Jakarta - Cooperation between Indonesia and India through the Indonesia Open Network (ION) for digital MSMEs does not stop at a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
ION is an open digital network ecosystem and infrastructure that is the result of cooperation between India and Indonesia by adopting India's Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) public digital architecture.
According to the Minister of MSME Maman Abdurrachman, the discussion of cooperation has entered the technical stage and is being accelerated. This was conveyed by Maman Abdurrahman at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, July 7.
Maman said ION was directed to encourage MSMEs to enter the digital ecosystem. Not only selling online, but also getting wider access to markets and financial services.
Maman said the follow-up to the ION cooperation had passed the MoU stage. Currently, the Ministry of MSME, APINDO, MSME players, and the ION Network team are detailing the technical implementation.
He said that the technical discussion included details of the implementation of cooperation. The government wants the process to be accelerated so that the benefits can be immediately felt by MSMEs. In the same place, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of APINDO, Shinta Widjaja Kamdani, welcomed the ION cooperation.
According to Shinta, the MSME ecosystem is an important part of the development of the Indonesia Open Network. Shinta said the cooperation was a follow-up to President Prabowo's visit to India.
After the two heads of state signed, the implementation began. The government has not detailed the number of MSMEs that will be included in the initial phase of the ION cooperation. Maman only confirmed that its reach was prepared for the whole of Indonesia and its implementation was being accelerated.
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