The Vice President Asks The Young Generation To Encourage Creating A Conducive Climate In The Field Of Entrepreneurship

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (Photo: Vice President Press Bureau)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin asked the central and regional governments to promote a conducive business climate for young entrepreneurs. This is possible because Indonesia has a large portion of the young population.

This was conveyed by Ma'ruf when he opened a cross-sector strategic coordination meeting for the implementation of online youth services at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Tuesday, November 20. Ma'ruf said there are a number of steps that can be taken to promote a conducive business climate.

"So that in the future, young entrepreneurs can be born who have the courage to take decisions and risks, have high creative and innovative abilities, have long-term thinking, have the enthusiasm and willingness to work hard and have strong leadership that can eventually open up jobs. new, "said Vice President Ma'ruf Amin.

Moreover, said Ma'ruf, in the 2020-2024 Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN), the entrepreneurial ratio is targeted to reach 3.9 percent and the growth of new entrepreneurs by 4 percent by 2024. This can be achieved, among others, through entrepreneurship strengthening programs, micro-enterprises. small and medium enterprises (UMKM), and cooperatives.

"So indeed our point of emphasis is the youth entrepreneurship program and national economic development through the commitment of youth. By realizing youth services in the youth entrepreneurship program, it will be able to open up new jobs," explained Ma'ruf Amin.

Meanwhile, Presidential Decree Number 66 of 2017 concerning Strategic Coordination across the Implementation of Youth Services, according to Ma'ruf, has not run optimally. However, he hopes that with effective cross-sectoral coordination, youth development is expected to no longer run partially and overlap one another.

On the same occasion, the Coordinating Minister for PMK Muhadjir Effendy conveyed as the Youth Law No. 40/2009, that currently and until 2030 the population aged 16-30 years who are categorized as youth will make up the largest part of the Indonesian population.

"According to the current data, about 64.59 million are young people, or 1 in 4 Indonesians are young people, this needs to be addressed and managed properly," said the Coordinating Minister for PMK.

In response to this, it is important to think about employment opportunities, so that what is currently being pursued in the Job Creation Law becomes a necessity.

"The Job Creation Law is for the creation of job opportunities and job opportunities. This cannot be handled normally, the hope is that after the pandemic it will move quickly and rise," he added.