Web site for SMEs launched

JAKARTA: The Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation (Swisscontact) in cooperation with PT Dataindo Inti Swakarsa launched on Tuesday a website to help develop the country's small and medium enterprises.

The jasakami.com site allows the country's SMEs to speedily access information on business development service (BDS) providers, anytime and from anywhere, Swisscontact said in a statement.

The organization said, thus far, 100 BDS providers in 8 provinces had been listed on the website and the number was expected to increase to 250 over the next six months.

"SMEs in Indonesia often need professional assistance from a third party. But, often, they don't know what services are available or how to access them," Swisscontact Indonesia's representative Johannes Schwegler said.

"We hope the existence of jasakami.com -- as an information exchange forum -- enables SMEs to access the services they need," he said. -- JP