Bank Mandiri Encourages MSMEs To Advance In Class Through SOE House

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JAKARTA - PT Bank Mandiri Tbk as an agent of development is committed to boosting the domestic economy. This commitment is realized through the development of BUMN Homes as a forum for MSMEs to receive training and coaching so that they can advance to class through business optimization to digitalization.

Bank Mandiri Corporate Secretary Rudi Asaturridha said, the BUMN House (RB) is a form of enrichment from the BUMN Creative House (RKB) program which aims to increase the capacity and capability of MSMEs in order to realize superior and quality Indonesian MSMEs. Bank Mandiri has also been actively providing training and coaching to the company's fostered MSMEs spread throughout Indonesia.

"This step is an effort by Bank Mandiri as one of SOE personnel to improve the class for MSMEs in Indonesia through four stages, namely Go Modern, Go Digital, Go Online, and Go Global," said Rudi in his official statement, quoted Sunday, November 7.

Meanwhile, since the program was implemented in 2017, Bank Mandiri has fostered more than 13,500 MSMEs and established 22 SOE houses spread throughout Indonesia such as those in Kampar to Bintuni regencies as well as other big cities, namely Jakarta, Bogor, Semarang and Surabaya. . Rudi added, Bank Mandiri also collaborated with several parties to sharpen the capacity of MSMEs.

As a result, throughout 2021 Bank Mandiri through the SOE House has held more than 160 training and coaching in collaboration with the local Cooperatives and SMEs Office to marketplaces such as Tokopedia, Blibli and Shopee. Not only that, the SOE House assisted by Bank Mandiri also provides training to MSMEs to modernize their business by utilizing social media as a marketing platform.

"In the future, we will further activate the role of RB Bank Mandiri by providing training and coaching to MSMEs so that they can go digital and go global, not only for fostered partners, but BUMN houses will also be used as a co-working space for business actors and a means of incubation for alumni. Independent Young Entrepreneurs (WMM)," concluded Rudi.