Top Of The Economy In The Middle Of Global Crisis, The Ministry Of Industry Awards For 27 Innovative IKMs

Expert Staff of the Minister for Climate and Investment Andi Rizal. Photo: Doc. Ministry of Industry

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) through the Directorate General of Small, Medium, and Multifarious Industries (IKMA) regularly holds competitions that have succeeded in producing superior IKM and can answer demands for global economic change. This year, the Ministry of Industry again gave awards to 27 leading IKM through a series of selection and coaching. "This competition and award provides optimism for us that IKM Indonesia has the potential to grow and be able to answer the demands of changing times," said Expert Staff of the Minister for Climate Business and Investment Andi Rizal, in Jakarta, Friday, December 9. The Ministry of Industry is known to focus on carrying out coaching, strengthening, and empowering small and medium industries (IKM) to increase their contribution to national economic growth. Because, so far, IKM has proven to be one of the pillars of the national economy in the midst of various challenges of the global crisis. The awarding of awards for these excellent IKMs is one of the efforts of the Ministry of Industry to encourage the creation of innovative, inclusive and adaptive industries, so as to be able to answer changes that occur in society. Efforts to empower IKM are also in line with the commitment of G20 leaders at the G20 2022 Summit in Bali. The meeting resulted in a joint commitment to advance a global recovery agenda that was strong, inclusive, resilient, and supported sustainable development efforts that resulted in jobs and growth, taking into account food and energy security to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "In accordance with this, the current position of IKM is seen as very important to build food security and encourage the creation of an inclusive and sustainable industry," said Andi. On the same occasion, the Director General of IKMA at the Ministry of Industry, Reni Yanita, said that the Ministry of Industry gave awards to 27 IKM players who participated in the four programs of the Directorate General of IKMA of the Ministry of Industry throughout 2022. The four activities include the One Village One Product (OVOP) Award, the Indonesia Food Innovation (IFI) Award, the Indonesia Fashion and Craft Awards (IFCA), and the Startup4Industry Award. "The winners of IFCA, IFI, and Startup4 Industry are given certificates, trophies, and prizes for coaching money. Meanwhile, three-star OVOP recipients are given certificates and trophies," said Reni. Awards were given to the three winners of the IFI 2022 competition in the intermediate product category and three winners of the end product category. In addition, there are three winners of the IFCA 2022 competition in fashion commodities and three winners of craft commodities. Awards were also given to the five winners of the 2022 Startup4Industry competition and three selected startups. On the same occasion, the Ministry of Industry also gave awards for seven three three-star OVOP IKMs. For your information, the Directorate General of IKMA held the IFCA 2022 program through the Bali Creative Industry Center (BCIC) which was attended by 622 young craft and fashion designers. As many as 100 of the best nominees had the opportunity to take stage one coaching, until they got 14 nominees who passed the second stage of the selection. Pada tahap final, peserta menampilkan purwarupa yang telah diproduksi dan mepresentasikan konsep desain, dampak positif yang diberikan dari desain mereka terhadap aspek ekonomi, sosial, lingkungan, budaya dan model bisnis di depan tim juri. After judging, three winners of the fashion category and three winners of the 2022 IFCA craft category were determined. OVOP is a program to support IKM products in regional industrial centers so that they can be competitive at the global level by utilizing local resources. Commodities assessed in the OVOP program include food and beverages, woven fabrics, batik fabrics, woven, and pottery. Of the 68 leading regional IKM proposed by districts/cities in 2022, as well as the evaluation of 51 OVOP IKM in 2018, the Ministry of Industry has determined 31 OVOP IKM for One Star, 39 OVOP Two Star IKM, and 7 IKM for Three Star OVOPs. IFI is a business acceleration program for food IKM that has innovation in products and/or processes and is made from local resources. The goal is to be ready to become a sustainable, sustainable, and sustainable food industry. The IFI 2022 program has recruited 2,091 registrants and continued with an innovation curation for 40 participants to participate in the food camp. The food camp participants received intensive guidance with experts and food specialists, then curated again into 20 selected participants who were entitled to take part in the food business scale up.