Jakarta has 2,900 general cooperatives to build spirit of mutual cooperation
Jakarta (ANTARA) - DKI Jakarta province has some 2,900 general cooperative units working to foster a spirit of mutual assistance (gotong royong) and professionalism.
“Currently the number of general cooperatives in Jakarta reaches around 2,900 units. Meanwhile, there are 267 Red and White Village Cooperatives (KKMP). Of those 267, about 170 have already started their business activities,” said Elisabeth Ratu Rante Allo, head of the DKI Industry, Trade, Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Office (PPKUKM), in a statement in Jakarta on Sunday.
Speaking at the 79th National Cooperatives Day (Harkopnas) commemoration ceremony on the grounds of Jakarta City Hall, Ratu affirmed that the DKI Jakarta provincial government, together with the central government and the Indonesian Cooperative Council (Dekopin), will continue to support cooperatives in growing and developing as a vehicle for enterprise founded on mutual cooperation.
Her office is committed to building cooperatives that are professional, modern, transparent and innovative, and capable of competing at both national and global levels.
The 79th Cooperatives Day commemoration, carrying the theme “Empowered Indonesian Cooperatives, Triumphant Indonesia”, was attended by the boards of the Red and White Village Cooperatives (KKMP), as well as representatives from the PPKUKM office, the Economic Bureau, the Finance Bureau, the Fire and Rescue Service, regional-owned enterprises (BUMD), state-owned enterprises (BUMN), and representatives from the Ministry of Cooperatives of the Republic of Indonesia and other regional apparatus organisations (UKPD).
“We hope all cooperatives in Jakarta remain active. Cooperatives are a vehicle for enterprise founded on mutual cooperation, and that is a very good thing,” she said.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Indonesian Cooperative Council (Dekopin) for DKI Jakarta, Suryo Bawono, added that his organisation is currently encouraging millennial cooperatives. Cooperatives, he said, must advance further through digitalisation, the use of AI, and other technologies.
“We keep encouraging young people to form cooperatives. There are now also sectoral cooperatives, such as those for small coffee shops and others,” he said.
He added that the spirit of kinship that grows within cooperatives must continue to be nurtured, in accordance with the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila.