Baznas and BPJPH Establish Strategic Partnership for Zakat Management and Halal Product Assurance
The National Zakat Agency (Baznas) and the Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) held a signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Strategic Cooperation Agreement (PKS) at the BPJPH office in East Jakarta. This formalised the synergy between government agencies in managing zakat, infaq, alms, and other religious social funds (ZIS-DSKL), as well as halal product assurance. Both institutions also agreed on mechanisms for zakat collection from BPJPH employees.
Baznas Chairman Noor Achmad expressed strong appreciation for BPJPH’s initiative, which he described as highly responsive in integrating religious obligation with bureaucratic duty. The initiative is considered crucial for optimising zakat potential within government institutions.
“This collaborative step represents an important milestone in efforts to optimise zakat potential from the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) and employees in government offices. We greatly appreciate BPJPH’s commitment, which focuses not only on the halal ecosystem but also demonstrates high social awareness through integrating structured ZIS collection systems with Baznas,” Noor Achmad explained.
He also highlighted the establishment of a Zakat Collection Unit (UPZ) at the BPJPH office, which is expected to facilitate employees in fulfilling their zakat obligations based on principles of Islamic legality, regulatory compliance, and national integrity. In this way, collected funds can be managed professionally and transparently.
“With the formation of the UPZ at BPJPH, we expand the reach of zakat benefits for those in need throughout Indonesia. We believe that the synergy between halal certification and zakat management will create double blessings. Islamic economics and social justice can advance together to alleviate poverty,” he added.
Meanwhile, BPJPH Head Ahmad Haikal Hassan affirmed his agency’s full commitment to mobilising Indonesia’s entire halal ecosystem to contribute meaningfully through Islamic philanthropy instruments. This movement is planned to involve BPJPH’s extensive network spread across regions, including halal auditors, supervisors, and hundreds of thousands of Halal Process Assistants (P3H).
Through integration with Baznas’s UPZ system, BPJPH seeks to ensure that economic strength from the halal sector is proportional to strengthening social safety nets through zakat, infaq, alms, and endowments.
“Hundreds of thousands of assistants, tens of thousands of auditors, supervisors, task forces, and even regional units throughout Indonesia. We will channel zakat to strengthen Indonesia—not just zakat, but alms, infaq, and endowments as well. I will lead this movement which will be continued by my team to pay zakat here at the UPZ, and my name will be the first registered,” he concluded.