Menperin: The New Entrepreneurial Growth of National Economic Resilience

By : Ridwan And Aldi Firhand. A | Sunday, May 06 2018 - 22:59 IWST

Airlangga Hartarto
Airlangga Hartarto

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta, Minister of Industry (Menperin) Airlangga Hartarto said, the growth of new industrial entrepreneurs will spur the national economic resilience stronger.

"This is because it can bring a chain effect to the economy such as the increase in the absorption of labor.Thus, the key to become a successful entrepreneur there are two, namely smart and multiply friendship," said Airlangga through official statement received in Jakarta, Sunday (6 / 5/2018).

Menperin also invites young people including students to become industrial entrepreneurs in the digital sector. The reason, Indonesia is targeted to become the seventh strongest economic country in the world in 2030, where one of them is expected through contributions from the digital industry sector.

"All resources including these santri should be trained to the greatest extent possible to achieve these goals," he said.

Based on the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2015-2019, the Ministry of Industry is targeted to grow as many as 20,000 new entrepreneurs by the end of 2019.

The number of entrepreneurs in Indonesia rose to 3.4 percent in 2017. This figure is quite good because it has exceeded the national standard by 2 percent, "added Airlangga.

This year, Santripreneur program conducted by Ministry of Industry for East Java Province covers in Ponpes Sunan Drajat, Lamongan and Ponpes Lirboyo, Kediri. In the implementation of this Santripreneur, Kemenperin has two models of the growth of new industrial entrepreneurs and the development of industrial units in boarding schools, namely Santri Berindustri model and Santri Berkreasi.

Santri Berindustri is an effort to develop industrial units that have been owned by boarding school and the growth of potential new industrial units. This step is expected to encourage these industrial units to become the apprenticeship of human resources in the pesantren environment.

Meanwhile, Santri Berkreasi model is a program of training and mentoring activities in developing the creative potential of the students and alumni who are selected from several pesantren cottage to become a professional in the field of visual arts, animation and multimedia according to current industry standards.

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