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        "id": 1901440,
        "msgid": "makassar-cooperative-and-sme-office-prioritises-korpri-cooperative-programme-1785916543",
        "date": "2026-08-05 14:04:53",
        "title": "Makassar Cooperative and SME Office Prioritises Korpri Cooperative Programme",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "The Makassar Cooperative and SME Office is prioritising the establishment of a Korpri cooperative as a strategic initiative to enhance the financial welfare of civil servants. The programme aims to provide legal and transparent financial services, protecting members from illegal loans. The cooperative is also designed to support digital banking and empower small businesses run by the families of government employees.",
        "content": "<p>The Makassar Cooperative and SME Office is making the establishment\nof a Korpri cooperative a key instrument to improve the welfare of civil\nservants within the city government. Head of the Makassar Cooperative\nand SME Office, Arlin Ariesta, stated that the city government, through\nKorpri, has made the cooperative\u2019s formation a priority programme that\nis currently being prepared in stages. \u201cFollowing the directive from the\nChairperson of the Makassar City Korpri, we immediately carried out\nvarious stages, from discussion meetings, forming a team and management,\nto preparing all administrative procedures as the basis for establishing\nthe Korpri cooperative,\u201d he said. Arlin explained that the formation of\nthe cooperative has a strong legal foundation, referring to provisions\non cooperative development, Korpri regulations, and regulations from the\nMinistry of Cooperatives and SMEs regarding cooperative administration.\nThe educational activities being held are not only aimed at increasing\ncivil servants\u2019 understanding of cooperatives but also serve as an\ninitial socialisation forum before the cooperative is officially formed.\nArlin emphasised that Korpri not only functions as an organisation that\nunites civil servants but also has a responsibility to encourage the\nimprovement of its members\u2019 welfare through sustainable economic\nprogrammes. \u201cKorpri has a moral and professional responsibility to\nensure the welfare of its members. Future economic challenges require us\nto be more independent, wise, and collaborative. Therefore, the\nformation of the Korpri Cooperative is a solution we need to promote\ntogether,\u201d he said. He hopes that secretaries of regional apparatuses,\nsub-district secretaries, and heads of general and personnel\nsubdivisions can act as intermediaries in socialising the cooperative\u2019s\nformation to all civil servants in their respective work environments.\nThe Makassar City Cooperative and SME Office is also ready to assist all\nregional apparatuses through a team of cooperative extension workers to\nprovide education and act as resource persons in every socialisation\nactivity. According to him, the cooperative to be established has\nseveral strategic objectives, namely to become a safe, legal, and\ntransparent financial institution expected to protect civil servants\nfrom illegal lending practices and meet members\u2019 economic needs. \u201cWe\nwant this cooperative to be a financial protector managed professionally\nso that all members have access to safe, legal, and transparent\nfinancial services. This way, civil servants can avoid the traps of\nunofficial financial institutions,\u201d he explained. Furthermore, Arlin\nsaid the Korpri Cooperative is also designed to have modern wholesale or\nretail business units that provide basic necessities for civil servants\nat more affordable prices through an easy and integrated payment system.\nIn addition, the cooperative will be developed based on digital\ntechnology, including the use of applications and digital banking\nservices, while also serving as a platform for empowering SMEs managed\nby the families of Makassar City civil servants. \u201cIn the future, we are\ndesigning this cooperative to be adaptive to technological developments\nthrough application-based services and digital banking. We also want the\ncooperative to become a space for empowering SMEs owned by the families\nof Makassar City civil servants,\u201d said Arlin.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/makassar-cooperative-and-sme-office-prioritises-korpri-cooperative-programme-1785916543",
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