Sandiaga Uno Amazed By BBI's Gernas Program Empowering MSMEs

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno (Photo via Ministry)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno is proud of the Proudly Made in Indonesia National Movement (Gernas BBI) program. He had never seen such a comprehensive program to encourage the empowerment of MSMEs.

For more than 20 years, he admits that he has been trying to empower MSMEs. Since being in the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (HIPMI), the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN), as well as in the government when he was a regional head or minister.

“(However), I have never seen a program that is so holistic and comprehensive, encouraging the empowerment of MSMEs, SOEs, regional governments, and ministries/agencies. Out of a total of 29 ministries/agencies, 12 of them were selected as campaign managers (Gernas BBI)," said Sandiaga at Gernas BBI 2022 in Batam, in a written statement, Thursday, March 31.

This year, Menparekraf hopes that the Gernas BBI 2022 program can boost sales of various MSME products and encourage the sector to enter the digital economy ecosystem.

As stated by President Joko Widodo, he continued, it was stated that Indonesia had a very big opportunity to increase the use of domestic MSME products.

Based on the Proudly Made in Indonesia Affirmation Action program in Bali on Friday, March 25, there have been recorded IDR 216.3 trillion commitments to spend on domestic products.

"Hopefully this will encourage 1.71 percent (national) economic growth," said Sandiaga.

He also ensured that he would encourage creative industries and creative SMEs to join online shops and e-catalogs made by the Government Goods/Services Procurement Policy Institute to be absorbed by the government.

As is known, the allocation of government goods/services procurement must absorb 40 percent of local MSME products.

"Hopefully this year we can improve our economy, revive sectors in people's lives, we will open up business opportunities and job opportunities. Together with President Joko Widodo, we will structure Indonesia's new economy towards a golden, prosperous, just and prosperous Indonesia," said the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy.

Gernas BBI in Riau Islands carries the theme Expanding to the New Market, Recover Together, Recover Stronger wrapped with the Kepri UKM tagline #WithoutBorder. In total, there are 250 MSMEs involved in the MSME exhibition for five days from March 30 - April 3, 2022 which is located in the Harbor Bay Parking area, Batam.