Encourage MSMEs To Increase In Class, Minister Of SOEs: Not Only Assistanceing Economic Growth, But Can Also Suspension

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir (right) received a visit from the Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono (left) at the office of the Ministry of SOEs. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The government continues to make various efforts to encourage micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to advance to class. One of them is through the provision of a business identification number (NIB). Because, by owning an NIB, MSMEs can obtain funding from banks for additional capital. Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said that he together with the Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia and the Minister of Cooperatives and UKM Teten Masduki received direct mandate from President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to increase the provision of NIB for MSME actors. Furthermore, Erick said that the provision of NIB was one of President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) commitments in taking sides with MSME actors in the country. "The President has also agreed to synergize us and the Ministry of Cooperatives of SMEs to provide as much space as possible to MSMEs, not only permits that have been rolled out which are almost three million, but also the funding of MSMEs that we continue to encourage," said Erick, in an official statement, quoted on Friday, October 21. Not only that, Erick admitted himself and Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono has also agreed to synergize assets belonging to BUMN and DKI Jakarta Provincial Governments. This includes also paying attention to the continuity and improvement of the business scale of MSME players in the Capital City. "We want to synergize the assets of local governments and BUMN for MSMEs, as we have done in Sarinah and PosBloc, we are looking for other places as well so that these MSMEs have a decent place," said Erick.

That way, Erick hopes that the government's efforts to encourage MSMEs to advance to class will not only help economic growth, but also erode the gaps that exist in Jakarta. "The magnificent capital city of Jakarta cannot be magnificent without equality, this is a form of intervention regarding the higher gap in Jakarta. Our goal here is the same, to ensure that MSMEs are the basis of the Indonesian people's economy and foundation," said Erick. For your information, MSME players who currently reach 56.4 million people. They are the backbone of the Indonesian economy with 97 percent of employment opportunities opened by MSMEs.

The 65 percent of the total MSME actors in Indonesia are women.