Cooperative Congress III Commands The Establishment of Cooperative Bank
By : Aldi Firhand Alqudri | Friday, July 28 2017 - 17:54 IWST
Cooperative Congress III Commands The Establishment of Cooperative Bank
INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - The Cooperative Congress III in Makassar has produced five points of the Makassar Declaration and 17 recommendations. To that end, the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs together with Dekopin will form a technical team to develop concrete steps in implementation.
"We will create a matrix of action related to it in the near future, to apply from the 17 recommendations," said Deputy of Institutional Kemenkop and UKM Meliadi Sembiring, in a conversation with media crew in Jakarta, Friday (28/07/2017).
Meliadi added that of the 17 recommendations, one of which is considered strategic enough is the proposal regarding the establishment of a cooperative bank. "The cooperative movement in Indonesia in the cooperative congress confirms the need for the establishment of a special cooperative bank, which will operate to solve the business capital problem that has been considered to be a convoluted cooperative in Indonesia," said Meliadi.
It's just, said Meliadi, who surfaced at that time was to establish a new bank, not take over ownership of shares in Bank Bukopin. "They mentioned that KSP-KSP will collaborate to form a new bank, so we together with the Technical Team also with Dekopin will conduct a study and examine it because to implement the 17 recommendations, including the establishment of a cooperative bank, Condition ", said Meliadi.
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Daily Dekopin Agung Sudjatmoko agreed Meliadi statement. According to Agung, it will form a team that prepares the design of cooperative banks. "The results of the design will be used as a guideline for the cooperative movement together to realize cooperative-owned banks with capital from savings and loans cooperatives and credit cooperatives throughout Indonesia", explained Agung.
In Agung's point of view, tactically setting up a bank is capitalized by a cooperative movement whereby all the co-operative savings are placed on one bank that will become a strategic partner of Dekopin establishing a bank. "Management of the bank appointed professionals to set-up cooperative banks in accordance with the needs of the cooperative movement", said Agung.
In this context, Agung expects the government to assist in regulation and strengthening bailout capital if needed to accelerate the establishment of a cooperative bank
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