President Jokowi To Launch Gernas Proud Made In Indonesia In East Kalimantan

President Jokowi and East Kalimantan Governor Isran Noor some time ago/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

SAMARINDA - President Joko Widodo is scheduled to launch online the Proudly Made in Indonesia National Movement (Gernas BBI) in Samarinda, East Kalimantan (Kaltim) on Tuesday, October 12.

"The Gernas BBI, which was entrusted to East Kalimantan as the host and launched by the President of the Republic of Indonesia on October 12, will be centered at the Plenary Convention Hall Sempaja, Samarinda," said the Head of the Administrative Bureau of the Setprov East Kalimantan, Syafranuddin in Samarinda, quoted by Antara, Sunday. , October 10.

Although the virtual launch was carried out by Jokowi, a number of ministers were confirmed to be present at the activity aimed at revitalizing the community's economy through an invitation to love and buy MSME products.

A number of ministers who are likely to be present in person are Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, as Chair of the BBI Gernas Team.

Other ministers who have confirmed that they will attend are Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar, and Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah.

Syafranuddin previously said that Gernas BBI was a strategic step to restore the economy and welfare of the Indonesian people in general, East Kalimantan in particular.

"Through Gernas BBI and the synergy built by the Kemendes PDTT with the East Kalimantan Provincial Government, it is hoped that the products of the nation's children from all villages in the archipelago, especially artisan products in East Kalimantan are able to penetrate the MSME market not only in the archipelago, but also abroad," he said.

Through the BBI movement, it is hoped that it will be able to strengthen the role of Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) in the MSME digital ecosystem, as an effort to create synergy between the nation's children.

This synergy is by bringing out various hidden potentials in the countryside, so that it can enrich the creation of special and quality East Kalimantan products as a form of mutual cooperation from all elements of society by buying local products.

"This activity is expected to be able to drive a sustainable economy, namely by providing space for MSME actors from rural communities through BUMDes to produce and market their products," said Syafruddin.