in rural areas. Apart from various products and services that focus on microfinance, we also consistently continue to run the Social and Environmental Responsibility (TJSL) program. One form of our support is the strengthening of this BUMDes," Rully explained, quoted on Tuesday, November 7.

Rully added, in addition to supporting in the form of increasing the capacity of BUMDes managers, PT Pegadaian also encourages partnerships with BUMDes managers to facilitate financial access for people in rural areas. This is done by creating Pegadaian Agents from BUMDes elements.

"With this partnership, we hope that micro-financial access to encourage local economic improvement can be more easily accessible to rural communities. With Pegadaian Agents operating in BUMDes, we want to ensure that every element of society has easier access to get the financial services they need, such as investing in gold savings, business financing, and other micro-financial products," said Rully.

In this program, PT Pegadaian presented speakers from experts and practitioners in the field of BUMDes, including Diana Arta SE, as Executive Director of Bumdes.id and Junaedi Mulyono SH, as the Village Head and Steering Committee of BUMDes Pilkong Klaten.

The materials presented cover various aspects, such as strengthening institutional governance, financial management and reporting, collaborative and innovative leadership, the modern BUMDes management system (Plan, Do, Check, Action), village potential optimization strategies, collaboration with various parties, development strategies using the Tetrapreneur approach, development of BUMDes business units, as well as various successful stories from inspiring BUMDes actors.

One of the training participants, Darman Nur Rahmat Hidayah as Director of Bumdes Kerta Raharja, Cibubuan Village, Sumedang Regency expressed his gratitude for the training and assistance provided by PT Pegadaian. Darman felt helped by the various materials and skills provided in this training. He is also motivated to continue to advance and develop economic potential in his village through the Bumdes he leads.

"Hopefully this program can continue and become more widespread for other villages. And hopefully Pegadaian can continue to assist us so that we can be like developed bumdes," said Darman.

After this activity, PT Pegadaian will continue to provide assistance and monitoring to BUMDes agents. This is done to ensure the continuity of the development of BUMDes agents in realizing a strong local economy.